diff --git a/esphome/components/logger/logger_esp8266.cpp b/esphome/components/logger/logger_esp8266.cpp
index f74c24e761..7fe5996e79 100644
--- a/esphome/components/logger/logger_esp8266.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/logger/logger_esp8266.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #ifdef USE_ESP8266
 #include "logger.h"
 #include "esphome/core/log.h"
+#include <pgmspace.h>
 
 namespace esphome::logger {