diff --git a/components/esp_websocket_client/CMakeLists.txt b/components/esp_websocket_client/CMakeLists.txt
index f366a278d..de17d6fdd 100644
--- a/components/esp_websocket_client/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/esp_websocket_client/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 idf_component_register(SRCS "esp_websocket_client.c"
                     INCLUDE_DIRS "include"
-                    REQUIRES lwip esp-tls tcp_transport nghttp)
+                    REQUIRES lwip esp-tls tcp_transport nghttp
+                    PRIV_REQUIRES esp_timer)