diff --git a/esphome/components/es8388/es8388_component.h b/esphome/components/es8388/es8388_component.h
index 2d35858f47..159550eb88 100644
--- a/esphome/components/es8388/es8388_component.h
+++ b/esphome/components/es8388/es8388_component.h
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ namespace es8388 {
 class ES8388Component : public Component, public i2c::I2CDevice {
  public:
   void setup() override;
+
+  float get_setup_priority() const override { return setup_priority::LATE - 1; }
 };
 
 }  // namespace es8388