diff --git a/components/heap/multi_heap_platform.h b/components/heap/multi_heap_platform.h
index df607e6cd0..6c220cd5d2 100644
--- a/components/heap/multi_heap_platform.h
+++ b/components/heap/multi_heap_platform.h
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ inline static void multi_heap_assert(bool condition, const char *format, int lin
                       __LINE__, (intptr_t)(ADDRESS))
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HEAP_TASK_TRACKING
+#include <freertos/task.h>
 #define MULTI_HEAP_BLOCK_OWNER TaskHandle_t task;
 #define MULTI_HEAP_SET_BLOCK_OWNER(HEAD) (HEAD)->task = xTaskGetCurrentTaskHandle()
 #define MULTI_HEAP_GET_BLOCK_OWNER(HEAD) ((HEAD)->task)