diff --git a/components/esp_hw_support/port/esp32c3/rtc_sleep.c b/components/esp_hw_support/port/esp32c3/rtc_sleep.c
index 5d3c6eed1f..57dea490ea 100644
--- a/components/esp_hw_support/port/esp32c3/rtc_sleep.c
+++ b/components/esp_hw_support/port/esp32c3/rtc_sleep.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 // limitations under the License.
 
 #include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #include "soc/soc.h"
 #include "soc/rtc.h"
 #include "soc/rtc_cntl_reg.h"
@@ -163,3 +164,8 @@ uint32_t rtc_sleep_start(uint32_t wakeup_opt, uint32_t reject_opt, uint32_t lslp
     }
     return reject;
 }
+
+uint32_t rtc_deep_sleep_start(uint32_t wakeup_opt, uint32_t reject_opt)
+{
+    abort(); // ESP32-C3 TODO IDF-2560
+}
diff --git a/components/soc/esp32c3/include/soc/rtc.h b/components/soc/esp32c3/include/soc/rtc.h
index b03359c2a6..8ad29c0d78 100644
--- a/components/soc/esp32c3/include/soc/rtc.h
+++ b/components/soc/esp32c3/include/soc/rtc.h
@@ -758,6 +758,29 @@ void rtc_sleep_set_wakeup_time(uint64_t t);
  */
 uint32_t rtc_sleep_start(uint32_t wakeup_opt, uint32_t reject_opt, uint32_t lslp_mem_inf_fpu);
 
+/**
+ * @brief Enter deep sleep mode
+ *
+ * Similar to rtc_sleep_start(), but additionally uses hardware to calculate the CRC value
+ * of RTC FAST memory. On wake, this CRC is used to determine if a deep sleep wake
+ * stub is valid to execute (if a wake address is set).
+ *
+ * No RAM is accessed while calculating the CRC and going into deep sleep, which makes
+ * this function safe to use even if the caller's stack is in RTC FAST memory.
+ *
+ * @note If no deep sleep wake stub address is set then calling rtc_sleep_start() will
+ * have the same effect and takes less time as CRC calculation is skipped.
+ *
+ * @note This function should only be called after rtc_sleep_init() has been called to
+ * configure the system for deep sleep.
+ *
+ * @param wakeup_opt - same as for rtc_sleep_start
+ * @param reject_opt - same as for rtc_sleep_start
+ *
+ * @return non-zero if sleep was rejected by hardware
+ */
+uint32_t rtc_deep_sleep_start(uint32_t wakeup_opt, uint32_t reject_opt);
+
 /**
  * RTC power and clock control initialization settings
  */