diff --git a/Sming/Arch/Esp32/Components/esp32/component.mk b/Sming/Arch/Esp32/Components/esp32/component.mk
index 29893fb9ad..131665d0bf 100644
--- a/Sming/Arch/Esp32/Components/esp32/component.mk
+++ b/Sming/Arch/Esp32/Components/esp32/component.mk
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ LIBDIRS += \
 	$(addprefix $(SDK_COMPONENTS_PATH)/,$(SDK_LIBDIRS))
 
 SDK_INCDIRS := \
+	app_update/include \
 	bootloader_support/include \
 	bootloader_support/include_bootloader \
 	driver/$(ESP_VARIANT)/include \
diff --git a/Sming/Arch/Esp32/Tools/ci/build.run.cmd b/Sming/Arch/Esp32/Tools/ci/build.run.cmd
index ad6fc47873..a11ad25554 100644
--- a/Sming/Arch/Esp32/Tools/ci/build.run.cmd
+++ b/Sming/Arch/Esp32/Tools/ci/build.run.cmd
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ REM esp32c3
 REM esp32s3
 %MAKE_PARALLEL% ESP_VARIANT=esp32s3 %ESP32_PROJECTS% || goto :error
 
+REM make sure that the Ota Library sample compiles for ESP32
+%MAKE_PARALLEL% -C %SMING_HOME%\Libraries\OtaUpgradeMqtt\samples\Upgrade
+
 goto :EOF
 
 
diff --git a/Sming/Arch/Esp32/Tools/ci/build.run.sh b/Sming/Arch/Esp32/Tools/ci/build.run.sh
index 2bd9758347..e9f18d091f 100644
--- a/Sming/Arch/Esp32/Tools/ci/build.run.sh
+++ b/Sming/Arch/Esp32/Tools/ci/build.run.sh
@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@ $MAKE_PARALLEL ESP_VARIANT=esp32c3 $ESP32_PROJECTS
 
 # esp32s3
 $MAKE_PARALLEL ESP_VARIANT=esp32s3 $ESP32_PROJECTS
+
+# make sure that the Ota Library sample compiles for ESP32
+$MAKE_PARALLEL -C "$SMING_HOME/Libraries/OtaUpgradeMqtt/samples/Upgrade"
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