diff --git a/components/fatfs/CMakeLists.txt b/components/fatfs/CMakeLists.txt
index 67423287af..a66cc41934 100644
--- a/components/fatfs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/fatfs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,17 +3,19 @@ idf_build_get_property(target IDF_TARGET)
 set(srcs "diskio/diskio.c"
         "diskio/diskio_rawflash.c"
         "diskio/diskio_wl.c"
+        "diskio/diskio_bdl.c"
         "src/ff.c"
         "src/ffunicode.c")
 
 set(include_dirs "diskio" "src")
 
-set(requires "wear_levelling")
+set(requires "wear_levelling" "esp_blockdev")
 
 # for linux, we do not have support for sdmmc, for real targets, add respective sources
 if(${target} STREQUAL "linux")
     list(APPEND srcs "port/linux/ffsystem.c"
-                  "vfs/vfs_fat.c")
+                  "vfs/vfs_fat.c"
+                  "vfs/vfs_fat_bdl.c")
     list(APPEND include_dirs "vfs")
     list(APPEND priv_requires "vfs" "linux")
 else()
@@ -21,7 +23,8 @@ else()
             "diskio/diskio_sdmmc.c"
             "vfs/vfs_fat.c"
             "vfs/vfs_fat_sdmmc.c"
-            "vfs/vfs_fat_spiflash.c")
+            "vfs/vfs_fat_spiflash.c"
+            "vfs/vfs_fat_bdl.c")
 
     list(APPEND include_dirs "vfs")
 
diff --git a/components/fatfs/diskio/diskio_bdl.c b/components/fatfs/diskio/diskio_bdl.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..810249dd89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/fatfs/diskio/diskio_bdl.c
@@ -0,0 +1,274 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include "diskio_impl.h"
+#include "ffconf.h"
+#include "ff.h"
+#include "esp_log.h"
+#include "diskio_bdl.h"
+#include "esp_compiler.h"
+
+static const char *TAG = "ff_diskio_bdl";
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*  LCM helpers for FatFS sector-size derivation from BDL geometry    */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+static inline size_t gcd_size(size_t a, size_t b)
+{
+    while (b != 0) {
+        size_t t = b;
+        b = a % b;
+        a = t;
+    }
+    return a;
+}
+
+static inline size_t lcm2_size(size_t a, size_t b)
+{
+    return (a && b) ? (a / gcd_size(a, b)) * b : 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Derive the FatFS logical sector size purely from BDL geometry.
+ *
+ * The sector must be a common multiple of read_size, write_size and
+ * FF_MIN_SS (typically 512).  When erase_size can be included without
+ * exceeding FF_MAX_SS the sector is also erase-aligned — correct for
+ * NOR-style devices and optimal for any device.  When erase alignment
+ * would push the sector beyond FF_MAX_SS (typical for NAND where
+ * erase blocks >> page size) erase_size is omitted; such devices must
+ * handle erase internally (FTL / wear-levelling layer).
+ *
+ * No BDL flags are inspected — the NOR/NAND distinction is implicit
+ * in the geometry: NOR erase blocks fit within FF_MAX_SS, NAND ones
+ * do not.
+ *
+ * @return  valid power-of-two sector size in [FF_MIN_SS, FF_MAX_SS],
+ *          or 0 if the geometry is incompatible with FatFS.
+ */
+static size_t compute_fs_sector_size(esp_blockdev_handle_t dev)
+{
+    const esp_blockdev_geometry_t *g = &dev->geometry;
+
+    size_t result = (size_t)FF_MIN_SS;
+
+    if (g->read_size > 1) {
+        result = lcm2_size(result, g->read_size);
+    }
+    if (g->write_size > 1) {
+        result = lcm2_size(result, g->write_size);
+    }
+
+    if (g->erase_size > 1) {
+        size_t with_erase = lcm2_size(result, g->erase_size);
+        if (with_erase && with_erase <= FF_MAX_SS) {
+            result = with_erase;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (result < FF_MIN_SS || result > FF_MAX_SS || (result & (result - 1)) != 0) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+typedef struct {
+    esp_blockdev_handle_t handle;
+    size_t fs_sector_size;
+} bdl_drive_t;
+
+static bdl_drive_t s_bdl_drives[FF_VOLUMES];
+
+static DSTATUS ff_bdl_initialize(BYTE pdrv)
+{
+    esp_blockdev_handle_t dev = s_bdl_drives[pdrv].handle;
+    assert(dev != ESP_BLOCKDEV_HANDLE_INVALID);
+    if (dev->device_flags.read_only) {
+        return STA_PROTECT;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static DSTATUS ff_bdl_status(BYTE pdrv)
+{
+    esp_blockdev_handle_t dev = s_bdl_drives[pdrv].handle;
+    assert(dev != ESP_BLOCKDEV_HANDLE_INVALID);
+    if (dev->device_flags.read_only) {
+        return STA_PROTECT;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static DRESULT ff_bdl_read(BYTE pdrv, BYTE *buff, DWORD sector, UINT count)
+{
+    bdl_drive_t *drv = &s_bdl_drives[pdrv];
+    assert(drv->handle != ESP_BLOCKDEV_HANDLE_INVALID);
+    size_t sec_size = drv->fs_sector_size;
+    ESP_LOGV(TAG, "read - pdrv=%u, sector=%lu, count=%u, sec_size=%u",
+             (unsigned)pdrv, (unsigned long)sector, (unsigned)count, (unsigned)sec_size);
+
+    esp_err_t err = drv->handle->ops->read(drv->handle, buff, count * sec_size,
+                                           (uint64_t)sector * sec_size, count * sec_size);
+    if (unlikely(err != ESP_OK)) {
+        ESP_LOGE(TAG, "BDL read failed (0x%x)", err);
+        return RES_ERROR;
+    }
+    return RES_OK;
+}
+
+static DRESULT ff_bdl_write(BYTE pdrv, const BYTE *buff, DWORD sector, UINT count)
+{
+    bdl_drive_t *drv = &s_bdl_drives[pdrv];
+    assert(drv->handle != ESP_BLOCKDEV_HANDLE_INVALID);
+
+    if (drv->handle->device_flags.read_only) {
+        return RES_WRPRT;
+    }
+
+    size_t sec_size = drv->fs_sector_size;
+    uint64_t addr = (uint64_t)sector * sec_size;
+    size_t len = count * sec_size;
+
+    ESP_LOGV(TAG, "write - pdrv=%u, sector=%lu, count=%u", (unsigned)pdrv, (unsigned long)sector, (unsigned)count);
+
+    if (drv->handle->device_flags.erase_before_write || drv->handle->device_flags.and_type_write) {
+        size_t erase_sz = drv->handle->geometry.erase_size;
+        if ((addr % erase_sz == 0) && (len % erase_sz == 0)) {
+            esp_err_t err = drv->handle->ops->erase(drv->handle, addr, len);
+            if (unlikely(err != ESP_OK)) {
+                ESP_LOGE(TAG, "BDL erase failed (0x%x)", err);
+                return RES_ERROR;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    esp_err_t err = drv->handle->ops->write(drv->handle, buff, addr, len);
+    if (unlikely(err != ESP_OK)) {
+        ESP_LOGE(TAG, "BDL write failed (0x%x)", err);
+        return RES_ERROR;
+    }
+    return RES_OK;
+}
+
+static DRESULT ff_bdl_ioctl(BYTE pdrv, BYTE cmd, void *buff)
+{
+    bdl_drive_t *drv = &s_bdl_drives[pdrv];
+    assert(drv->handle != ESP_BLOCKDEV_HANDLE_INVALID);
+    ESP_LOGV(TAG, "ioctl: cmd=%u", (unsigned)cmd);
+
+    switch (cmd) {
+    case CTRL_SYNC:
+        if (drv->handle->ops->sync) {
+            esp_err_t err = drv->handle->ops->sync(drv->handle);
+            if (unlikely(err != ESP_OK)) {
+                ESP_LOGE(TAG, "BDL sync failed (0x%x)", err);
+                return RES_ERROR;
+            }
+        }
+        return RES_OK;
+    case GET_SECTOR_COUNT:
+        *((DWORD *)buff) = (DWORD)(drv->handle->geometry.disk_size / drv->fs_sector_size);
+        return RES_OK;
+    case GET_SECTOR_SIZE:
+        *((WORD *)buff) = (WORD)drv->fs_sector_size;
+        return RES_OK;
+    case GET_BLOCK_SIZE: {
+        size_t erase_sz = drv->handle->geometry.erase_size;
+        *((DWORD *)buff) = (erase_sz >= drv->fs_sector_size)
+                          ? (DWORD)(erase_sz / drv->fs_sector_size)
+                          : 1;
+        return RES_OK;
+    }
+#if FF_USE_TRIM
+    case CTRL_TRIM: {
+        if (drv->handle->ops->ioctl == NULL) {
+            return RES_OK;
+        }
+        size_t sec_size = drv->fs_sector_size;
+        DWORD start_sector = *((DWORD *)buff);
+        DWORD end_sector = *((DWORD *)buff + 1);
+        esp_blockdev_cmd_arg_erase_t erase_arg = {
+            .start_addr = (uint64_t)start_sector * sec_size,
+            .erase_len  = (size_t)(end_sector - start_sector + 1) * sec_size,
+        };
+        esp_err_t err = drv->handle->ops->ioctl(drv->handle, ESP_BLOCKDEV_CMD_MARK_DELETED, &erase_arg);
+        if (unlikely(err != ESP_OK && err != ESP_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED)) {
+            ESP_LOGE(TAG, "BDL TRIM ioctl failed (0x%x)", err);
+            return RES_ERROR;
+        }
+        return RES_OK;
+    }
+#endif
+    }
+    return RES_ERROR;
+}
+
+esp_err_t ff_diskio_register_bdl(BYTE pdrv, esp_blockdev_handle_t bdl_handle)
+{
+    if (pdrv >= FF_VOLUMES) {
+        return ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG;
+    }
+    if (bdl_handle == ESP_BLOCKDEV_HANDLE_INVALID) {
+        return ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG;
+    }
+    if (bdl_handle->geometry.read_size == 0 || bdl_handle->geometry.disk_size == 0) {
+        return ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG;
+    }
+
+    size_t fs_sec = compute_fs_sector_size(bdl_handle);
+    if (fs_sec == 0) {
+        ESP_LOGE(TAG, "BDL geometry incompatible with FatFS "
+                 "(read=%u, write=%u, erase=%u, FF_MAX_SS=%u)",
+                 (unsigned)bdl_handle->geometry.read_size,
+                 (unsigned)bdl_handle->geometry.write_size,
+                 (unsigned)bdl_handle->geometry.erase_size,
+                 (unsigned)FF_MAX_SS);
+        return ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG;
+    }
+
+    static const ff_diskio_impl_t bdl_impl = {
+        .init   = &ff_bdl_initialize,
+        .status = &ff_bdl_status,
+        .read   = &ff_bdl_read,
+        .write  = &ff_bdl_write,
+        .ioctl  = &ff_bdl_ioctl
+    };
+
+    s_bdl_drives[pdrv] = (bdl_drive_t){
+        .handle = bdl_handle,
+        .fs_sector_size = fs_sec,
+    };
+    ff_diskio_register(pdrv, &bdl_impl);
+    ESP_LOGD(TAG, "pdrv=%u registered, fs_sector_size=%u, erase_size=%u, disk_size=%llu",
+             (unsigned)pdrv, (unsigned)fs_sec,
+             (unsigned)bdl_handle->geometry.erase_size,
+             (unsigned long long)bdl_handle->geometry.disk_size);
+    return ESP_OK;
+}
+
+BYTE ff_diskio_get_pdrv_bdl(esp_blockdev_handle_t bdl_handle)
+{
+    for (int i = 0; i < FF_VOLUMES; i++) {
+        if (bdl_handle == s_bdl_drives[i].handle) {
+            return i;
+        }
+    }
+    return 0xff;
+}
+
+void ff_diskio_clear_pdrv_bdl(esp_blockdev_handle_t bdl_handle)
+{
+    for (int i = 0; i < FF_VOLUMES; i++) {
+        if (bdl_handle == s_bdl_drives[i].handle) {
+            s_bdl_drives[i] = (bdl_drive_t){0};
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/components/fatfs/diskio/diskio_bdl.h b/components/fatfs/diskio/diskio_bdl.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..139a23b750
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/fatfs/diskio/diskio_bdl.h
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#include "esp_blockdev.h"
+#include "esp_err.h"
+
+/**
+ * @brief Register a BDL (Block Device Layer) device as a FatFS diskio driver
+ *
+ * The FatFS logical sector size is derived from BDL geometry at registration
+ * time as:  LCM(FF_MIN_SS, read_size, write_size [, erase_size]).
+ * erase_size is included only when the result still fits within FF_MAX_SS;
+ * this makes the sector erase-aligned for NOR-style devices (small erase
+ * blocks) and page-aligned for NAND-style devices (large erase blocks,
+ * erase handled internally by an FTL/WL layer).  No BDL flags are
+ * inspected — the NOR/NAND distinction is implicit in the geometry.
+ *
+ * The computed sector size is cached and used for all subsequent I/O.
+ * GET_BLOCK_SIZE returns erase_size / sector_size (minimum 1) so that
+ * FatFS can align clusters to erase boundaries.
+ *
+ * Erase-before-write is performed when device_flags.erase_before_write or
+ * device_flags.and_type_write is set and the write range is aligned to
+ * geometry.erase_size.  Read-only
+ * devices are supported (write returns RES_WRPRT, status returns
+ * STA_PROTECT).
+ *
+ * @param pdrv          Drive number (0..FF_VOLUMES-1)
+ * @param bdl_handle    BDL device handle providing the storage
+ *
+ * @return
+ *      - ESP_OK on success
+ *      - ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG if pdrv is out of range, bdl_handle is invalid,
+ *        or geometry is incompatible with FatFS (sector size not a power of
+ *        two or exceeds FF_MAX_SS)
+ */
+esp_err_t ff_diskio_register_bdl(unsigned char pdrv, esp_blockdev_handle_t bdl_handle);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Get the drive number associated with a BDL handle
+ *
+ * @param bdl_handle    BDL device handle to look up
+ *
+ * @return Drive number (0..FF_VOLUMES-1) or 0xFF if not found
+ */
+unsigned char ff_diskio_get_pdrv_bdl(esp_blockdev_handle_t bdl_handle);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Clear the internal BDL handle association for a given handle
+ *
+ * @param bdl_handle    BDL device handle to clear
+ */
+void ff_diskio_clear_pdrv_bdl(esp_blockdev_handle_t bdl_handle);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/components/fatfs/host_test/.build-test-rules.yml b/components/fatfs/host_test/.build-test-rules.yml
index 17714e9c87..b71d770d52 100644
--- a/components/fatfs/host_test/.build-test-rules.yml
+++ b/components/fatfs/host_test/.build-test-rules.yml
@@ -5,3 +5,7 @@ components/fatfs/host_test:
     - if: IDF_TARGET == "esp32p4"
       temporary: true
       reason: test not pass, should be re-enable # TODO: IDF-8980
+
+components/fatfs/host_test/bdl:
+  enable:
+    - if: IDF_TARGET == "linux"
diff --git a/components/fatfs/host_test/bdl/CMakeLists.txt b/components/fatfs/host_test/bdl/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3805cc2231
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/fatfs/host_test/bdl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.22)
+
+include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/cmake/project.cmake)
+set(COMPONENTS main)
+list(APPEND EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS "$ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/mocks/freertos/")
+
+project(fatfs_bdl_host_test)
diff --git a/components/fatfs/host_test/bdl/main/CMakeLists.txt b/components/fatfs/host_test/bdl/main/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0a37cf9c73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/fatfs/host_test/bdl/main/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+idf_component_register(SRCS "test_fatfs_bdl.cpp"
+                       REQUIRES fatfs vfs esp_blockdev esp_blockdev_util wear_levelling
+                       WHOLE_ARCHIVE
+                       )
+
+target_link_libraries(${COMPONENT_LIB} PRIVATE Catch2WithMain)
diff --git a/components/fatfs/host_test/bdl/main/idf_component.yml b/components/fatfs/host_test/bdl/main/idf_component.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f7982136b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/fatfs/host_test/bdl/main/idf_component.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+dependencies:
+  espressif/catch2: "^3.4.0"
diff --git a/components/fatfs/host_test/bdl/main/test_fatfs_bdl.cpp b/components/fatfs/host_test/bdl/main/test_fatfs_bdl.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f4b5f72ed8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/fatfs/host_test/bdl/main/test_fatfs_bdl.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,276 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+#include <cstdio>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+
+#include "ff.h"
+#include "diskio_impl.h"
+#include "diskio_bdl.h"
+#include "esp_blockdev.h"
+#include "esp_blockdev/memory.h"
+#include "esp_vfs_fat.h"
+#include "esp_vfs.h"
+
+#include "esp_partition.h"
+#include "wear_levelling.h"
+#include "diskio_wl.h"
+
+#include <catch2/catch_test_macros.hpp>
+
+/* ===================================================================== */
+/* Test 1: FatFS directly on memory BDL (no wear-levelling)              */
+/* ===================================================================== */
+
+TEST_CASE("BDL: Create volume on memory BDL, write and read back data", "[fatfs][bdl]")
+{
+    static uint8_t backing[256 * 1024];
+    memset(backing, 0xFF, sizeof(backing));
+
+    const esp_blockdev_geometry_t geometry = {
+        .disk_size = sizeof(backing),
+        .read_size  = 1,
+        .write_size = 1,
+        .erase_size = 4096,
+        .recommended_write_size = 0,
+        .recommended_read_size  = 0,
+        .recommended_erase_size = 0,
+    };
+
+    esp_blockdev_handle_t mem_dev = NULL;
+    REQUIRE(esp_blockdev_memory_get_from_buffer(backing, sizeof(backing),
+                                                &geometry, false, &mem_dev) == ESP_OK);
+
+    BYTE pdrv;
+    REQUIRE(ff_diskio_get_drive(&pdrv) == ESP_OK);
+    REQUIRE(ff_diskio_register_bdl(pdrv, mem_dev) == ESP_OK);
+
+    char drv[3] = {(char)('0' + pdrv), ':', 0};
+    LBA_t part_list[] = {100, 0, 0, 0};
+    BYTE work_area[FF_MAX_SS];
+
+    REQUIRE(f_fdisk(pdrv, part_list, work_area) == FR_OK);
+    const MKFS_PARM opt = {(BYTE)(FM_ANY | FM_SFD), 0, 0, 128, 0};
+    REQUIRE(f_mkfs(drv, &opt, work_area, sizeof(work_area)) == FR_OK);
+
+    FATFS fs;
+    REQUIRE(f_mount(&fs, drv, 1) == FR_OK);
+
+    FIL file;
+    UINT bw;
+    REQUIRE(f_open(&file, "test.txt", FA_OPEN_ALWAYS | FA_READ | FA_WRITE) == FR_OK);
+
+    uint32_t data_size = 1000;
+    char *data = (char *)malloc(data_size);
+    char *read_buf = (char *)malloc(data_size);
+    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < data_size; i += sizeof(i)) {
+        *((uint32_t *)(data + i)) = i;
+    }
+
+    REQUIRE(f_write(&file, data, data_size, &bw) == FR_OK);
+    REQUIRE(bw == data_size);
+
+    REQUIRE(f_lseek(&file, 0) == FR_OK);
+    REQUIRE(f_read(&file, read_buf, data_size, &bw) == FR_OK);
+    REQUIRE(bw == data_size);
+    REQUIRE(memcmp(data, read_buf, data_size) == 0);
+
+    REQUIRE(f_close(&file) == FR_OK);
+    REQUIRE(f_mount(0, drv, 0) == FR_OK);
+
+    free(read_buf);
+    free(data);
+    ff_diskio_unregister(pdrv);
+    ff_diskio_clear_pdrv_bdl(mem_dev);
+    mem_dev->ops->release(mem_dev);
+}
+
+/* ===================================================================== */
+/* Test 2: FatFS BDL diskio driver registration and geometry             */
+/* ===================================================================== */
+
+TEST_CASE("BDL: Geometry is correctly reported via ioctl", "[fatfs][bdl]")
+{
+    static uint8_t backing[128 * 1024];
+    memset(backing, 0xFF, sizeof(backing));
+
+    const esp_blockdev_geometry_t geometry = {
+        .disk_size = sizeof(backing),
+        .read_size  = 1,
+        .write_size = 1,
+        .erase_size = 512,
+        .recommended_write_size = 0,
+        .recommended_read_size  = 0,
+        .recommended_erase_size = 0,
+    };
+
+    esp_blockdev_handle_t mem_dev = NULL;
+    REQUIRE(esp_blockdev_memory_get_from_buffer(backing, sizeof(backing),
+                                                &geometry, false, &mem_dev) == ESP_OK);
+
+    BYTE pdrv;
+    REQUIRE(ff_diskio_get_drive(&pdrv) == ESP_OK);
+    REQUIRE(ff_diskio_register_bdl(pdrv, mem_dev) == ESP_OK);
+
+    WORD sec_size = 0;
+    REQUIRE(ff_disk_ioctl(pdrv, GET_SECTOR_SIZE, &sec_size) == RES_OK);
+    REQUIRE(sec_size == 512);
+
+    DWORD sec_count = 0;
+    REQUIRE(ff_disk_ioctl(pdrv, GET_SECTOR_COUNT, &sec_count) == RES_OK);
+    REQUIRE(sec_count == sizeof(backing) / 512);
+
+    REQUIRE(ff_disk_ioctl(pdrv, CTRL_SYNC, NULL) == RES_OK);
+
+    ff_diskio_unregister(pdrv);
+    ff_diskio_clear_pdrv_bdl(mem_dev);
+    mem_dev->ops->release(mem_dev);
+}
+
+/* ===================================================================== */
+/* Test 3: FatFS BDL pdrv lookup functions                               */
+/* ===================================================================== */
+
+TEST_CASE("BDL: pdrv lookup and clear", "[fatfs][bdl]")
+{
+    static uint8_t backing[64 * 1024];
+    memset(backing, 0xFF, sizeof(backing));
+
+    const esp_blockdev_geometry_t geometry = {
+        .disk_size = sizeof(backing),
+        .read_size  = 1,
+        .write_size = 1,
+        .erase_size = 4096,
+        .recommended_write_size = 0,
+        .recommended_read_size  = 0,
+        .recommended_erase_size = 0,
+    };
+
+    esp_blockdev_handle_t mem_dev = NULL;
+    REQUIRE(esp_blockdev_memory_get_from_buffer(backing, sizeof(backing),
+                                                &geometry, false, &mem_dev) == ESP_OK);
+
+    REQUIRE(ff_diskio_get_pdrv_bdl(mem_dev) == 0xff);
+
+    BYTE pdrv;
+    REQUIRE(ff_diskio_get_drive(&pdrv) == ESP_OK);
+    REQUIRE(ff_diskio_register_bdl(pdrv, mem_dev) == ESP_OK);
+
+    REQUIRE(ff_diskio_get_pdrv_bdl(mem_dev) == pdrv);
+
+    ff_diskio_clear_pdrv_bdl(mem_dev);
+    REQUIRE(ff_diskio_get_pdrv_bdl(mem_dev) == 0xff);
+
+    ff_diskio_unregister(pdrv);
+    mem_dev->ops->release(mem_dev);
+}
+
+/* ===================================================================== */
+/* Test 4: FatFS BDL VFS mount/unmount via esp_vfs_fat_bdl_mount()       */
+/* ===================================================================== */
+
+TEST_CASE("BDL VFS: mount, write and read via POSIX API", "[fatfs][bdl][vfs]")
+{
+    static uint8_t backing[256 * 1024];
+    memset(backing, 0xFF, sizeof(backing));
+
+    const esp_blockdev_geometry_t geometry = {
+        .disk_size = sizeof(backing),
+        .read_size  = 1,
+        .write_size = 1,
+        .erase_size = 4096,
+        .recommended_write_size = 0,
+        .recommended_read_size  = 0,
+        .recommended_erase_size = 0,
+    };
+
+    esp_blockdev_handle_t mem_dev = NULL;
+    REQUIRE(esp_blockdev_memory_get_from_buffer(backing, sizeof(backing),
+                                                &geometry, false, &mem_dev) == ESP_OK);
+
+    esp_vfs_fat_mount_config_t mount_config = {
+        .format_if_mount_failed = true,
+        .max_files = 5,
+    };
+    REQUIRE(esp_vfs_fat_bdl_mount("/bdl", mem_dev, &mount_config) == ESP_OK);
+
+    const char *test_str = "BDL FatFS test data!\n";
+    const char *filename = "/bdl/hello.txt";
+
+    int fd = open(filename, O_CREAT | O_RDWR, 0777);
+    REQUIRE(fd != -1);
+    ssize_t sz = write(fd, test_str, strlen(test_str));
+    REQUIRE(sz == (ssize_t)strlen(test_str));
+    REQUIRE(0 == close(fd));
+
+    fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY);
+    REQUIRE(fd != -1);
+    char buf[64] = {};
+    sz = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf));
+    REQUIRE(sz == (ssize_t)strlen(test_str));
+    REQUIRE(0 == memcmp(buf, test_str, strlen(test_str)));
+    REQUIRE(0 == close(fd));
+
+    REQUIRE(esp_vfs_fat_bdl_unmount("/bdl", mem_dev) == ESP_OK);
+    mem_dev->ops->release(mem_dev);
+}
+
+/* ===================================================================== */
+/* Test 5: FatFS BDL on partition (via WL legacy path for reference)     */
+/* Uses the classic WL path alongside BDL to show they coexist.          */
+/* ===================================================================== */
+
+TEST_CASE("BDL and legacy WL coexist on different drives", "[fatfs][bdl]")
+{
+    static uint8_t backing[256 * 1024];
+    memset(backing, 0xFF, sizeof(backing));
+
+    const esp_blockdev_geometry_t geometry = {
+        .disk_size = sizeof(backing),
+        .read_size  = 1,
+        .write_size = 1,
+        .erase_size = 4096,
+        .recommended_write_size = 0,
+        .recommended_read_size  = 0,
+        .recommended_erase_size = 0,
+    };
+
+    esp_blockdev_handle_t mem_dev = NULL;
+    REQUIRE(esp_blockdev_memory_get_from_buffer(backing, sizeof(backing),
+                                                &geometry, false, &mem_dev) == ESP_OK);
+
+    const esp_partition_t *partition = esp_partition_find_first(
+            ESP_PARTITION_TYPE_DATA, ESP_PARTITION_SUBTYPE_DATA_FAT, "storage");
+    REQUIRE(partition != NULL);
+
+    wl_handle_t wl_handle;
+    REQUIRE(wl_mount(partition, &wl_handle) == ESP_OK);
+
+    BYTE pdrv_wl;
+    REQUIRE(ff_diskio_get_drive(&pdrv_wl) == ESP_OK);
+    REQUIRE(ff_diskio_register_wl_partition(pdrv_wl, wl_handle) == ESP_OK);
+
+    BYTE pdrv_bdl;
+    REQUIRE(ff_diskio_get_drive(&pdrv_bdl) == ESP_OK);
+    REQUIRE(ff_diskio_register_bdl(pdrv_bdl, mem_dev) == ESP_OK);
+
+    REQUIRE(pdrv_wl != pdrv_bdl);
+
+    WORD sec_size_wl = 0;
+    REQUIRE(ff_disk_ioctl(pdrv_wl, GET_SECTOR_SIZE, &sec_size_wl) == RES_OK);
+
+    WORD sec_size_bdl = 0;
+    REQUIRE(ff_disk_ioctl(pdrv_bdl, GET_SECTOR_SIZE, &sec_size_bdl) == RES_OK);
+    REQUIRE(sec_size_bdl == 4096);
+
+    ff_diskio_unregister(pdrv_bdl);
+    ff_diskio_clear_pdrv_bdl(mem_dev);
+    ff_diskio_unregister(pdrv_wl);
+    ff_diskio_clear_pdrv_wl(wl_handle);
+    REQUIRE(wl_unmount(wl_handle) == ESP_OK);
+    mem_dev->ops->release(mem_dev);
+}
diff --git a/components/fatfs/host_test/bdl/partition_table.csv b/components/fatfs/host_test/bdl/partition_table.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c885c1e1e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/fatfs/host_test/bdl/partition_table.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Name,   Type, SubType, Offset,  Size, Flags
+nvs,      data, nvs,     0x9000,  0x6000,
+phy_init, data, phy,     0xf000,  0x1000,
+factory,  app,  factory, 0x10000, 1M,
+storage,  data, fat,     ,        1M,
+storage2, data, fat,     ,        32k,
diff --git a/components/fatfs/host_test/bdl/pytest_fatfs_bdl_linux.py b/components/fatfs/host_test/bdl/pytest_fatfs_bdl_linux.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d9a2d1a682
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/fatfs/host_test/bdl/pytest_fatfs_bdl_linux.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Unlicense OR CC0-1.0
+import pytest
+from pytest_embedded import Dut
+from pytest_embedded_idf.utils import idf_parametrize
+
+
+@pytest.mark.host_test
+@idf_parametrize('target', ['linux'], indirect=['target'])
+def test_fatfs_bdl_linux(dut: Dut) -> None:
+    dut.expect_exact('All tests passed', timeout=120)
diff --git a/components/fatfs/host_test/bdl/sdkconfig.defaults b/components/fatfs/host_test/bdl/sdkconfig.defaults
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..53e7687b77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/fatfs/host_test/bdl/sdkconfig.defaults
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+CONFIG_IDF_TARGET="linux"
+CONFIG_COMPILER_CXX_EXCEPTIONS=y
+CONFIG_UNITY_ENABLE_IDF_TEST_RUNNER=n
+CONFIG_WL_SECTOR_SIZE=4096
+CONFIG_LOG_DEFAULT_LEVEL=3
+CONFIG_PARTITION_TABLE_OFFSET=0x8000
+CONFIG_PARTITION_TABLE_CUSTOM=y
+CONFIG_PARTITION_TABLE_CUSTOM_FILENAME="partition_table.csv"
+CONFIG_MMU_PAGE_SIZE=0X10000
+CONFIG_ESP_PARTITION_ENABLE_STATS=y
+CONFIG_FATFS_VOLUME_COUNT=3
diff --git a/components/fatfs/test_apps/.build-test-rules.yml b/components/fatfs/test_apps/.build-test-rules.yml
index 55db11c8bf..634d58f677 100644
--- a/components/fatfs/test_apps/.build-test-rules.yml
+++ b/components/fatfs/test_apps/.build-test-rules.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 # Documentation: .gitlab/ci/README.md#manifest-file-to-control-the-buildtest-apps
 
+components/fatfs/test_apps/bdl:
+  disable_test:
+    - if: IDF_TARGET != "esp32"
+      reason: only one target needed
+  depends_components:
+    - esp_blockdev
+    - esp_partition
+    - fatfs
+    - vfs
+
 components/fatfs/test_apps/dyn_buffers:
   disable_test:
     - if: IDF_TARGET != "esp32"
diff --git a/components/fatfs/test_apps/README.md b/components/fatfs/test_apps/README.md
index 78a9dcd9de..8de5e98787 100644
--- a/components/fatfs/test_apps/README.md
+++ b/components/fatfs/test_apps/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-| Supported Targets | ESP32 | ESP32-C2 | ESP32-C3 | ESP32-C5 | ESP32-C6 | ESP32-C61 | ESP32-H2 | ESP32-P4 | ESP32-S2 | ESP32-S3 |
-| ----------------- | ----- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | --------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
+| Supported Targets | ESP32 | ESP32-C2 | ESP32-C3 | ESP32-C5 | ESP32-C6 | ESP32-C61 | ESP32-H2 | ESP32-H21 | ESP32-H4 | ESP32-P4 | ESP32-S2 | ESP32-S3 | ESP32-S31 |
+| ----------------- | ----- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | --------- | -------- | --------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | --------- |
 
 # fatfs component target tests
 
diff --git a/components/fatfs/test_apps/bdl/CMakeLists.txt b/components/fatfs/test_apps/bdl/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..03fb0ffdc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/fatfs/test_apps/bdl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.22)
+
+set(COMPONENTS main)
+
+include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/cmake/project.cmake)
+
+project(test_fatfs_bdl)
diff --git a/components/fatfs/test_apps/bdl/main/CMakeLists.txt b/components/fatfs/test_apps/bdl/main/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f2c4aac49d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/fatfs/test_apps/bdl/main/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+idf_component_register(SRCS "test_fatfs_bdl.c"
+                       INCLUDE_DIRS "."
+                       PRIV_REQUIRES unity fatfs vfs esp_blockdev esp_partition
+                       WHOLE_ARCHIVE)
diff --git a/components/fatfs/test_apps/bdl/main/test_fatfs_bdl.c b/components/fatfs/test_apps/bdl/main/test_fatfs_bdl.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2cc86df6a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/fatfs/test_apps/bdl/main/test_fatfs_bdl.c
@@ -0,0 +1,220 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/unistd.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include "unity.h"
+#include "esp_log.h"
+#include "esp_partition.h"
+#include "esp_blockdev.h"
+#include "esp_vfs.h"
+#include "esp_vfs_fat.h"
+#include "ff.h"
+#include "diskio_impl.h"
+#include "diskio_bdl.h"
+
+static const char *TAG = "test_fatfs_bdl";
+
+void app_main(void)
+{
+    unity_run_menu();
+}
+
+/* ===================================================================== */
+/* Helper: create partition BDL and erase it                             */
+/* ===================================================================== */
+
+static esp_blockdev_handle_t s_test_bdl = NULL;
+
+static void test_setup_partition_bdl(const char *label)
+{
+    esp_err_t err = esp_partition_get_blockdev(
+            ESP_PARTITION_TYPE_DATA, ESP_PARTITION_SUBTYPE_DATA_FAT,
+            label, &s_test_bdl);
+    TEST_ESP_OK(err);
+    TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(s_test_bdl);
+
+    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Partition BDL: disk_size=%llu, erase_size=%u",
+             (unsigned long long)s_test_bdl->geometry.disk_size,
+             (unsigned)s_test_bdl->geometry.erase_size);
+}
+
+static void test_teardown_partition_bdl(void)
+{
+    if (s_test_bdl) {
+        s_test_bdl->ops->release(s_test_bdl);
+        s_test_bdl = NULL;
+    }
+}
+
+/* ===================================================================== */
+/* Test: BDL diskio low-level on partition BDL                           */
+/* ===================================================================== */
+
+TEST_CASE("(BDL) diskio register, format, write and read on partition", "[fatfs][bdl]")
+{
+    test_setup_partition_bdl("storage");
+
+    BYTE pdrv;
+    TEST_ESP_OK(ff_diskio_get_drive(&pdrv));
+    TEST_ESP_OK(ff_diskio_register_bdl(pdrv, s_test_bdl));
+
+    char drv[3] = {(char)('0' + pdrv), ':', 0};
+
+    WORD sec_size = 0;
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(RES_OK, ff_disk_ioctl(pdrv, GET_SECTOR_SIZE, &sec_size));
+    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Sector size: %u", (unsigned)sec_size);
+
+    DWORD sec_count = 0;
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(RES_OK, ff_disk_ioctl(pdrv, GET_SECTOR_COUNT, &sec_count));
+    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Sector count: %lu", (unsigned long)sec_count);
+
+    BYTE work_area[FF_MAX_SS];
+    const MKFS_PARM opt = {(BYTE)(FM_ANY | FM_SFD), 2, 0, 0, sec_size};
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(FR_OK, f_mkfs(drv, &opt, work_area, sizeof(work_area)));
+
+    FATFS fs;
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(FR_OK, f_mount(&fs, drv, 1));
+
+    FIL file;
+    UINT bw;
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(FR_OK, f_open(&file, "test.txt", FA_OPEN_ALWAYS | FA_READ | FA_WRITE));
+
+    const char *test_data = "Hello from FatFS over BDL partition!";
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(FR_OK, f_write(&file, test_data, strlen(test_data), &bw));
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(strlen(test_data), bw);
+
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(FR_OK, f_lseek(&file, 0));
+
+    char read_buf[128] = {};
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(FR_OK, f_read(&file, read_buf, sizeof(read_buf) - 1, &bw));
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(strlen(test_data), bw);
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_STRING(test_data, read_buf);
+
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(FR_OK, f_close(&file));
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(FR_OK, f_mount(0, drv, 0));
+
+    ff_diskio_unregister(pdrv);
+    ff_diskio_clear_pdrv_bdl(s_test_bdl);
+    test_teardown_partition_bdl();
+}
+
+/* ===================================================================== */
+/* Test: BDL VFS mount/unmount on partition BDL                          */
+/* ===================================================================== */
+
+TEST_CASE("(BDL) VFS mount, file operations and unmount", "[fatfs][bdl]")
+{
+    test_setup_partition_bdl("storage");
+
+    esp_vfs_fat_mount_config_t mount_config = {
+        .format_if_mount_failed = true,
+        .max_files = 5,
+    };
+    TEST_ESP_OK(esp_vfs_fat_bdl_mount("/bdltest", s_test_bdl, &mount_config));
+
+    const char *hello_str = "Hello from BDL VFS FatFS!\n";
+    const char *filename = "/bdltest/hello.txt";
+
+    FILE *f = fopen(filename, "w");
+    TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(f);
+    fprintf(f, "%s", hello_str);
+    fclose(f);
+
+    f = fopen(filename, "r");
+    TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(f);
+    char buf[128] = {};
+    TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), f));
+    fclose(f);
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_STRING(hello_str, buf);
+
+    struct stat st;
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(0, stat(filename, &st));
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(strlen(hello_str), st.st_size);
+
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(0, unlink(filename));
+
+    TEST_ESP_OK(esp_vfs_fat_bdl_unmount("/bdltest", s_test_bdl));
+    test_teardown_partition_bdl();
+}
+
+/* ===================================================================== */
+/* Test: BDL geometry is correct for partition BDL                       */
+/* ===================================================================== */
+
+TEST_CASE("(BDL) partition BDL geometry matches partition size", "[fatfs][bdl]")
+{
+    const esp_partition_t *part = esp_partition_find_first(
+            ESP_PARTITION_TYPE_DATA, ESP_PARTITION_SUBTYPE_DATA_FAT, "storage");
+    TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(part);
+
+    test_setup_partition_bdl("storage");
+
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(part->size, s_test_bdl->geometry.disk_size);
+    TEST_ASSERT(s_test_bdl->geometry.erase_size > 0);
+    TEST_ASSERT(s_test_bdl->geometry.read_size > 0);
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(0, s_test_bdl->geometry.disk_size % s_test_bdl->geometry.erase_size);
+
+    test_teardown_partition_bdl();
+}
+
+/* ===================================================================== */
+/* Test: Two BDL volumes on separate partitions                          */
+/* ===================================================================== */
+
+TEST_CASE("(BDL) two BDL volumes coexist", "[fatfs][bdl]")
+{
+    esp_blockdev_handle_t bdl1 = NULL;
+    esp_blockdev_handle_t bdl2 = NULL;
+
+    TEST_ESP_OK(esp_partition_get_blockdev(
+            ESP_PARTITION_TYPE_DATA, ESP_PARTITION_SUBTYPE_DATA_FAT,
+            "storage", &bdl1));
+    TEST_ESP_OK(esp_partition_get_blockdev(
+            ESP_PARTITION_TYPE_DATA, ESP_PARTITION_SUBTYPE_DATA_FAT,
+            "storage2", &bdl2));
+
+    esp_vfs_fat_mount_config_t mount_config = {
+        .format_if_mount_failed = true,
+        .max_files = 5,
+    };
+
+    TEST_ESP_OK(esp_vfs_fat_bdl_mount("/bdl1", bdl1, &mount_config));
+    TEST_ESP_OK(esp_vfs_fat_bdl_mount("/bdl2", bdl2, &mount_config));
+
+    FILE *f1 = fopen("/bdl1/a.txt", "w");
+    TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(f1);
+    fprintf(f1, "vol1");
+    fclose(f1);
+
+    FILE *f2 = fopen("/bdl2/b.txt", "w");
+    TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(f2);
+    fprintf(f2, "vol2");
+    fclose(f2);
+
+    char buf[16] = {};
+    f1 = fopen("/bdl1/a.txt", "r");
+    TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(f1);
+    fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), f1);
+    fclose(f1);
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_STRING("vol1", buf);
+
+    memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
+    f2 = fopen("/bdl2/b.txt", "r");
+    TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(f2);
+    fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), f2);
+    fclose(f2);
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_STRING("vol2", buf);
+
+    TEST_ESP_OK(esp_vfs_fat_bdl_unmount("/bdl1", bdl1));
+    TEST_ESP_OK(esp_vfs_fat_bdl_unmount("/bdl2", bdl2));
+
+    bdl1->ops->release(bdl1);
+    bdl2->ops->release(bdl2);
+}
diff --git a/components/fatfs/test_apps/bdl/partitions.csv b/components/fatfs/test_apps/bdl/partitions.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d1dcbae61d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/fatfs/test_apps/bdl/partitions.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Name,   Type, SubType, Offset,  Size, Flags
+factory,  app,  factory, 0x10000, 768k,
+storage,  data, fat,     ,        528k,
+storage2, data, fat,     ,        528k,
diff --git a/components/fatfs/test_apps/bdl/pytest_fatfs_bdl.py b/components/fatfs/test_apps/bdl/pytest_fatfs_bdl.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e7b57fdcda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/fatfs/test_apps/bdl/pytest_fatfs_bdl.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Unlicense OR CC0-1.0
+import pytest
+from pytest_embedded import Dut
+
+
+@pytest.mark.esp32
+@pytest.mark.generic
+def test_fatfs_bdl(dut: Dut) -> None:
+    dut.run_all_single_board_cases(timeout=120)
diff --git a/components/fatfs/test_apps/bdl/sdkconfig.defaults b/components/fatfs/test_apps/bdl/sdkconfig.defaults
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c679bc7b4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/fatfs/test_apps/bdl/sdkconfig.defaults
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# General options for additional checks
+CONFIG_HEAP_POISONING_COMPREHENSIVE=y
+CONFIG_COMPILER_WARN_WRITE_STRINGS=y
+CONFIG_BOOTLOADER_LOG_LEVEL_WARN=y
+CONFIG_FREERTOS_WATCHPOINT_END_OF_STACK=y
+CONFIG_COMPILER_STACK_CHECK_MODE_STRONG=y
+CONFIG_COMPILER_STACK_CHECK=y
+
+# disable task watchdog since this app uses an interactive menu
+CONFIG_ESP_TASK_WDT_INIT=n
+
+# use custom partition table
+CONFIG_PARTITION_TABLE_CUSTOM=y
+CONFIG_PARTITION_TABLE_CUSTOM_FILENAME="partitions.csv"
diff --git a/components/fatfs/vfs/esp_vfs_fat.h b/components/fatfs/vfs/esp_vfs_fat.h
index c305244f97..76df5ff2be 100644
--- a/components/fatfs/vfs/esp_vfs_fat.h
+++ b/components/fatfs/vfs/esp_vfs_fat.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015-2025 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015-2026 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #endif
 #include "ff.h"
 #include "wear_levelling.h"
+#include "esp_blockdev.h"
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
@@ -403,6 +404,48 @@ esp_err_t esp_vfs_fat_spiflash_mount_ro(const char* base_path,
  */
 esp_err_t esp_vfs_fat_spiflash_unmount_ro(const char* base_path, const char* partition_label);
 
+/**
+ * @brief Convenience function to mount a FatFS volume on a BDL (Block Device Layer) device
+ *
+ * The FatFS logical sector size is derived from BDL geometry as
+ * LCM(FF_MIN_SS, read_size, write_size [, erase_size]).  erase_size is
+ * included when it fits within FF_MAX_SS, making the sector erase-aligned
+ * for NOR-style devices and page-aligned for NAND-style devices (where
+ * the FTL/WL layer handles erase internally).
+ *
+ * The caller is responsible for constructing the BDL stack (e.g. partition BDL ->
+ * WL BDL) before calling this function.  Read-only devices are detected
+ * automatically.
+ *
+ * @param base_path     path where FATFS partition should be mounted (e.g. "/spiflash")
+ * @param bdl_handle    BDL device handle providing the storage
+ * @param mount_config  pointer to structure with extra parameters for mounting FATFS
+ *
+ * @return
+ *      - ESP_OK on success
+ *      - ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG if any of the arguments is invalid
+ *      - ESP_ERR_NO_MEM if memory can not be allocated or no free drives
+ *      - ESP_FAIL if partition can not be mounted
+ */
+esp_err_t esp_vfs_fat_bdl_mount(const char *base_path,
+    esp_blockdev_handle_t bdl_handle,
+    const esp_vfs_fat_mount_config_t *mount_config);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Unmount FAT filesystem and release resources acquired using esp_vfs_fat_bdl_mount
+ *
+ * @note This function does NOT release the BDL device handle — the caller owns
+ *       the BDL stack lifecycle.
+ *
+ * @param base_path     path where partition was registered (e.g. "/spiflash")
+ * @param bdl_handle    BDL device handle used during mount
+ *
+ * @return
+ *      - ESP_OK on success
+ *      - ESP_ERR_INVALID_STATE if esp_vfs_fat_bdl_mount hasn't been called
+ */
+esp_err_t esp_vfs_fat_bdl_unmount(const char *base_path, esp_blockdev_handle_t bdl_handle);
+
 /**
  * @brief Get information for FATFS partition
  *
diff --git a/components/fatfs/vfs/vfs_fat_bdl.c b/components/fatfs/vfs/vfs_fat_bdl.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e3adb837bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/fatfs/vfs/vfs_fat_bdl.c
@@ -0,0 +1,204 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include "esp_check.h"
+#include "esp_log.h"
+#include "esp_vfs_fat.h"
+#include "vfs_fat_internal.h"
+#include "diskio_impl.h"
+#include "diskio_bdl.h"
+
+static const char *TAG = "vfs_fat_bdl";
+
+static vfs_fat_bdl_ctx_t *s_bdl_ctx[FF_VOLUMES] = {};
+
+extern esp_err_t esp_vfs_set_readonly_flag(const char *base_path);
+
+static bool get_ctx_id_by_bdl(esp_blockdev_handle_t bdl, uint32_t *out_id)
+{
+    for (int i = 0; i < FF_VOLUMES; i++) {
+        if (s_bdl_ctx[i] && s_bdl_ctx[i]->bdl_handle == bdl) {
+            *out_id = i;
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+static uint32_t get_unused_ctx_id(void)
+{
+    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < FF_VOLUMES; i++) {
+        if (!s_bdl_ctx[i]) {
+            return i;
+        }
+    }
+    return FF_VOLUMES;
+}
+
+static esp_err_t try_mount_rw(FATFS *fs, const char *drv,
+                               const esp_vfs_fat_mount_config_t *mount_config,
+                               vfs_fat_x_ctx_flags_t *out_flags,
+                               size_t sec_num, size_t sec_size)
+{
+    FRESULT fresult = f_mount(fs, drv, 1);
+    if (fresult == FR_OK) {
+        if (out_flags) {
+            *out_flags &= ~FORMATTED_DURING_LAST_MOUNT;
+        }
+        return ESP_OK;
+    }
+
+    bool recoverable = (fresult == FR_NO_FILESYSTEM || fresult == FR_INT_ERR);
+    if (!recoverable || !mount_config->format_if_mount_failed) {
+        ESP_LOGE(TAG, "f_mount failed (%d)", fresult);
+        return ESP_FAIL;
+    }
+
+    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "f_mount failed (%d), formatting...", fresult);
+
+    const size_t workbuf_size = 4096;
+    void *workbuf = ff_memalloc(workbuf_size);
+    if (workbuf == NULL) {
+        return ESP_ERR_NO_MEM;
+    }
+
+    size_t alloc_unit_size = esp_vfs_fat_get_allocation_unit_size(
+            sec_size, mount_config->allocation_unit_size);
+    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Formatting FATFS partition, allocation unit size=%d", alloc_unit_size);
+
+    UINT root_dir_entries = (sec_size == 512) ? 16 : 128;
+    const MKFS_PARM opt = {
+        (BYTE)(FM_ANY | FM_SFD),
+        (mount_config->use_one_fat ? 1 : 2),
+        0,
+        (sec_num <= 128 ? root_dir_entries : 0),
+        alloc_unit_size
+    };
+    fresult = f_mkfs(drv, &opt, workbuf, workbuf_size);
+    free(workbuf);
+    ESP_RETURN_ON_FALSE(fresult == FR_OK, ESP_FAIL, TAG, "f_mkfs failed (%d)", fresult);
+
+    if (out_flags) {
+        *out_flags |= FORMATTED_DURING_LAST_MOUNT;
+    }
+
+    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Mounting again");
+    fresult = f_mount(fs, drv, 1);
+    ESP_RETURN_ON_FALSE(fresult == FR_OK, ESP_FAIL, TAG, "f_mount failed after formatting (%d)", fresult);
+
+    return ESP_OK;
+}
+
+esp_err_t esp_vfs_fat_bdl_mount(const char *base_path,
+                                esp_blockdev_handle_t bdl_handle,
+                                const esp_vfs_fat_mount_config_t *mount_config)
+{
+    esp_err_t ret = ESP_OK;
+    vfs_fat_bdl_ctx_t *ctx = NULL;
+
+    ESP_RETURN_ON_FALSE(base_path, ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG, TAG, "base_path is NULL");
+    ESP_RETURN_ON_FALSE(bdl_handle != ESP_BLOCKDEV_HANDLE_INVALID, ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG, TAG, "invalid BDL handle");
+    ESP_RETURN_ON_FALSE(mount_config, ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG, TAG, "mount_config is NULL");
+
+    BYTE pdrv = 0xFF;
+    if (ff_diskio_get_drive(&pdrv) != ESP_OK) {
+        ESP_LOGD(TAG, "the maximum count of volumes is already mounted");
+        return ESP_ERR_NO_MEM;
+    }
+    ESP_LOGD(TAG, "using pdrv=%i", pdrv);
+    char drv[3] = {(char)('0' + pdrv), ':', 0};
+
+    ESP_GOTO_ON_ERROR(ff_diskio_register_bdl(pdrv, bdl_handle), fail, TAG,
+                      "ff_diskio_register_bdl failed pdrv=%i, error - 0x(%x)", pdrv, ret);
+
+    FATFS *fs;
+    esp_vfs_fat_conf_t conf = {
+        .base_path = base_path,
+        .fat_drive = drv,
+        .max_files = mount_config->max_files,
+    };
+    ret = esp_vfs_fat_register(&conf, &fs);
+    if (ret == ESP_ERR_INVALID_STATE) {
+        // already registered with VFS
+    } else if (ret != ESP_OK) {
+        ESP_LOGD(TAG, "esp_vfs_fat_register failed 0x(%x)", ret);
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    WORD sec_size_w;
+    if (disk_ioctl(pdrv, GET_SECTOR_SIZE, &sec_size_w) != RES_OK) {
+        ESP_LOGE(TAG, "failed to query sector size from diskio");
+        ret = ESP_FAIL;
+        goto fail;
+    }
+    size_t sec_size = (size_t)sec_size_w;
+    size_t sec_num = (size_t)(bdl_handle->geometry.disk_size / sec_size);
+
+    if (bdl_handle->device_flags.read_only) {
+        FRESULT fresult = f_mount(fs, drv, 1);
+        if (fresult != FR_OK) {
+            ESP_LOGW(TAG, "f_mount failed (%d)", fresult);
+            ret = ESP_FAIL;
+            goto fail;
+        }
+    } else {
+        vfs_fat_x_ctx_flags_t flags = 0;
+        ret = try_mount_rw(fs, drv, mount_config, &flags, sec_num, sec_size);
+        if (ret != ESP_OK) {
+            goto fail;
+        }
+    }
+
+    ctx = calloc(1, sizeof(vfs_fat_bdl_ctx_t));
+    ESP_GOTO_ON_FALSE(ctx, ESP_ERR_NO_MEM, fail, TAG, "no mem");
+    ctx->bdl_handle = bdl_handle;
+    ctx->pdrv = pdrv;
+    ctx->fs = fs;
+    memcpy(&ctx->mount_config, mount_config, sizeof(esp_vfs_fat_mount_config_t));
+
+    uint32_t ctx_id = get_unused_ctx_id();
+    assert(ctx_id != FF_VOLUMES);
+    s_bdl_ctx[ctx_id] = ctx;
+
+    if (bdl_handle->device_flags.read_only) {
+        esp_vfs_set_readonly_flag(base_path);
+    }
+
+    return ESP_OK;
+
+fail:
+    f_mount(0, drv, 0);
+    esp_vfs_fat_unregister_path(base_path);
+    ff_diskio_unregister(pdrv);
+    free(ctx);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+esp_err_t esp_vfs_fat_bdl_unmount(const char *base_path, esp_blockdev_handle_t bdl_handle)
+{
+    BYTE pdrv = ff_diskio_get_pdrv_bdl(bdl_handle);
+    ESP_RETURN_ON_FALSE(pdrv != 0xff, ESP_ERR_INVALID_STATE, TAG,
+                        "BDL device isn't registered, call esp_vfs_fat_bdl_mount first");
+
+    uint32_t id = FF_VOLUMES;
+    ESP_RETURN_ON_FALSE(get_ctx_id_by_bdl(bdl_handle, &id), ESP_ERR_INVALID_STATE, TAG,
+                        "BDL device isn't registered, call esp_vfs_fat_bdl_mount first");
+    assert(id != FF_VOLUMES);
+
+    char drv[3] = {(char)('0' + pdrv), ':', 0};
+    f_mount(0, drv, 0);
+    ff_diskio_unregister(pdrv);
+    ff_diskio_clear_pdrv_bdl(bdl_handle);
+
+    esp_err_t err = esp_vfs_fat_unregister_path(base_path);
+
+    free(s_bdl_ctx[id]);
+    s_bdl_ctx[id] = NULL;
+
+    return err;
+}
diff --git a/components/fatfs/vfs/vfs_fat_internal.h b/components/fatfs/vfs/vfs_fat_internal.h
index e2f36a05f7..03c36a3e4f 100644
--- a/components/fatfs/vfs/vfs_fat_internal.h
+++ b/components/fatfs/vfs/vfs_fat_internal.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018-2025 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018-2026 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "esp_vfs_fat.h"
 #include "diskio_impl.h"
 #include "esp_partition.h"
+#include "esp_blockdev.h"
 #ifndef CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_LINUX
 #include "sdmmc_cmd.h"
 #endif
@@ -36,6 +37,13 @@ static inline size_t esp_vfs_fat_get_allocation_unit_size(
     return alloc_unit_size;
 }
 
+typedef struct vfs_fat_bdl_ctx_t {
+    esp_blockdev_handle_t bdl_handle;           //BDL device handle
+    BYTE pdrv;                                  //Drive number that is mounted
+    FATFS *fs;                                  //FAT structure pointer that is registered
+    esp_vfs_fat_mount_config_t mount_config;    //Mount configuration
+} vfs_fat_bdl_ctx_t;
+
 #ifndef CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_LINUX
 typedef struct vfs_fat_sd_ctx_t {
     BYTE pdrv;                                  //Drive number that is mounted
diff --git a/docs/en/api-reference/storage/index.rst b/docs/en/api-reference/storage/index.rst
index 24b1b8a2ce..655eca4dda 100644
--- a/docs/en/api-reference/storage/index.rst
+++ b/docs/en/api-reference/storage/index.rst
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ Examples
       - Demonstrates the capabilities of Python-based tooling for FATFS images available on host computers.
     * - :example:`ext_flash_fatfs <storage/fatfs/ext_flash>`
       - Demonstrates using FATFS over wear leveling on external flash.
+    * - :example:`bdl_wl <storage/fatfs/bdl_wl>`
+      - Demonstrates using FATFS over BDL wear-levelling stack on internal flash.
     * - :example:`wear_leveling <storage/wear_levelling>`
       - Demonstrates using FATFS over wear leveling on internal flash.
 
diff --git a/docs/zh_CN/api-reference/storage/index.rst b/docs/zh_CN/api-reference/storage/index.rst
index f36ac271c6..74ffd9a778 100644
--- a/docs/zh_CN/api-reference/storage/index.rst
+++ b/docs/zh_CN/api-reference/storage/index.rst
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@
       - 演示了在主机上使用 Python 工具生成 FATFS 镜像的相关功能。
     * - :example:`ext_flash_fatfs <storage/fatfs/ext_flash>`
       - 演示了在外部 flash 上使用带有磨损均衡功能的 FATFS。
+    * - :example:`bdl_wl <storage/fatfs/bdl_wl>`
+      - 演示了在内部 flash 上通过 BDL 磨损均衡堆栈使用 FATFS。
     * - :example:`wear_leveling <storage/wear_levelling>`
       - 演示了在内部 flash 上使用带有磨损均衡功能的 FATFS。
 
diff --git a/examples/storage/fatfs/.build-test-rules.yml b/examples/storage/fatfs/.build-test-rules.yml
index 152eee5fae..96e3a53dde 100644
--- a/examples/storage/fatfs/.build-test-rules.yml
+++ b/examples/storage/fatfs/.build-test-rules.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,17 @@ examples/storage/fatfs:
     - if: IDF_TARGET != "esp32"
       reason: only one target needed
 
+examples/storage/fatfs/bdl_wl:
+  depends_components:
+    - *common_components
+    - esp_blockdev
+    - fatfs
+    - vfs
+    - wear_leveling
+  disable_test:
+    - if: IDF_TARGET != "esp32"
+      reason: only one target needed
+
 examples/storage/fatfs/ext_flash:
   depends_components:
     - *common_components
diff --git a/examples/storage/fatfs/bdl_wl/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/storage/fatfs/bdl_wl/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..382246a706
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/storage/fatfs/bdl_wl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# The following lines of boilerplate have to be in your project's CMakeLists
+# in this exact order for cmake to work correctly
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.22)
+
+include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/cmake/project.cmake)
+idf_build_set_property(MINIMAL_BUILD ON)
+project(fatfs_bdl_wl)
diff --git a/examples/storage/fatfs/bdl_wl/README.md b/examples/storage/fatfs/bdl_wl/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..61fc05355b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/storage/fatfs/bdl_wl/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+| Supported Targets | ESP32 | ESP32-C2 | ESP32-C3 | ESP32-C5 | ESP32-C6 | ESP32-C61 | ESP32-H2 | ESP32-H21 | ESP32-H4 | ESP32-P4 | ESP32-S2 | ESP32-S3 | ESP32-S31 |
+| ----------------- | ----- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | --------- | -------- | --------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | --------- |
+
+# FatFS over BDL (Block Device Layer) - Wear-Levelling Stack
+
+This example demonstrates mounting a FAT filesystem using the Block Device Layer (BDL) interface
+instead of the legacy `wl_handle_t`-based API.
+
+## BDL Stack
+
+The BDL stack constructed in this example:
+
+```
+  FatFS (VFS + POSIX API)
+       |
+  diskio_bdl    (generic BDL diskio adapter)
+       |
+  WL BDL        (wear-levelling, via wl_get_blockdev())
+       |
+  Partition BDL (flash partition, via esp_partition_get_blockdev())
+       |
+  SPI Flash     (physical storage)
+```
+
+The key advantage of BDL is that **the same `diskio_bdl` adapter works with any BDL device**.
+You can swap the bottom of the stack (e.g., use `sdmmc_get_blockdev()` for an SD card) without
+changing the FatFS integration code.
+
+## How to use example
+
+### Build and flash
+
+```
+idf.py -p PORT flash monitor
+```
+
+(To exit the serial monitor, type `Ctrl-]`.)
+
+## Example output
+
+```
+I (321) example: Creating partition BDL for 'storage' partition
+I (331) example:   Partition BDL: disk_size=1048576, erase_size=4096
+I (331) example: Creating WL BDL on top of partition BDL
+I (341) example:   WL BDL: disk_size=...., erase_size=4096
+I (341) example: Mounting FAT filesystem via BDL
+I (741) example: Filesystem mounted
+I (741) example: Opening file
+I (841) example: File written
+I (841) example: Reading file
+I (841) example: Read from file: 'Hello from FatFS over BDL!'
+I (841) example: Unmounting FAT filesystem
+I (941) example: Releasing BDL devices
+I (941) example: Done
+```
diff --git a/examples/storage/fatfs/bdl_wl/main/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/storage/fatfs/bdl_wl/main/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..18382c4cc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/storage/fatfs/bdl_wl/main/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+idf_component_register(SRCS "fatfs_bdl_wl_main.c"
+                    PRIV_REQUIRES vfs fatfs esp_blockdev esp_partition wear_levelling
+                    INCLUDE_DIRS ".")
diff --git a/examples/storage/fatfs/bdl_wl/main/fatfs_bdl_wl_main.c b/examples/storage/fatfs/bdl_wl/main/fatfs_bdl_wl_main.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..31178eece4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/storage/fatfs/bdl_wl/main/fatfs_bdl_wl_main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Unlicense OR CC0-1.0
+ */
+
+/*
+ * FatFS over BDL (Block Device Layer) - Wear-Levelling stack example
+ *
+ * Demonstrates building a BDL stack and mounting FatFS on top of it:
+ *
+ *    +-----------+
+ *    |  FatFS    |    <- file system (VFS + FatFS)
+ *    +-----------+
+ *    | diskio_bdl|    <- FatFS diskio driver for BDL devices
+ *    +-----------+
+ *    |  WL BDL   |    <- wear-levelling BDL layer (wl_get_blockdev)
+ *    +-----------+
+ *    |  Part BDL |    <- partition BDL layer (esp_partition_get_blockdev)
+ *    +-----------+
+ *    | SPI Flash |    <- physical storage
+ *    +-----------+
+ *
+ * The BDL approach decouples FatFS from any specific storage driver.
+ * The same diskio_bdl adapter works with any BDL-compatible bottom device:
+ *   - partition BDL  (flash partition)
+ *   - sdmmc BDL      (SD/eMMC card)
+ *   - memory BDL     (RAM disk for testing)
+ *   - or any custom BDL implementation
+ */
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include "esp_log.h"
+#include "esp_vfs.h"
+#include "esp_vfs_fat.h"
+#include "esp_partition.h"
+#include "esp_blockdev.h"
+#include "wear_levelling.h"
+
+static const char *TAG = "example";
+
+const char *base_path = "/spiflash";
+
+void app_main(void)
+{
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+    /* Step 1: Build the BDL stack                                        */
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Creating partition BDL for 'storage' partition");
+
+    esp_blockdev_handle_t part_bdl = NULL;
+    ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_partition_get_blockdev(
+            ESP_PARTITION_TYPE_DATA, ESP_PARTITION_SUBTYPE_DATA_FAT,
+            "storage", &part_bdl));
+
+    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "  Partition BDL: disk_size=%llu, erase_size=%u",
+             (unsigned long long)part_bdl->geometry.disk_size,
+             (unsigned)part_bdl->geometry.erase_size);
+
+    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Creating WL BDL on top of partition BDL");
+
+    esp_blockdev_handle_t wl_bdl = NULL;
+    ESP_ERROR_CHECK(wl_get_blockdev(part_bdl, &wl_bdl));
+
+    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "  WL BDL: disk_size=%llu, erase_size=%u",
+             (unsigned long long)wl_bdl->geometry.disk_size,
+             (unsigned)wl_bdl->geometry.erase_size);
+
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+    /* Step 2: Mount FatFS on the BDL device                              */
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Mounting FAT filesystem via BDL");
+
+    const esp_vfs_fat_mount_config_t mount_config = {
+        .max_files = 4,
+        .format_if_mount_failed = true,
+        .allocation_unit_size = CONFIG_WL_SECTOR_SIZE,
+        .use_one_fat = false,
+    };
+
+    ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_vfs_fat_bdl_mount(base_path, wl_bdl, &mount_config));
+
+    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Filesystem mounted");
+
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+    /* Step 3: Use POSIX file operations                                  */
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+    const char *filename = "/spiflash/example.txt";
+
+    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Opening file");
+    FILE *f = fopen(filename, "wb");
+    if (f == NULL) {
+        ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Failed to open file for writing");
+        return;
+    }
+    fprintf(f, "Hello from FatFS over BDL!\n");
+    fclose(f);
+    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "File written");
+
+    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Reading file");
+    f = fopen(filename, "r");
+    if (f == NULL) {
+        ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Failed to open file for reading");
+        return;
+    }
+    char line[128];
+    fgets(line, sizeof(line), f);
+    fclose(f);
+
+    char *pos = strchr(line, '\n');
+    if (pos) {
+        *pos = '\0';
+    }
+    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Read from file: '%s'", line);
+
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+    /* Step 4: Unmount and tear down the BDL stack                        */
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Unmounting FAT filesystem");
+    ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_vfs_fat_bdl_unmount(base_path, wl_bdl));
+
+    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Releasing BDL devices");
+    wl_bdl->ops->release(wl_bdl);
+    part_bdl->ops->release(part_bdl);
+
+    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Done");
+}
diff --git a/examples/storage/fatfs/bdl_wl/partitions_example.csv b/examples/storage/fatfs/bdl_wl/partitions_example.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1c79321a10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/storage/fatfs/bdl_wl/partitions_example.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Name,   Type, SubType, Offset,  Size, Flags
+# Note: if you have increased the bootloader size, make sure to update the offsets to avoid overlap
+nvs,      data, nvs,     0x9000,  0x6000,
+phy_init, data, phy,     0xf000,  0x1000,
+factory,  app,  factory, 0x10000, 1M,
+storage,  data, fat,     ,        1M,
diff --git a/examples/storage/fatfs/bdl_wl/pytest_fatfs_bdl_wl_example.py b/examples/storage/fatfs/bdl_wl/pytest_fatfs_bdl_wl_example.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f560dee28e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/storage/fatfs/bdl_wl/pytest_fatfs_bdl_wl_example.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Unlicense OR CC0-1.0
+import pytest
+from pytest_embedded import Dut
+from pytest_embedded_idf.utils import idf_parametrize
+
+
+@pytest.mark.generic
+@idf_parametrize('target', ['esp32'], indirect=['target'])
+def test_examples_fatfs_bdl_wl(dut: Dut) -> None:
+    dut.expect('example: Mounting FAT filesystem via BDL', timeout=90)
+    dut.expect('example: Filesystem mounted', timeout=90)
+    dut.expect('example: Opening file', timeout=90)
+    dut.expect('example: File written', timeout=90)
+    dut.expect('example: Reading file', timeout=90)
+    dut.expect("example: Read from file: 'Hello from FatFS over BDL!'", timeout=90)
+    dut.expect('example: Unmounting FAT filesystem', timeout=90)
+    dut.expect('example: Done', timeout=90)
diff --git a/examples/storage/fatfs/bdl_wl/sdkconfig.defaults b/examples/storage/fatfs/bdl_wl/sdkconfig.defaults
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..47363c32d5
--- /dev/null
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+CONFIG_PARTITION_TABLE_CUSTOM=y
+CONFIG_PARTITION_TABLE_CUSTOM_FILENAME="partitions_example.csv"
+CONFIG_PARTITION_TABLE_FILENAME="partitions_example.csv"
+CONFIG_ESPTOOLPY_FLASHSIZE_4MB=y