diff --git a/components/heap/CMakeLists.txt b/components/heap/CMakeLists.txt
index 8fa40265ed..af11108766 100644
--- a/components/heap/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/heap/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -69,9 +69,13 @@ if(CONFIG_HEAP_TRACING)
     endforeach()
 endif()
 
-if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_EARLY_EXPANSION)
-    idf_build_get_property(build_components BUILD_COMPONENTS)
-    if(freertos IN_LIST build_components)
-        target_compile_options(${COMPONENT_TARGET} PRIVATE "-DMULTI_HEAP_FREERTOS")
+if(IDF_BUILD_V2)
+    target_compile_options(${COMPONENT_TARGET} PRIVATE "$<$<TARGET_EXISTS:idf::freertos>:-DMULTI_HEAP_FREERTOS>")
+else()
+    if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_EARLY_EXPANSION)
+        idf_build_get_property(build_components BUILD_COMPONENTS)
+        if(freertos IN_LIST build_components)
+            target_compile_options(${COMPONENT_TARGET} PRIVATE "-DMULTI_HEAP_FREERTOS")
+        endif()
     endif()
 endif()