diff --git a/components/app_trace/CMakeLists.txt b/components/app_trace/CMakeLists.txt
index 9cb36c8f04..b4c6cf55e9 100644
--- a/components/app_trace/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/app_trace/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -54,13 +54,15 @@ idf_component_register(SRCS "${srcs}"
                        REQUIRES esp_timer
                        LDFRAGMENTS linker.lf)
 
-# disable --coverage for this component, as it is used as transport
-# for gcov
-target_compile_options(${COMPONENT_LIB} PRIVATE "-fno-profile-arcs" "-fno-test-coverage")
-
-# Force app_trace to also appear later than gcov in link line
-idf_component_get_property(app_trace app_trace COMPONENT_LIB)
-target_link_libraries(${COMPONENT_LIB} INTERFACE $<TARGET_FILE:${app_trace}> gcov $<TARGET_FILE:${app_trace}> c)
+if(CONFIG_APPTRACE_GCOV_ENABLE)
+    # disable --coverage for this component, as it is used as transport
+    # for gcov
+    target_compile_options(${COMPONENT_LIB} PRIVATE "-fno-profile-arcs" "-fno-test-coverage")
+    # Force app_trace to also appear later than gcov in link line
+    idf_component_get_property(app_trace app_trace COMPONENT_LIB)
+    target_link_libraries(${COMPONENT_LIB} INTERFACE
+        "-Wl,--undefined=gcov_rtio_atexit" $<TARGET_FILE:${app_trace}> gcov $<TARGET_FILE:${app_trace}> c)
+endif()
 
 # This function adds a dependency on the given component if the component is included into the build.
 function(maybe_add_component component_name)