diff --git a/examples/device/dfu_freertos/partitions.csv b/examples/device/dfu_freertos/partitions.csv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fc9a91e2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/device/dfu_freertos/partitions.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Name,   Type, SubType, Offset,   Size, Flags
+# Note: if you have increased the bootloader size, make sure to update the offsets to avoid overlap
+nvs,      data, nvs,     ,        0x4000,
+otadata,  data, ota,     ,        0x2000,
+phy_init, data, phy,     ,        0x1000,
+dfu,      app,  factory, ,        200K,
+app,      app,  ota_0,   ,        1M,
diff --git a/examples/device/dfu_freertos/sdkconfig.defaults b/examples/device/dfu_freertos/sdkconfig.defaults
index 83871619e..7586326df 100644
--- a/examples/device/dfu_freertos/sdkconfig.defaults
+++ b/examples/device/dfu_freertos/sdkconfig.defaults
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
 CONFIG_IDF_CMAKE=y
 CONFIG_FREERTOS_WATCHPOINT_END_OF_STACK=y
 CONFIG_FREERTOS_SUPPORT_STATIC_ALLOCATION=y
+
+#
+# Partition Table
+#
+CONFIG_PARTITION_TABLE_CUSTOM=y
+CONFIG_PARTITION_TABLE_CUSTOM_FILENAME="partitions.csv"
+CONFIG_PARTITION_TABLE_FILENAME="partitions.csv"