diff --git a/components/freertos/Kconfig b/components/freertos/Kconfig
index eccb221ff2..d8ca79b487 100644
--- a/components/freertos/Kconfig
+++ b/components/freertos/Kconfig
@@ -244,6 +244,25 @@ menu "FreeRTOS"
 
                 Note: The clock used for run time statistics can be configured in FREERTOS_RUN_TIME_STATS_CLK.
 
+        choice FREERTOS_RUN_TIME_COUNTER_TYPE
+            prompt "configRUN_TIME_COUNTER_TYPE"
+            depends on FREERTOS_GENERATE_RUN_TIME_STATS && !FREERTOS_SMP
+            default FREERTOS_RUN_TIME_COUNTER_TYPE_U32
+            help
+                Sets the data type used for the FreeRTOS run time stats. A larger data type can be used to reduce the
+                frequency of the counter overflowing.
+
+            config FREERTOS_RUN_TIME_COUNTER_TYPE_U32
+                bool "uint32_t"
+                help
+                    configRUN_TIME_COUNTER_TYPE is set to uint32_t
+
+            config FREERTOS_RUN_TIME_COUNTER_TYPE_U64
+                bool "uint64_t"
+                help
+                    configRUN_TIME_COUNTER_TYPE is set to uint64_t
+        endchoice # FREERTOS_RUN_TIME_COUNTER_TYPE
+
         config FREERTOS_USE_TICKLESS_IDLE
             # Todo: Currently not supported in SMP FreeRTOS yet (IDF-4986)
             # Todo: Consider whether this option should still be exposed (IDF-4986)
diff --git a/components/freertos/config/include/freertos/FreeRTOSConfig.h b/components/freertos/config/include/freertos/FreeRTOSConfig.h
index 2d43bb0bd1..a36a4bedbf 100644
--- a/components/freertos/config/include/freertos/FreeRTOSConfig.h
+++ b/components/freertos/config/include/freertos/FreeRTOSConfig.h
@@ -165,6 +165,14 @@
     #define configUSE_STATS_FORMATTING_FUNCTIONS    1       /* Used by vTaskList() */
 #endif /* CONFIG_FREERTOS_USE_STATS_FORMATTING_FUNCTIONS */
 
+#if !CONFIG_FREERTOS_SMP
+    #if CONFIG_FREERTOS_RUN_TIME_COUNTER_TYPE_U32
+        #define configRUN_TIME_COUNTER_TYPE    uint32_t
+    #elif CONFIG_FREERTOS_RUN_TIME_COUNTER_TYPE_U64
+        #define configRUN_TIME_COUNTER_TYPE    uint64_t
+    #endif /* CONFIG_FREERTOS_RUN_TIME_COUNTER_TYPE_U64 */
+#endif /* !CONFIG_FREERTOS_SMP */
+
 /* -------------------- Co-routines  ----------------------- */
 
 #define configUSE_CO_ROUTINES              0              /* CO_ROUTINES are not supported in ESP-IDF */
diff --git a/components/freertos/test_apps/freertos/sdkconfig.ci.freertos_options b/components/freertos/test_apps/freertos/sdkconfig.ci.freertos_options
index 541b767a2a..38ae8ab7df 100644
--- a/components/freertos/test_apps/freertos/sdkconfig.ci.freertos_options
+++ b/components/freertos/test_apps/freertos/sdkconfig.ci.freertos_options
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ CONFIG_FREERTOS_USE_TRACE_FACILITY=y
 CONFIG_FREERTOS_USE_STATS_FORMATTING_FUNCTIONS=y
 CONFIG_FREERTOS_VTASKLIST_INCLUDE_COREID=y
 CONFIG_FREERTOS_GENERATE_RUN_TIME_STATS=y
+CONFIG_FREERTOS_RUN_TIME_COUNTER_TYPE_U64=y
 CONFIG_FREERTOS_PLACE_FUNCTIONS_INTO_FLASH=y
 CONFIG_FREERTOS_FPU_IN_ISR=y
 CONFIG_FREERTOS_TASK_NOTIFICATION_ARRAY_ENTRIES=2
diff --git a/examples/system/freertos/real_time_stats/main/real_time_stats_example_main.c b/examples/system/freertos/real_time_stats/main/real_time_stats_example_main.c
index 03639c1b20..517177a64f 100644
--- a/examples/system/freertos/real_time_stats/main/real_time_stats_example_main.c
+++ b/examples/system/freertos/real_time_stats/main/real_time_stats_example_main.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ static esp_err_t print_real_time_stats(TickType_t xTicksToWait)
 {
     TaskStatus_t *start_array = NULL, *end_array = NULL;
     UBaseType_t start_array_size, end_array_size;
-    uint32_t start_run_time, end_run_time;
+    configRUN_TIME_COUNTER_TYPE start_run_time, end_run_time;
     esp_err_t ret;
 
     //Allocate array to store current task states
diff --git a/examples/system/freertos/real_time_stats/sdkconfig.ci b/examples/system/freertos/real_time_stats/sdkconfig.ci
index c87713d246..e69de29bb2 100644
--- a/examples/system/freertos/real_time_stats/sdkconfig.ci
+++ b/examples/system/freertos/real_time_stats/sdkconfig.ci
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-CONFIG_FREERTOS_USE_TRACE_FACILITY=y
-CONFIG_FREERTOS_GENERATE_RUN_TIME_STATS=y
diff --git a/examples/system/freertos/real_time_stats/sdkconfig.defaults b/examples/system/freertos/real_time_stats/sdkconfig.defaults
index c87713d246..81c4a2635c 100644
--- a/examples/system/freertos/real_time_stats/sdkconfig.defaults
+++ b/examples/system/freertos/real_time_stats/sdkconfig.defaults
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 CONFIG_FREERTOS_USE_TRACE_FACILITY=y
 CONFIG_FREERTOS_GENERATE_RUN_TIME_STATS=y
+CONFIG_FREERTOS_RUN_TIME_COUNTER_TYPE_U64=y