diff --git a/components/esp_netif/include/esp_netif_sntp.h b/components/esp_netif/include/esp_netif_sntp.h
index 87f1245d5a..51d7e42bd4 100644
--- a/components/esp_netif/include/esp_netif_sntp.h
+++ b/components/esp_netif/include/esp_netif_sntp.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -107,6 +107,17 @@ void esp_netif_sntp_deinit(void);
  */
 esp_err_t esp_netif_sntp_sync_wait(TickType_t tout);
 
+/**
+ * @brief Returns SNTP server's reachability shift register as described in RFC 5905.
+ *
+ * @param index Index of the SERVER
+ * @param reachability reachability shift register
+ * @return ESP_OK on success,
+ *         ESP_ERR_INVALID_STATE if SNTP not initialized
+ *         ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG if invalid arguments
+ */
+esp_err_t esp_netif_sntp_reachability(unsigned int index, unsigned int *reachability);
+
 /**
  * @}
  */
diff --git a/components/esp_netif/lwip/esp_netif_sntp.c b/components/esp_netif/lwip/esp_netif_sntp.c
index 7947104fe4..1a7da5e442 100644
--- a/components/esp_netif/lwip/esp_netif_sntp.c
+++ b/components/esp_netif/lwip/esp_netif_sntp.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -178,3 +178,15 @@ esp_err_t esp_netif_sntp_start(void)
 {
     return esp_netif_tcpip_exec(sntp_start_api, NULL);
 }
+
+esp_err_t esp_netif_sntp_reachability(unsigned int index, unsigned int *reachability)
+{
+    if (index >= SNTP_MAX_SERVERS || reachability == NULL) {
+        return ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG;
+    }
+    if (s_storage == NULL || sntp_enabled() == 0) {
+        return ESP_ERR_INVALID_STATE;
+    }
+    *reachability = sntp_getreachability(index);
+    return ESP_OK;
+}
diff --git a/components/esp_netif/test_apps/test_app_esp_netif/main/esp_netif_test.c b/components/esp_netif/test_apps/test_app_esp_netif/main/esp_netif_test.c
index eaec987699..84705bc784 100644
--- a/components/esp_netif/test_apps/test_app_esp_netif/main/esp_netif_test.c
+++ b/components/esp_netif/test_apps/test_app_esp_netif/main/esp_netif_test.c
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ TEST(esp_netif, init_and_destroy_sntp)
 
     // Can initialize again once it's destroyed
     TEST_ESP_OK(esp_netif_sntp_init(&config));
+
+    // Test the reachability API
+    size_t reachability = 0;
+    // Invalid state is expected since SNTP service didn't start
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(ESP_ERR_INVALID_STATE, esp_netif_sntp_reachability(0, &reachability));
     esp_netif_sntp_deinit();
 }
 
diff --git a/components/lwip/apps/sntp/sntp.c b/components/lwip/apps/sntp/sntp.c
index 3b8cf283ae..8d8fbfbe90 100644
--- a/components/lwip/apps/sntp/sntp.c
+++ b/components/lwip/apps/sntp/sntp.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015-2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015-2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -243,6 +243,20 @@ const ip_addr_t* esp_sntp_getserver(u8_t idx)
     return sntp_getserver(idx);
 }
 
+uint8_t esp_sntp_getreachability(uint8_t idx)
+{
+#if SNTP_MONITOR_SERVER_REACHABILITY
+    return sntp_getreachability(idx);
+#endif
+    LWIP_ERROR("sntp_getreachability() in not enabled in lwipopts", false, );
+    return 0;
+}
+
+esp_sntp_operatingmode_t esp_sntp_getoperatingmode(void)
+{
+    return (esp_sntp_operatingmode_t)sntp_getoperatingmode();
+}
+
 #if LWIP_DHCP_GET_NTP_SRV
 static void do_servermode_dhcp(void* ctx)
 {
diff --git a/components/lwip/include/apps/esp_sntp.h b/components/lwip/include/apps/esp_sntp.h
index 80d2a88129..6224cd60ec 100644
--- a/components/lwip/include/apps/esp_sntp.h
+++ b/components/lwip/include/apps/esp_sntp.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015-2021 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015-2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -218,6 +218,20 @@ const ip_addr_t* esp_sntp_getserver(u8_t idx);
  */
 bool esp_sntp_enabled(void);
 
+/**
+ * @brief Gets the server reachability shift register as described in RFC 5905.
+ * @param idx Index of the SNTP server
+ * @return reachability shift register
+ */
+uint8_t esp_sntp_getreachability(uint8_t idx);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Get the configured operating mode
+ *
+ * @return operating mode enum
+ */
+esp_sntp_operatingmode_t esp_sntp_getoperatingmode(void);
+
 #if LWIP_DHCP_GET_NTP_SRV
 /**
  * @brief Enable acquiring SNTP server from DHCP
@@ -269,6 +283,18 @@ const ip_addr_t* sntp_getserver(u8_t idx)
     return esp_sntp_getserver(idx);
 }
 
+static inline __attribute__((deprecated("use esp_sntp_getreachability() instead")))
+uint8_t sntp_getreachability(uint8_t idx)
+{
+    return esp_sntp_getreachability(idx);
+}
+
+static inline __attribute__((deprecated("use esp_sntp_getoperatingmode() instead")))
+esp_sntp_operatingmode_t sntp_getoperatingmode(void)
+{
+    return esp_sntp_getoperatingmode();
+}
+
 #endif /* ESP_LWIP_COMPONENT_BUILD */
 
 
diff --git a/components/lwip/test_apps/main/lwip_test.c b/components/lwip/test_apps/main/lwip_test.c
index 6a34edeb43..a738c87611 100644
--- a/components/lwip/test_apps/main/lwip_test.c
+++ b/components/lwip/test_apps/main/lwip_test.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -294,8 +294,16 @@ void test_sntp_timestamps(int year, bool msb_flag)
     localtime_r(&now, &timeinfo);
     TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(year, 1900 + timeinfo.tm_year);
 
+    // Check that the server 0 was reachable
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(1, esp_sntp_getreachability(0));
     // close the SNTP and the fake server
     esp_sntp_stop();
+
+    // Test some other SNTP APIs
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(0, esp_sntp_getreachability(0));
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(ESP_SNTP_OPMODE_POLL, esp_sntp_getoperatingmode());
+    const ip_addr_t *server_ip = esp_sntp_getserver(0);
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(PP_HTONL(IPADDR_LOOPBACK), server_ip->u_addr.ip4.addr);
     close(sock);
 }