diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c34be7e54..554da41be 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4316,10 +4316,16 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "openvm-sha256-air"
 version = "0.1.0-alpha"
 dependencies = [
+ "hex",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "openvm-circuit",
  "openvm-circuit-primitives",
  "openvm-stark-backend",
+ "openvm-stark-sdk",
  "rand",
  "sha2",
+ "test-case",
+ "test-log",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/crates/circuits/sha256-air/Cargo.toml b/crates/circuits/sha256-air/Cargo.toml
index bb5cc5ce4..f094b2f7f 100644
--- a/crates/circuits/sha256-air/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/circuits/sha256-air/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ openvm-stark-backend = { workspace = true }
 sha2 = { version = "0.10", features = ["compress"] }
 rand.workspace = true
 
+[dev-dependencies]
+openvm-stark-sdk = { workspace = true }
+test-case.workspace = true
+test-log.workspace = true
+lazy_static.workspace = true
+openvm-circuit = { workspace = true, features = ["test-utils"] }
+hex.workspace = true
 
 [features]
 default = ["parallel"]
diff --git a/crates/circuits/sha256-air/src/lib.rs b/crates/circuits/sha256-air/src/lib.rs
index b98979bf6..e5616b592 100644
--- a/crates/circuits/sha256-air/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/circuits/sha256-air/src/lib.rs
@@ -9,3 +9,6 @@ mod utils;
 pub use air::*;
 pub use columns::*;
 pub use utils::*;
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests;
diff --git a/crates/circuits/sha256-air/src/tests.rs b/crates/circuits/sha256-air/src/tests.rs
index e69de29bb..b28ea7f80 100644
--- a/crates/circuits/sha256-air/src/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/circuits/sha256-air/src/tests.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+use std::{array, borrow::BorrowMut, cmp::max, sync::Arc};
+
+use openvm_circuit::{
+    arch::{
+        instructions::riscv::RV32_CELL_BITS, testing::VmChipTestBuilder, BITWISE_OP_LOOKUP_BUS,
+    },
+    utils::next_power_of_two_or_zero,
+};
+use openvm_circuit_primitives::{
+    bitwise_op_lookup::{BitwiseOperationLookupBus, BitwiseOperationLookupChip},
+    SubAir,
+};
+use openvm_stark_backend::{
+    config::{StarkGenericConfig, Val},
+    interaction::InteractionBuilder,
+    p3_air::{Air, BaseAir},
+    p3_field::{AbstractField, Field, PrimeField32},
+    p3_matrix::dense::RowMajorMatrix,
+    p3_maybe_rayon::prelude::{IndexedParallelIterator, ParallelIterator, ParallelSliceMut},
+    prover::types::AirProofInput,
+    rap::{get_air_name, AnyRap, BaseAirWithPublicValues, PartitionedBaseAir},
+    Chip, ChipUsageGetter,
+};
+use openvm_stark_sdk::utils::create_seeded_rng;
+use rand::Rng;
+
+use crate::{
+    limbs_into_u32, Sha256Air, Sha256RoundCols, SHA256_BLOCK_U8S, SHA256_DIGEST_WIDTH, SHA256_H,
+    SHA256_ROUND_WIDTH, SHA256_ROWS_PER_BLOCK, SHA256_WORD_U8S,
+};
+
+// A wrapper AIR purely for testing purposes
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct Sha256TestAir {
+    pub sub_air: Sha256Air,
+}
+
+impl<F: Field> BaseAirWithPublicValues<F> for Sha256TestAir {}
+impl<F: Field> PartitionedBaseAir<F> for Sha256TestAir {}
+impl<F: Field> BaseAir<F> for Sha256TestAir {
+    fn width(&self) -> usize {
+        <Sha256Air as BaseAir<F>>::width(&self.sub_air)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<AB: InteractionBuilder> Air<AB> for Sha256TestAir {
+    fn eval(&self, builder: &mut AB) {
+        self.sub_air.eval(builder, 0);
+    }
+}
+
+// A wrapper Chip purely for testing purposes
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct Sha256TestChip {
+    pub air: Sha256TestAir,
+    pub bitwise_lookup_chip: Arc<BitwiseOperationLookupChip<8>>,
+    pub records: Vec<([u8; SHA256_BLOCK_U8S], bool)>,
+}
+
+impl<SC: StarkGenericConfig> Chip<SC> for Sha256TestChip
+where
+    Val<SC>: PrimeField32,
+{
+    fn air(&self) -> Arc<dyn AnyRap<SC>> {
+        Arc::new(self.air.clone())
+    }
+
+    fn generate_air_proof_input(self) -> AirProofInput<SC> {
+        let non_padded_height = self.current_trace_height();
+        let height = next_power_of_two_or_zero(non_padded_height);
+        let width = self.trace_width();
+        let mut values = Val::<SC>::zero_vec(height * width);
+        let mut prev_hash = SHA256_H;
+        let mut local_block_idx = 0;
+        let mut global_block_idx = 1;
+        values
+            .chunks_exact_mut(width * SHA256_ROWS_PER_BLOCK)
+            .zip(self.records.iter())
+            .for_each(|(block, record)| {
+                let (input, is_last_block) = record;
+                let input_words = array::from_fn(|i| {
+                    limbs_into_u32::<SHA256_WORD_U8S>(array::from_fn(|j| {
+                        input[i * SHA256_WORD_U8S + j] as u32
+                    }))
+                });
+                self.air.sub_air.generate_block_trace(
+                    block,
+                    width,
+                    0,
+                    &input_words,
+                    self.bitwise_lookup_chip.as_ref(),
+                    &prev_hash,
+                    *is_last_block,
+                    global_block_idx,
+                    local_block_idx,
+                    &[[Val::<SC>::ZERO; 16]; 4],
+                );
+                global_block_idx += 1;
+                if *is_last_block {
+                    local_block_idx = 0;
+                    prev_hash = SHA256_H;
+                } else {
+                    local_block_idx += 1;
+                    prev_hash = Sha256Air::get_block_hash(&prev_hash, *input);
+                }
+            });
+        values[width * non_padded_height..]
+            .par_chunks_mut(width)
+            .for_each(|row| {
+                let cols: &mut Sha256RoundCols<Val<SC>> = row.borrow_mut();
+                self.air.sub_air.generate_default_row(cols);
+            });
+        values[width..]
+            .par_chunks_mut(width * SHA256_ROWS_PER_BLOCK)
+            .take(non_padded_height / SHA256_ROWS_PER_BLOCK)
+            .for_each(|chunk| {
+                self.air.sub_air.generate_missing_cells(chunk, width, 0);
+            });
+
+        AirProofInput::simple(self.air(), RowMajorMatrix::new(values, width), vec![])
+    }
+}
+
+impl ChipUsageGetter for Sha256TestChip {
+    fn air_name(&self) -> String {
+        get_air_name(&self.air)
+    }
+    fn current_trace_height(&self) -> usize {
+        self.records.len() * SHA256_ROWS_PER_BLOCK
+    }
+
+    fn trace_width(&self) -> usize {
+        max(SHA256_ROUND_WIDTH, SHA256_DIGEST_WIDTH)
+    }
+}
+
+const SELF_BUS_IDX: usize = 28;
+#[test]
+fn rand_sha256_test() {
+    let mut rng = create_seeded_rng();
+    let tester = VmChipTestBuilder::default();
+    let bitwise_bus = BitwiseOperationLookupBus::new(BITWISE_OP_LOOKUP_BUS);
+    let bitwise_chip = Arc::new(BitwiseOperationLookupChip::<RV32_CELL_BITS>::new(
+        bitwise_bus,
+    ));
+    let len = rng.gen_range(1..100);
+    let random_records: Vec<_> = (0..len)
+        .map(|_| (array::from_fn(|_| rng.gen::<u8>()), true))
+        .collect();
+    let chip = Sha256TestChip {
+        air: Sha256TestAir {
+            sub_air: Sha256Air::new(bitwise_bus, SELF_BUS_IDX),
+        },
+        bitwise_lookup_chip: bitwise_chip.clone(),
+        records: random_records,
+    };
+
+    let tester = tester.build().load(chip).load(bitwise_chip).finalize();
+    tester.simple_test().expect("Verification failed");
+}
diff --git a/extensions/sha256/circuit/src/sha256_chip/tests.rs b/extensions/sha256/circuit/src/sha256_chip/tests.rs
index 68d16c00b..91974fe35 100644
--- a/extensions/sha256/circuit/src/sha256_chip/tests.rs
+++ b/extensions/sha256/circuit/src/sha256_chip/tests.rs
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ fn rand_sha256_test() {
         Rv32Sha256Opcode::default_offset(),
     );
 
-    let num_tests: usize = 1;
+    let num_tests: usize = 3;
     for _ in 0..num_tests {
         set_and_execute(&mut tester, &mut chip, &mut rng, SHA256, None, None);
     }