diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 077df1dc..9805a2e1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1130,6 +1130,10 @@ CHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS(SSL_set_info_callback LWS_HAVE_SSL_SET_INFO_CALLBACK)
 CHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS(X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_host LWS_HAVE_X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_host)
 if (LWS_USE_MBEDTLS)
 	set(LWS_HAVE_TLS_CLIENT_METHOD 1)
+	if (NOT LWS_WITH_ESP32)
+		# not supported in esp-idf openssl wrapper yet, but is in our version
+		set(LWS_HAVE_X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_host 1)
+	endif()
 else()
 CHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS(TLS_client_method LWS_HAVE_TLS_CLIENT_METHOD)
 CHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS(TLSv1_2_client_method LWS_HAVE_TLSV1_2_CLIENT_METHOD)