diff --git a/components/esp_websocket_client/esp_websocket_client.c b/components/esp_websocket_client/esp_websocket_client.c
index 5055736d4..c9bb0fd32 100644
--- a/components/esp_websocket_client/esp_websocket_client.c
+++ b/components/esp_websocket_client/esp_websocket_client.c
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ struct esp_websocket_client {
     int                         payload_len;
     int                         payload_offset;
     esp_transport_keep_alive_t  keep_alive_cfg;
+    struct ifreq                *if_name;
 };
 
 static uint64_t _tick_get_ms(void)
@@ -316,6 +317,12 @@ esp_websocket_client_handle_t esp_websocket_client_init(const esp_websocket_clie
         client->keep_alive_cfg.keep_alive_count =  (config->keep_alive_count == 0) ? WEBSOCKET_KEEP_ALIVE_COUNT : config->keep_alive_count;
     }
 
+    if (config->if_name) {
+        client->if_name = calloc(1, sizeof(struct ifreq) + 1);
+        ESP_WS_CLIENT_MEM_CHECK(TAG, client->if_name, goto _websocket_init_fail);
+        memcpy(client->if_name, config->if_name, sizeof(struct ifreq));
+    }
+
     client->lock = xSemaphoreCreateRecursiveMutex();
     ESP_WS_CLIENT_MEM_CHECK(TAG, client->lock, goto _websocket_init_fail);
 
@@ -331,7 +338,7 @@ esp_websocket_client_handle_t esp_websocket_client_init(const esp_websocket_clie
     esp_transport_set_default_port(tcp, WEBSOCKET_TCP_DEFAULT_PORT);
     esp_transport_list_add(client->transport_list, tcp, "_tcp"); // need to save to transport list, for cleanup
     esp_transport_tcp_set_keep_alive(tcp, &client->keep_alive_cfg);
-
+    esp_transport_tcp_set_interface_name(tcp, client->if_name);
 
     esp_transport_handle_t ws = esp_transport_ws_init(tcp);
     ESP_WS_CLIENT_MEM_CHECK(TAG, ws, goto _websocket_init_fail);
@@ -448,6 +455,9 @@ esp_err_t esp_websocket_client_destroy(esp_websocket_client_handle_t client)
     if (client->event_handle) {
         esp_event_loop_delete(client->event_handle);
     }
+    if (client->if_name) {
+        free(client->if_name);
+    }
     esp_websocket_client_destroy_config(client);
     esp_transport_list_destroy(client->transport_list);
     vQueueDelete(client->lock);
diff --git a/components/esp_websocket_client/include/esp_websocket_client.h b/components/esp_websocket_client/include/esp_websocket_client.h
index 13f817685..5ef08035d 100644
--- a/components/esp_websocket_client/include/esp_websocket_client.h
+++ b/components/esp_websocket_client/include/esp_websocket_client.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "freertos/FreeRTOS.h"
 #include "esp_err.h"
 #include "esp_event.h"
+#include <sys/socket.h>
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ typedef struct {
     int                         keep_alive_interval;        /*!< Keep-alive interval time. Default is 5 (second) */
     int                         keep_alive_count;           /*!< Keep-alive packet retry send count. Default is 3 counts */
     size_t                      ping_interval_sec;          /*!< Websocket ping interval, defaults to 10 seconds if not set */
+    struct ifreq                *if_name;                   /*!< The name of interface for data to go through. Use the default interface without setting */
 } esp_websocket_client_config_t;
 
 /**