diff --git a/tasmota/tasmota.ino b/tasmota/tasmota.ino
index 9e13d9c49..3034013a3 100644
--- a/tasmota/tasmota.ino
+++ b/tasmota/tasmota.ino
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@
 \*********************************************************************************************/
 
 // Location specific includes
+#ifndef ESP32_STAGE                         // ESP32 Stage has no core_version.h file. Disable include via PlatformIO Option
 #include <core_version.h>                   // Arduino_Esp8266 version information (ARDUINO_ESP8266_RELEASE and ARDUINO_ESP8266_RELEASE_2_7_1)
+#endif
 #include "tasmota_compat.h"
 #include "tasmota_version.h"                // Tasmota version information
 #include "tasmota.h"                        // Enumeration used in my_user_config.h