diff --git a/src/messaging/ReliableMessageProtocolConfig.h b/src/messaging/ReliableMessageProtocolConfig.h
index 3dce56b9e98f56..2734e4ff22174b 100644
--- a/src/messaging/ReliableMessageProtocolConfig.h
+++ b/src/messaging/ReliableMessageProtocolConfig.h
@@ -129,14 +129,14 @@ namespace chip {
 #ifndef CHIP_CONFIG_RMP_RETRANS_TABLE_SIZE
 #if CHIP_SYSTEM_CONFIG_USE_LWIP
 
-#if !LWIP_PBUF_FROM_CUSTOM_POOLS && PBUF_POOL_SIZE != 0
+#if !CHIP_SYSTEM_CONFIG_LWIP_PBUF_FROM_CUSTOM_POOL && PBUF_POOL_SIZE != 0
 // Configure the table size to be less than the number of packet buffers to make sure
 // that not all buffers are held by the retransmission entries, in which case the device
 // is unable to receive an ACK and hence becomes unavailable until a message times out.
 #define CHIP_CONFIG_RMP_RETRANS_TABLE_SIZE std::min(PBUF_POOL_SIZE - 1, CHIP_CONFIG_MAX_EXCHANGE_CONTEXTS)
 #else
 #define CHIP_CONFIG_RMP_RETRANS_TABLE_SIZE CHIP_CONFIG_MAX_EXCHANGE_CONTEXTS
-#endif // !LWIP_PBUF_FROM_CUSTOM_POOLS && PBUF_POOL_SIZE != 0
+#endif // !CHIP_SYSTEM_CONFIG_LWIP_PBUF_FROM_CUSTOM_POOL && PBUF_POOL_SIZE != 0
 
 #else // CHIP_SYSTEM_CONFIG_USE_LWIP
 
diff --git a/src/system/SystemConfig.h b/src/system/SystemConfig.h
index 15e6abdb5d4e83..aa8acd57e5d30d 100644
--- a/src/system/SystemConfig.h
+++ b/src/system/SystemConfig.h
@@ -771,3 +771,20 @@ struct LwIPEvent;
 #define CHIP_SYSTEM_CONFIG_USE_ZEPHYR_EVENTFD 0
 #endif
 #endif // CHIP_SYSTEM_CONFIG_USE_ZEPHYR_EVENTFD
+
+/**
+ * @def CHIP_SYSTEM_CONFIG_LWIP_PBUF_FROM_CUSTOM_POOL
+ *
+ * @brief
+ *     Enable the use of lwIP pbufs from a custom pool
+ *
+ * This config option exist because not all platforms defines LWIP_PBUF_FROM_CUSTOM_POOLS in lwip/opt.h
+ * Defaults to LWIP_PBUF_FROM_CUSTOM_POOLS if defined, otherwise 0
+ */
+#ifndef CHIP_SYSTEM_CONFIG_LWIP_PBUF_FROM_CUSTOM_POOL
+#if defined(LWIP_PBUF_FROM_CUSTOM_POOLS)
+#define CHIP_SYSTEM_CONFIG_LWIP_PBUF_FROM_CUSTOM_POOL LWIP_PBUF_FROM_CUSTOM_POOLS
+#else
+#define CHIP_SYSTEM_CONFIG_LWIP_PBUF_FROM_CUSTOM_POOL 0
+#endif // LWIP_PBUF_FROM_CUSTOM_POOLS
+#endif // CHIP_SYSTEM_CONFIG_LWIP_PBUF_FROM_CUSTOM_POOL
diff --git a/src/system/SystemPacketBufferInternal.h b/src/system/SystemPacketBufferInternal.h
index e6acb76f6b6e80..96494335cddc85 100644
--- a/src/system/SystemPacketBufferInternal.h
+++ b/src/system/SystemPacketBufferInternal.h
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
  *
  * True if packet buffers are allocated from an LwIP custom pool.
  */
-#if CHIP_SYSTEM_PACKETBUFFER_FROM_LWIP_POOL && !LWIP_PBUF_FROM_CUSTOM_POOLS
+#if CHIP_SYSTEM_PACKETBUFFER_FROM_LWIP_POOL && !CHIP_SYSTEM_CONFIG_LWIP_PBUF_FROM_CUSTOM_POOL
 #define CHIP_SYSTEM_PACKETBUFFER_FROM_LWIP_STANDARD_POOL 1
 #else
 #define CHIP_SYSTEM_PACKETBUFFER_FROM_LWIP_STANDARD_POOL 0
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
  *
  * True if packet buffers are allocated from an LwIP custom pool.
  */
-#if CHIP_SYSTEM_PACKETBUFFER_FROM_LWIP_POOL && LWIP_PBUF_FROM_CUSTOM_POOLS
+#if CHIP_SYSTEM_PACKETBUFFER_FROM_LWIP_POOL && CHIP_SYSTEM_CONFIG_LWIP_PBUF_FROM_CUSTOM_POOL
 #define CHIP_SYSTEM_PACKETBUFFER_FROM_LWIP_CUSTOM_POOL 1
 #else
 #define CHIP_SYSTEM_PACKETBUFFER_FROM_LWIP_CUSTOM_POOL 0
diff --git a/src/system/SystemStats.cpp b/src/system/SystemStats.cpp
index 5ef16369ccc853..3a844b6179040b 100644
--- a/src/system/SystemStats.cpp
+++ b/src/system/SystemStats.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ namespace System {
 namespace Stats {
 
 static const Label sStatsStrings[chip::System::Stats::kNumEntries] = {
-#if CHIP_SYSTEM_CONFIG_USE_LWIP && LWIP_PBUF_FROM_CUSTOM_POOLS
+#if CHIP_SYSTEM_CONFIG_USE_LWIP && CHIP_SYSTEM_CONFIG_LWIP_PBUF_FROM_CUSTOM_POOL
 #define LWIP_PBUF_MEMPOOL(name, num, payload, desc) "SystemLayer_Num" desc,
 #include "lwippools.h"
 #undef LWIP_PBUF_MEMPOOL
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ bool Difference(Snapshot & result, Snapshot & after, Snapshot & before)
 
 void UpdateLwipPbufCounts(void)
 {
-#if LWIP_PBUF_FROM_CUSTOM_POOLS
+#if CHIP_SYSTEM_CONFIG_LWIP_PBUF_FROM_CUSTOM_POOL
     size_t lwip_pool_idx = PBUF_CUSTOM_POOL_IDX_END;
     size_t system_idx    = 0;
 
@@ -119,12 +119,12 @@ void UpdateLwipPbufCounts(void)
         system_idx++;
     }
 
-#else // LWIP_PBUF_FROM_CUSTOM_POOLS
+#else // CHIP_SYSTEM_CONFIG_LWIP_PBUF_FROM_CUSTOM_POOL
 
     chip::System::Stats::GetResourcesInUse()[kSystemLayer_NumPacketBufs] = MEMP_STATS_GET(used, MEMP_PBUF_POOL);
     chip::System::Stats::GetHighWatermarks()[kSystemLayer_NumPacketBufs] = MEMP_STATS_GET(max, MEMP_PBUF_POOL);
 
-#endif // LWIP_PBUF_FROM_CUSTOM_POOLS
+#endif // CHIP_SYSTEM_CONFIG_LWIP_PBUF_FROM_CUSTOM_POOL
 }
 #endif // CHIP_SYSTEM_CONFIG_USE_LWIP && LWIP_STATS && MEMP_STATS
 
diff --git a/src/system/SystemStats.h b/src/system/SystemStats.h
index 24c1dad9ae36c5..1184d14a3f03a8 100644
--- a/src/system/SystemStats.h
+++ b/src/system/SystemStats.h
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ namespace Stats {
 
 enum
 {
-#if CHIP_SYSTEM_CONFIG_USE_LWIP && LWIP_PBUF_FROM_CUSTOM_POOLS
+#if CHIP_SYSTEM_CONFIG_USE_LWIP && CHIP_SYSTEM_CONFIG_LWIP_PBUF_FROM_CUSTOM_POOL
 #define LWIP_PBUF_MEMPOOL(name, num, payload, desc) kSystemLayer_Num##name,
 #include "lwippools.h"
 #undef LWIP_PBUF_MEMPOOL