diff --git a/components/esp_https_ota/CMakeLists.txt b/components/esp_https_ota/CMakeLists.txt
index ef037f8b0f96..b4d88d02a52c 100644
--- a/components/esp_https_ota/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/esp_https_ota/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 idf_component_register(SRCS "src/esp_https_ota.c"
                     INCLUDE_DIRS "include"
-                    REQUIRES esp_http_client bootloader_support esp_app_format
+                    REQUIRES esp_http_client bootloader_support esp_app_format esp_event
                     PRIV_REQUIRES log app_update)
 
 target_compile_options(${COMPONENT_LIB} PRIVATE "-Wno-format")
diff --git a/components/esp_https_ota/include/esp_https_ota.h b/components/esp_https_ota/include/esp_https_ota.h
index ba13ad619ea6..f880862f2869 100644
--- a/components/esp_https_ota/include/esp_https_ota.h
+++ b/components/esp_https_ota/include/esp_https_ota.h
@@ -11,10 +11,42 @@
 #include "esp_app_desc.h"
 #include <sdkconfig.h>
 
+#include "esp_event.h"
+#include "esp_partition.h"
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
+ESP_EVENT_DECLARE_BASE(ESP_HTTPS_OTA_EVENT);
+
+/**
+ * @brief   Events generated by OTA process
+ *
+ * @note    Expected data type for different OTA events:
+ *              - ESP_HTTPS_OTA_START                     : NULL
+ *              - ESP_HTTPS_OTA_CONNECTED                 : NULL
+ *              - ESP_HTTPS_OTA_GET_IMG_DESC              : NULL
+ *              - ESP_HTTPS_OTA_VERIFY_CHIP_ID            : esp_chip_id_t
+ *              - ESP_HTTPS_OTA_DECRYPT_CB                : NULL
+ *              - ESP_HTTPS_OTA_WRITE_FLASH               : int
+ *              - ESP_HTTPS_OTA_UPDATE_BOOT_PARTITION     : esp_partition_subtype_t
+ *              - ESP_HTTPS_OTA_FINISH                    : NULL
+ *              - ESP_HTTPS_OTA_ABORT                     : NULL
+ */
+typedef enum {
+    ESP_HTTPS_OTA_START,                    /*!< OTA started */
+    ESP_HTTPS_OTA_CONNECTED,                /*!< Connected to server */
+    ESP_HTTPS_OTA_GET_IMG_DESC,             /*!< Read app description from image header */
+    ESP_HTTPS_OTA_VERIFY_CHIP_ID,           /*!< Verify chip id of new image */
+    ESP_HTTPS_OTA_DECRYPT_CB,               /*!< Callback to decrypt function */
+    ESP_HTTPS_OTA_WRITE_FLASH,              /*!< Flash write operation */
+    ESP_HTTPS_OTA_UPDATE_BOOT_PARTITION,    /*!< Boot partition update after successful ota update */
+    ESP_HTTPS_OTA_FINISH,                   /*!< OTA finished */
+    ESP_HTTPS_OTA_ABORT,                    /*!< OTA aborted */
+} esp_https_ota_event_t;
+
+
 typedef void *esp_https_ota_handle_t;
 typedef esp_err_t(*http_client_init_cb_t)(esp_http_client_handle_t);
 
diff --git a/components/esp_https_ota/src/esp_https_ota.c b/components/esp_https_ota/src/esp_https_ota.c
index 9d162c6387ef..9302830d921c 100644
--- a/components/esp_https_ota/src/esp_https_ota.c
+++ b/components/esp_https_ota/src/esp_https_ota.c
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <sys/param.h>
 
+ESP_EVENT_DEFINE_BASE(ESP_HTTPS_OTA_EVENT);
+
 #define IMAGE_HEADER_SIZE (1024)
 
 /* This is kept sufficiently large enough to cover image format headers
@@ -168,9 +170,31 @@ static void _http_cleanup(esp_http_client_handle_t client)
     esp_http_client_cleanup(client);
 }
 
+// Table to lookup ota event name
+static const char* ota_event_name_table[] = {
+    "ESP_HTTPS_OTA_START",
+    "ESP_HTTPS_OTA_CONNECTED",
+    "ESP_HTTPS_OTA_GET_IMG_DESC",
+    "ESP_HTTPS_OTA_VERIFY_CHIP_ID",
+    "ESP_HTTPS_OTA_DECRYPT_CB",
+    "ESP_HTTPS_OTA_WRITE_FLASH",
+    "ESP_HTTPS_OTA_UPDATE_BOOT_PARTITION",
+    "ESP_HTTPS_OTA_FINISH",
+    "ESP_HTTPS_OTA_ABORT",
+};
+
+static void esp_https_ota_dispatch_event(int32_t event_id, const void* event_data, size_t event_data_size)
+{
+    if (esp_event_post(ESP_HTTPS_OTA_EVENT, event_id, event_data, event_data_size, portMAX_DELAY) != ESP_OK) {
+        ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Failed to post https_ota event: %s", ota_event_name_table[event_id]);
+    }
+}
+
 #if CONFIG_ESP_HTTPS_OTA_DECRYPT_CB
 static esp_err_t esp_https_ota_decrypt_cb(esp_https_ota_t *handle, decrypt_cb_arg_t *args)
 {
+    esp_https_ota_dispatch_event(ESP_HTTPS_OTA_DECRYPT_CB, NULL, 0);
+
     esp_err_t ret = handle->decrypt_cb(args, handle->decrypt_user_ctx);
     if (ret != ESP_OK) {
         ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Decrypt callback failed %d", ret);
@@ -202,6 +226,8 @@ static esp_err_t _ota_write(esp_https_ota_t *https_ota_handle, const void *buffe
         ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Written image length %d", https_ota_handle->binary_file_len);
         err = ESP_ERR_HTTPS_OTA_IN_PROGRESS;
     }
+    esp_https_ota_dispatch_event(ESP_HTTPS_OTA_WRITE_FLASH, (void *)(&https_ota_handle->binary_file_len), sizeof(int));
+
 #if CONFIG_ESP_HTTPS_OTA_DECRYPT_CB
     esp_https_ota_decrypt_cb_free_buf((void *) buffer);
 #endif
@@ -216,6 +242,8 @@ static bool is_server_verification_enabled(const esp_https_ota_config_t *ota_con
 
 esp_err_t esp_https_ota_begin(const esp_https_ota_config_t *ota_config, esp_https_ota_handle_t *handle)
 {
+    esp_https_ota_dispatch_event(ESP_HTTPS_OTA_START, NULL, 0);
+
     esp_err_t err;
 
     if (handle == NULL || ota_config == NULL || ota_config->http_config == NULL) {
@@ -298,6 +326,8 @@ esp_err_t esp_https_ota_begin(const esp_https_ota_config_t *ota_config, esp_http
     if (err != ESP_OK) {
         ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Failed to establish HTTP connection");
         goto http_cleanup;
+    } else {
+        esp_https_ota_dispatch_event(ESP_HTTPS_OTA_CONNECTED, NULL, 0);
     }
 
     if (!https_ota_handle->partial_http_download) {
@@ -382,6 +412,8 @@ static esp_err_t read_header(esp_https_ota_t *handle)
 
 esp_err_t esp_https_ota_get_img_desc(esp_https_ota_handle_t https_ota_handle, esp_app_desc_t *new_app_info)
 {
+    esp_https_ota_dispatch_event(ESP_HTTPS_OTA_GET_IMG_DESC, NULL, 0);
+
 #if CONFIG_ESP_HTTPS_OTA_DECRYPT_CB
     // This API is not supported in case firmware image is encrypted in nature.
     // It is recommended to retrieve image description through decryption callback in application layer.
@@ -415,6 +447,8 @@ esp_err_t esp_https_ota_get_img_desc(esp_https_ota_handle_t https_ota_handle, es
 static esp_err_t esp_ota_verify_chip_id(const void *arg)
 {
     esp_image_header_t *data = (esp_image_header_t *)(arg);
+    esp_https_ota_dispatch_event(ESP_HTTPS_OTA_VERIFY_CHIP_ID, (void *)(&data->chip_id), sizeof(esp_chip_id_t));
+
     if (data->chip_id != CONFIG_IDF_FIRMWARE_CHIP_ID) {
         ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Mismatch chip id, expected %d, found %d", CONFIG_IDF_FIRMWARE_CHIP_ID, data->chip_id);
         return ESP_ERR_INVALID_VERSION;
@@ -601,14 +635,20 @@ esp_err_t esp_https_ota_finish(esp_https_ota_handle_t https_ota_handle)
         esp_err_t err = esp_ota_set_boot_partition(handle->update_partition);
         if (err != ESP_OK) {
             ESP_LOGE(TAG, "esp_ota_set_boot_partition failed! err=0x%x", err);
+        } else {
+            esp_https_ota_dispatch_event(ESP_HTTPS_OTA_UPDATE_BOOT_PARTITION, (void *)(&handle->update_partition->subtype), sizeof(esp_partition_subtype_t));
         }
     }
     free(handle);
+    esp_https_ota_dispatch_event(ESP_HTTPS_OTA_FINISH, NULL, 0);
+
     return err;
 }
 
 esp_err_t esp_https_ota_abort(esp_https_ota_handle_t https_ota_handle)
 {
+    esp_https_ota_dispatch_event(ESP_HTTPS_OTA_ABORT, NULL, 0);
+
     esp_https_ota_t *handle = (esp_https_ota_t *)https_ota_handle;
     if (handle == NULL) {
         return ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG;
diff --git a/examples/system/ota/advanced_https_ota/main/advanced_https_ota_example.c b/examples/system/ota/advanced_https_ota/main/advanced_https_ota_example.c
index 434f612ca2b8..2b7cb218de77 100644
--- a/examples/system/ota/advanced_https_ota/main/advanced_https_ota_example.c
+++ b/examples/system/ota/advanced_https_ota/main/advanced_https_ota_example.c
@@ -38,6 +38,43 @@ extern const uint8_t server_cert_pem_end[] asm("_binary_ca_cert_pem_end");
 
 #define OTA_URL_SIZE 256
 
+/* Event handler for catching system events */
+static void event_handler(void* arg, esp_event_base_t event_base,
+                          int32_t event_id, void* event_data)
+{
+    if (event_base == ESP_HTTPS_OTA_EVENT) {
+        switch (event_id) {
+            case ESP_HTTPS_OTA_START:
+                ESP_LOGI(TAG, "OTA started");
+                break;
+            case ESP_HTTPS_OTA_CONNECTED:
+                ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Connected to server");
+                break;
+            case ESP_HTTPS_OTA_GET_IMG_DESC:
+                ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Reading Image Description");
+                break;
+            case ESP_HTTPS_OTA_VERIFY_CHIP_ID:
+                ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Verifying chip id of new image: %d", *(esp_chip_id_t *)event_data);
+                break;
+            case ESP_HTTPS_OTA_DECRYPT_CB:
+                ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Callback to decrypt function");
+                break;
+            case ESP_HTTPS_OTA_WRITE_FLASH:
+                ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Writing to flash: %d written", *(int *)event_data);
+                break;
+            case ESP_HTTPS_OTA_UPDATE_BOOT_PARTITION:
+                ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Boot partition updated. Next Partition: %d", *(esp_partition_subtype_t *)event_data);
+                break;
+            case ESP_HTTPS_OTA_FINISH:
+                ESP_LOGI(TAG, "OTA finish");
+                break;
+            case ESP_HTTPS_OTA_ABORT:
+                ESP_LOGI(TAG, "OTA abort");
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 static esp_err_t validate_image_header(esp_app_desc_t *new_app_info)
 {
     if (new_app_info == NULL) {
@@ -192,6 +229,7 @@ void app_main(void)
     ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_netif_init());
     ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_event_loop_create_default());
 
+    ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_event_handler_register(ESP_HTTPS_OTA_EVENT, ESP_EVENT_ANY_ID, &event_handler, NULL));
     /* This helper function configures Wi-Fi or Ethernet, as selected in menuconfig.
      * Read "Establishing Wi-Fi or Ethernet Connection" section in
      * examples/protocols/README.md for more information about this function.