diff --git a/examples/esp32/main/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/esp32/main/CMakeLists.txt
index 7c3e71dd..ef191df4 100644
--- a/examples/esp32/main/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/esp32/main/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 idf_component_register(SRCS "main.c"
                             "wifi.c"
-                            "../../../mongoose.c"
-                       INCLUDE_DIRS "../../..")
+                            "mongoose.c")
 component_compile_options(-DMG_ENABLE_LINES)
diff --git a/examples/esp32/main/mongoose.c b/examples/esp32/main/mongoose.c
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..5e522bbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/esp32/main/mongoose.c
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../mongoose.c
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/esp32/main/mongoose.h b/examples/esp32/main/mongoose.h
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..ee4ac823
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/esp32/main/mongoose.h
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../mongoose.h
\ No newline at end of file