diff --git a/components/bootloader/subproject/CMakeLists.txt b/components/bootloader/subproject/CMakeLists.txt
index 222aad9f2d..b647587f6c 100644
--- a/components/bootloader/subproject/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/bootloader/subproject/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,10 +29,11 @@ set(COMPONENTS
     micro-ecc
     main
     efuse
-    esp_system)
+    esp_system
+    newlib)
 set(BOOTLOADER_BUILD 1)
 include("${IDF_PATH}/tools/cmake/project.cmake")
-set(common_req log esp_rom esp_common esp_hw_support hal)
+set(common_req log esp_rom esp_common esp_hw_support hal newlib)
 if(LEGACY_INCLUDE_COMMON_HEADERS)
     list(APPEND common_req soc hal)
 endif()
diff --git a/components/newlib/CMakeLists.txt b/components/newlib/CMakeLists.txt
index 0f869ed475..924a27212b 100644
--- a/components/newlib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/newlib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+if(BOOTLOADER_BUILD)
+    # Bootloader builds need the platform_include directory (for assert.h), but nothing else
+    idf_component_register(INCLUDE_DIRS platform_include)
+    return()
+endif()
+
 set(srcs
     "abort.c"
     "heap.c"