diff --git a/examples/platform/esp32/common/Esp32AppServer.cpp b/examples/platform/esp32/common/Esp32AppServer.cpp
index 448463033c383e..4ea0b256237244 100644
--- a/examples/platform/esp32/common/Esp32AppServer.cpp
+++ b/examples/platform/esp32/common/Esp32AppServer.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ app::Clusters::NetworkCommissioning::Instance
     sWiFiNetworkCommissioningInstance(0 /* Endpoint Id */, &(NetworkCommissioning::ESPWiFiDriver::GetInstance()));
 #endif
 
+#if CHIP_DEVICE_CONFIG_ENABLE_ETHERNET
+static app::Clusters::NetworkCommissioning::Instance
+    sEthernetNetworkCommissioningInstance(0 /* Endpoint Id */, &(NetworkCommissioning::ESPEthernetDriver::GetInstance()));
+#endif
+
 #if CONFIG_TEST_EVENT_TRIGGER_ENABLED
 static uint8_t sTestEventTriggerEnableKey[TestEventTriggerDelegate::kEnableKeyLength] = { 0x00, 0x11, 0x22, 0x33, 0x44, 0x55,
                                                                                           0x66, 0x77, 0x88, 0x99, 0xaa, 0xbb,
@@ -109,6 +114,9 @@ void Esp32AppServer::Init(AppDelegate * sAppDelegate)
 #if CHIP_DEVICE_CONFIG_ENABLE_WIFI
     sWiFiNetworkCommissioningInstance.Init();
 #endif
+#if CHIP_DEVICE_CONFIG_ENABLE_ETHERNET
+    sEthernetNetworkCommissioningInstance.Init();
+#endif
 #if CHIP_DEVICE_CONFIG_ENABLE_THREAD
     if (chip::DeviceLayer::ConnectivityMgr().IsThreadProvisioned() &&
         (chip::Server::GetInstance().GetFabricTable().FabricCount() != 0))
diff --git a/src/platform/ESP32/ConnectivityManagerImpl_Ethernet.cpp b/src/platform/ESP32/ConnectivityManagerImpl_Ethernet.cpp
index ed0a5f059f4106..3168d15058c31a 100644
--- a/src/platform/ESP32/ConnectivityManagerImpl_Ethernet.cpp
+++ b/src/platform/ESP32/ConnectivityManagerImpl_Ethernet.cpp
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ namespace DeviceLayer {
 
 CHIP_ERROR ConnectivityManagerImpl::InitEthernet()
 {
+    // Initialize TCP/IP network interface (should be called only once in application)
+    ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_netif_init());
     esp_netif_config_t cfg  = ESP_NETIF_DEFAULT_ETH();
     esp_netif_t * eth_netif = esp_netif_new(&cfg);
 
diff --git a/src/platform/ESP32/NetworkCommissioningDriver.h b/src/platform/ESP32/NetworkCommissioningDriver.h
index c6175938d76478..fab2598072e48c 100644
--- a/src/platform/ESP32/NetworkCommissioningDriver.h
+++ b/src/platform/ESP32/NetworkCommissioningDriver.h
@@ -136,6 +136,35 @@ class ESPWiFiDriver final : public WiFiDriver
     uint16_t mLastDisconnectedReason;
 };
 
+class ESPEthernetDriver final : public EthernetDriver
+{
+public:
+    class EthernetNetworkIterator final : public NetworkIterator
+    {
+    public:
+        EthernetNetworkIterator(ESPEthernetDriver * aDriver) : mDriver(aDriver) {}
+        size_t Count() { return 1; }
+        bool Next(Network & item) { return true; }
+        void Release() override { delete this; }
+        ~EthernetNetworkIterator() = default;
+
+    private:
+        ESPEthernetDriver * mDriver;
+    };
+
+    // BaseDriver
+    NetworkIterator * GetNetworks() override { return new EthernetNetworkIterator(this); }
+    uint8_t GetMaxNetworks() { return 1; }
+    CHIP_ERROR Init(NetworkStatusChangeCallback * networkStatusChangeCallback) { return CHIP_NO_ERROR; }
+    void Shutdown() {}
+
+    static ESPEthernetDriver & GetInstance()
+    {
+        static ESPEthernetDriver instance;
+        return instance;
+    }
+};
+
 } // namespace NetworkCommissioning
 } // namespace DeviceLayer
 } // namespace chip