diff --git a/esphome/components/remote_base/remote_base.cpp b/esphome/components/remote_base/remote_base.cpp
index 40c699e8ea..095f95053f 100644
--- a/esphome/components/remote_base/remote_base.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/remote_base/remote_base.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #include "remote_base.h"
 #include "esphome/core/log.h"
 
+#include <cinttypes>
+
 namespace esphome {
 namespace remote_base {