diff --git a/components/linux/include/esp_linux_helper.h b/components/linux/include/esp_linux_helper.h
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+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+#pragma once
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#if CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_LINUX
+#define __containerof(ptr, type, member) ({         \
+    const typeof( ((type *)0)->member ) *__mptr = (ptr); \
+    (type *)( (char *)__mptr - offsetof(type,member) );})
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif