diff --git a/components/esp_hal_jpeg/CMakeLists.txt b/components/esp_hal_jpeg/CMakeLists.txt
index acfc9a39d6..f3c5ccc4bb 100644
--- a/components/esp_hal_jpeg/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/esp_hal_jpeg/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ if(${target} STREQUAL "linux")
     return() # This component is not supported by the POSIX/Linux simulator
 endif()
 
+set(includes)
+
 if(EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/${target}/include")
     list(APPEND includes "${target}/include")
 endif()