diff --git a/tools/cmake/build.cmake b/tools/cmake/build.cmake
index 6f77a72278..62973aff02 100644
--- a/tools/cmake/build.cmake
+++ b/tools/cmake/build.cmake
@@ -239,6 +239,8 @@ function(__build_init idf_path)
     # Create the build target, to which the ESP-IDF build properties, dependencies are attached to.
     # Must be global so as to be accessible from any subdirectory in custom projects.
     add_library(__idf_build_target STATIC IMPORTED GLOBAL)
+    # Set the IMPORTED_LOCATION property to avoid errors on IDE codemodel queries with CMake >=4.2
+    set_property(TARGET __idf_build_target PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/dummy.a")
 
     # Set the Python path (which may be passed in via -DPYTHON=) and store in a build property
     set_default(PYTHON "python")
diff --git a/tools/cmake/component.cmake b/tools/cmake/component.cmake
index 37721f5555..0fdb105ee5 100644
--- a/tools/cmake/component.cmake
+++ b/tools/cmake/component.cmake
@@ -167,6 +167,8 @@ function(__component_add component_dir prefix component_source)
     if(NOT component_target IN_LIST component_targets)
         if(NOT TARGET ${component_target})
             add_library(${component_target} STATIC IMPORTED)
+            # Set the IMPORTED_LOCATION property to avoid errors on IDE codemodel queries with CMake >=4.2
+            set_property(TARGET ${component_target} PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/dummy.a")
         endif()
         idf_build_set_property(__COMPONENT_TARGETS ${component_target} APPEND)
     else()