diff --git a/ports/esp32/boards/manifest.py b/ports/esp32/boards/manifest.py
index bbd907a0e5..b463c131fa 100644
--- a/ports/esp32/boards/manifest.py
+++ b/ports/esp32/boards/manifest.py
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ freeze("$(MPY_DIR)/tools", ("upip.py", "upip_utarfile.py"))
 freeze("$(MPY_DIR)/ports/esp8266/modules", "ntptime.py")
 freeze("$(MPY_DIR)/drivers/dht", "dht.py")
 freeze("$(MPY_DIR)/drivers/onewire")
+include("$(MPY_DIR)/extmod/uasyncio/manifest.py")
 include("$(MPY_DIR)/extmod/webrepl/manifest.py")
diff --git a/ports/esp32/mpconfigport.h b/ports/esp32/mpconfigport.h
index 3b6fb37b4e..32968eed2d 100644
--- a/ports/esp32/mpconfigport.h
+++ b/ports/esp32/mpconfigport.h
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@
 #define MICROPY_PY_THREAD_GIL_VM_DIVISOR    (32)
 
 // extended modules
+#define MICROPY_PY_UASYNCIO                 (1)
 #define MICROPY_PY_UCTYPES                  (1)
 #define MICROPY_PY_UZLIB                    (1)
 #define MICROPY_PY_UJSON                    (1)