diff --git a/components/usb_device/README.md b/components/usb_device/README.md
index 034633ed54..1bed6274fd 100644
--- a/components/usb_device/README.md
+++ b/components/usb_device/README.md
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ for back-compatibility.
   strings, plus the descriptor details some hosts check: `bcd_device`
   (device release), `max_power_ma` (bMaxPower, clamped to 500 mA and rounded up
   to the next 2 mA unit) and `remote_wakeup`.
+- **Port selection** (`Config::port`): on targets with two USB-OTG
+  controllers (ESP32-P4) pick the full-speed or the high-speed port; boards do
+  not always route the high-speed port to a device-capable connector (the
+  M5Stack Tab5's USB-C carries the full-speed port).
 - **Idiomatic espp**: no exceptions; `initialize()` reports failures via
   `std::error_code`.
 - **Safe marshaling**: the TinyUSB RX callbacks (TinyUSB task context) are drained
diff --git a/components/usb_device/include/usb_device.hpp b/components/usb_device/include/usb_device.hpp
index ae5889481f..185db98732 100644
--- a/components/usb_device/include/usb_device.hpp
+++ b/components/usb_device/include/usb_device.hpp
@@ -347,6 +347,15 @@ class UsbDevice : public BaseComponent {
      *  false to stay invisible to the host until connect() -- e.g. to finish
      *  application file I/O on an MSC medium before a host can take it. */
     bool connect_on_initialize{true};
+    /** USB peripheral port to use, as esp_tinyusb's `tinyusb_port_t` (0 = the
+     *  USB-OTG 1.1 full-speed port, 1 = the USB-OTG 2.0 high-speed port on
+     *  targets that have one). -1 = TinyUSB's default for the target: the
+     *  high-speed port on the ESP32-P4, the full-speed port elsewhere. Boards
+     *  do not always route the high-speed port to a device-capable connector
+     *  (the M5Stack Tab5 wires it to its USB-A host jack; its USB-C carries the
+     *  full-speed port, shared with the USB-Serial-JTAG console), so this lets
+     *  the application pick the connector. */
+    int port{-1};
 
     std::optional<CdcFunction> cdc{};       /**< Enable a CDC-ACM function. */
     std::optional<VendorFunction> vendor{}; /**< Enable a vendor-specific / WebUSB function. */
diff --git a/components/usb_device/src/usb_device.cpp b/components/usb_device/src/usb_device.cpp
index 3e301353ab..d384cf4951 100644
--- a/components/usb_device/src/usb_device.cpp
+++ b/components/usb_device/src/usb_device.cpp
@@ -1496,6 +1496,15 @@ bool UsbDevice::initialize(std::error_code &ec) {
 
   // --- Install the TinyUSB driver with our descriptors ---
   tinyusb_config_t tusb_cfg = TINYUSB_DEFAULT_CONFIG();
+  if (config_.port >= 0) {
+    if (config_.port >= static_cast<int>(TINYUSB_PORT_MAX)) {
+      logger_.error("Invalid USB port {} (this target has {} port(s))", config_.port,
+                    static_cast<int>(TINYUSB_PORT_MAX));
+      ec = std::make_error_code(std::errc::invalid_argument);
+      return false;
+    }
+    tusb_cfg.port = static_cast<tinyusb_port_t>(config_.port);
+  }
   tusb_cfg.descriptor.device = &impl_->device_desc;
   tusb_cfg.descriptor.string = impl_->strings.data();
   tusb_cfg.descriptor.string_count = static_cast<int>(impl_->strings.size());