diff --git a/esphome/components/esp32/__init__.py b/esphome/components/esp32/__init__.py
index 7e7b127814..d703e22e46 100644
--- a/esphome/components/esp32/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/esp32/__init__.py
@@ -1615,8 +1615,14 @@ FLASH_SIZES = [
 ]
 
 CONF_FLASH_SIZE = "flash_size"
+CONF_FLASH_MODE = "flash_mode"
+CONF_FLASH_FREQUENCY = "flash_frequency"
 CONF_CPU_FREQUENCY = "cpu_frequency"
 CONF_PARTITIONS = "partitions"
+FLASH_MODES = ["qio", "qout", "dio", "dout", "opi"]
+FLASH_FREQUENCIES = [
+    f"{freq}MHZ" for freq in (120, 80, 64, 60, 48, 40, 32, 30, 26, 24, 20, 16)
+]
 CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.All(
     cv.Schema(
         {
@@ -1630,6 +1636,10 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.All(
             cv.Optional(CONF_FLASH_SIZE, default="4MB"): cv.one_of(
                 *FLASH_SIZES, upper=True
             ),
+            cv.Optional(CONF_FLASH_MODE): cv.one_of(*FLASH_MODES, lower=True),
+            cv.Optional(CONF_FLASH_FREQUENCY): cv.one_of(
+                *FLASH_FREQUENCIES, upper=True
+            ),
             cv.Optional(CONF_PARTITIONS): cv.Any(
                 cv.file_,
                 cv.ensure_list(
@@ -1866,6 +1876,12 @@ async def to_code(config):
             "board_upload.maximum_size",
             int(config[CONF_FLASH_SIZE].removesuffix("MB")) * 1024 * 1024,
         )
+        if flash_mode := config.get(CONF_FLASH_MODE):
+            cg.add_platformio_option("board_build.flash_mode", flash_mode)
+        if flash_frequency := config.get(CONF_FLASH_FREQUENCY):
+            cg.add_platformio_option(
+                "board_build.f_flash", f"{flash_frequency[:-3]}000000L"
+            )
 
         if CONF_SOURCE in conf:
             cg.add_platformio_option("platform_packages", [conf[CONF_SOURCE]])
@@ -2016,6 +2032,14 @@ async def to_code(config):
     add_idf_sdkconfig_option(
         f"CONFIG_ESPTOOLPY_FLASHSIZE_{config[CONF_FLASH_SIZE]}", True
     )
+    if flash_mode := config.get(CONF_FLASH_MODE):
+        add_idf_sdkconfig_option(
+            f"CONFIG_ESPTOOLPY_FLASHMODE_{flash_mode.upper()}", True
+        )
+    if flash_frequency := config.get(CONF_FLASH_FREQUENCY):
+        add_idf_sdkconfig_option(
+            f"CONFIG_ESPTOOLPY_FLASHFREQ_{flash_frequency[:-3]}M", True
+        )
 
     # ESP32-P4: ESP-IDF 5.5.3 changed the default of ESP32P4_SELECTS_REV_LESS_V3
     # from y to n. PlatformIO uses sections.ld.in (for rev <3) or
diff --git a/tests/component_tests/esp32/config/flash_mode_default.yaml b/tests/component_tests/esp32/config/flash_mode_default.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0d05142099
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/component_tests/esp32/config/flash_mode_default.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+esphome:
+  name: test
+
+esp32:
+  board: esp32dev
+  framework:
+    type: esp-idf
diff --git a/tests/component_tests/esp32/config/flash_mode_idf.yaml b/tests/component_tests/esp32/config/flash_mode_idf.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7c7f50a439
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/component_tests/esp32/config/flash_mode_idf.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+esphome:
+  name: test
+
+esp32:
+  board: esp32dev
+  flash_mode: qio
+  flash_frequency: 80MHz
+  framework:
+    type: esp-idf
diff --git a/tests/component_tests/esp32/test_esp32.py b/tests/component_tests/esp32/test_esp32.py
index e9fa9446d4..a8b5720a80 100644
--- a/tests/component_tests/esp32/test_esp32.py
+++ b/tests/component_tests/esp32/test_esp32.py
@@ -285,3 +285,29 @@ def test_native_idf_enables_reproducible_build(
 
     sdkconfig = CORE.data[KEY_ESP32][KEY_SDKCONFIG_OPTIONS]
     assert sdkconfig.get("CONFIG_APP_REPRODUCIBLE_BUILD") is True
+
+
+def test_flash_mode_sets_sdkconfig_and_pio_option(
+    generate_main: Callable[[str | Path], str],
+    component_config_path: Callable[[str], Path],
+) -> None:
+    """flash_mode/flash_frequency select the esptool flash parameters on both backends."""
+    generate_main(component_config_path("flash_mode_idf.yaml"))
+    sdkconfig = CORE.data[KEY_ESP32][KEY_SDKCONFIG_OPTIONS]
+    assert sdkconfig.get("CONFIG_ESPTOOLPY_FLASHMODE_QIO") is True
+    assert sdkconfig.get("CONFIG_ESPTOOLPY_FLASHFREQ_80M") is True
+    assert CORE.platformio_options.get("board_build.flash_mode") == "qio"
+    assert CORE.platformio_options.get("board_build.f_flash") == "80000000L"
+
+
+def test_flash_mode_unset_leaves_defaults(
+    generate_main: Callable[[str | Path], str],
+    component_config_path: Callable[[str], Path],
+) -> None:
+    """Without flash_mode the board/sdkconfig defaults stay untouched."""
+    generate_main(component_config_path("flash_mode_default.yaml"))
+    sdkconfig = CORE.data[KEY_ESP32][KEY_SDKCONFIG_OPTIONS]
+    assert not any(key.startswith("CONFIG_ESPTOOLPY_FLASHMODE_") for key in sdkconfig)
+    assert not any(key.startswith("CONFIG_ESPTOOLPY_FLASHFREQ_") for key in sdkconfig)
+    assert "board_build.flash_mode" not in CORE.platformio_options
+    assert "board_build.f_flash" not in CORE.platformio_options