diff --git a/components/fatfs/fatfs_utils/utils.py b/components/fatfs/fatfs_utils/utils.py
index e85b99d4b2..662586a50b 100644
--- a/components/fatfs/fatfs_utils/utils.py
+++ b/components/fatfs/fatfs_utils/utils.py
@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021-2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
 import argparse
 import binascii
 import os
 import re
 import uuid
 from datetime import datetime
-from typing import List, Optional, Tuple
+from typing import List
+from typing import Optional
+from typing import Tuple
 
-from construct import BitsInteger, BitStruct, Int16ul
+from construct import BitsInteger
+from construct import BitStruct
+from construct import Int16ul
 
 # the regex pattern defines symbols that are allowed by long file names but not by short file names
 INVALID_SFN_CHARS_PATTERN = re.compile(r'[.+,;=\[\]]')
@@ -211,6 +214,11 @@ def get_args_for_partition_generator(desc: str, wl: bool) -> argparse.Namespace:
                         type=int,
                         choices=[1, 2],
                         help='Number of file allocation tables (FATs) in the filesystem.')
+    parser.add_argument('--wl_mode',
+                        default=None,
+                        type=str,
+                        choices=['safe', 'perf'],
+                        help='Wear levelling mode to use. Safe or performance. Only for sector size of 512')
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
     if args.fat_type == 0:
@@ -220,6 +228,9 @@ def get_args_for_partition_generator(desc: str, wl: bool) -> argparse.Namespace:
     args.partition_size = int(str(args.partition_size), 0)
     if not os.path.isdir(args.input_directory):
         raise NotADirectoryError(f'The target directory `{args.input_directory}` does not exist!')
+    if args.wl_mode is not None:
+        if args.sector_size != 512:
+            raise ValueError('Wear levelling mode can be set only for sector size 512')
     return args
 
 
diff --git a/components/fatfs/wl_fatfsgen.py b/components/fatfs/wl_fatfsgen.py
index 104b08ff3d..13ef51689b 100755
--- a/components/fatfs/wl_fatfsgen.py
+++ b/components/fatfs/wl_fatfsgen.py
@@ -1,11 +1,18 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021-2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+from typing import Optional
 
-from construct import Const, Int32ul, Struct
+from construct import Const
+from construct import Int32ul
+from construct import Struct
 from fatfs_utils.exceptions import WLNotInitialized
-from fatfs_utils.utils import (FULL_BYTE, UINT32_MAX, FATDefaults, crc32, generate_4bytes_random,
-                               get_args_for_partition_generator)
+from fatfs_utils.utils import crc32
+from fatfs_utils.utils import FATDefaults
+from fatfs_utils.utils import FULL_BYTE
+from fatfs_utils.utils import generate_4bytes_random
+from fatfs_utils.utils import get_args_for_partition_generator
+from fatfs_utils.utils import UINT32_MAX
 from fatfsgen import FATFS
 
 
@@ -53,6 +60,7 @@ class WLFATFS:
     WL_STATE_HEADER_SIZE = 64
     WL_STATE_COPY_COUNT = 2  # always 2 copies for power failure safety
     WL_SECTOR_SIZE = 0x1000
+    WL_SAFE_MODE_DUMP_SECTORS = 2
 
     WL_STATE_T_DATA = Struct(
         'pos' / Int32ul,
@@ -97,7 +105,8 @@ class WLFATFS:
                  temp_buff_size: int = FATDefaults.TEMP_BUFFER_SIZE,
                  device_id: int = None,
                  root_entry_count: int = FATDefaults.ROOT_ENTRIES_COUNT,
-                 media_type: int = FATDefaults.MEDIA_TYPE) -> None:
+                 media_type: int = FATDefaults.MEDIA_TYPE,
+                 wl_mode: Optional[str] = None) -> None:
         self._initialized = False
         self._version = version
         self._temp_buff_size = temp_buff_size
@@ -105,6 +114,7 @@ class WLFATFS:
         self.partition_size = size
         self.total_sectors = self.partition_size // FATDefaults.WL_SECTOR_SIZE
         self.wl_state_size = WLFATFS.WL_STATE_HEADER_SIZE + WLFATFS.WL_STATE_RECORD_SIZE * self.total_sectors
+        self.wl_mode = wl_mode
 
         # determine the number of required sectors (roundup to sector size)
         self.wl_state_sectors = (self.wl_state_size + FATDefaults.WL_SECTOR_SIZE - 1) // FATDefaults.WL_SECTOR_SIZE
@@ -114,6 +124,9 @@ class WLFATFS:
 
         wl_sectors = (WLFATFS.WL_DUMMY_SECTORS_COUNT + WLFATFS.WL_CFG_SECTORS_COUNT +
                       self.wl_state_sectors * WLFATFS.WL_STATE_COPY_COUNT)
+        if self.wl_mode is not None and self.wl_mode == 'safe':
+            wl_sectors += WLFATFS.WL_SAFE_MODE_DUMP_SECTORS
+
         self.plain_fat_sectors = self.total_sectors - wl_sectors
         self.plain_fatfs = FATFS(
             explicit_fat_type=explicit_fat_type,
@@ -209,7 +222,8 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
                        explicit_fat_type=args.fat_type,
                        long_names_enabled=args.long_name_support,
                        use_default_datetime=args.use_default_datetime,
-                       root_entry_count=args.root_entry_count)
+                       root_entry_count=args.root_entry_count,
+                       wl_mode=args.wl_mode)
 
     wl_fatfs.plain_fatfs.generate(args.input_directory)
     wl_fatfs.init_wl()