diff --git a/components/fatfs/fatfsparse.py b/components/fatfs/fatfsparse.py
index ad8195798f..da31f3f5c0 100755
--- a/components/fatfs/fatfsparse.py
+++ b/components/fatfs/fatfsparse.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def traverse_folder_tree(directory_bytes_: bytes,
         try:
             obj_: dict = Entry.ENTRY_FORMAT_SHORT_NAME.parse(
                 directory_bytes_[obj_address_: obj_address_ + FATDefaults.ENTRY_SIZE])
-        except (construct.core.ConstError, UnicodeDecodeError) as e:
+        except (construct.core.ConstError, UnicodeDecodeError, construct.core.StringError) as e:
             if not args.long_name_support:
                 raise e
             continue
diff --git a/tools/requirements/requirements.core.txt b/tools/requirements/requirements.core.txt
index 8d4984c82a..7379dad191 100644
--- a/tools/requirements/requirements.core.txt
+++ b/tools/requirements/requirements.core.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ pyelftools
 idf-component-manager
 esp-coredump
 esptool
+construct
 
 # kconfig and menuconfig dependencies
 kconfiglib