diff --git a/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c b/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c
index 6ac883da5d3..48148bed37a 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: 2015-2025 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015-2026 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -2085,3 +2085,12 @@ bool esp_http_client_is_persistent_connection(esp_http_client_handle_t client)
     }
     return false;
 }
+
+int esp_http_client_get_socket(esp_http_client_handle_t client)
+{
+    if (client == NULL || client->transport == NULL) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    return esp_transport_get_socket(client->transport);
+}
diff --git a/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h b/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h
index 48d30d48571..c444e8247f0 100644
--- a/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h
+++ b/components/esp_http_client/include/esp_http_client.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015-2025 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015-2026 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -902,6 +902,17 @@ esp_http_state_t esp_http_client_get_state(esp_http_client_handle_t client);
  */
 bool esp_http_client_is_persistent_connection(esp_http_client_handle_t client);
 
+/**
+ * @brief       Get the socket from the underlying transport
+ *
+ * @param client The HTTP client handle
+ *
+ * @return
+ *     - -1 if the client is NULL or the transport is not initialized
+ *     - The socket file descriptor if successful
+ */
+int esp_http_client_get_socket(esp_http_client_handle_t client);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif