diff --git a/components/mbedtls/component.mk b/components/mbedtls/component.mk
index af0b8b6ea..9db378c1b 100644
--- a/components/mbedtls/component.mk
+++ b/components/mbedtls/component.mk
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@ COMPONENT_ADD_INCLUDEDIRS := port/include mbedtls/include
 COMPONENT_SRCDIRS := mbedtls/library port
 
 COMPONENT_OBJEXCLUDE := mbedtls/library/net_sockets.o
+
+COMPONENT_SUBMODULES += mbedtls
+