diff --git a/components/esp8266/Kconfig b/components/esp8266/Kconfig
index 6fe1f85a..9a9a4250 100644
--- a/components/esp8266/Kconfig
+++ b/components/esp8266/Kconfig
@@ -28,6 +28,27 @@ config NEWLIB_STDOUT_LINE_ENDING_CR
     bool "CR"
 endchoice
 
+choice ESP_FILENAME_MACRO
+    prompt "File name macro text"
+    default ESP_FILENAME_MACRO_NO_PATH
+    help
+        This option allows configuring the macro __ESP_FILE__ text.
+        Three options are possible:
+
+        no PATH: strip the path of macro __FILE__, for example: __FILE__="a/b/c/d.h", then __ESP_FILE__="d.h"
+
+        raw: same as macro __FILE__
+
+        null: text is string "null"
+
+config ESP_FILENAME_MACRO_NO_PATH
+    bool "no PATH"
+config ESP_FILENAME_MACRO_RAW
+    bool "raw"
+config ESP_FILENAME_MACRO_NULL
+    bool "null"
+endchoice
+
 config SOC_FULL_ICACHE
     bool "Enable full cache mode"
     default n
diff --git a/components/esp8266/Makefile.projbuild b/components/esp8266/Makefile.projbuild
index 3bccee87..221482c4 100644
--- a/components/esp8266/Makefile.projbuild
+++ b/components/esp8266/Makefile.projbuild
@@ -66,3 +66,18 @@ endif
 
 # global CFLAGS for ESP8266
 CFLAGS += -DICACHE_FLASH
+
+ifdef CONFIG_ESP_FILENAME_MACRO_NO_PATH
+CFLAGS += -D__ESP_FILE__='"$$(subst $$(dir $$<),,$$<)"'
+CXXFLAGS +=  -D__ESP_FILE__='"$$(subst $$(dir $$<),,$$<)"'
+endif
+
+ifdef CONFIG_ESP_FILENAME_MACRO_RAW
+CFLAGS += -D__ESP_FILE__=__FILE__
+CXXFLAGS += -D__ESP_FILE__=__FILE__
+endif
+
+ifdef CONFIG_ESP_FILENAME_MACRO_NULL
+CFLAGS += -D__ESP_FILE__='"null"'
+CXXFLAGS += -D__ESP_FILE__='"null"'
+endif