diff --git a/arch/xtensa/src/esp32/.gitignore b/arch/xtensa/src/esp32/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cdf3df56169
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/xtensa/src/esp32/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/esp-wireless-drivers-3rdparty
+/*.zip
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/src/esp32/Make.defs b/arch/xtensa/src/esp32/Make.defs
index 55d2229aba3..10c7d1b187f 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/src/esp32/Make.defs
+++ b/arch/xtensa/src/esp32/Make.defs
@@ -149,3 +149,24 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARCH_USE_MODULE_TEXT),y)
 CHIP_CSRCS += esp32_modtext.c
 CMN_ASRCS += xtensa_loadstore.S
 endif
+
+WIRELESS_DRV_UNPACK  = esp-wireless-drivers-3rdparty
+WIRELESS_DRV_ZIP     = master.zip
+WIRELESS_DRV_URL     = https://github.com/espressif/esp-wireless-drivers-3rdparty/archive
+
+$(WIRELESS_DRV_ZIP):
+	$(Q) echo "Downloading: ESP Wireless Drivers"
+	$(Q) wget $(WIRELESS_DRV_URL)/$(WIRELESS_DRV_ZIP) -P chip/
+
+chip/$(WIRELESS_DRV_UNPACK): $(WIRELESS_DRV_ZIP)
+	$(Q) echo "Unpacking: ESP Wireless Drivers"
+	$(Q) unzip -oqq chip/$(WIRELESS_DRV_ZIP) -d chip/
+	$(Q) mv chip/$(WIRELESS_DRV_UNPACK)-master chip/$(WIRELESS_DRV_UNPACK)
+	$(Q) touch chip/$(WIRELESS_DRV_UNPACK)
+
+context:: chip/$(WIRELESS_DRV_UNPACK)
+
+clean_context::
+	$(call DELFILE, chip/$(WIRELESS_DRV_ZIP))
+	$(call DELDIR, chip/$(WIRELESS_DRV_UNPACK))
+