diff --git a/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common/CMakeLists.txt
index 0ccb219b..ccc2e0d3 100644
--- a/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 idf_component_register(SRCS "connect.c" "stdin_out.c"
-                    INCLUDE_DIRS "include")
+                    INCLUDE_DIRS "include"
+                    REQUIRES "tcpip_adapter")