diff --git a/components/freertos/include/freertos/ringbuf.h b/components/freertos/include/freertos/ringbuf.h
index 259ce0f16..0f23a44e6 100644
--- a/components/freertos/include/freertos/ringbuf.h
+++ b/components/freertos/include/freertos/ringbuf.h
@@ -77,6 +77,19 @@ typedef enum {
  */
 RingbufHandle_t xRingbufferCreate(size_t buf_length, ringbuf_type_t type);
 
+/**
+ * @brief Create a ring buffer of type RINGBUF_TYPE_NOSPLIT for a fixed item_size
+ *
+ * This API is similar to xRingbufferCreate(), but it will internally allocate
+ * additional space for the headers.
+ *
+ * @param item_size Size of each item to be put into the ring buffer
+ * @param num_item Maximum number of items the buffer needs to hold simultaneously
+ *
+ * @return A RingbufHandle_t handle to the created ringbuffer, or NULL in case of error.
+ */
+RingbufHandle_t xRingbufferCreateNoSplit(size_t item_size, size_t num_item);
+
 /**
  * @brief  Delete a ring buffer
  *
diff --git a/components/freertos/ringbuf.c b/components/freertos/ringbuf.c
index 7ae1723fb..57ca1c6cd 100644
--- a/components/freertos/ringbuf.c
+++ b/components/freertos/ringbuf.c
@@ -541,6 +541,12 @@ err:
     return NULL;
 }
 
+RingbufHandle_t xRingbufferCreateNoSplit(size_t item_size, size_t num_item)
+{
+    size_t aligned_size = (item_size+3)&~3;
+    return xRingbufferCreate((aligned_size + sizeof(buf_entry_hdr_t)) * num_item, RINGBUF_TYPE_NOSPLIT);
+}
+
 void vRingbufferDelete(RingbufHandle_t ringbuf) {
     ringbuf_t *rb=(ringbuf_t *)ringbuf;
     if (rb) {