diff --git a/scripts/ci.requirements.txt b/scripts/ci.requirements.txt
index 7525036441..296c1faaf0 100644
--- a/scripts/ci.requirements.txt
+++ b/scripts/ci.requirements.txt
@@ -17,3 +17,9 @@ pylint == 2.4.4; platform_system == 'Linux'
 #   https://github.com/Mbed-TLS/mbedtls-framework/issues/50
 # mypy 0.942 is the version in Ubuntu 22.04.
 mypy == 0.942; platform_system == 'Linux'
+
+# More requirements for scripts in the framework that might not work in
+# older versions of Python. Note that requirements that are not available
+# in the oldest version of Python on our CI must be annodated with
+# "python >= ...".
+-r ../framework/util/requirements.txt
diff --git a/tests/scripts/components-basic-checks.sh b/tests/scripts/components-basic-checks.sh
index 73636ee66c..72bd2c036d 100644
--- a/tests/scripts/components-basic-checks.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/components-basic-checks.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,16 @@ component_check_recursion () {
     ./framework/scripts/recursion.pl library/*.c
 }
 
+support_check_generated_files () {
+    # Add requirements on the Python installation here for
+    # the sake of check_committed_generated_files.py in mbedtls.
+    #
+    # Check the Python version, not the presence of the package,
+    # because the CI runs `all.sh --list-components` outside of the
+    # venv that has our desired packages.
+    :
+}
+
 component_check_generated_files () {
     msg "Check make_generated_files.py consistency"
     $MAKE_COMMAND neat