diff --git a/components/lwip/Kconfig b/components/lwip/Kconfig
index 12b8e16d4..1d8be501d 100644
--- a/components/lwip/Kconfig
+++ b/components/lwip/Kconfig
@@ -543,6 +543,17 @@ menu "LWIP"
 
             PPP over serial support is experimental and unsupported.
 
+    config LWIP_PPP_ENABLE_IPV6
+        bool "Enable IPV6 support for PPP connections (IPV6CP)"
+        depends on LWIP_PPP_SUPPORT
+        default y
+        help
+            Enable IPV6 support in PPP for the local link between the DTE (processor) and DCE (modem).
+            There are some modems which do not support the IPV6 addressing in the local link.
+            If they are requested for IPV6CP negotiation, they may time out.
+            This would in turn fail the configuration for the whole link.
+            If your modem is not responding correctly to PPP Phase Network, try to disable IPV6 support.
+
     config LWIP_PPP_NOTIFY_PHASE_SUPPORT
         bool "Enable Notify Phase Callback"
         depends on LWIP_PPP_SUPPORT
diff --git a/components/lwip/port/esp32/include/lwipopts.h b/components/lwip/port/esp32/include/lwipopts.h
index 3475f2986..d6aa757f0 100644
--- a/components/lwip/port/esp32/include/lwipopts.h
+++ b/components/lwip/port/esp32/include/lwipopts.h
@@ -611,6 +611,14 @@
 
 #if PPP_SUPPORT
 
+/**
+ * PPP_IPV6_SUPPORT == 1: Enable IPV6 support for local link
+ * between modem and lwIP stack.
+ * Some modems do not support IPV6 addressing in local link and
+ * the only option available is to disable IPV6 address negotiation.
+ */
+#define PPP_IPV6_SUPPORT				CONFIG_LWIP_PPP_ENABLE_IPV6
+
 /**
  * PPP_NOTIFY_PHASE==1: Support PPP notify phase.
  */