diff --git a/components/openthread/src/port/esp_spi_spinel_interface.cpp b/components/openthread/src/port/esp_spi_spinel_interface.cpp
index 61d6cfab2f..3a40949169 100644
--- a/components/openthread/src/port/esp_spi_spinel_interface.cpp
+++ b/components/openthread/src/port/esp_spi_spinel_interface.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2025 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -266,8 +266,8 @@ otError SpiSpinelInterface::WaitForFrame(uint64_t timeout_us)
 otError SpiSpinelInterface::HardwareReset(void)
 {
     if (mRcpFailureHandler) {
-        ConductSPITransaction(true, 0, 0); // clear
         mRcpFailureHandler();
+        ConductSPITransaction(true, 0, 0); // clear
     }
     return OT_ERROR_NONE;
 }
diff --git a/examples/openthread/ot_br/main/Kconfig.projbuild b/examples/openthread/ot_br/main/Kconfig.projbuild
index b18168829b..e8d3a95717 100644
--- a/examples/openthread/ot_br/main/Kconfig.projbuild
+++ b/examples/openthread/ot_br/main/Kconfig.projbuild
@@ -8,6 +8,18 @@ menu "OpenThread Border Router Example"
             SSID and PSK, and then form a Thread network automatically. Otherwise, user need
             to configure Wi-Fi and Thread manually.
 
+    config OPENTHREAD_SUPPORT_HW_RESET_RCP
+        bool 'Enable hardware RCP resetting'
+        default False
+        help
+            If enabled, the Thread Border Router will support hardware resetting the RCP
+            when processing RCP failure.
+
+    config OPENTHREAD_HW_RESET_RCP_PIN
+        int 'Pin to RCP reset'
+        depends on OPENTHREAD_SUPPORT_HW_RESET_RCP
+        default 7
+
     menu "External coexist wire type and pin config"
         config EXTERNAL_COEX_WIRE_TYPE
             int "The wire_type of external coexist"
diff --git a/examples/openthread/ot_br/main/esp_ot_br.c b/examples/openthread/ot_br/main/esp_ot_br.c
index 46bbc54810..bbd5ae3f0a 100644
--- a/examples/openthread/ot_br/main/esp_ot_br.c
+++ b/examples/openthread/ot_br/main/esp_ot_br.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021-2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021-2025 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
  *
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include "mdns.h"
 #include "nvs_flash.h"
 #include "protocol_examples_common.h"
+#include "driver/gpio.h"
 #include "driver/uart.h"
 #include "freertos/FreeRTOS.h"
 #include "freertos/task.h"
@@ -62,6 +63,26 @@
 
 #define TAG "esp_ot_br"
 
+#if CONFIG_OPENTHREAD_SUPPORT_HW_RESET_RCP
+#define PIN_TO_RCP_RESET CONFIG_OPENTHREAD_HW_RESET_RCP_PIN
+static void rcp_failure_hardware_reset_handler(void)
+{
+    gpio_config_t reset_pin_config;
+    memset(&reset_pin_config, 0, sizeof(reset_pin_config));
+    reset_pin_config.intr_type = GPIO_INTR_DISABLE;
+    reset_pin_config.pin_bit_mask = BIT(PIN_TO_RCP_RESET);
+    reset_pin_config.mode = GPIO_MODE_OUTPUT;
+    reset_pin_config.pull_down_en = GPIO_PULLDOWN_DISABLE;
+    reset_pin_config.pull_up_en = GPIO_PULLUP_DISABLE;
+    gpio_config(&reset_pin_config);
+    gpio_set_level(PIN_TO_RCP_RESET, 0);
+    vTaskDelay(pdMS_TO_TICKS(10));
+    gpio_set_level(PIN_TO_RCP_RESET, 1);
+    vTaskDelay(pdMS_TO_TICKS(30));
+    gpio_reset_pin(PIN_TO_RCP_RESET);
+}
+#endif
+
 #if CONFIG_EXTERNAL_COEX_ENABLE
 static void ot_br_external_coexist_init(void)
 {
@@ -192,6 +213,9 @@ void app_main(void)
     ESP_ERROR_CHECK(nvs_flash_init());
     ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_netif_init());
     ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_event_loop_create_default());
+#if CONFIG_OPENTHREAD_SUPPORT_HW_RESET_RCP
+    esp_openthread_register_rcp_failure_handler(rcp_failure_hardware_reset_handler);
+#endif
     xTaskCreate(ot_task_worker, "ot_br_main", 8192, xTaskGetCurrentTaskHandle(), 5, NULL);
     xTaskCreate(ot_br_init, "ot_br_init", 6144, NULL, 4, NULL);
 }
diff --git a/examples/openthread/ot_br/sdkconfig.ci.br b/examples/openthread/ot_br/sdkconfig.ci.br
index e69de29bb2..ceb3c1a0a0 100644
--- a/examples/openthread/ot_br/sdkconfig.ci.br
+++ b/examples/openthread/ot_br/sdkconfig.ci.br
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+CONFIG_OPENTHREAD_SUPPORT_HW_RESET_RCP=y
+CONFIG_OPENTHREAD_HW_RESET_RCP_PIN=6
diff --git a/examples/openthread/ot_br/sdkconfig.ci.br_spi b/examples/openthread/ot_br/sdkconfig.ci.br_spi
index 1778799eb7..7afe286169 100644
--- a/examples/openthread/ot_br/sdkconfig.ci.br_spi
+++ b/examples/openthread/ot_br/sdkconfig.ci.br_spi
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 CONFIG_OPENTHREAD_RADIO_SPINEL_SPI=y
+CONFIG_OPENTHREAD_SUPPORT_HW_RESET_RCP=y
+CONFIG_OPENTHREAD_HW_RESET_RCP_PIN=7