diff --git a/script/test_build_components b/script/test_build_components
index 4d91256572..f82dd5c3b6 100755
--- a/script/test_build_components
+++ b/script/test_build_components
@@ -37,9 +37,10 @@ start_esphome() {
 
   # Start esphome process
   echo "> [$target_component] [$test_name] [$target_platform]"
-  echo "esphome -s component_name $target_component -s component_dir ../../components/$target_component -s test_name $test_name -s target_platform $target_platform $esphome_command $component_test_file"
+  set -x
   # TODO: Validate escape of Command line substitution value
-  esphome -s component_name $target_component -s component_dir ../../components/$target_component -s test_name $test_name -s target_platform $target_platform $esphome_command $component_test_file
+  python -m esphome -s component_name $target_component -s component_dir ../../components/$target_component -s test_name $test_name -s target_platform $target_platform $esphome_command $component_test_file
+  { set +x; } 2>/dev/null
 }
 
 # Find all test yaml files.