diff --git a/examples/NonArduino/ESP-IDF/.gitignore b/examples/NonArduino/ESP-IDF/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f9b3ce28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/NonArduino/ESP-IDF/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# generated by ESP-IDF
+managed_components/
+dependencies.lock
diff --git a/examples/NonArduino/ESP-IDF/components/RadioLib/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/NonArduino/ESP-IDF/components/RadioLib/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 6adf691b..00000000
--- a/examples/NonArduino/ESP-IDF/components/RadioLib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-# this is required for ESP IDF
-idf_component_register()
-
-# if you did not build RadioLib as shared library (see wiki),
-# you will have to add it as source directory
-# the following is just an example, yours will likely be different
-add_subdirectory("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../../../../../RadioLib" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/RadioLib")
-
-# link RadioLib as interface
-target_link_libraries(${COMPONENT_LIB} INTERFACE RadioLib)
diff --git a/examples/NonArduino/ESP-IDF/main/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/NonArduino/ESP-IDF/main/CMakeLists.txt
index 52e01833..1f571164 100644
--- a/examples/NonArduino/ESP-IDF/main/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/NonArduino/ESP-IDF/main/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# register the component and set "RadioLib", "esp_timer" and "driver" ad required
+# register the component and set "RadioLib", "esp_timer" and "driver" as required
 idf_component_register(SRCS "main.cpp"
                        INCLUDE_DIRS "."
                        REQUIRES RadioLib esp_timer driver)
diff --git a/examples/NonArduino/ESP-IDF/main/idf_component.yml b/examples/NonArduino/ESP-IDF/main/idf_component.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..38382f42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/NonArduino/ESP-IDF/main/idf_component.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+dependencies:
+  RadioLib:
+    # referenced locally because the example is a part of the repository itself
+    # under normal circumstances, it's preferrable to reference the repository instead
+    # for other options, see https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp-idf/en/latest/esp32/api-guides/tools/idf-component-manager.html
+    path: ../../../../../RadioLib
+    #git: https://github.com/jgromes/RadioLib.git