diff --git a/Kconfig b/Kconfig
index e4122ed..4a0e17a 100644
--- a/Kconfig
+++ b/Kconfig
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 menu "esp-mqtt"
 
+config ESP_MQTT_ENABLED
+    bool "Enable the MQTT component"
+    select LWIP_SO_RCVBUF
+    default y
+    help
+        This is currently only used to enforce the selection of LWIP_SO_RCVBUF.
+        Disabling the component does not actually disable something.
+
 config ESP_MQTT_TASK_STACK_SIZE
     int "MQTT background process task stack size"
     default 4096
diff --git a/test/sdkconfig b/test/sdkconfig
index 389d3f8..e2ddf59 100644
--- a/test/sdkconfig
+++ b/test/sdkconfig
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ CONFIG_BT_RESERVE_DRAM=0
 #
 # esp-mqtt
 #
+CONFIG_ESP_MQTT_ENABLED=y
 CONFIG_ESP_MQTT_TASK_STACK_SIZE=4096
 CONFIG_ESP_MQTT_TASK_STACK_PRIORITY=5