diff --git a/tools/cmakev2/component.cmake b/tools/cmakev2/component.cmake
index 8c3615224fd..c2dfa34ad5a 100644
--- a/tools/cmakev2/component.cmake
+++ b/tools/cmakev2/component.cmake
@@ -359,6 +359,11 @@ function(__init_component)
     __collect_kconfig_files_from_directory("${component_directory}" "${target}"
         component_kconfig component_projbuild component_rename)
 
+    set(component_project_include "${component_directory}/project_include.cmake")
+    if(NOT EXISTS "${component_project_include}")
+        set(component_project_include "")
+    endif()
+
     __get_component_interface(COMPONENT "${component_name}" OUTPUT existing_component_interface)
     if(NOT "${existing_component_interface}" STREQUAL "NOTFOUND")
         # A component with the same name is already initialized. Check if it
@@ -399,6 +404,9 @@ function(__init_component)
             idf_component_set_property("${component_name}" __KCONFIG "${component_kconfig}")
             idf_component_set_property("${component_name}" __KCONFIG_PROJBUILD "${component_projbuild}")
             idf_component_set_property("${component_name}" __SDKCONFIG_RENAME "${component_rename}")
+
+            # Update component project_include.cmake path.
+            idf_component_set_property("${component_name}" __PROJECT_INCLUDE "${component_project_include}")
         endif()
 
         return()
@@ -431,6 +439,9 @@ function(__init_component)
     idf_component_set_property("${component_name}" __KCONFIG "${component_kconfig}")
     idf_component_set_property("${component_name}" __KCONFIG_PROJBUILD "${component_projbuild}")
     idf_component_set_property("${component_name}" __SDKCONFIG_RENAME "${component_rename}")
+
+    # Set component project_include.cmake.
+    idf_component_set_property("${component_name}" __PROJECT_INCLUDE "${component_project_include}")
 endfunction()
 
 #[[
diff --git a/tools/cmakev2/project.cmake b/tools/cmakev2/project.cmake
index 48194b0cfcc..fe0b51e22c9 100644
--- a/tools/cmakev2/project.cmake
+++ b/tools/cmakev2/project.cmake
@@ -516,6 +516,13 @@ endfunction()
    build system functions. It initializes the PROJECT_NAME and PROJECT_VER
    build properties, as well as all default C, CXX, and ASM compile options,
    link options, and compile definitions.
+
+   This macro also includes project_include.cmake files for the discovered
+   components, as these files define project-wide functionality that needs to
+   be available before any component's CMakeLists.txt is evaluated. The
+   project_include.cmake files should be evaluated in the global scope.
+   Therefore, this is defined as a macro and should be called only from the
+   global scope or from within another macro.
 #]]
 macro(idf_project_init)
     idf_build_get_property(project_initialized __PROJECT_INITIALIZED)
@@ -532,6 +539,26 @@ macro(idf_project_init)
         # Initialize all compilation options and defines.
         __init_project_configuration()
 
+        # Include all project_include.cmake files for the components that have
+        # been discovered.
+        idf_build_get_property(component_names COMPONENTS_DISCOVERED)
+        foreach(component_name IN LISTS component_names)
+            idf_component_get_property(project_include ${component_name} __PROJECT_INCLUDE)
+            idf_component_get_property(component_dir ${component_name} COMPONENT_DIR)
+            if(project_include)
+                set(COMPONENT_NAME ${component_name})
+                set(COMPONENT_DIR ${component_dir})
+                # The use of COMPONENT_PATH is deprecated in cmakev1. Users
+                # are encouraged to use COMPONENT_DIR instead.
+                set(COMPONENT_PATH ${component_dir})
+                idf_dbg("Including ${project_include}")
+                include("${project_include}")
+                unset(COMPONENT_NAME)
+                unset(COMPONENT_DIR)
+                unset(COMPONENT_PATH)
+            endif()
+        endforeach()
+
         idf_build_set_property(__PROJECT_INITIALIZED YES)
     endif()
     unset(project_initialized)