From 9aa17984df3a0766c18c02ed60f4575ba69a7fb9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan Swoboda <154711427+swoboda1337@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 12:25:26 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] [pulse_counter] Fix build failure when use_pcnt is false
 (#14111)

Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 .../components/pulse_counter/pulse_counter_sensor.h    |  4 ++--
 .../pulse_counter/test-no-pcnt.esp32-idf.yaml          | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tests/components/pulse_counter/test-no-pcnt.esp32-idf.yaml

diff --git a/esphome/components/pulse_counter/pulse_counter_sensor.h b/esphome/components/pulse_counter/pulse_counter_sensor.h
index a7913d5d66..7a68858099 100644
--- a/esphome/components/pulse_counter/pulse_counter_sensor.h
+++ b/esphome/components/pulse_counter/pulse_counter_sensor.h
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
 
 #if defined(USE_ESP32)
 #include <soc/soc_caps.h>
-#ifdef SOC_PCNT_SUPPORTED
+#if defined(SOC_PCNT_SUPPORTED) && __has_include(<driver/pulse_cnt.h>)
 #include <driver/pulse_cnt.h>
 #define HAS_PCNT
-#endif  // SOC_PCNT_SUPPORTED
+#endif  // defined(SOC_PCNT_SUPPORTED) && __has_include(<driver/pulse_cnt.h>)
 #endif  // USE_ESP32
 
 namespace esphome {
diff --git a/tests/components/pulse_counter/test-no-pcnt.esp32-idf.yaml b/tests/components/pulse_counter/test-no-pcnt.esp32-idf.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cd15cc781d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/components/pulse_counter/test-no-pcnt.esp32-idf.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+sensor:
+  - platform: pulse_counter
+    name: Pulse Counter
+    pin: 4
+    use_pcnt: false
+    count_mode:
+      rising_edge: INCREMENT
+      falling_edge: DECREMENT
+    internal_filter: 13us
+    update_interval: 15s