diff --git a/components/esp_security/CMakeLists.txt b/components/esp_security/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e57ed3fc71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/esp_security/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+if(NOT BOOTLOADER_BUILD)
+    set(src_dirs "src")
+endif()
+idf_component_register(SRC_DIRS ${src_dirs}
+                    INCLUDE_DIRS "include")
diff --git a/components/esp_security/Kconfig.projbuild b/components/esp_security/Kconfig.projbuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2