diff --git a/components/freertos/CMakeLists.txt b/components/freertos/CMakeLists.txt
index 1401601f71..3e7a24f1f5 100644
--- a/components/freertos/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/freertos/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -193,6 +193,11 @@ if(arch STREQUAL "linux")
         PROPERTIES COMPILE_OPTIONS
         "-Wno-strict-prototypes"
         )
+    if(APPLE)
+        target_link_libraries(${COMPONENT_LIB} INTERFACE "-u _app_main")
+    else()
+        target_link_libraries(${COMPONENT_LIB} INTERFACE "-u app_main")
+    endif()
 else()
     idf_component_get_property(COMPONENT_DIR freertos COMPONENT_DIR)