diff --git a/components/console_cmd_ping/README.md b/components/console_cmd_ping/README.md
index 169885489..2e6f640ba 100644
--- a/components/console_cmd_ping/README.md
+++ b/components/console_cmd_ping/README.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ For more details refer [IDF Component Manager](https://docs.espressif.com/projec
 
 ### ping:
 ```
-ping  [-W <t>] [-i <t>] [-s <n>] [-c <n>] [-Q <n>] [-T <n>] <host>
+ping  [-W <t>] [-i <t>] [-s <n>] [-c <n>] [-Q <n>] [-T <n>] [-I <n>] <host>
   send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network hosts
   -W, --timeout=<t>  Time to wait for a response, in seconds
   -i, --interval=<t>  Wait interval seconds between sending each packet
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ ping  [-W <t>] [-i <t>] [-s <n>] [-c <n>] [-Q <n>] [-T <n>] <host>
   -c, --count=<n>  Stop after sending count packets
   -Q, --tos=<n>  Set Type of Service related bits in IP datagrams
   -T, --ttl=<n>  Set Time to Live related bits in IP datagrams
+  -I, --interface=<n>  Set Interface number 0=no-interface selected, >0 netif number + 1 (1 is usually 'lo0')
         <host>  Host address
 
 getaddrinfo  [-f <AF>] [-F <FLAGS>]... [-p <port>] <hostname>
@@ -121,8 +122,8 @@ getaddrinfo -f AF_INET -F AI_PASSIVE www.example.com
 ping www.example.com
 ```
 
-2. To specify additional options, such as timeout, interval, packet size, etc.:
+2. To specify additional options, such as timeout, interval, packet size, interface, etc.:
 
 ```
-ping -W 5 -i 1 -s 64 -c 4 -Q 0x10 -T 64 www.example.com
+ping -W 5 -i 1 -s 64 -c 4 -Q 0x10 -T 64 -I 0 www.example.com
 ```
diff --git a/components/console_cmd_ping/console_ping.c b/components/console_cmd_ping/console_ping.c
index 501f282fd..c5e830138 100644
--- a/components/console_cmd_ping/console_ping.c
+++ b/components/console_cmd_ping/console_ping.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023-2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023-2025 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ static struct {
     struct arg_int *count;
     struct arg_int *tos;
     struct arg_int *ttl;
+    struct arg_int *interface;
     struct arg_str *host;
     struct arg_end *end;
 } ping_args;
@@ -137,6 +138,10 @@ static int do_ping_cmd(int argc, char **argv)
         config.ttl = (uint32_t)(ping_args.ttl->ival[0]);
     }
 
+    if (ping_args.interface->count > 0) {
+        config.interface = (uint32_t)(ping_args.interface->ival[0]);
+    }
+
     // parse IP address
     struct sockaddr_in6 sock_addr6;
     ip_addr_t target_addr = {0};
@@ -155,12 +160,12 @@ static int do_ping_cmd(int argc, char **argv)
         }
         if (res->ai_family == AF_INET) {
 #if CONFIG_LWIP_IPV4
-            struct in_addr addr4 = ((struct sockaddr_in *) (res->ai_addr))->sin_addr;
+            struct in_addr addr4 = ((struct sockaddr_in *)(res->ai_addr))->sin_addr;
             inet_addr_to_ip4addr(ip_2_ip4(&target_addr), &addr4);
 #endif
         } else {
 #if CONFIG_LWIP_IPV6
-            struct in6_addr addr6 = ((struct sockaddr_in6 *) (res->ai_addr))->sin6_addr;
+            struct in6_addr addr6 = ((struct sockaddr_in6 *)(res->ai_addr))->sin6_addr;
             inet6_addr_to_ip6addr(ip_2_ip6(&target_addr), &addr6);
 #endif
         }
@@ -204,6 +209,7 @@ esp_err_t console_cmd_ping_register(void)
     ping_args.count = arg_int0("c", "count", "<n>", "Stop after sending count packets");
     ping_args.tos = arg_int0("Q", "tos", "<n>", "Set Type of Service related bits in IP datagrams");
     ping_args.ttl = arg_int0("T", "ttl", "<n>", "Set Time to Live related bits in IP datagrams");
+    ping_args.interface = arg_int0("I", "interface", "<n>", "Set Interface number");
     ping_args.host = arg_str1(NULL, NULL, "<host>", "Host address");
     ping_args.end = arg_end(1);
     const esp_console_cmd_t ping_cmd = {