diff --git a/components/esp_https_ota/include/esp_https_ota.h b/components/esp_https_ota/include/esp_https_ota.h
index 1afa44a73a..b88fdfaa5c 100644
--- a/components/esp_https_ota/include/esp_https_ota.h
+++ b/components/esp_https_ota/include/esp_https_ota.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ typedef esp_err_t(*http_client_init_cb_t)(esp_http_client_handle_t);
 typedef struct {
     const esp_http_client_config_t *http_config;   /*!< ESP HTTP client configuration */
     http_client_init_cb_t http_client_init_cb;     /*!< Callback after ESP HTTP client is initialised */
+    bool bulk_flash_erase;                         /*!< Erase entire flash partition during initialization. By default flash partition is erased during write operation and in chunk of 4K sector size */
 } esp_https_ota_config_t;
 
 #define ESP_ERR_HTTPS_OTA_BASE            (0x9000)
diff --git a/components/esp_https_ota/src/esp_https_ota.c b/components/esp_https_ota/src/esp_https_ota.c
index 2559de7673..8980986362 100644
--- a/components/esp_https_ota/src/esp_https_ota.c
+++ b/components/esp_https_ota/src/esp_https_ota.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ struct esp_https_ota_handle {
     size_t ota_upgrade_buf_size;
     int binary_file_len;
     esp_https_ota_state state;
+    bool bulk_flash_erase;
 };
 
 typedef struct esp_https_ota_handle esp_https_ota_t;
@@ -207,7 +208,7 @@ esp_err_t esp_https_ota_begin(esp_https_ota_config_t *ota_config, esp_https_ota_
         goto http_cleanup;
     }
     https_ota_handle->ota_upgrade_buf_size = alloc_size;
-
+    https_ota_handle->bulk_flash_erase = ota_config->bulk_flash_erase;
     https_ota_handle->binary_file_len = 0;
     *handle = (esp_https_ota_handle_t)https_ota_handle;
     https_ota_handle->state = ESP_HTTPS_OTA_BEGIN;
@@ -280,9 +281,10 @@ esp_err_t esp_https_ota_perform(esp_https_ota_handle_t https_ota_handle)
 
     esp_err_t err;
     int data_read;
+    const int erase_size = handle->bulk_flash_erase ? OTA_SIZE_UNKNOWN : OTA_WITH_SEQUENTIAL_WRITES;
     switch (handle->state) {
         case ESP_HTTPS_OTA_BEGIN:
-            err = esp_ota_begin(handle->update_partition, OTA_SIZE_UNKNOWN, &handle->update_handle);
+            err = esp_ota_begin(handle->update_partition, erase_size, &handle->update_handle);
             if (err != ESP_OK) {
                 ESP_LOGE(TAG, "esp_ota_begin failed (%s)", esp_err_to_name(err));
                 return err;
diff --git a/examples/system/ota/native_ota_example/main/native_ota_example.c b/examples/system/ota/native_ota_example/main/native_ota_example.c
index ea29d916ef..a81cf9d7a2 100644
--- a/examples/system/ota/native_ota_example/main/native_ota_example.c
+++ b/examples/system/ota/native_ota_example/main/native_ota_example.c
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ static void ota_example_task(void *pvParameter)
 
                     image_header_was_checked = true;
 
-                    err = esp_ota_begin(update_partition, OTA_SIZE_UNKNOWN, &update_handle);
+                    err = esp_ota_begin(update_partition, OTA_WITH_SEQUENTIAL_WRITES, &update_handle);
                     if (err != ESP_OK) {
                         ESP_LOGE(TAG, "esp_ota_begin failed (%s)", esp_err_to_name(err));
                         http_cleanup(client);