diff --git a/components/nghttp/CMakeLists.txt b/components/nghttp/CMakeLists.txt
index 1c9ba17a2..f97cc7731 100644
--- a/components/nghttp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/nghttp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ set(srcs
     "port/http_parser.c")
 
 idf_component_register(SRCS "${srcs}"
-                    INCLUDE_DIRS port/include nghttp2/lib/includes)
+                    INCLUDE_DIRS port/include nghttp2/lib/includes
+                    PRIV_INCLUDE_DIRS private_include)
 
 target_compile_definitions(${COMPONENT_LIB} PUBLIC "-DHAVE_CONFIG_H")
diff --git a/components/nghttp/component.mk b/components/nghttp/component.mk
index 2a69cd5e1..10d0bdefb 100644
--- a/components/nghttp/component.mk
+++ b/components/nghttp/component.mk
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 COMPONENT_ADD_INCLUDEDIRS := port/include nghttp2/lib/includes
 
+COMPONENT_PRIV_INCLUDEDIRS := private_include
+
 COMPONENT_SRCDIRS := nghttp2/lib port
 
 COMPONENT_SUBMODULES := nghttp2
diff --git a/components/nghttp/port/include/config.h b/components/nghttp/private_include/config.h
similarity index 100%
rename from components/nghttp/port/include/config.h
rename to components/nghttp/private_include/config.h