diff --git a/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c b/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c
index 9ae029a623..44207fda99 100644
--- a/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c
+++ b/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015-2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -722,6 +722,12 @@ esp_http_client_handle_t esp_http_client_init(const esp_http_client_config_t *co
     }
 #endif
 
+#if CONFIG_ESP_TLS_USE_DS_PERIPHERAL
+    if (config->ds_data != NULL) {
+        esp_transport_ssl_set_ds_data(ssl, config->ds_data);
+    }
+#endif
+
     if (config->client_key_pem) {
         if (!config->client_key_len) {
             esp_transport_ssl_set_client_key_data(ssl, config->client_key_pem, strlen(config->client_key_pem));
diff --git a/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h b/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h
index e1dbd5c8f1..74ccd24ac6 100644
--- a/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h
+++ b/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h
@@ -160,6 +160,9 @@ typedef struct {
 #if CONFIG_ESP_TLS_USE_SECURE_ELEMENT
     bool use_secure_element;                /*!< Enable this option to use secure element */
 #endif
+#if CONFIG_ESP_TLS_USE_DS_PERIPHERAL
+    void *ds_data;                          /*!< Pointer for digital signature peripheral context, see ESP-TLS Documentation for more details */
+#endif
 } esp_http_client_config_t;
 
 /**