diff --git a/components/bt/host/nimble/esp-hci/src/esp_nimble_hci.c b/components/bt/host/nimble/esp-hci/src/esp_nimble_hci.c
index 6dded0363b..4ce220882e 100644
--- a/components/bt/host/nimble/esp-hci/src/esp_nimble_hci.c
+++ b/components/bt/host/nimble/esp-hci/src/esp_nimble_hci.c
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
 #if CONFIG_BT_BLE_LOG_SPI_OUT_HCI_ENABLED
 #include "ble_log/ble_log_spi_out.h"
 #endif // CONFIG_BT_BLE_LOG_SPI_OUT_HCI_ENABLED
+#if CONFIG_BLE_LOG_ENABLED
+#include "ble_log.h"
+#endif /* CONFIG_BLE_LOG_ENABLED */
 
 #define NIMBLE_VHCI_TIMEOUT_MS  2000
 #define BLE_HCI_EVENT_HDR_LEN               (2)
@@ -80,6 +83,9 @@ void esp_vhci_host_send_packet_wrapper(uint8_t *data, uint16_t len)
 #if CONFIG_BT_BLE_LOG_SPI_OUT_HCI_ENABLED
     ble_log_spi_out_hci_write(BLE_LOG_SPI_OUT_SOURCE_HCI_DOWNSTREAM, data, len);
 #endif // CONFIG_BT_BLE_LOG_SPI_OUT_HCI_ENABLED
+#if CONFIG_BLE_LOG_ENABLED
+    ble_log_write_hex(BLE_LOG_SRC_HCI, data, len);
+#endif /* CONFIG_BLE_LOG_ENABLED */
     esp_vhci_host_send_packet(data, len);
 }
 
@@ -260,6 +266,9 @@ static int host_rcv_pkt(uint8_t *data, uint16_t len)
 #if CONFIG_BT_BLE_LOG_SPI_OUT_HCI_ENABLED
     ble_log_spi_out_hci_write(BLE_LOG_SPI_OUT_SOURCE_HCI_UPSTREAM, data, len);
 #endif // CONFIG_BT_BLE_LOG_SPI_OUT_HCI_ENABLED
+#if CONFIG_BLE_LOG_ENABLED
+    ble_log_write_hex(BLE_LOG_SRC_HCI, data, len);
+#endif /* CONFIG_BLE_LOG_ENABLED */
 
     bt_record_hci_data(data, len);