diff --git a/components/esp_system/startup_funcs.c b/components/esp_system/startup_funcs.c
index 551cc6b11b..56449d862f 100644
--- a/components/esp_system/startup_funcs.c
+++ b/components/esp_system/startup_funcs.c
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@
 #include "esp_app_desc.h"
 #endif
 
-#if CONFIG_ESP_COREDUMP_ENABLE
-#include "esp_core_dump.h"
-#endif
-
 #if CONFIG_PM_ENABLE
 #include "esp_pm.h"
 #include "esp_private/pm_impl.h"
@@ -279,14 +275,6 @@ ESP_SYSTEM_INIT_FN(init_pm, SECONDARY, BIT(0), 201)
 }
 #endif // CONFIG_PM_ENABLE
 
-#if CONFIG_ESP_COREDUMP_ENABLE
-ESP_SYSTEM_INIT_FN(init_coredump, SECONDARY, BIT(0), 202)
-{
-    esp_core_dump_init();
-    return ESP_OK;
-}
-#endif // CONFIG_ESP_COREDUMP_ENABLE
-
 #if SOC_APB_BACKUP_DMA
 ESP_SYSTEM_INIT_FN(init_apb_dma, SECONDARY, BIT(0), 203)
 {
diff --git a/components/esp_system/system_init_fn.txt b/components/esp_system/system_init_fn.txt
index 272957ee5a..e30cc23575 100644
--- a/components/esp_system/system_init_fn.txt
+++ b/components/esp_system/system_init_fn.txt
@@ -75,13 +75,15 @@ SECONDARY: 107: sleep_sys_periph_startup_init in components/esp_hw_support/sleep
 SECONDARY: 115: esp_apptrace_init in components/app_trace/app_trace.c on ESP_SYSTEM_INIT_ALL_CORES
 SECONDARY: 120: sysview_init in components/app_trace/sys_view/esp/SEGGER_RTT_esp.c on BIT(0)
 
+# coredump doesn't have init dependencies
+SECONDARY: 130: init_coredump in components/espcoredump/src/core_dump_init.c on BIT(0)
+
 # esp_debug_stubs doesn't have init dependencies
 SECONDARY: 140: init_dbg_stubs in components/app_trace/debug_stubs.c on BIT(0)
 
 # the rest of the components which are initialized from startup_funcs.c
 # [refactor-todo]: move init calls into respective components
 SECONDARY: 201: init_pm in components/esp_system/startup_funcs.c on BIT(0)
-SECONDARY: 202: init_coredump in components/esp_system/startup_funcs.c on BIT(0)
 SECONDARY: 203: init_apb_dma in components/esp_system/startup_funcs.c on BIT(0)
 SECONDARY: 204: init_coexist in components/esp_system/startup_funcs.c on BIT(0)
 SECONDARY: 205: init_cxx_exceptions in components/esp_system/startup_funcs.c on BIT(0)
diff --git a/components/espcoredump/CMakeLists.txt b/components/espcoredump/CMakeLists.txt
index 4134c2bae4..d4d0686c7f 100644
--- a/components/espcoredump/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/espcoredump/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ if(${target} STREQUAL "linux")
     return() # This component is not supported by the POSIX/Linux simulator
 endif()
 
-set(srcs "src/core_dump_common.c"
+set(srcs "src/core_dump_init.c"
+         "src/core_dump_common.c"
          "src/core_dump_flash.c"
          "src/core_dump_uart.c"
          "src/core_dump_elf.c"
@@ -37,6 +38,9 @@ idf_component_register(SRCS ${srcs}
                                      driver
                       )
 
+# make sure 'core_dump_init' object file is considered by the linker
+target_link_libraries(${COMPONENT_LIB} INTERFACE "-u esp_system_include_coredump_init")
+
 if(CONFIG_ESP_COREDUMP_DATA_FORMAT_ELF)
   target_link_libraries(${COMPONENT_LIB} PRIVATE idf::esp_app_format)
 endif()
diff --git a/components/espcoredump/src/core_dump_init.c b/components/espcoredump/src/core_dump_init.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b0932b3b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/espcoredump/src/core_dump_init.c
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+#include "sdkconfig.h"
+
+#if CONFIG_ESP_COREDUMP_ENABLE
+
+#include "esp_private/startup_internal.h"
+#include "esp_core_dump.h"
+
+// Hook to force the linker to include this file
+void esp_system_include_coredump_init(void)
+{
+}
+
+ESP_SYSTEM_INIT_FN(init_coredump, SECONDARY, BIT(0), 130)
+{
+    esp_core_dump_init();
+    return ESP_OK;
+}
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_ESP_COREDUMP_ENABLE */