diff --git a/cpu/esp32/Makefile.include b/cpu/esp32/Makefile.include
index 4beb14a885a0..c47288ce9744 100644
--- a/cpu/esp32/Makefile.include
+++ b/cpu/esp32/Makefile.include
@@ -203,6 +203,16 @@ endif
 
 ifneq (,$(filter esp_spi_ram,$(USEMODULE)))
   INCLUDES += -I$(ESP32_SDK_DIR)/components/esp_psram/include
+  ifeq (esp32,$(CPU_FAM))
+    # Workaround for the SPI RAM cache bug of ESP32 revisions < 3
+    # (CONFIG_SPIRAM_CACHE_WORKAROUND): The compiler avoids the vulnerable
+    # instruction sequences, and the linker uses the multilib variants of
+    # libc and libgcc that are compiled with this workaround.
+    PSRAM_WORKAROUND_FLAGS = -mfix-esp32-psram-cache-issue
+    PSRAM_WORKAROUND_FLAGS += -mfix-esp32-psram-cache-strategy=memw
+    CFLAGS += $(PSRAM_WORKAROUND_FLAGS)
+    LINKFLAGS += $(PSRAM_WORKAROUND_FLAGS)
+  endif
 endif
 
 ifneq (,$(filter esp_idf_lcd,$(USEMODULE)))