diff --git a/components/bt/host/nimble/Kconfig.in b/components/bt/host/nimble/Kconfig.in
index bccac21385..869ccad1f1 100644
--- a/components/bt/host/nimble/Kconfig.in
+++ b/components/bt/host/nimble/Kconfig.in
@@ -661,3 +661,9 @@ config BT_NIMBLE_BLE_GATT_BLOB_TRANSFER
     help
         This option is used when data to be sent is more than 512 bytes. For peripheral role,
         BT_NIMBLE_MSYS_1_BLOCK_COUNT needs to be increased according to the need.
+
+config BT_NIMBLE_VS_SUPPORT
+    bool "Enable support for VSC and VSE"
+    help
+        This option is used to enable support for sending Vendor Specific HCI commands and handling
+        Vendor Specific HCI Events.
diff --git a/components/bt/host/nimble/nimble b/components/bt/host/nimble/nimble
index 326292d478..abc80c36ca 160000
--- a/components/bt/host/nimble/nimble
+++ b/components/bt/host/nimble/nimble
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 326292d47806594994f4b98fbeb20619a67132bd
+Subproject commit abc80c36cab77cc47c62b0cdbbcedf53346460c4
diff --git a/components/bt/host/nimble/port/include/esp_nimble_cfg.h b/components/bt/host/nimble/port/include/esp_nimble_cfg.h
index aa69f6579f..66d85102c4 100644
--- a/components/bt/host/nimble/port/include/esp_nimble_cfg.h
+++ b/components/bt/host/nimble/port/include/esp_nimble_cfg.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015-2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -1681,4 +1681,11 @@
 #endif
 #endif
 
+#ifndef MYNEWT_VAL_BLE_HCI_VS
+#define MYNEWT_VAL_BLE_HCI_VS    CONFIG_BT_NIMBLE_VS_SUPPORT
+#define MYNEWT_VAL_BLE_HCI_VS_OCF_OFFSET (0)
+#else
+#define MYNEWT_VAL_BLE_HCI_VS    (0)
+#endif
+
 #endif
diff --git a/components/bt/porting/nimble/include/nimble/hci_common.h b/components/bt/porting/nimble/include/nimble/hci_common.h
index 7d350b9ef8..70eb982d4a 100644
--- a/components/bt/porting/nimble/include/nimble/hci_common.h
+++ b/components/bt/porting/nimble/include/nimble/hci_common.h
@@ -1136,6 +1136,11 @@ struct ble_hci_vs_rd_static_addr_rp {
     uint8_t addr[6];
 } __attribute__((packed));
 
+
+#if SOC_BLE_POWER_CONTROL_SUPPORTED && MYNEWT_VAL(BLE_HCI_VS)
+#define BLE_HCI_OCF_VS_PCL_SET_RSSI 			(MYNEWT_VAL(BLE_HCI_VS_OCF_OFFSET) + (0x0111))
+#endif
+
 /* Command Specific Definitions */
 /* --- Set controller to host flow control (OGF 0x03, OCF 0x0031) --- */
 #define BLE_HCI_CTLR_TO_HOST_FC_OFF         (0)
diff --git a/examples/bluetooth/nimble/blecent/main/main.c b/examples/bluetooth/nimble/blecent/main/main.c
index 81a849a370..8d377b6dfe 100644
--- a/examples/bluetooth/nimble/blecent/main/main.c
+++ b/examples/bluetooth/nimble/blecent/main/main.c
@@ -671,6 +671,24 @@ blecent_gap_event(struct ble_gap_event *event, void *arg)
             blecent_power_control(event->connect.conn_handle);
 #endif
 
+#if MYNEWT_VAL(BLE_HCI_VS)
+#if MYNEWT_VAL(BLE_POWER_CONTROL)
+           int8_t vs_cmd[10]= {0, 0,-70,-60,-68,-58,-75,-65,-80,-70};
+
+           vs_cmd[0] = ((uint8_t)(event->connect.conn_handle & 0xFF));
+           vs_cmd[1] = ((uint8_t)(event->connect.conn_handle >> 8) & 0xFF);
+
+           rc = ble_hs_hci_send_vs_cmd(BLE_HCI_OCF_VS_PCL_SET_RSSI ,
+                                       &vs_cmd, sizeof(vs_cmd), NULL, 0);
+           if (rc != 0) {
+               MODLOG_DFLT(INFO, "Failed to send VSC  %x \n", rc);
+               return 0;
+           }
+           else
+               MODLOG_DFLT(INFO, "Successfully issued VSC , rc = %d \n", rc);
+#endif
+#endif
+
 #if CONFIG_EXAMPLE_ENCRYPTION
             /** Initiate security - It will perform
              * Pairing (Exchange keys)