diff --git a/include/bluetooth/hci.h b/include/bluetooth/hci.h
index 6abdba7ec76..3a098bfc91b 100644
--- a/include/bluetooth/hci.h
+++ b/include/bluetooth/hci.h
@@ -81,6 +81,16 @@ struct bt_hci_cp_set_event_mask {
 
 #define BT_HCI_OP_RESET				BT_OP(BT_OGF_BASEBAND, 0x0003)
 
+#define BT_HCI_OP_SET_CTL_TO_HOST_FLOW		BT_OP(BT_OGF_BASEBAND, 0x0031)
+
+#define BT_HCI_OP_HOST_BUFFER_SIZE		BT_OP(BT_OGF_BASEBAND, 0x0033)
+struct bt_hci_cp_host_buffer_size {
+	uint16_t acl_mtu;
+	uint8_t  sco_mtu;
+	uint16_t acl_pkts;
+	uint16_t sco_pkts;
+} PACK_STRUCT;
+
 #define BT_HCI_OP_LE_WRITE_LE_HOST_SUPP		BT_OP(BT_OGF_BASEBAND, 0x006d)
 struct bt_hci_cp_write_le_host_supp {
 	uint8_t  le;
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
index 30260595232..5b2fe8e9bdc 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
@@ -505,8 +505,10 @@ static void hci_rx_fiber(void)
 
 static int hci_init(void)
 {
+	struct bt_hci_cp_host_buffer_size *hbs;
 	struct bt_hci_cp_set_event_mask *ev;
 	struct bt_buf *buf;
+	uint8_t *enable;
 
 	/* Send HCI_RESET */
 	bt_hci_cmd_send(BT_HCI_OP_RESET, NULL);
@@ -554,6 +556,26 @@ static int hci_init(void)
 
 	bt_hci_cmd_send_sync(BT_HCI_OP_SET_EVENT_MASK, buf);
 
+	buf = bt_hci_cmd_create(BT_HCI_OP_HOST_BUFFER_SIZE, sizeof(*hbs));
+	if (!buf)
+		return -ENOBUFS;
+
+	hbs = (void *)bt_buf_add(buf, sizeof(*hbs));
+	memset(hbs, 0, sizeof(*hbs));
+	hbs->acl_mtu = sys_cpu_to_le16(BT_BUF_MAX_DATA -
+				       sizeof(struct bt_hci_acl_hdr));
+	hbs->acl_pkts = sys_cpu_to_le16(ACL_IN_MAX);
+
+	bt_hci_cmd_send(BT_HCI_OP_HOST_BUFFER_SIZE, buf);
+
+	buf = bt_hci_cmd_create(BT_HCI_OP_SET_CTL_TO_HOST_FLOW, 1);
+	if (!buf)
+		return -ENOBUFS;
+
+	enable = (void *)bt_buf_add(buf, sizeof(*enable));
+	*enable = 0x01;
+	bt_hci_cmd_send(BT_HCI_OP_SET_CTL_TO_HOST_FLOW, buf);
+
 	if (lmp_bredr_capable(dev)) {
 		struct bt_hci_cp_write_le_host_supp *cp;