diff --git a/host/usb/test/target_test/common/CMakeLists.txt b/host/usb/test/target_test/common/CMakeLists.txt
index 89f4b6738..4af8d6a29 100644
--- a/host/usb/test/target_test/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/host/usb/test/target_test/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,9 +4,12 @@ idf_component_register(SRCS "dev_hid.c"
                             "mock_msc.c"
                             "phy_common.c"
                             "hcd_common.c"
-                       INCLUDE_DIRS
-                             "../../../private_include" # hcd and urb
-                             "."
+                       INCLUDE_DIRS "."
                        REQUIRES usb unity
                        PRIV_REQUIRES esp_mm
                        )
+
+# Add usb component's private includes (hcd.h) via target_include_directories so component_validation in cmake
+# does not flag a foreign path in idf_component_register(PRIV_INCLUDE_DIRS ...).
+idf_component_get_property(usb_component_dir usb COMPONENT_DIR)
+target_include_directories(${COMPONENT_LIB} PUBLIC "${usb_component_dir}/private_include")