diff --git a/docs/en/api-guides/build-system.rst b/docs/en/api-guides/build-system.rst
index f5d7a6f8b..915d340ef 100644
--- a/docs/en/api-guides/build-system.rst
+++ b/docs/en/api-guides/build-system.rst
@@ -308,6 +308,8 @@ The list of directories in ``COMPONENT_DIRS`` is searched for the project's comp
 
 When CMake runs to configure the project, it logs the components included in the build. This list can be useful for debugging the inclusion/exclusion of certain components.
 
+.. _cmake-components-same-name:
+
 Multiple components with the same name
 --------------------------------------
 
@@ -1266,7 +1268,9 @@ the first element/member instead.
                          [LDFRAGMENTS ldfragment1 ldfragment2 ...]
                          [REQUIRED_IDF_TARGETS target1 target2 ...]
                          [EMBED_FILES file1 file2 ...]
-                         [EMBED_TXTFILES file1 file2 ...])
+                         [EMBED_TXTFILES file1 file2 ...]
+                         [KCONFIG kconfig]
+                         [KCONFIG_PROJBUILD kconfig_projbuild])
 
 Register a component to the build system. Much like the ``project()`` CMake command, this should be called from the component's 
 CMakeLists.txt directly (not through a function or macro) and is recommended to be called before any other command. Here are some
@@ -1289,6 +1293,8 @@ The arguments for ``idf_component_register`` include:
   - PRIV_REQUIRES - private component requirements for the component; ignored on config-only components
   - LDFRAGMENTS - component linker fragment files
   - REQUIRED_IDF_TARGETS - specify the only target the component supports
+  - KCONFIG - override the default Kconfig file
+  - KCONFIG_PROJBUILD - override the default Kconfig.projbuild file
 
 The following are used for :ref:`embedding data into the component<cmake_embed_data>`, and is considered as source files
 when determining if a component is config-only. This means that even if the component does not specify source files, a static library is still
@@ -1313,6 +1319,7 @@ For example, to get the directory of the ``freertos`` component:
 - COMPONENT_ALIAS - alias for COMPONENT_LIB used for linking the component to external targets; set by ``idf_build_component`` and alias library itself
   is created by ``idf_component_register``
 - COMPONENT_DIR - component directory; set by ``idf_build_component``
+- COMPONENT_OVERRIDEN_DIR - contains the directory of the original component if ref:`this component overrides another component<cmake-components-same-name>`
 - COMPONENT_LIB - name for created component static/interface library; set by ``idf_build_component`` and library itself
   is created by ``idf_component_register``
 - COMPONENT_NAME - name of the component; set by ``idf_build_component`` based on the component directory name
diff --git a/tools/ci/test_build_system_cmake.sh b/tools/ci/test_build_system_cmake.sh
index ef2ee5ce4..9f8ddc43e 100755
--- a/tools/ci/test_build_system_cmake.sh
+++ b/tools/ci/test_build_system_cmake.sh
@@ -743,6 +743,19 @@ endmenu\n" >> ${IDF_PATH}/Kconfig
     rm -rf build
     popd
 
+    print_status "Getting component overriden dir"
+    clean_build_dir
+    mkdir -p components/esp32
+    echo "idf_component_get_property(overriden_dir \${COMPONENT_NAME} COMPONENT_OVERRIDEN_DIR)" >> components/esp32/CMakeLists.txt
+    echo "message(STATUS overriden_dir:\${overriden_dir})" >> components/esp32/CMakeLists.txt 
+    (idf.py reconfigure | grep "overriden_dir:$IDF_PATH/components/esp32") || failure  "Failed to get overriden dir" # no registration, overrides registration as well
+    print_status "Overriding Kconfig"
+    echo "idf_component_register(KCONFIG \${overriden_dir}/Kconfig)" >> components/esp32/CMakeLists.txt
+    echo "idf_component_get_property(kconfig \${COMPONENT_NAME} KCONFIG)" >> components/esp32/CMakeLists.txt
+    echo "message(STATUS kconfig:\${overriden_dir}/Kconfig)" >> components/esp32/CMakeLists.txt
+    (idf.py reconfigure | grep "kconfig:$IDF_PATH/components/esp32/Kconfig") || failure  "Failed to verify original `main` directory"
+    rm -rf components
+
     print_status "All tests completed"
     if [ -n "${FAILURES}" ]; then
         echo "Some failures were detected:"
diff --git a/tools/cmake/component.cmake b/tools/cmake/component.cmake
index b9b035bc5..4a7396501 100644
--- a/tools/cmake/component.cmake
+++ b/tools/cmake/component.cmake
@@ -171,6 +171,9 @@ function(__component_add component_dir prefix)
             add_library(${component_target} STATIC IMPORTED)
         endif()
         idf_build_set_property(__COMPONENT_TARGETS ${component_target} APPEND)
+    else()
+        __component_get_property(dir ${component_target} COMPONENT_DIR)
+        __component_set_property(${component_target} COMPONENT_OVERRIDEN_DIR ${dir})
     endif()
 
     set(component_lib __${prefix}_${component_name})
@@ -413,9 +416,11 @@ endfunction()
 # @param[in, optional] REQUIRED_IDF_TARGETS (multivalue) the list of IDF build targets that the component only supports
 # @param[in, optional] EMBED_FILES (multivalue) list of binary files to embed with the component
 # @param[in, optional] EMBED_TXTFILES (multivalue) list of text files to embed with the component
+# @param[in, optional] KCONFIG (single value) override the default Kconfig
+# @param[in, optional] KCONFIG_PROJBUILD (single value) override the default Kconfig
 function(idf_component_register)
     set(options)
-    set(single_value)
+    set(single_value KCONFIG KCONFIG_PROJBUILD)
     set(multi_value SRCS SRC_DIRS EXCLUDE_SRCS
                     INCLUDE_DIRS PRIV_INCLUDE_DIRS LDFRAGMENTS REQUIRES
                     PRIV_REQUIRES REQUIRED_IDF_TARGETS EMBED_FILES EMBED_TXTFILES)
diff --git a/tools/cmake/scripts/component_get_requirements.cmake b/tools/cmake/scripts/component_get_requirements.cmake
index f7a8002b0..3b3bca04d 100644
--- a/tools/cmake/scripts/component_get_requirements.cmake
+++ b/tools/cmake/scripts/component_get_requirements.cmake
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
 include("${BUILD_PROPERTIES_FILE}")
 include("${COMPONENT_PROPERTIES_FILE}")
 
@@ -18,18 +19,52 @@ function(__component_get_property var component_target property)
     set(${var} ${${_property}} PARENT_SCOPE)
 endfunction()
 
+#
+# Given a component name or alias, get the corresponding component target.
+#
+function(__component_get_target var name_or_alias)
+    idf_build_get_property(component_targets __COMPONENT_TARGETS)
+
+    # Assume first that the paramters is an alias.
+    string(REPLACE "::" "_" name_or_alias "${name_or_alias}")
+    set(component_target ___${name_or_alias})
+
+    if(component_target IN_LIST component_targets)
+        set(${var} ${component_target} PARENT_SCOPE)
+        set(target ${component_target})
+    else() # assumption is wrong, try to look for it manually
+        unset(target)
+        foreach(component_target ${component_targets})
+            __component_get_property(_component_name ${component_target} COMPONENT_NAME)
+            if(name_or_alias STREQUAL _component_name)
+                set(target ${component_target})
+                break()
+            endif()
+        endforeach()
+        set(${var} ${target} PARENT_SCOPE)
+    endif()
+endfunction()
+
+function(idf_component_get_property var component property)
+    __component_get_target(component_target ${component})
+    __component_get_property(_var ${component_target} ${property})
+    set(${var} ${_var} PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction()
+
 macro(require_idf_targets)
 endmacro()
 
 macro(idf_component_register)
     set(options)
-    set(single_value)
+    set(single_value KCONFIG KCONFIG_PROJBUILD)
     set(multi_value SRCS SRC_DIRS EXCLUDE_SRCS
                     INCLUDE_DIRS PRIV_INCLUDE_DIRS LDFRAGMENTS REQUIRES
                     PRIV_REQUIRES REQUIRED_IDF_TARGETS EMBED_FILES EMBED_TXTFILES)
     cmake_parse_arguments(_ "${options}" "${single_value}" "${multi_value}" "${ARGN}")
-    set(__component_requires "${__REQUIRES}")
     set(__component_priv_requires "${__PRIV_REQUIRES}")
+    set(__component_requires "${__REQUIRES}")
+    set(__component_kconfig "${__KCONFIG}")
+    set(__component_kconfig_projbuild "${__KCONFIG_PROJBUILD}")
     set(__component_registered 1)
     return()
 endmacro()
@@ -64,6 +99,8 @@ function(__component_get_requirements)
 
     set(__component_requires "${__component_requires}" PARENT_SCOPE)
     set(__component_priv_requires "${__component_priv_requires}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+    set(__component_kconfig "${__component_kconfig}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+    set(__component_kconfig_projbuild "${__component_kconfig_projbuild}" PARENT_SCOPE)
     set(__component_registered ${__component_registered} PARENT_SCOPE)
 endfunction()
 
@@ -97,6 +134,21 @@ foreach(__component_target ${__component_targets})
 __component_set_property(${__component_target} PRIV_REQUIRES \"${__component_priv_requires}\")
 __component_set_property(${__component_target} __COMPONENT_REGISTERED ${__component_registered})"
     )
+
+    if(__component_kconfig)
+        get_filename_component(__component_kconfig "${__component_kconfig}" ABSOLUTE)
+        set(__contents
+"${__contents}\n__component_set_property(${__component_target} KCONFIG \"${__component_kconfig}\")"
+            )
+    endif()
+
+    if(__component_kconfig_projbuild)
+        get_filename_component(__component_kconfig "${__component_kconfig}" ABSOLUTE)
+        set(__contents
+"${__contents}\n__component_set_property(${__component_target} KCONFIG_PROJBUILD \"${__component_kconfig_projbuild}\")"
+            )
+    endif()
+
     set(__component_requires_contents "${__component_requires_contents}\n${__contents}")
 endforeach()