diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index fd8481155..047726bf4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 gcovr
+idf-component-manager
 websocket_client
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index e14367d3e..2b24e2a98 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -776,6 +776,8 @@ export function appendIdfAndToolsToPath() {
   }
   modifiedEnv.IDF_TARGET = idfTarget || process.env.IDF_TARGET;
 
+  modifiedEnv.IDF_COMPONENT_MANAGER = "1";
+
   return modifiedEnv;
 }