diff --git a/cmake/compiler/gcc/compiler_flags.cmake b/cmake/compiler/gcc/compiler_flags.cmake
index 7c3284eb47d..0d4d6942360 100644
--- a/cmake/compiler/gcc/compiler_flags.cmake
+++ b/cmake/compiler/gcc/compiler_flags.cmake
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ set_compiler_property(PROPERTY cstd -std=)
 
 if (NOT CONFIG_NEWLIB_LIBC AND
     NOT COMPILER STREQUAL "xcc" AND
-    NOT ZEPHYR_TOOLCHAIN_VARIANT STREQUAL "espressif" AND
+    NOT CONFIG_HAS_ESPRESSIF_HAL AND
     NOT CONFIG_NATIVE_APPLICATION)
   set_compiler_property(PROPERTY nostdinc -nostdinc)
   set_compiler_property(APPEND PROPERTY nostdinc_include ${NOSTDINC})
diff --git a/modules/Kconfig b/modules/Kconfig
index c582e0ea855..6a45dcbe1c2 100644
--- a/modules/Kconfig
+++ b/modules/Kconfig
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ source "modules/Kconfig.civetweb"
 source "modules/Kconfig.cmsis"
 source "modules/Kconfig.cypress"
 source "modules/Kconfig.eos_s3"
+source "modules/Kconfig.esp32"
 source "modules/Kconfig.imx"
 source "modules/Kconfig.infineon"
 source "modules/Kconfig.libmetal"
diff --git a/modules/Kconfig.esp32 b/modules/Kconfig.esp32
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..11541e83d6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/Kconfig.esp32
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+config HAS_ESPRESSIF_HAL
+	bool
+	depends on SOC_ESP32 || SOC_ESP32S2 || SOC_ESP32C3
diff --git a/soc/riscv/esp32c3/Kconfig.soc b/soc/riscv/esp32c3/Kconfig.soc
index 331a6149496..35c84a7de85 100644
--- a/soc/riscv/esp32c3/Kconfig.soc
+++ b/soc/riscv/esp32c3/Kconfig.soc
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ config SOC_ESP32C3
 	select CLOCK_CONTROL_ESP32
 	select PINCTRL
 	select XIP
+	select HAS_ESPRESSIF_HAL
 
 if SOC_ESP32C3
 
diff --git a/soc/xtensa/esp32/Kconfig.soc b/soc/xtensa/esp32/Kconfig.soc
index 870173b01b7..a475dffb26e 100644
--- a/soc/xtensa/esp32/Kconfig.soc
+++ b/soc/xtensa/esp32/Kconfig.soc
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ config SOC_ESP32
 	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_COREDUMP
 	select PINCTRL
 	select XIP
+	select HAS_ESPRESSIF_HAL
 
 if SOC_ESP32
 
diff --git a/soc/xtensa/esp32s2/Kconfig.soc b/soc/xtensa/esp32s2/Kconfig.soc
index 8676c681cab..57c538cfcb7 100644
--- a/soc/xtensa/esp32s2/Kconfig.soc
+++ b/soc/xtensa/esp32s2/Kconfig.soc
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ config SOC_ESP32S2
 	select CLOCK_CONTROL_ESP32
 	select PINCTRL
 	select XIP
+	select HAS_ESPRESSIF_HAL
 
 if SOC_ESP32S2