diff --git a/docs/en/esptool/basic-commands.rst b/docs/en/esptool/basic-commands.rst
index 099d1cc4b7..5893cbac33 100644
--- a/docs/en/esptool/basic-commands.rst
+++ b/docs/en/esptool/basic-commands.rst
@@ -199,6 +199,10 @@ This information corresponds to the headers described in :ref:`image-format`.
 
     esptool.py image_info --version 2 my_esp_app.bin
 
+.. only:: not esp8266
+
+    If a valid `ESP-IDF application header <https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp-idf/en/latest/api-reference/system/app_image_format.html#application-description>`__ is detected in the image, specific fields describing the application are also displayed.
+
 .. _merge-bin:
 
 Merge Binaries for Flashing: merge_bin
diff --git a/esptool/cmds.py b/esptool/cmds.py
index 569dc236d8..d1d92fa7f6 100644
--- a/esptool/cmds.py
+++ b/esptool/cmds.py
@@ -654,6 +654,7 @@ def get_key_from_value(dict, val):
                     return key
             return None
 
+        print()
         title = "{} image header".format(args.chip.upper())
         print(title)
         print("=" * len(title))
@@ -737,16 +738,19 @@ def get_key_from_value(dict, val):
             "{}  {}  {}  {}  {}".format("-" * 7, "-" * 7, "-" * 10, "-" * 10, "-" * 12)
         )
         format_str = "{:7}  {:#07x}  {:#010x}  {:#010x}  {}"
+        app_desc = None
         for idx, seg in enumerate(image.segments, start=1):
             segs = seg.get_memory_type(image)
             seg_name = ", ".join(segs)
+            if "DROM" in segs:  # The DROM segment starts with the esp_app_desc_t struct
+                app_desc = seg.data[:256]
             print(
                 format_str.format(idx, len(seg.data), seg.addr, seg.file_offs, seg_name)
             )
         print()
 
         # Footer
-        title = "Image footer"
+        title = f"{args.chip.upper()} image footer"
         print(title)
         print("=" * len(title))
         calc_checksum = image.calculate_checksum()
@@ -763,13 +767,40 @@ def get_key_from_value(dict, val):
             if image.append_digest:
                 is_valid = image.stored_digest == image.calc_digest
                 digest_msg = "{} ({})".format(
-                    hexify(image.calc_digest).lower(),
+                    hexify(image.calc_digest, uppercase=False),
                     "valid" if is_valid else "invalid",
                 )
                 print("Validation hash: {}".format(digest_msg))
         except AttributeError:
             pass  # ESP8266 image has no append_digest field
 
+        if app_desc:
+            APP_DESC_STRUCT_FMT = "<II" + "8s" + "32s32s16s16s32s32s" + "80s"
+            (
+                magic_word,
+                secure_version,
+                reserv1,
+                version,
+                project_name,
+                time,
+                date,
+                idf_ver,
+                app_elf_sha256,
+                reserv2,
+            ) = struct.unpack(APP_DESC_STRUCT_FMT, app_desc)
+
+            if magic_word == 0xABCD5432:
+                print()
+                title = "Application information"
+                print(title)
+                print("=" * len(title))
+                print(f'Project name: {project_name.decode("utf-8")}')
+                print(f'App version: {version.decode("utf-8")}')
+                print(f'Compile time: {date.decode("utf-8")} {time.decode("utf-8")}')
+                print(f"ELF file SHA256: {hexify(app_elf_sha256, uppercase=False)}")
+                print(f'ESP-IDF: {idf_ver.decode("utf-8")}')
+                print(f"Secure version: {secure_version}")
+
     with open(args.filename, "rb") as f:
         # magic number
         try:
@@ -843,7 +874,7 @@ def get_key_from_value(dict, val):
         if image.append_digest:
             is_valid = image.stored_digest == image.calc_digest
             digest_msg = "{} ({})".format(
-                hexify(image.calc_digest).lower(),
+                hexify(image.calc_digest, uppercase=False),
                 "valid" if is_valid else "invalid",
             )
             print("Validation Hash: {}".format(digest_msg))
diff --git a/test/images/esp_idf_blink_esp32s2.bin b/test/images/esp_idf_blink_esp32s2.bin
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..32717c7930
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/images/esp_idf_blink_esp32s2.bin differ
diff --git a/test/test_image_info.py b/test/test_image_info.py
index 9589ab35b1..5235ae0f16 100755
--- a/test/test_image_info.py
+++ b/test/test_image_info.py
@@ -167,6 +167,23 @@ def test_invalid_image_type_detection(self):
         # Invalid image
         self.run_image_info("auto", "one_kb.bin", "2")
 
+    def test_application_info(self):
+        out = self.run_image_info("auto", "esp_idf_blink_esp32s2.bin", "2")
+        self.assertTrue("Application information" in out)
+        self.assertTrue("Project name: blink" in out)
+        self.assertTrue("App version: qa-test-v5.0-20220830-4-g4532e6" in out)
+        self.assertTrue("Secure version: 0" in out)
+        self.assertTrue("Compile time: Sep 13 2022" in out)
+        self.assertTrue("19:46:07" in out)
+        self.assertTrue("3059e6b55a965865febd28fa9f6028ad5" in out)
+        self.assertTrue("cd0dab311febb0a3ea79eaa223ac2b0" in out)
+        self.assertTrue("ESP-IDF: v5.0-beta1-427-g4532e6e0b2-dirt" in out)
+        # No application info in image
+        out = self.run_image_info("auto", "bootloader_esp32.bin", "2")
+        self.assertFalse("Application information" in out)
+        out = self.run_image_info("auto", NODEMCU_FILE, "2")
+        self.assertFalse("Application information" in out)
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main(buffer=True)