diff --git a/esphome/components/climate/climate.cpp b/esphome/components/climate/climate.cpp
index 9ef7c3daa88..22e07d2b88d 100644
--- a/esphome/components/climate/climate.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/climate/climate.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "esphome/core/defines.h"
 #include "esphome/core/controller_registry.h"
 #include "esphome/core/macros.h"
+#include <strings.h>
 
 namespace esphome::climate {