diff --git a/esphome/components/nrf52/__init__.py b/esphome/components/nrf52/__init__.py
index 7cd0c6cdc1..de9dc6401e 100644
--- a/esphome/components/nrf52/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/nrf52/__init__.py
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ _PCH_CMAKE_LINES = [
     "set(esphome_kept_options)",
     "set(esphome_pch_headers)",
     "foreach(option IN LISTS esphome_options)",
-    '  if(option MATCHES "imacros> (.+)$")',
+    '  if(option MATCHES "imacros> ([^>]+)")',
     '    list(APPEND esphome_pch_headers "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")',
     "    list(APPEND esphome_kept_options",
     '        "$<$<NOT:$<AND:$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>,$<STREQUAL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:NAME>,app>>>:${option}>")',