diff --git a/deployments/smm-gateway/smm-gateway.cmake b/deployments/smm-gateway/smm-gateway.cmake
index e5ee03b..562d9d1 100644
--- a/deployments/smm-gateway/smm-gateway.cmake
+++ b/deployments/smm-gateway/smm-gateway.cmake
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@
 target_link_libraries(smm-gateway PRIVATE MbedTLS::mbedcrypto)
 target_link_libraries(smm-gateway PRIVATE MbedTLS::mbedx509)
 
+# Pass the mbedtls config file to C preprocessor so the uefi
+# direct backend will access the mbedtls headers
+target_compile_definitions(smm-gateway PRIVATE
+		MBEDTLS_USER_CONFIG_FILE="${MBEDTLS_USER_CONFIG_FILE}"
+)
+
 target_compile_definitions(smm-gateway PRIVATE
 	-DUEFI_INTERNAL_CRYPTO
 )
@@ -24,6 +30,7 @@
 add_components(TARGET "smm-gateway"
 	BASE_DIR ${TS_ROOT}
 	COMPONENTS
+		"components/common/mbedtls"
 		"components/service/uefi/smm_variable/backend/direct"
 )