diff --git a/boards/xtensa/esp32s2/common/Kconfig b/boards/xtensa/esp32s2/common/Kconfig
index cb8d0865966..c4b74fb9913 100644
--- a/boards/xtensa/esp32s2/common/Kconfig
+++ b/boards/xtensa/esp32s2/common/Kconfig
@@ -62,3 +62,11 @@ config ESP32S2_LCD_OVERCLOCK
 		SPI interface is 10MHz. However, in practice the driver chips work
 		fine with a higher clock rate, and using that gives a better
 		framerate. Select this to try using the out-of-spec clock rate.
+
+config ESPRESSIF_ULP_USE_TEST_BIN
+	bool "Run example prebuilt binary for ULP core"
+	depends on ESPRESSIF_USE_ULP_RISCV_CORE
+	default n
+	---help---
+		Run example prebuilt binary for ULP core which is resides in
+		`Documentation/platforms/xtensa/esp32s3/boards/esp32s3-devkit/ulp_riscv_blink.bin`
diff --git a/boards/xtensa/esp32s2/common/scripts/.gitignore b/boards/xtensa/esp32s2/common/scripts/.gitignore
index 0fa3d8108a5..47c49a5ef0a 100644
--- a/boards/xtensa/esp32s2/common/scripts/.gitignore
+++ b/boards/xtensa/esp32s2/common/scripts/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 /*.ld.tmp
+/ulp_aliases.ld
diff --git a/boards/xtensa/esp32s2/common/src/Make.defs b/boards/xtensa/esp32s2/common/src/Make.defs
index f691ef13381..dad888deadc 100644
--- a/boards/xtensa/esp32s2/common/src/Make.defs
+++ b/boards/xtensa/esp32s2/common/src/Make.defs
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_MMCSD_SPI), y)
   CSRCS += esp32s2_board_sdmmc.c
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_ESPRESSIF_ULP_USE_TEST_BIN),y)
+  include $(TOPDIR)$(DELIM)Documentation$(DELIM)platforms$(DELIM)xtensa$(DELIM)esp32s3$(DELIM)boards$(DELIM)esp32s3-devkit$(DELIM)ulp_makefile
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_ESP32S2_TWAI)$(CONFIG_ARCH_BUTTONS)$(CONFIG_DEV_GPIO),y)
   CHIP_SERIES = $(patsubst "%",%,$(CONFIG_ESPRESSIF_CHIP_SERIES))
   CHIPHALDIR = $(TOPDIR)$(DELIM)arch$(DELIM)$(CONFIG_ARCH)$(DELIM)src$(DELIM)chip$(DELIM)esp-hal-3rdparty
diff --git a/boards/xtensa/esp32s2/esp32s2-saola-1/configs/ulp/defconfig b/boards/xtensa/esp32s2/esp32s2-saola-1/configs/ulp/defconfig
index 6a43cc10aa1..7ad658e5289 100644
--- a/boards/xtensa/esp32s2/esp32s2-saola-1/configs/ulp/defconfig
+++ b/boards/xtensa/esp32s2/esp32s2-saola-1/configs/ulp/defconfig
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ CONFIG_DEV_GPIO=y
 CONFIG_ESP32S2_GPIO_IRQ=y
 CONFIG_ESP32S2_UART0=y
 CONFIG_ESP32S2_ULP_COPROC_RESERVE_MEM=8000
-CONFIG_ESPRESSIF_ULP_RISCV_PROJECT_PATH="Documentation/platforms/xtensa/esp32s3/boards/esp32s3-devkit/ulp_riscv_blink.bin"
+CONFIG_ESPRESSIF_ULP_USE_TEST_BIN=y
 CONFIG_FS_PROCFS=y
 CONFIG_HAVE_CXX=y
 CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE=y
diff --git a/boards/xtensa/esp32s2/esp32s2-saola-1/src/esp32s2_bringup.c b/boards/xtensa/esp32s2/esp32s2-saola-1/src/esp32s2_bringup.c
index 4988a20945e..0994cf19fc5 100644
--- a/boards/xtensa/esp32s2/esp32s2-saola-1/src/esp32s2_bringup.c
+++ b/boards/xtensa/esp32s2/esp32s2-saola-1/src/esp32s2_bringup.c
@@ -127,6 +127,9 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ESPRESSIF_USE_ULP_RISCV_CORE
 #  include "espressif/esp_ulp.h"
+#  ifdef CONFIG_ESPRESSIF_ULP_USE_TEST_BIN
+#    include "ulp/ulp_code.h"
+#  endif
 #endif
 
 #include "esp32s2-saola-1.h"
@@ -515,6 +518,9 @@ int esp32s2_bringup(void)
    */
 
   esp_ulp_init();
+#  ifdef CONFIG_ESPRESSIF_ULP_USE_TEST_BIN
+  esp_ulp_load_bin((char *)esp_ulp_bin, esp_ulp_bin_len);
+#  endif
 #endif
 
   /* If we got here then perhaps not all initialization was successful, but
diff --git a/boards/xtensa/esp32s3/common/Kconfig b/boards/xtensa/esp32s3/common/Kconfig
index ed43926c6a6..c3c230a2f5f 100644
--- a/boards/xtensa/esp32s3/common/Kconfig
+++ b/boards/xtensa/esp32s3/common/Kconfig
@@ -262,3 +262,10 @@ config ESP32S3_BOARD_I2C
 	bool
 	default y if ESP32S3_I2C0 || ESP32S3_I2C1
 
+config ESPRESSIF_ULP_USE_TEST_BIN
+	bool "Run example prebuilt binary for ULP core"
+	depends on ESPRESSIF_USE_ULP_RISCV_CORE
+	default n
+	---help---
+		Run example prebuilt binary for ULP core which is resides in
+		`Documentation/platforms/xtensa/esp32s3/boards/esp32s3-devkit/ulp_riscv_blink.bin`
diff --git a/boards/xtensa/esp32s3/common/scripts/.gitignore b/boards/xtensa/esp32s3/common/scripts/.gitignore
index 0fa3d8108a5..47c49a5ef0a 100644
--- a/boards/xtensa/esp32s3/common/scripts/.gitignore
+++ b/boards/xtensa/esp32s3/common/scripts/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 /*.ld.tmp
+/ulp_aliases.ld
diff --git a/boards/xtensa/esp32s3/common/src/Make.defs b/boards/xtensa/esp32s3/common/src/Make.defs
index c39c450e010..e386c5dd94e 100644
--- a/boards/xtensa/esp32s3/common/src/Make.defs
+++ b/boards/xtensa/esp32s3/common/src/Make.defs
@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_TXTABLE_PARTITION),y)
 endif
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_ESPRESSIF_ULP_USE_TEST_BIN),y)
+  include $(TOPDIR)$(DELIM)Documentation$(DELIM)platforms$(DELIM)xtensa$(DELIM)esp32s3$(DELIM)boards$(DELIM)esp32s3-devkit$(DELIM)ulp_makefile
+endif
+
 DEPPATH += --dep-path src
 VPATH += :src
 CFLAGS += ${INCDIR_PREFIX}$(TOPDIR)$(DELIM)arch$(DELIM)$(CONFIG_ARCH)$(DELIM)src$(DELIM)board$(DELIM)src
diff --git a/boards/xtensa/esp32s3/esp32s3-devkit/configs/ulp/defconfig b/boards/xtensa/esp32s3/esp32s3-devkit/configs/ulp/defconfig
index acd1ec1f009..e07815741ea 100644
--- a/boards/xtensa/esp32s3/esp32s3-devkit/configs/ulp/defconfig
+++ b/boards/xtensa/esp32s3/esp32s3-devkit/configs/ulp/defconfig
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ CONFIG_ESP32S3_GPIO_IRQ=y
 CONFIG_ESP32S3_UART0=y
 CONFIG_ESP32S3_ULP_COPROC_ENABLED=y
 CONFIG_ESP32S3_ULP_COPROC_RESERVE_MEM=8000
-CONFIG_ESPRESSIF_ULP_RISCV_PROJECT_PATH="Documentation/platforms/xtensa/esp32s3/boards/esp32s3-devkit/ulp_riscv_blink.bin"
+CONFIG_ESPRESSIF_ULP_USE_TEST_BIN=y
 CONFIG_FS_PROCFS=y
 CONFIG_HAVE_CXX=y
 CONFIG_HAVE_CXXINITIALIZE=y
diff --git a/boards/xtensa/esp32s3/esp32s3-devkit/src/esp32s3_bringup.c b/boards/xtensa/esp32s3/esp32s3-devkit/src/esp32s3_bringup.c
index f1ae9727f72..2a990cac6a0 100644
--- a/boards/xtensa/esp32s3/esp32s3-devkit/src/esp32s3_bringup.c
+++ b/boards/xtensa/esp32s3/esp32s3-devkit/src/esp32s3_bringup.c
@@ -155,6 +155,9 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ESPRESSIF_USE_ULP_RISCV_CORE
 #  include "espressif/esp_ulp.h"
+#  ifdef CONFIG_ESPRESSIF_ULP_USE_TEST_BIN
+#    include "ulp/ulp_code.h"
+#  endif
 #endif
 
 #include "esp32s3-devkit.h"
@@ -641,6 +644,9 @@ int esp32s3_bringup(void)
    */
 
   esp_ulp_init();
+#  ifdef CONFIG_ESPRESSIF_ULP_USE_TEST_BIN
+  esp_ulp_load_bin((char *)esp_ulp_bin, esp_ulp_bin_len);
+#  endif
 #endif
 
   /* If we got here then perhaps not all initialization was successful, but