diff --git a/esphome/components/logger/logger_esp8266.cpp b/esphome/components/logger/logger_esp8266.cpp
index 33fbc4713f..bb9878d3d7 100644
--- a/esphome/components/logger/logger_esp8266.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/logger/logger_esp8266.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "esphome/core/log.h"
 
 #include <Arduino.h>
+#include <pgmspace.h>
 
 namespace esphome::logger {