diff --git a/ci/espressif_install.sh b/ci/espressif_install.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+SCRIPT_ROOTDIR=$(dirname "$(realpath "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")
+MCUBOOT_ROOTDIR=$(realpath "${SCRIPT_ROOTDIR}/..")
+ESPRESSIF_ROOT="${MCUBOOT_ROOTDIR}/boot/espressif"
+IDF_PATH="${ESPRESSIF_ROOT}/hal/esp-idf"
+
+set -eo pipefail
+
+install_idf() {
+    "${IDF_PATH}"/install.sh
+}
+
+install_idf