diff --git a/components/openthread/CMakeLists.txt b/components/openthread/CMakeLists.txt
index f726c4af7a..182f9fcce8 100644
--- a/components/openthread/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/openthread/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ idf_component_register(SRC_DIRS "${src_dirs}"
                        EXCLUDE_SRCS "${exclude_srcs}"
                        INCLUDE_DIRS "${public_include_dirs}"
                        PRIV_INCLUDE_DIRS "${private_include_dirs}"
-                       REQUIRES mbedtls ieee802154)
+                       REQUIRES mbedtls ieee802154 console)
 
 if(CONFIG_OPENTHREAD_ENABLED)
     if(CONFIG_OPENTHREAD_RADIO)
diff --git a/components/openthread/include/esp_openthread_cli.h b/components/openthread/include/esp_openthread_cli.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..afc1df9ea1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/openthread/include/esp_openthread_cli.h
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015-2021 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+#include "esp_openthread.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * @brief This function initializes the OpenThread command line interface(CLI).
+ *
+ */
+void esp_openthread_cli_init(void);
+
+/**
+ * @brief This function feeds a line to the OpenThread CLI.
+ *
+ * @note This function is thread-safe, the line will be copied and posted to
+ *       the OpenThread task queue.
+ *
+ * @param[in] line  The input line.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *      - ESP_OK on success
+ *      - ESP_ERR_NO_MEM if allocation has failed
+ *
+ */
+esp_err_t esp_openthread_cli_input(const char *line);
+
+/**
+ * @brief This function launches an exclusive loop for the OpenThread CLI.
+ *
+ * @param[in] priority  The priority of the created task.
+ *
+ */
+void esp_openthread_cli_create_task(void);
+
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/examples/openthread/ot_br/main/esp_ot_br.c b/examples/openthread/ot_br/main/esp_ot_br.c
index 6111039558..c92f633065 100644
--- a/examples/openthread/ot_br/main/esp_ot_br.c
+++ b/examples/openthread/ot_br/main/esp_ot_br.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "esp_netif_net_stack.h"
 #include "esp_openthread.h"
 #include "esp_openthread_border_router.h"
+#include "esp_openthread_cli.h"
 #include "esp_openthread_lock.h"
 #include "esp_openthread_netif_glue.h"
 #include "esp_openthread_types.h"
@@ -49,8 +50,6 @@
 
 #define TAG "esp_ot_br"
 
-extern void otAppCliInit(otInstance *aInstance);
-
 static int hex_digit_to_int(char hex)
 {
     if ('A' <= hex && hex <= 'F') {
@@ -170,12 +169,13 @@ static void ot_task_worker(void *aContext)
 
     esp_openthread_lock_acquire(portMAX_DELAY);
     (void)otLoggingSetLevel(CONFIG_LOG_DEFAULT_LEVEL);
-    otAppCliInit(esp_openthread_get_instance());
+    esp_openthread_cli_init();
     create_config_network(esp_openthread_get_instance());
     launch_openthread_network(esp_openthread_get_instance());
     esp_openthread_lock_release();
 
     // Run the main loop
+    esp_openthread_cli_create_task();
     esp_openthread_launch_mainloop();
 
     // Clean up
diff --git a/examples/openthread/ot_br/partitions.csv b/examples/openthread/ot_br/partitions.csv
index ded8c6adfd..084c4662e2 100644
--- a/examples/openthread/ot_br/partitions.csv
+++ b/examples/openthread/ot_br/partitions.csv
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # Note: if you have increased the bootloader size, make sure to update the offsets to avoid overlap
 nvs,        data, nvs,      0x9000,  0x6000,
 phy_init,   data, phy,      0xf000,  0x1000,
-factory,    app,  factory,  0x10000, 1200K,
+factory,    app,  factory,  0x10000, 1400K,
 ot_storage, data, 0x3a,            , 0x2000,
diff --git a/examples/openthread/ot_cli/main/esp_ot_cli.c b/examples/openthread/ot_cli/main/esp_ot_cli.c
index 5bee92058e..7fd86945ec 100644
--- a/examples/openthread/ot_cli/main/esp_ot_cli.c
+++ b/examples/openthread/ot_cli/main/esp_ot_cli.c
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-/*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- */
 /* OpenThread Command Line Example
 
    This example code is in the Public Domain (or CC0 licensed, at your option.)
@@ -21,6 +16,7 @@
 #include "esp_netif.h"
 #include "esp_netif_types.h"
 #include "esp_openthread.h"
+#include "esp_openthread_cli.h"
 #include "esp_openthread_lock.h"
 #include "esp_openthread_netif_glue.h"
 #include "esp_openthread_types.h"
@@ -42,8 +38,6 @@
 
 #define TAG "ot_esp_cli"
 
-extern void otAppCliInit(otInstance *aInstance);
-
 #if CONFIG_OPENTHREAD_CLI_ESP_EXTENSION
 static esp_netif_t *init_openthread_netif(const esp_openthread_platform_config_t *config)
 {
@@ -70,7 +64,7 @@ static void ot_task_worker(void *aContext)
     // The OpenThread log level directly matches ESP log level
     (void)otLoggingSetLevel(CONFIG_LOG_DEFAULT_LEVEL);
     // Initialize the OpenThread cli
-    otAppCliInit(esp_openthread_get_instance());
+    esp_openthread_cli_init();
 
 #if CONFIG_OPENTHREAD_CLI_ESP_EXTENSION
     esp_netif_t *openthread_netif;
@@ -81,6 +75,7 @@ static void ot_task_worker(void *aContext)
 #endif // CONFIG_OPENTHREAD_CLI_ESP_EXTENSION
 
     // Run the main loop
+    esp_openthread_cli_create_task();
     esp_openthread_launch_mainloop();
 
     // Clean up
diff --git a/tools/ci/check_copyright_ignore.txt b/tools/ci/check_copyright_ignore.txt
index 087b8d93fb..54abd3501c 100644
--- a/tools/ci/check_copyright_ignore.txt
+++ b/tools/ci/check_copyright_ignore.txt
@@ -3525,6 +3525,8 @@ examples/network/simple_sniffer/main/cmd_sniffer.h
 examples/network/simple_sniffer/main/simple_sniffer_example_main.c
 examples/openthread/ot_br/main/esp_ot_br.c
 examples/openthread/ot_br/main/esp_ot_config.h
+examples/openthread/ot_cli/main/esp_ot_cli.c
+examples/openthread/ot_cli/main/esp_ot_config.h
 examples/openthread/ot_rcp/main/esp_ot_config.h
 examples/openthread/ot_rcp/main/esp_ot_rcp.c
 examples/peripherals/adc/esp32c3/adc/main/adc_dma_example_main.c