diff --git a/components/micro-ecc/component.mk b/components/micro-ecc/component.mk
index df73f7a3b2..8c569df597 100644
--- a/components/micro-ecc/component.mk
+++ b/components/micro-ecc/component.mk
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ COMPONENT_SRCDIRS := micro-ecc
 COMPONENT_OBJS := micro-ecc/uECC.o
 
 COMPONENT_ADD_INCLUDEDIRS := micro-ecc
+
+COMPONENT_SUBMODULES := micro-ecc