diff --git a/components/esp_websocket_client/esp_websocket_client.c b/components/esp_websocket_client/esp_websocket_client.c
index 9232cef387..f1aab4a1bb 100644
--- a/components/esp_websocket_client/esp_websocket_client.c
+++ b/components/esp_websocket_client/esp_websocket_client.c
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ typedef struct {
     size_t                      client_cert_len;
     const char                  *client_key;
     size_t                      client_key_len;
+#if CONFIG_ESP_TLS_USE_DS_PERIPHERAL
+    void                        *client_ds_data;
+#endif
     bool                        use_global_ca_store;
     bool                        skip_cert_common_name_check;
     esp_err_t                   (*crt_bundle_attach)(void *conf);
@@ -519,6 +522,10 @@ static esp_err_t esp_websocket_client_create_transport(esp_websocket_client_hand
             } else {
                 esp_transport_ssl_set_client_key_data_der(ssl, client->config->client_key, client->config->client_key_len);
             }
+#if CONFIG_ESP_TLS_USE_DS_PERIPHERAL
+        } else if (client->config->client_ds_data) {
+            esp_transport_ssl_set_ds_data(ssl, client->config->client_ds_data);
+#endif
         }
         if (client->config->crt_bundle_attach) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_MBEDTLS_CERTIFICATE_BUNDLE
@@ -648,6 +655,9 @@ esp_websocket_client_handle_t esp_websocket_client_init(const esp_websocket_clie
     client->config->client_cert_len = config->client_cert_len;
     client->config->client_key = config->client_key;
     client->config->client_key_len = config->client_key_len;
+#if CONFIG_ESP_TLS_USE_DS_PERIPHERAL
+    client->config->client_ds_data = config->client_ds_data;
+#endif
     client->config->skip_cert_common_name_check = config->skip_cert_common_name_check;
     client->config->crt_bundle_attach = config->crt_bundle_attach;
 
diff --git a/components/esp_websocket_client/include/esp_websocket_client.h b/components/esp_websocket_client/include/esp_websocket_client.h
index db7e8cdb8a..de12a0a7aa 100644
--- a/components/esp_websocket_client/include/esp_websocket_client.h
+++ b/components/esp_websocket_client/include/esp_websocket_client.h
@@ -106,10 +106,13 @@ typedef struct {
     int                         buffer_size;                /*!< Websocket buffer size */
     const char                  *cert_pem;                  /*!< Pointer to certificate data in PEM or DER format for server verify (with SSL), default is NULL, not required to verify the server. PEM-format must have a terminating NULL-character. DER-format requires the length to be passed in cert_len. */
     size_t                      cert_len;                   /*!< Length of the buffer pointed to by cert_pem. May be 0 for null-terminated pem */
-    const char                  *client_cert;               /*!< Pointer to certificate data in PEM or DER format for SSL mutual authentication, default is NULL, not required if mutual authentication is not needed. If it is not NULL, also `client_key` has to be provided. PEM-format must have a terminating NULL-character. DER-format requires the length to be passed in client_cert_len. */
+    const char                  *client_cert;               /*!< Pointer to certificate data in PEM or DER format for SSL mutual authentication, default is NULL, not required if mutual authentication is not needed. If it is not NULL, also `client_key` or `client_ds_data` (if supported) has to be provided. PEM-format must have a terminating NULL-character. DER-format requires the length to be passed in client_cert_len. */
     size_t                      client_cert_len;            /*!< Length of the buffer pointed to by client_cert. May be 0 for null-terminated pem */
-    const char                  *client_key;                /*!< Pointer to private key data in PEM or DER format for SSL mutual authentication, default is NULL, not required if mutual authentication is not needed. If it is not NULL, also `client_cert` has to be provided. PEM-format must have a terminating NULL-character. DER-format requires the length to be passed in client_key_len */
+    const char                  *client_key;                /*!< Pointer to private key data in PEM or DER format for SSL mutual authentication, default is NULL, not required if mutual authentication is not needed. If it is not NULL, also `client_cert` has to be provided and `client_ds_data` (if supported) gets ignored. PEM-format must have a terminating NULL-character. DER-format requires the length to be passed in client_key_len */
     size_t                      client_key_len;             /*!< Length of the buffer pointed to by client_key_pem. May be 0 for null-terminated pem */
+#if CONFIG_ESP_TLS_USE_DS_PERIPHERAL
+    void                        *client_ds_data;            /*!< Pointer to the encrypted private key data for SSL mutual authentication using the DS peripheral, default is NULL, not required if mutual authentication is not needed. If it is not NULL, also `client_cert` has to be provided. It is ignored if `client_key` is provided */
+#endif
     esp_websocket_transport_t   transport;                  /*!< Websocket transport type, see `esp_websocket_transport_t */
     const char                  *subprotocol;               /*!< Websocket subprotocol */
     const char                  *user_agent;                /*!< Websocket user-agent */