diff --git a/components/i2c_bus/CHANGELOG.md b/components/i2c_bus/CHANGELOG.md
index 2a467ec9f..74bce7e53 100644
--- a/components/i2c_bus/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/components/i2c_bus/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # ChangeLog
 
+## v1.1.0 - 2024-11-22
+
+### Enhancements:
+
+- Support manual selection of ``driver/i2c`` or ``esp_driver_i2c`` in idf v5.3 and above.
+
 ## v1.0.0 - 2024-9-19
 
 ### Enhancements:
diff --git a/components/i2c_bus/CMakeLists.txt b/components/i2c_bus/CMakeLists.txt
index f2395edc2..b1bdcb438 100644
--- a/components/i2c_bus/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/i2c_bus/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-if("${IDF_VERSION_MAJOR}.${IDF_VERSION_MINOR}" VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "5.3")
-    set(SRC_FILE "i2c_bus_v2.c")
-    set(REQ esp_driver_i2c)
-else()
+if("${IDF_VERSION_MAJOR}.${IDF_VERSION_MINOR}" VERSION_LESS "5.3" OR CONFIG_I2C_BUS_BACKWARD_CONFIG)
     set(SRC_FILE "i2c_bus.c")
     set(REQ driver)
+else()
+    set(SRC_FILE "i2c_bus_v2.c")
+    set(REQ esp_driver_i2c driver)
 endif()
 
 idf_component_register(SRCS ${SRC_FILE}
diff --git a/components/i2c_bus/Kconfig b/components/i2c_bus/Kconfig
index 402c21741..2ca16b2d0 100644
--- a/components/i2c_bus/Kconfig
+++ b/components/i2c_bus/Kconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 menu "Bus Options"
 
     menu "I2C Bus Options"
+        config ESP_IDF_VERSION
+            string
+            option env="ESP_IDF_VERSION"
+
         config I2C_BUS_DYNAMIC_CONFIG
             bool "enable dynamic configuration"
             default y
@@ -14,6 +18,13 @@ menu "Bus Options"
             range 50 5000
             help
                 task block time when try to take the bus, unit:milliseconds
+
+        config I2C_BUS_BACKWARD_CONFIG
+            bool "Enable backward compatibility for the I2C driver (force use of the old i2c_driver above v5.3)"
+            default n
+            depends on ESP_IDF_VERSION >= 5.3
+            help
+                Enable this option for backward compatibility with the old I2C driver
     endmenu
 
 endmenu
diff --git a/components/i2c_bus/idf_component.yml b/components/i2c_bus/idf_component.yml
index 8ff55f91d..91c9e2887 100644
--- a/components/i2c_bus/idf_component.yml
+++ b/components/i2c_bus/idf_component.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version: "1.0.0"
+version: "1.1.0"
 description: I2C bus driver
 url: https://github.com/espressif/esp-iot-solution/tree/master/components/i2c_bus
 repository: https://github.com/espressif/esp-iot-solution.git
diff --git a/components/i2c_bus/include/i2c_bus.h b/components/i2c_bus/include/i2c_bus.h
index 77dde6f39..8a80f7e9b 100644
--- a/components/i2c_bus/include/i2c_bus.h
+++ b/components/i2c_bus/include/i2c_bus.h
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@
 #include "esp_idf_version.h"
 
 #if ESP_IDF_VERSION >= ESP_IDF_VERSION_VAL(5, 3, 0)
+#if CONFIG_I2C_BUS_BACKWARD_CONFIG
+#include "driver/i2c.h"
+#else
 #include "driver/i2c_master.h"
+#endif
 #else
 #include "driver/i2c.h"
 #endif
@@ -32,6 +36,7 @@ extern "C"
 #endif
 
 #if ESP_IDF_VERSION >= ESP_IDF_VERSION_VAL(5, 3, 0)
+#if !CONFIG_I2C_BUS_BACKWARD_CONFIG
 /**
  * @brief I2C initialization parameters
  */
@@ -46,6 +51,7 @@ typedef struct {
     } master;                           /*!< I2C master config */
     uint32_t clk_flags;                 /*!< Bitwise of ``I2C_SCLK_SRC_FLAG_**FOR_DFS**`` for clk source choice*/
 } i2c_config_t;
+#endif
 
 typedef void *i2c_cmd_handle_t;         /*!< I2C command handle  */
 #endif
diff --git a/components/i2c_bus/test_apps/main/test_i2c_bus.c b/components/i2c_bus/test_apps/main/test_i2c_bus.c
index f5161b980..dbf12847b 100644
--- a/components/i2c_bus/test_apps/main/test_i2c_bus.c
+++ b/components/i2c_bus/test_apps/main/test_i2c_bus.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ static size_t before_free_32bit;
 
 #define ESP_SLAVE_ADDR 0x28         /*!< ESP32 slave address, you can set any 7bit value */
 
-#if ESP_IDF_VERSION >= ESP_IDF_VERSION_VAL(5, 3, 0)
+#if ESP_IDF_VERSION >= ESP_IDF_VERSION_VAL(5, 3, 0) && !CONFIG_I2C_BUS_BACKWARD_CONFIG
 static QueueHandle_t s_receive_queue;
 
 static IRAM_ATTR bool test_i2c_rx_done_callback(i2c_slave_dev_handle_t channel, const i2c_slave_rx_done_event_data_t *edata, void *user_data)
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ static void i2c_master_write_test(void)
     i2c_bus_device_handle_t i2c_device1 = i2c_bus_device_create(i2c0_bus, ESP_SLAVE_ADDR, 0);
     TEST_ASSERT(i2c_device1 != NULL);
 
-#if ESP_IDF_VERSION >= ESP_IDF_VERSION_VAL(5, 3, 0)
+#if ESP_IDF_VERSION >= ESP_IDF_VERSION_VAL(5, 3, 0) && !CONFIG_I2C_BUS_BACKWARD_CONFIG
     unity_wait_for_signal("i2c slave init finish");
     unity_send_signal("master write");
 #endif
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ static void i2c_master_write_test(void)
     i2c_bus_write_bytes(i2c_device1, NULL_I2C_MEM_ADDR, DATA_LENGTH / 2, data_wr);
     disp_buf(data_wr, i);
     free(data_wr);
-#if ESP_IDF_VERSION >= ESP_IDF_VERSION_VAL(5, 3, 0)
+#if ESP_IDF_VERSION >= ESP_IDF_VERSION_VAL(5, 3, 0) && !CONFIG_I2C_BUS_BACKWARD_CONFIG
     unity_wait_for_signal("ready to delete");
 #endif
     i2c_bus_device_delete(&i2c_device1);
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ static void i2c_slave_read_test(void)
 {
     uint8_t *data_rd = (uint8_t *) malloc(DATA_LENGTH);
 
-#if ESP_IDF_VERSION < ESP_IDF_VERSION_VAL(5, 3, 0)
+#if ESP_IDF_VERSION < ESP_IDF_VERSION_VAL(5, 3, 0) || CONFIG_I2C_BUS_BACKWARD_CONFIG
     int len = 0;
     int size_rd = 0;
 
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ static void master_read_slave_test(void)
     i2c_bus_device_handle_t i2c_device1 = i2c_bus_device_create(i2c0_bus, ESP_SLAVE_ADDR, 0);
     TEST_ASSERT(i2c_device1 != NULL);
 
-#if ESP_IDF_VERSION >= ESP_IDF_VERSION_VAL(5, 3, 0)
+#if ESP_IDF_VERSION >= ESP_IDF_VERSION_VAL(5, 3, 0) && !CONFIG_I2C_BUS_BACKWARD_CONFIG
     unity_send_signal("i2c master init finish");
     unity_wait_for_signal("slave write");
 #endif
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ static void master_read_slave_test(void)
     vTaskDelay(100 / portTICK_RATE_MS);
 
     disp_buf(data_rd, RW_TEST_LENGTH);
-#if ESP_IDF_VERSION >= ESP_IDF_VERSION_VAL(5, 3, 0)
+#if ESP_IDF_VERSION >= ESP_IDF_VERSION_VAL(5, 3, 0) && !CONFIG_I2C_BUS_BACKWARD_CONFIG
     unity_send_signal("ready to delete");
 #endif
     i2c_bus_device_delete(&i2c_device1);
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ static void slave_write_buffer_test(void)
 {
     uint8_t *data_wr = (uint8_t *) malloc(RW_TEST_LENGTH);
 
-#if ESP_IDF_VERSION < ESP_IDF_VERSION_VAL(5, 3, 0)
+#if ESP_IDF_VERSION < ESP_IDF_VERSION_VAL(5, 3, 0) || CONFIG_I2C_BUS_BACKWARD_CONFIG
     i2c_config_t conf_slave = {
         .mode = I2C_MODE_SLAVE,
         .sda_io_num = I2C_SLAVE_SDA_IO,
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ static void slave_write_buffer_test(void)
     disp_buf(data_wr, RW_TEST_LENGTH);
     free(data_wr);
 
-#if ESP_IDF_VERSION < ESP_IDF_VERSION_VAL(5, 3, 0)
+#if ESP_IDF_VERSION < ESP_IDF_VERSION_VAL(5, 3, 0) || CONFIG_I2C_BUS_BACKWARD_CONFIG
     i2c_driver_delete(I2C_SLAVE_NUM);
 #else
     unity_wait_for_signal("ready to delete");
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ void tearDown(void)
 
 void app_main(void)
 {
-#if ESP_IDF_VERSION < ESP_IDF_VERSION_VAL(5, 3, 0)
+#if ESP_IDF_VERSION < ESP_IDF_VERSION_VAL(5, 3, 0) || CONFIG_I2C_BUS_BACKWARD_CONFIG
     printf("I2C BUS TEST \n");
 #else
     printf("I2C BUS V2 TEST \n");