diff --git a/components/bt/controller/esp32/Kconfig.in b/components/bt/controller/esp32/Kconfig.in
index f9a505cf25..f31094116c 100644
--- a/components/bt/controller/esp32/Kconfig.in
+++ b/components/bt/controller/esp32/Kconfig.in
@@ -205,6 +205,11 @@ menu "HCI UART(H4) Options"
         help
             UART Baudrate for HCI. Please use standard baudrate.
 
+    config BTDM_CTRL_HCI_UART_FLOW_CTRL_EN
+        bool "Enable UART flow control"
+        depends on BTDM_CTRL_HCI_MODE_UART_H4
+        default y
+
 endmenu
 
 menu "MODEM SLEEP Options"
diff --git a/components/bt/controller/esp32/bt.c b/components/bt/controller/esp32/bt.c
index 36e82c9bed..8fdad125e7 100644
--- a/components/bt/controller/esp32/bt.c
+++ b/components/bt/controller/esp32/bt.c
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ extern void btdm_controller_scan_duplicate_list_clear(void);
 /* Shutdown */
 extern void esp_bt_controller_shutdown(void);
 extern void sdk_config_set_bt_pll_track_enable(bool enable);
+extern void sdk_config_set_uart_flow_ctrl_enable(bool enable);
 
 extern char _bss_start_btdm;
 extern char _bss_end_btdm;
@@ -1527,6 +1528,12 @@ esp_err_t esp_bt_controller_init(esp_bt_controller_config_t *cfg)
     btdm_controller_set_sleep_mode(BTDM_MODEM_SLEEP_MODE_NONE);
 #endif
 
+#if CONFIG_BTDM_CTRL_HCI_UART_FLOW_CTRL_EN
+    sdk_config_set_uart_flow_ctrl_enable(true);
+#else
+    sdk_config_set_uart_flow_ctrl_enable(false);
+#endif
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM_ENABLE
     if (!s_btdm_allow_light_sleep) {
         if ((err = esp_pm_lock_create(ESP_PM_NO_LIGHT_SLEEP, 0, "btLS", &s_light_sleep_pm_lock)) != ESP_OK) {
diff --git a/examples/bluetooth/hci/controller_hci_uart_esp32/main/controller_hci_uart_demo.c b/examples/bluetooth/hci/controller_hci_uart_esp32/main/controller_hci_uart_demo.c
index d4459a8d33..7684b7aa69 100644
--- a/examples/bluetooth/hci/controller_hci_uart_esp32/main/controller_hci_uart_demo.c
+++ b/examples/bluetooth/hci/controller_hci_uart_esp32/main/controller_hci_uart_demo.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ static void uart_gpio_reset(void)
     periph_module_enable(PERIPH_UHCI0_MODULE);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BTDM_CTRL_HCI_UART_NO
-    ESP_LOGI(tag, "HCI UART%d Pin select: TX 5, RX 18, CTS 23, RTS 19", CONFIG_BTDM_CTRL_HCI_UART_NO);
+    ESP_LOGI(tag, "HCI UART%d Pin select: TX 5, RX 18, CTS 23, RTS 19 Baudrate:%d", CONFIG_BTDM_CTRL_HCI_UART_NO, CONFIG_BTDM_CTRL_HCI_UART_BAUDRATE);
 
     uart_set_pin(CONFIG_BTDM_CTRL_HCI_UART_NO, 5, 18, 19, 23);
 #endif
diff --git a/examples/bluetooth/hci/controller_hci_uart_esp32c3_and_esp32s3/main/Kconfig.projbuild b/examples/bluetooth/hci/controller_hci_uart_esp32c3_and_esp32s3/main/Kconfig.projbuild
index 395e8bef94..0912aa239a 100644
--- a/examples/bluetooth/hci/controller_hci_uart_esp32c3_and_esp32s3/main/Kconfig.projbuild
+++ b/examples/bluetooth/hci/controller_hci_uart_esp32c3_and_esp32s3/main/Kconfig.projbuild
@@ -7,4 +7,10 @@ menu "Example Configuration"
         help
             UART Baudrate for HCI. Please use standard baudrate.
 
+    config EXAMPLE_HCI_UART_FLOW_CTRL_ENABLE
+        bool "Enable HCI UART flow control"
+        default y
+        help
+            Enable/disable HCI UART flow control
+
 endmenu
diff --git a/examples/bluetooth/hci/controller_hci_uart_esp32c3_and_esp32s3/main/main.c b/examples/bluetooth/hci/controller_hci_uart_esp32c3_and_esp32s3/main/main.c
index 8bef0692b5..3ac6e29fb2 100644
--- a/examples/bluetooth/hci/controller_hci_uart_esp32c3_and_esp32s3/main/main.c
+++ b/examples/bluetooth/hci/controller_hci_uart_esp32c3_and_esp32s3/main/main.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021-2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Unlicense OR CC0-1.0
  */
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ static const char *tag = "UHCI";
 #define GPIO_OUTPUT_PIN_SEL  ((1ULL<<GPIO_UART_TXD_OUT) | (1ULL<<GPIO_UART_RTS_OUT))
 #define GPIO_INPUT_PIN_SEL   ((1ULL<<GPIO_UART_RXD_IN) | (1ULL<<GPIO_UART_CTS_IN))
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_EXAMPLE_HCI_UART_FLOW_CTRL_ENABLE
+#define HCI_UART_FLOW_CTRL_ENABLE CONFIG_EXAMPLE_HCI_UART_FLOW_CTRL_ENABLE
+#else
+#define HCI_UART_FLOW_CTRL_ENABLE  FALSE
+#endif
+
 // Operation functions for HCI UART Transport Layer
 static bool hci_uart_tl_init(void);
 static void hci_uart_tl_deinit(void);
@@ -203,7 +209,11 @@ void uhci_uart_install(void)
         .data_bits = UART_DATA_8_BITS,
         .parity = UART_PARITY_DISABLE,
         .stop_bits = UART_STOP_BITS_1,
+#if (HCI_UART_FLOW_CTRL_ENABLE == TRUE)
         .flow_ctrl = UART_HW_FLOWCTRL_CTS_RTS,
+#else
+        .flow_ctrl = UART_HW_FLOWCTRL_DISABLE,
+#endif
         .rx_flow_ctrl_thresh = UART_RX_THRS,
         .source_clk = UART_SCLK_DEFAULT,
     };
@@ -284,4 +294,5 @@ void app_main(void)
              "--Baudrate: %d", UART_HCI_NUM,
              GPIO_UART_TXD_OUT, GPIO_UART_RXD_IN, GPIO_UART_RTS_OUT, GPIO_UART_CTS_IN,
              CONFIG_EXAMPLE_HCI_UART_BAUDRATE);
+
 }