diff --git a/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c b/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c
index db63ca0ed2..650b65ed34 100644
--- a/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c
+++ b/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c
@@ -1377,6 +1377,26 @@ int esp_http_client_read_response(esp_http_client_handle_t client, char *buffer,
     return read_len;
 }
 
+esp_err_t esp_http_client_flush_response(esp_http_client_handle_t client, int *len)
+{
+    if (client == NULL) {
+        ESP_LOGE(TAG, "client must not be NULL");
+        return ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG;
+    }
+    int read_len = 0;
+    while (!esp_http_client_is_complete_data_received(client)) {
+        int data_read = esp_http_client_get_data(client);
+        if (data_read < 0) {
+            return ESP_FAIL;
+        }
+        read_len += data_read;
+    }
+    if (len) {
+        *len = read_len;
+    }
+    return ESP_OK;
+}
+
 esp_err_t esp_http_client_get_url(esp_http_client_handle_t client, char *url, const int len)
 {
     if (client == NULL || url == NULL) {
diff --git a/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h b/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h
index 3ad04b49d8..a942426afa 100644
--- a/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h
+++ b/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h
@@ -524,6 +524,21 @@ bool esp_http_client_is_complete_data_received(esp_http_client_handle_t client);
 
 int esp_http_client_read_response(esp_http_client_handle_t client, char *buffer, int len);
 
+/**
+ * @brief       Process all remaining response data
+ *              This uses an internal buffer to repeatedly receive, parse, and discard response data until complete data is processed.
+ *              As no additional user-supplied buffer is required, this may be preferrable to `esp_http_client_read_response` in situations where the content of the response may be ignored.
+ *
+ * @param[in]  client  The esp_http_client handle
+ * @param      len     Length of data discarded
+ *
+ * @return
+ *     - ESP_OK                 If successful, len will have discarded length
+ *     - ESP_FAIL               If failed to read response
+ *     - ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG    If the client is NULL
+ */
+int esp_http_client_flush_response(esp_http_client_handle_t client, int *len);
+
 /**
  * @brief          Get URL from client
  *