diff --git a/cpu/esp_common/Kconfig b/cpu/esp_common/Kconfig
index f2093d3c98..9f9c4d07d1 100644
--- a/cpu/esp_common/Kconfig
+++ b/cpu/esp_common/Kconfig
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ config CPU_ARCH_XTENSA
     bool
     select HAS_ARCH_32BIT
     select HAS_ARCH_ESP
+    select HAS_ARCH_ESP_XTENSA
 
 config CPU_COMMON_ESP
     bool
@@ -63,6 +64,11 @@ config HAS_ARCH_ESP
     help
         Indicates that an 'ESP' architecture is being used.
 
+config HAS_ARCH_ESP_XTENSA
+    bool
+    help
+        Indicates that an Xtensa-based 'ESP' architecture is being used.
+
 config HAS_ESP_WIFI_ENTERPRISE
     bool
     help
@@ -117,6 +123,7 @@ config MODULE_ESP_QEMU
 
 endif # TEST_KCONFIG
 
+rsource "esp-xtensa/Kconfig"
 rsource "freertos/Kconfig"
 rsource "periph/Kconfig"
 rsource "vendor/xtensa/Kconfig"
diff --git a/cpu/esp_common/esp-xtensa/Kconfig b/cpu/esp_common/esp-xtensa/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d697dfe05b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpu/esp_common/esp-xtensa/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# 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_XTENSA
+    bool
+    depends on TEST_KCONFIG
+    depends on HAS_ARCH_ESP_XTENSA
+    default y
+    help
+        Platform-dependent code for Xtensa-based ESP SoCs.