diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8f0acd0b60..4fc0a28a1c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -139,5 +139,3 @@ sdkconfig.*
 
 /components
 /managed_components
-
-esphome/components/espnow/test.yaml
diff --git a/esphome/components/espnow/.gitignore b/esphome/components/espnow/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index d8b4157aef..0000000000
--- a/esphome/components/espnow/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# Gitignore settings for ESPHome
-# This is an example and may include too much for your use-case.
-# You can modify this file to suit your needs.
-/.esphome/
-/secrets.yaml
diff --git a/esphome/components/espnow/test.yaml b/esphome/components/espnow/test.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b04fc016ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/esphome/components/espnow/test.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+esphome:
+  name: espnow-test
+  friendly_name: espnow test
+  name_add_mac_suffix: true
+  project:
+    name: LumenSoft.espnow_test
+    version: "0.25"
+
+esp32:
+  board: m5stack-atom
+  framework:
+    type: esp-idf
+    version: 4.4.8
+
+espnow:
+  auto_add_peer: true
+  peers:
+    - FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
+  on_receive:
+    - logger.log:
+        format: "Received: %s  RSSI: %d"
+        args: [it->data().data(), it->rssi()]
+
+binary_sensor:
+  - platform: gpio
+    pin: GPIO39
+    name: Button
+    on_click:
+      - espnow.send: "hallo everyone"