diff --git a/components/esp_event/test/CMakeLists.txt b/components/esp_event/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 44e4b7ec84..b6690eb027 100644
--- a/components/esp_event/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/esp_event/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 idf_component_register(SRC_DIRS "."
                        PRIV_INCLUDE_DIRS . ../private_include
                        PRIV_REQUIRES cmock test_utils esp_event driver)
+
+if(CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ARCH_RISCV)
+    # Temporary workaround for a linker issue on RISC-V that should be resolved in binutils 2.35 (internal ref: GCC-101)
+    target_compile_options(${COMPONENT_LIB} PRIVATE -mno-relax)
+endif()