diff --git a/components/bt/CMakeLists.txt b/components/bt/CMakeLists.txt
index 9ef563dbdf..382b5df299 100644
--- a/components/bt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/bt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ if(CONFIG_BT_ENABLED)
             )
         endif()
 
-        if(CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32 OR CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32C3 OR CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32S3)
+        if(CONFIG_BT_NIMBLE_LEGACY_VHCI_ENABLE)
             list(APPEND srcs
                 "host/nimble/esp-hci/src/esp_nimble_hci.c"
             )
diff --git a/components/bt/host/nimble/Kconfig.in b/components/bt/host/nimble/Kconfig.in
index 16a3c6fd98..a668930632 100644
--- a/components/bt/host/nimble/Kconfig.in
+++ b/components/bt/host/nimble/Kconfig.in
@@ -628,3 +628,10 @@ config BT_NIMBLE_USE_ESP_TIMER
     default y
     help
         Set this option to use Esp Timer which has higher priority timer instead of FreeRTOS timer
+
+config BT_NIMBLE_LEGACY_VHCI_ENABLE
+    bool
+    default y if (IDF_TARGET_ESP32 || IDF_TARGET_ESP32C3 || IDF_TARGET_ESP32S3)
+    default n
+    help
+        This option is used to distinguish whether a previous version of VHCI is being used