diff --git a/cpu/esp32/esp-idf/Kconfig b/cpu/esp32/esp-idf/Kconfig
index 86b10841dd..f2622529c1 100644
--- a/cpu/esp32/esp-idf/Kconfig
+++ b/cpu/esp32/esp-idf/Kconfig
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ config MODULE_ESP_IDF
       Espressif IoT Development Framework.
 
 rsource "adc/Kconfig"
+rsource "ble/Kconfig"
 rsource "common/Kconfig"
 rsource "efuse/Kconfig"
 rsource "eth/Kconfig"
diff --git a/cpu/esp32/esp-idf/Makefile b/cpu/esp32/esp-idf/Makefile
index 9dccfe8d6c..fe07dade5f 100644
--- a/cpu/esp32/esp-idf/Makefile
+++ b/cpu/esp32/esp-idf/Makefile
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ ifneq (,$(filter esp_idf_adc,$(USEMODULE)))
   DIRS += adc
 endif
 
+ifneq (,$(filter esp_idf_ble,$(USEMODULE)))
+  DIRS += ble
+endif
+
 ifneq (,$(filter esp_idf_common,$(USEMODULE)))
   DIRS += common
 endif
diff --git a/cpu/esp32/esp-idf/ble/Kconfig b/cpu/esp32/esp-idf/ble/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1bca53ea6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpu/esp32/esp-idf/ble/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2022 Gunar Schorcht
+#
+# This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
+# General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
+# directory for more details.
+#
+
+config MODULE_ESP_IDF_BLE
+    bool
+    depends on TEST_KCONFIG
+    depends on MODULE_ESP_IDF
+
+    default y if MODULE_ESP_BLE
+
+    help
+        ESP-IDF code for Bluetooth LE interface.
diff --git a/cpu/esp32/esp-idf/ble/Makefile b/cpu/esp32/esp-idf/ble/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d0e1a4baa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpu/esp32/esp-idf/ble/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+MODULE = esp_idf_ble
+
+# source files to be compiled for this module
+ESP32_SDK_SRC = \
+  components/bt/controller/$(CPU_FAM)/bt.c \
+  #
+
+ifeq (,$(filter esp_idf_wifi,$(USEMODULE)))
+  ESP32_SDK_SRC += \
+    components/esp_hw_support/port/$(CPU_FAM)/dport_access.c \
+    components/esp_phy/src/phy_init.c \
+    components/esp_wifi/src/wifi_init.c \
+    #
+endif
+
+INCLUDES += -I$(ESP32_SDK_DIR)/components/esp_event/include
+INCLUDES += -I$(ESP32_SDK_DIR)/components/esp_netif/include
+INCLUDES += -I$(ESP32_SDK_DIR)/components/esp_phy/include
+INCLUDES += -I$(ESP32_SDK_DIR)/components/esp_phy/$(CPU_FAM)/include
+INCLUDES += -I$(ESP32_SDK_DIR)/components/esp_wifi/include
+INCLUDES += -I$(ESP32_SDK_DIR)/components/nvs_flash/include
+
+INCLUDES += -I$(ESP32_SDK_DIR)/components/wpa_supplicant/esp_supplicant/include
+INCLUDES += -I$(ESP32_SDK_DIR)/components/tcpip_adapter/include
+
+CFLAGS += -Wno-cast-function-type
+CFLAGS += -Wno-implicit-fallthrough
+
+include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.base
+
+ESP32_SDK_BIN = $(BINDIR)/$(MODULE)
+
+include ../esp_idf.mk
+include ../esp_idf_cflags.mk
diff --git a/cpu/esp32/esp-idf/nvs_flash/Makefile b/cpu/esp32/esp-idf/nvs_flash/Makefile
index f7fbae5155..aa45b59000 100644
--- a/cpu/esp32/esp-idf/nvs_flash/Makefile
+++ b/cpu/esp32/esp-idf/nvs_flash/Makefile
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ ESP32_SDK_SRCXX = \
 
 # additional include pathes required by this module
 INCLUDES += -I$(ESP32_SDK_DIR)/components/esp_rom/include
+INCLUDES += -I$(ESP32_SDK_DIR)/components/nvs_flash/include
 
 include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.base