diff --git a/components/wpa_supplicant/CMakeLists.txt b/components/wpa_supplicant/CMakeLists.txt
index 9092825281..e1bfcc71b7 100644
--- a/components/wpa_supplicant/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/wpa_supplicant/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ target_compile_definitions(${COMPONENT_LIB} PRIVATE
     ESPRESSIF_USE
     ESP32_WORKAROUND
     CONFIG_ECC
-    CONFIG_TLSV12
     CONFIG_SHA256
     CONFIG_IEEE80211W
     CONFIG_WPA3_SAE
diff --git a/components/wpa_supplicant/Kconfig b/components/wpa_supplicant/Kconfig
index 927dc0165a..451bb78fff 100644
--- a/components/wpa_supplicant/Kconfig
+++ b/components/wpa_supplicant/Kconfig
@@ -6,4 +6,10 @@ menu "Supplicant"
         help
             Select this option to use MbedTLS crypto API's which utilize hardware acceleration.
 
+    config WPA_TLS_V12
+        bool "Enable TLS v1.2"
+        default n
+        help
+            Select this to enable TLS v1.2 for WPA2-Enterprise Authentication.
+
 endmenu
diff --git a/components/wpa_supplicant/port/include/supplicant_opt.h b/components/wpa_supplicant/port/include/supplicant_opt.h
index 12d607add3..26e4f10a77 100644
--- a/components/wpa_supplicant/port/include/supplicant_opt.h
+++ b/components/wpa_supplicant/port/include/supplicant_opt.h
@@ -21,4 +21,8 @@
 #define USE_MBEDTLS_CRYPTO 1
 #endif
 
+#if CONFIG_WPA_TLS_V12
+#define CONFIG_TLSV12
+#endif
+
 #endif /* _SUPPLICANT_OPT_H */