diff --git a/components/wpa_supplicant/CMakeLists.txt b/components/wpa_supplicant/CMakeLists.txt
index 51cfe9b863..2de8fd2eaf 100644
--- a/components/wpa_supplicant/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/wpa_supplicant/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -260,9 +260,12 @@ target_compile_definitions(${COMPONENT_LIB} PRIVATE
     CONFIG_IEEE80211W
     CONFIG_SHA256
     CONFIG_NO_RADIUS
-    CONFIG_FAST_PBKDF2
     )
 
+if(CONFIG_MBEDTLS_SHA1_C OR CONFIG_MBEDTLS_HARDWARE_SHA)
+    target_compile_definitions(${COMPONENT_LIB} PRIVATE CONFIG_FAST_PBKDF2)
+endif()
+
 if(CONFIG_ESP_WIFI_ENABLE_WPA3_SAE)
     target_compile_definitions(${COMPONENT_LIB} PRIVATE CONFIG_WPA3_SAE)
 endif()