diff --git a/src/espIdf/setTarget/index.ts b/src/espIdf/setTarget/index.ts
index 11b04b09f..253003f31 100644
--- a/src/espIdf/setTarget/index.ts
+++ b/src/espIdf/setTarget/index.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,17 @@ export async function setIdfTarget(
         if (!selectedTarget) {
           return;
         }
+        const customExtraVars = readParameter(
+          "idf.customExtraVars",
+          workspaceFolder
+        ) as { [key: string]: string };
+        customExtraVars["IDF_TARGET"] = selectedTarget.target;
+        await writeParameter(
+          "idf.customExtraVars",
+          customExtraVars,
+          configurationTarget,
+          workspaceFolder.uri
+        );
         const openOcdScriptsPath = await getOpenOcdScripts(workspaceFolder.uri);
         const boards = await getBoards(
           openOcdScriptsPath,
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 20292ecdd..7bd476cc2 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -1049,7 +1049,7 @@ export async function appendIdfAndToolsToPath(curWorkspace: vscode.Uri) {
   modifiedEnv.RMAKER_PATH = rainmakerPathDir || modifiedEnv.RMAKER_PATH;
 
   const defaultToolsPath = path.join(containerPath, ".espressif");
-  modifiedEnv.IDF_TOOLS_PATH = modifiedEnv.IDF_PATH || defaultToolsPath;
+  modifiedEnv.IDF_TOOLS_PATH = modifiedEnv.IDF_TOOLS_PATH || defaultToolsPath;
   const matterPathDir = idfConf.readParameter(
     "idf.espMatterPath",
     curWorkspace