diff --git a/src/bindings/c/include/openvino/c/ov_property.h b/src/bindings/c/include/openvino/c/ov_property.h
index b00f72aaeda..54c887435c5 100644
--- a/src/bindings/c/include/openvino/c/ov_property.h
+++ b/src/bindings/c/include/openvino/c/ov_property.h
@@ -171,3 +171,17 @@ ov_property_key_enable_profiling;
  */
 OPENVINO_C_VAR(const char*)
 ov_property_key_device_priorities;
+
+/**
+ * @brief Read-write property<string> for high-level OpenVINO Execution hint
+ * unlike low-level properties that are individual (per-device), the hints are something that every device accepts
+ * and turns into device-specific settings
+ * Execution mode hint controls preferred optimization targets (performance or accuracy) for given model
+ * It can be set to be below value:
+ *   "UNDEFINED"     //!<  Undefined value, settings may vary from device to device
+ *   "PERFORMANCE",  //!<  Optimize for max performance
+ *   "ACCURACY",     //!<  Optimize for max accuracy
+ * @ingroup ov_property_c_api
+ */
+OPENVINO_C_VAR(const char*)
+ov_property_key_hint_execution_mode;
diff --git a/src/bindings/c/src/ov_property.cpp b/src/bindings/c/src/ov_property.cpp
index 613d52b376a..2d6c470ae5d 100644
--- a/src/bindings/c/src/ov_property.cpp
+++ b/src/bindings/c/src/ov_property.cpp
@@ -29,3 +29,4 @@ const char* ov_property_key_hint_model_priority = "MODEL_PRIORITY";
 const char* ov_property_key_log_level = "LOG_LEVEL";
 const char* ov_property_key_enable_profiling = "PERF_COUNT";
 const char* ov_property_key_device_priorities = "MULTI_DEVICE_PRIORITIES";
+const char* ov_property_key_hint_execution_mode = "EXECUTION_MODE_HINT";
diff --git a/src/bindings/c/tests/ov_core_test.cpp b/src/bindings/c/tests/ov_core_test.cpp
index 6804504c940..0cb2f29f65e 100644
--- a/src/bindings/c/tests/ov_core_test.cpp
+++ b/src/bindings/c/tests/ov_core_test.cpp
@@ -147,6 +147,27 @@ TEST_P(ov_core_test, ov_core_compile_model_with_property) {
     ov_core_free(core);
 }
 
+TEST_P(ov_core_test, ov_core_compile_model_with_excution_mode) {
+    std::string device_name = "AUTO";
+    ov_core_t* core = nullptr;
+    OV_EXPECT_OK(ov_core_create(&core));
+    EXPECT_NE(nullptr, core);
+
+    ov_model_t* model = nullptr;
+    OV_EXPECT_OK(ov_core_read_model(core, xml_file_name.c_str(), nullptr, &model));
+    EXPECT_NE(nullptr, model);
+
+    ov_compiled_model_t* compiled_model = nullptr;
+    const char* key = ov_property_key_hint_execution_mode;
+    const char* value = "PERFORMANCE";
+    OV_EXPECT_OK(ov_core_compile_model(core, model, device_name.c_str(), 2, &compiled_model, key, value));
+    EXPECT_NE(nullptr, compiled_model);
+
+    ov_compiled_model_free(compiled_model);
+    ov_model_free(model);
+    ov_core_free(core);
+}
+
 TEST_P(ov_core_test, ov_core_compile_model_with_property_invalid) {
     auto device_name = GetParam();
     ov_core_t* core = nullptr;
@@ -306,6 +327,30 @@ TEST_P(ov_core_test, ov_core_get_property) {
     ov_core_free(core);
 }
 
+TEST_P(ov_core_test, ov_core_set_and_get_property_execution_mode) {
+    std::string device_name = "AUTO";
+    ov_core_t* core = nullptr;
+    OV_EXPECT_OK(ov_core_create(&core));
+    EXPECT_NE(nullptr, core);
+
+    const char* key = ov_property_key_hint_execution_mode;
+    char* property_value = nullptr;
+    OV_EXPECT_OK(ov_core_get_property(core, device_name.c_str(), key, &property_value));
+    ov_free(property_value);
+
+    const char* value1 = "ACCURACY";
+    OV_EXPECT_OK(ov_core_set_property(core, device_name.c_str(), key, value1));
+    OV_EXPECT_OK(ov_core_get_property(core, device_name.c_str(), key, &property_value));
+    EXPECT_STREQ(value1, property_value);
+
+    const char* value2 = "PERFORMANCE";
+    OV_EXPECT_OK(ov_core_set_property(core, device_name.c_str(), key, value2));
+    OV_EXPECT_OK(ov_core_get_property(core, device_name.c_str(), key, &property_value));
+    EXPECT_STREQ(value2, property_value);
+
+    ov_core_free(core);
+}
+
 TEST_P(ov_core_test, ov_core_set_get_property_str) {
 #ifdef __aarch64__
     GTEST_SKIP() << "Skip this test for ARM CPU for now, cause no string property supported";