diff --git a/components/jsmn/CMakeLists.txt b/components/jsmn/CMakeLists.txt
index 0c7a0ab99e..d05badb215 100644
--- a/components/jsmn/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/jsmn/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,10 @@
 idf_component_register(SRCS "src/jsmn.c"
                     INCLUDE_DIRS "include")
+
+if(CONFIG_JSMN_PARENT_LINKS)
+    target_compile_definitions(${COMPONENT_LIB} PUBLIC "-DJSMN_PARENT_LINKS")
+endif()
+
+if(CONFIG_JSMN_STRICT)
+    target_compile_definitions(${COMPONENT_LIB} PUBLIC "-DJSMN_STRICT")
+endif()
diff --git a/components/jsmn/component.mk b/components/jsmn/component.mk
index 96190be500..88f1a9564f 100644
--- a/components/jsmn/component.mk
+++ b/components/jsmn/component.mk
@@ -4,3 +4,11 @@
 
 COMPONENT_ADD_INCLUDEDIRS := include/
 COMPONENT_SRCDIRS := src/
+
+ifdef CONFIG_JSMN_PARENT_LINKS
+src/jsmn.o: CPPFLAGS += -DJSMN_PARENT_LINKS
+endif
+
+ifdef CONFIG_JSMN_STRICT
+src/jsmn.o: CPPFLAGS += -DJSMN_STRICT
+endif
diff --git a/components/jsmn/include/jsmn.h b/components/jsmn/include/jsmn.h
index 73ef957990..1df808e394 100644
--- a/components/jsmn/include/jsmn.h
+++ b/components/jsmn/include/jsmn.h
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-#define JSMN_PARENT_LINKS CONFIG_JSMN_PARENT_LINKS
-#define JSMN_STRICT CONFIG_JSMN_STRICT
-
 /**
  * JSON type identifier. Basic types are:
  * 	o Object