diff --git a/components/cxx/component.mk b/components/cxx/component.mk
index 00e05e0db2..7d819675a8 100644
--- a/components/cxx/component.mk
+++ b/components/cxx/component.mk
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ ifndef CONFIG_CXX_EXCEPTIONS
 COMPONENT_ADD_LDFLAGS += -u __cxx_fatal_exception
 endif
 
+COMPONENT_ADD_INCLUDEDIRS =