diff --git a/components/mbedtls/port/include/mbedtls/config.h b/components/mbedtls/port/include/mbedtls/config.h
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+/* This shim header is added so that any application code
+   which includes "mbedtls/config.h" directly gets the correct
+   config. */
+#pragma once
+#if !defined(MBEDTLS_CONFIG_FILE)
+#include_next "mbedtls/config.h"
+#else
+#include MBEDTLS_CONFIG_FILE
+#endif