diff --git a/bin/platformio-custom.py b/bin/platformio-custom.py
index 1443f6d4..d4117b4b 100644
--- a/bin/platformio-custom.py
+++ b/bin/platformio-custom.py
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ from readprops import readProps
 
 Import("env")
 env.Replace( MKSPIFFSTOOL=env.get("PROJECT_DIR") + '/bin/mklittlefs.py' )
+try:
+    import littlefs
+except ImportError:
+    env.Execute("$PYTHONEXE -m pip install --user littlefs-python")
 
 Import("projenv")