diff --git a/boards/xtensa/esp32s3/esp32s3-xiao/src/Make.defs b/boards/xtensa/esp32s3/esp32s3-xiao/src/Make.defs
index 05bf52fb187..e141658834f 100644
--- a/boards/xtensa/esp32s3/esp32s3-xiao/src/Make.defs
+++ b/boards/xtensa/esp32s3/esp32s3-xiao/src/Make.defs
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_DEV_GPIO),y)
 CSRCS += esp32s3_gpio.c
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_ESP32S3_SPI),y)
+CSRCS += esp32s3_board_spi.c
+endif
+
 DEPPATH += --dep-path board
 VPATH += :board
 CFLAGS += ${INCDIR_PREFIX}$(TOPDIR)$(DELIM)arch$(DELIM)$(CONFIG_ARCH)$(DELIM)src$(DELIM)board$(DELIM)board
diff --git a/boards/xtensa/esp32s3/esp32s3-xiao/src/esp32s3_board_spi.c b/boards/xtensa/esp32s3/esp32s3-xiao/src/esp32s3_board_spi.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a9de6e81efc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boards/xtensa/esp32s3/esp32s3-xiao/src/esp32s3_board_spi.c
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+ * boards/xtensa/esp32s3/esp32s3-xiao/src/esp32s3_board_spi.c
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The
+ * ASF licenses this file to you 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.
+ *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ * Included Files
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+#include <nuttx/config.h>
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <nuttx/debug.h>
+
+#include <nuttx/spi/spi.h>
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ * Public Functions
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ * Name: esp32s3_spi2_status
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_ESP32S3_SPI2
+
+uint8_t esp32s3_spi2_status(struct spi_dev_s *dev, uint32_t devid)
+{
+  uint8_t status = 0;
+
+  if (devid == SPIDEV_MMCSD(0))
+    {
+      return SPI_STATUS_PRESENT;
+    }
+
+  return status;
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/boards/xtensa/esp32s3/esp32s3-xiao/src/esp32s3_bringup.c b/boards/xtensa/esp32s3/esp32s3-xiao/src/esp32s3_bringup.c
index 5c81b3b0d12..5aac91128a8 100644
--- a/boards/xtensa/esp32s3/esp32s3-xiao/src/esp32s3_bringup.c
+++ b/boards/xtensa/esp32s3/esp32s3-xiao/src/esp32s3_bringup.c
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@
 #  include "esp32s3_i2c.h"
 #endif
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_ESP32S3_SDMMC) || defined(CONFIG_MMCSD_SPI)
+#  include "esp32s3_board_sdmmc.h"
+#endif
+
 #include "esp32s3-xiao.h"
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_USERLED
@@ -123,6 +127,14 @@ int esp32s3_bringup(void)
     }
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MMCSD_SPI
+  ret = board_sdmmc_spi_initialize();
+  if (ret < 0)
+    {
+      syslog(LOG_ERR, "ERROR: Failed to initialize SDMMC: %d\n", ret);
+    }
+#endif
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_I2C_DRIVER
   /* Configure I2C peripheral interfaces */