From 58ab63096587dcfd75d7ad74a397d8b0687fb41f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gnuspice <Gnuspice@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2026 12:37:07 +1300
Subject: [PATCH] [ethernet] add get_eth_handle() function (#14527)

---
 esphome/components/ethernet/ethernet_component.h | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/esphome/components/ethernet/ethernet_component.h b/esphome/components/ethernet/ethernet_component.h
index f5a31d78eb..e54e1543e3 100644
--- a/esphome/components/ethernet/ethernet_component.h
+++ b/esphome/components/ethernet/ethernet_component.h
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ class EthernetComponent : public Component {
   const char *get_eth_mac_address_pretty_into_buffer(std::span<char, MAC_ADDRESS_PRETTY_BUFFER_SIZE> buf);
   eth_duplex_t get_duplex_mode();
   eth_speed_t get_link_speed();
+  esp_eth_handle_t get_eth_handle() const { return this->eth_handle_; }
   bool powerdown();
 
 #ifdef USE_ETHERNET_IP_STATE_LISTENERS