diff --git a/esphome/components/socket/bsd_sockets_impl.cpp b/esphome/components/socket/bsd_sockets_impl.cpp
index f07f5c8f81..1b3916fcab 100644
--- a/esphome/components/socket/bsd_sockets_impl.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/socket/bsd_sockets_impl.cpp
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ class BSDSocketImpl : public Socket {
       close();  // NOLINT(clang-analyzer-optin.cplusplus.VirtualCall)
     }
   }
+  int connect(const struct sockaddr *addr, socklen_t addrlen) override { return ::connect(fd_, addr, addrlen); }
   std::unique_ptr<Socket> accept(struct sockaddr *addr, socklen_t *addrlen) override {
     int fd = ::accept(fd_, addr, addrlen);
     if (fd == -1)
diff --git a/esphome/components/socket/lwip_sockets_impl.cpp b/esphome/components/socket/lwip_sockets_impl.cpp
index eaf6ac2c6f..c41e42fc83 100644
--- a/esphome/components/socket/lwip_sockets_impl.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/socket/lwip_sockets_impl.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ class LwIPSocketImpl : public Socket {
       close();  // NOLINT(clang-analyzer-optin.cplusplus.VirtualCall)
     }
   }
+  int connect(const struct sockaddr *addr, socklen_t addrlen) override { return lwip_connect(fd_, addr, addrlen); }
   std::unique_ptr<Socket> accept(struct sockaddr *addr, socklen_t *addrlen) override {
     int fd = lwip_accept(fd_, addr, addrlen);
     if (fd == -1)
diff --git a/esphome/components/socket/socket.h b/esphome/components/socket/socket.h
index cefdb51e0d..917f3c4c7f 100644
--- a/esphome/components/socket/socket.h
+++ b/esphome/components/socket/socket.h
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ class Socket {
   virtual int close() = 0;
   // not supported yet:
   // virtual int connect(const std::string &address) = 0;
-  // virtual int connect(const struct sockaddr *addr, socklen_t addrlen) = 0;
+#if defined(USE_SOCKET_IMPL_LWIP_SOCKETS) || defined(USE_SOCKET_IMPL_BSD_SOCKETS)
+  virtual int connect(const struct sockaddr *addr, socklen_t addrlen) = 0;
+#endif
   virtual int shutdown(int how) = 0;
 
   virtual int getpeername(struct sockaddr *addr, socklen_t *addrlen) = 0;