diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig
index a5904dd19b2..6aa7a648031 100644
--- a/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/mm/Kconfig
@@ -194,6 +194,16 @@ config MM_HEAP_MEMPOOL_THRESHOLD
 
 if MM_HEAP_MEMPOOL_THRESHOLD > 0
 
+config MM_HEAP_MEMPOOL_WAIT_RELEASE
+    bool "If wait for other tasks to release memory"
+    default n
+    ---help---
+        If the macro is set to true, when the memory pool fails to allocate
+        available memory, the current task will block and wait for other tasks
+        to release memory. Once memory is released by other tasks, the blocked
+        task will be awakened and re-attempt to allocate memory from
+        the memory pool.
+
 config MM_HEAP_MEMPOOL_EXPAND_SIZE
 	int "The expand size for each mempool in multiple mempool"
 	default 4096
diff --git a/mm/mempool/mempool_multiple.c b/mm/mempool/mempool_multiple.c
index 92ec9a1e9e9..7f31b7ef368 100644
--- a/mm/mempool/mempool_multiple.c
+++ b/mm/mempool/mempool_multiple.c
@@ -463,8 +463,11 @@ mempool_multiple_init(FAR const char *name,
       pools[i].alloc = mempool_multiple_alloc_callback;
       pools[i].free = mempool_multiple_free_callback;
       pools[i].check = mempool_multiple_check;
+#ifdef CONFIG_MM_HEAP_MEMPOOL_WAIT_RELEASE
+      pools[i].wait = true;
+#else
       pools[i].wait = false;
-
+#endif
       ret = mempool_init(pools + i, name);
       if (ret < 0)
         {