diff --git a/examples/all-clusters-app/esp32/sdkconfig_c3devkit.defaults b/examples/all-clusters-app/esp32/sdkconfig_c3devkit.defaults
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..a636628c96567d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/all-clusters-app/esp32/sdkconfig_c3devkit.defaults
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#
+#    Copyright (c) 2020 Project CHIP Authors
+#    Copyright (c) 2018 Nest Labs, Inc.
+#    All rights reserved.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#    You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#    limitations under the License.
+#
+#    Description:
+#      CI uses this to select the ESP32C3-DevKitM.
+#
+CONFIG_IDF_TARGET="esp32c3"
+CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32C3=y
+CONFIG_DEVICE_TYPE_ESP32_C3_DEVKITM=y
+
+# Default to 921600 baud when flashing and monitoring device
+CONFIG_ESPTOOLPY_BAUD_921600B=y
+CONFIG_ESPTOOLPY_BAUD=921600
+CONFIG_ESPTOOLPY_COMPRESSED=y
+CONFIG_ESPTOOLPY_MONITOR_BAUD_115200B=y
+CONFIG_ESPTOOLPY_MONITOR_BAUD=115200
+
+#enable BT
+CONFIG_BT_ENABLED=y
+CONFIG_BT_NIMBLE_ENABLED=y
+
+#enable lwip ipv6 autoconfig
+CONFIG_LWIP_IPV6_AUTOCONFIG=y
+
+# Use a custom partition table
+CONFIG_PARTITION_TABLE_CUSTOM=y
+CONFIG_PARTITION_TABLE_FILENAME="partitions.csv"
+
diff --git a/examples/all-clusters-app/esp32/sdkconfig_devkit.defaults b/examples/all-clusters-app/esp32/sdkconfig_devkit.defaults
index 1ada3f3bcf11eb..0586571d64f5cd 100644
--- a/examples/all-clusters-app/esp32/sdkconfig_devkit.defaults
+++ b/examples/all-clusters-app/esp32/sdkconfig_devkit.defaults
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
 #    Description:
 #      CI uses this to select the ESP32-DevKitC.
 #
-
+CONFIG_IDF_TARGET="esp32"
+CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32=y
 CONFIG_DEVICE_TYPE_ESP32_DEVKITC=y
 
 # Default to 921600 baud when flashing and monitoring device
diff --git a/examples/all-clusters-app/esp32/sdkconfig_m5stack.defaults b/examples/all-clusters-app/esp32/sdkconfig_m5stack.defaults
index afa0d89ce5669f..1681a7691decf5 100644
--- a/examples/all-clusters-app/esp32/sdkconfig_m5stack.defaults
+++ b/examples/all-clusters-app/esp32/sdkconfig_m5stack.defaults
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
 #    Description:
 #      CI uses this to select the ESP32 M5Stack.
 #
-
+CONFIG_IDF_TARGET="esp32"
+CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32=y
 CONFIG_DEVICE_TYPE_M5STACK=y
 
 # Default to 921600 baud when flashing and monitoring device
diff --git a/scripts/examples/esp_example.sh b/scripts/examples/esp_example.sh
index 1156b8de44f8ce..429fdcd4906164 100755
--- a/scripts/examples/esp_example.sh
+++ b/scripts/examples/esp_example.sh
@@ -36,9 +36,16 @@ source "$IDF_PATH/export.sh"
 for sdkconfig in "$root"/sdkconfig*.defaults; do
     # remove root path to get sdkconfig*.defaults name
     sdkconfig_name=${sdkconfig#"$root"/}
+    if [ "$sdkconfig_name" == "sdkconfig_c3devkit.defaults" ]; then
+        idf_target="esp32c3"
+    else
+        idf_target="esp32"
+    fi
+
     rm -f "$root"/sdkconfig
     (
         cd "$root"
+        idf.py set-target "$idf_target"
         idf.py -D SDKCONFIG_DEFAULTS="$sdkconfig_name" build
     ) || {
         echo "build $sdkconfig_name failed"