diff --git a/components/mdns/CMakeLists.txt b/components/mdns/CMakeLists.txt
index 15b0d40f8..4274d2a46 100644
--- a/components/mdns/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/mdns/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ idf_component_register(SRCS "mdns.c"
                             "mdns_networking.c"
                     INCLUDE_DIRS "include"
                     PRIV_INCLUDE_DIRS "private_include"
-                    REQUIRES lwip mbedtls console esp_netif)
+                    REQUIRES lwip mbedtls console esp_netif
+                    PRIV_REQUIRES esp_timer)