diff --git a/components/esp_https_ota/include/esp_https_ota.h b/components/esp_https_ota/include/esp_https_ota.h
index 2a987ca692..a87ba8df0a 100644
--- a/components/esp_https_ota/include/esp_https_ota.h
+++ b/components/esp_https_ota/include/esp_https_ota.h
@@ -201,6 +201,21 @@ esp_err_t esp_https_ota_get_img_desc(esp_https_ota_handle_t https_ota_handle, es
 */
 int esp_https_ota_get_image_len_read(esp_https_ota_handle_t https_ota_handle);
 
+
+/**
+* @brief  This function returns OTA image total size.
+*
+* @note   This API should be called after esp_https_ota_begin() has been already called.
+*         This can be used to create some sort of progress indication
+*         (in combination with esp_https_ota_get_image_len_read())
+*
+* @param[in]   https_ota_handle   pointer to esp_https_ota_handle_t structure
+*
+* @return
+*    - -1    On failure or chunked encoding
+*    - total bytes of image
+*/
+int esp_https_ota_get_image_size(esp_https_ota_handle_t https_ota_handle);
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/components/esp_https_ota/src/esp_https_ota.c b/components/esp_https_ota/src/esp_https_ota.c
index 49fd436ce8..1e9cdec2cf 100644
--- a/components/esp_https_ota/src/esp_https_ota.c
+++ b/components/esp_https_ota/src/esp_https_ota.c
@@ -246,6 +246,10 @@ esp_err_t esp_https_ota_begin(esp_https_ota_config_t *ota_config, esp_https_ota_
         goto http_cleanup;
     }
 
+    if (!https_ota_handle->partial_http_download) {
+        https_ota_handle->image_length = esp_http_client_get_content_length(https_ota_handle->http_client);
+    }
+
     https_ota_handle->update_partition = NULL;
     ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Starting OTA...");
     https_ota_handle->update_partition = esp_ota_get_next_update_partition(NULL);
@@ -521,6 +525,18 @@ int esp_https_ota_get_image_len_read(esp_https_ota_handle_t https_ota_handle)
     return handle->binary_file_len;
 }
 
+int esp_https_ota_get_image_size(esp_https_ota_handle_t https_ota_handle)
+{
+    esp_https_ota_t *handle = (esp_https_ota_t *)https_ota_handle;
+    if (handle == NULL) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+    if (handle->state < ESP_HTTPS_OTA_BEGIN) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+    return handle->image_length;
+}
+
 esp_err_t esp_https_ota(const esp_http_client_config_t *config)
 {
     if (!config) {