diff --git a/components/newlib/heap.c b/components/newlib/heap.c
index f58817920c..5c30eaad0e 100644
--- a/components/newlib/heap.c
+++ b/components/newlib/heap.c
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ void* memalign(size_t alignment, size_t n)
     return heap_caps_aligned_alloc_default(alignment, n);
 }
 
+void* aligned_alloc(size_t alignment, size_t n)
+{
+    return heap_caps_aligned_alloc_default(alignment, n);
+}
+
 int posix_memalign(void **out_ptr, size_t alignment, size_t size)
 {
     if (size == 0) {