diff --git a/components/bootloader/Kconfig.projbuild b/components/bootloader/Kconfig.projbuild
index f949ee693d..4c75181f8f 100644
--- a/components/bootloader/Kconfig.projbuild
+++ b/components/bootloader/Kconfig.projbuild
@@ -1107,7 +1107,7 @@ menu "Security features"
     endmenu  # Potentially Insecure
 
     config SECURE_FLASH_ENCRYPT_ONLY_IMAGE_LEN_IN_APP_PART
-        bool "Encrypt only the app image that is present in the partition of type app"
+        bool "Encrypt contents upto app image length in app partition"
         depends on SECURE_FLASH_ENC_ENABLED && !SECURE_FLASH_REQUIRE_ALREADY_ENABLED
         default y
         help
diff --git a/components/bootloader_support/include/esp_secure_boot.h b/components/bootloader_support/include/esp_secure_boot.h
index 84cb241010..93d2ac3dd3 100644
--- a/components/bootloader_support/include/esp_secure_boot.h
+++ b/components/bootloader_support/include/esp_secure_boot.h
@@ -236,6 +236,23 @@ typedef struct {
     uint8_t signature[64];
 } esp_secure_boot_sig_block_t;
 
+/** @brief Get the size of the secure boot signature block
+ *
+ * This is the size of the signature block appended to a signed image.
+ *
+ * @return Size of the secure boot signature block in bytes
+ */
+static inline uint32_t esp_secure_boot_sig_block_size(void)
+{
+#if CONFIG_SECURE_SIGNED_APPS_RSA_SCHEME || CONFIG_SECURE_SIGNED_APPS_ECDSA_V2_SCHEME
+    return sizeof(ets_secure_boot_signature_t);
+#elif defined(CONFIG_SECURE_SIGNED_APPS_ECDSA_SCHEME)
+    return sizeof(esp_secure_boot_sig_block_t);
+#else
+    return 0;
+#endif
+}
+
 /** @brief Verify the ECDSA secure boot signature block for Secure Boot V1.
  *
  *  Calculates Deterministic ECDSA w/ SHA256 based on the SHA256 hash of the image. ECDSA signature
diff --git a/components/bootloader_support/src/flash_encryption/flash_encrypt.c b/components/bootloader_support/src/flash_encryption/flash_encrypt.c
index 810cd36c2d..b6a61d9978 100644
--- a/components/bootloader_support/src/flash_encryption/flash_encrypt.c
+++ b/components/bootloader_support/src/flash_encryption/flash_encrypt.c
@@ -413,6 +413,10 @@ static esp_err_t encrypt_partition(int index, const esp_partition_info_t *partit
         if (should_encrypt) {
             // Encrypt only the app image instead of encrypting the whole partition
             size = image_data.image_len;
+#if CONFIG_SECURE_SIGNED_ON_UPDATE_NO_SECURE_BOOT
+            // If secure update without secure boot, also encrypt the signature block
+            size += esp_secure_boot_sig_block_size();
+#endif
         }
 #endif
     } else if ((partition->type == PART_TYPE_DATA && partition->subtype == PART_SUBTYPE_DATA_OTA)