diff --git a/components/esp_eth/test_apps/.build-test-rules.yml b/components/esp_eth/test_apps/.build-test-rules.yml
index 5499c2b035..d507192c30 100644
--- a/components/esp_eth/test_apps/.build-test-rules.yml
+++ b/components/esp_eth/test_apps/.build-test-rules.yml
@@ -4,5 +4,7 @@ components/esp_eth/test_apps:
   enable:
     - if: IDF_TARGET == "esp32"
       reason: only test on esp32
+    - if: IDF_TARGET in ["esp32", "esp32p4"]
+      reason: ESP32 and ESP32P4 have internal EMAC. SPI Ethernet runners are based on ESP32.
   depends_components:
     - esp_eth
diff --git a/components/esp_eth/test_apps/README.md b/components/esp_eth/test_apps/README.md
index 0e2cf8cb13..9747c000db 100644
--- a/components/esp_eth/test_apps/README.md
+++ b/components/esp_eth/test_apps/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # EMAC Test
-| Supported Targets | ESP32 |
-| ----------------- | ----- |
+| Supported Targets | ESP32 | ESP32-P4 |
+| ----------------- | ----- | -------- |
 
 This test app is used to test Ethernet MAC behavior with different chips.
 
diff --git a/components/esp_eth/test_apps/sdkconfig.ci.default_ip101_esp32p4 b/components/esp_eth/test_apps/sdkconfig.ci.default_ip101_esp32p4
index 5612e70820..a73773ba25 100644
--- a/components/esp_eth/test_apps/sdkconfig.ci.default_ip101_esp32p4
+++ b/components/esp_eth/test_apps/sdkconfig.ci.default_ip101_esp32p4
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ CONFIG_ESP_TASK_WDT_EN=n
 CONFIG_TARGET_USE_INTERNAL_ETHERNET=y
 CONFIG_TARGET_ETH_PHY_DEVICE_IP101=y
 
-CONFIG_TARGET_USE_DEFAULT_EMAC_CONFIG=n
+CONFIG_TARGET_USE_DEFAULT_EMAC_CONFIG=y