diff --git a/ci/espressif_install.sh b/ci/espressif_install.sh
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+++ 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
diff --git a/ci/espressif_run.sh b/ci/espressif_run.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="${ESPRESSIF_ROOT}/hal/esp-idf"
+
+set -eo pipefail
+
+build_mcuboot() {
+  local target=${MCUBOOT_TARGET}
+  local build_dir=".build-${target}"
+  local toolchain_file="${ESPRESSIF_ROOT}/tools/toolchain-${target}.cmake"
+  local mcuboot_config="${ESPRESSIF_ROOT}/bootloader.conf"
+
+  # Prepare the environment for ESP-IDF
+
+  . "${IDF_PATH}"/export.sh
+
+  # Build MCUboot for selected target
+
+  cd "${MCUBOOT_ROOTDIR}" &>/dev/null
+  cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE="${toolchain_file}"  \
+        -DMCUBOOT_TARGET="${target}"                \
+        -DMCUBOOT_CONFIG_FILE="${mcuboot_config}"   \
+        -DIDF_PATH="${IDF_PATH}"                    \
+        -B "${build_dir}"                           \
+        "${ESPRESSIF_ROOT}"
+  cmake --build "${build_dir}"/
+}
+
+build_mcuboot