diff --git a/esphome/components/epaper_spi/display.py b/esphome/components/epaper_spi/display.py
index 3fa504539b..487e8e5ef4 100644
--- a/esphome/components/epaper_spi/display.py
+++ b/esphome/components/epaper_spi/display.py
@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ automation.register_apply_action(
     automation.ApplyCall("request_full_update()"),
 )
 
+automation.register_apply_condition(
+    "epaper_spi.is_updating",
+    automation.maybe_simple_id({cv.Required(CONF_ID): cv.use_id(EPaperBase)}),
+    "is_updating()",
+)
+
 # Import all models dynamically from the models package
 for module_info in pkgutil.iter_modules(models.__path__):
     importlib.import_module(f".models.{module_info.name}", package=__package__)
diff --git a/esphome/components/epaper_spi/epaper_spi.h b/esphome/components/epaper_spi/epaper_spi.h
index 0040c867b2..96755a404e 100644
--- a/esphome/components/epaper_spi/epaper_spi.h
+++ b/esphome/components/epaper_spi/epaper_spi.h
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ class EPaperBase : public Display,
   void draw_pixel_at(int x, int y, Color color) override;
   // Make the next update a full one. Applied when that update starts, so one in progress is not affected.
   void request_full_update() { this->full_update_requested_ = true; }
+  // True from the start of an update until the display has refreshed and gone back to sleep.
+  bool is_updating() const { return this->state_ != EPaperState::IDLE; }
 
  protected:
   int get_height_internal() override { return this->height_; };
diff --git a/tests/component_tests/epaper_spi/config/full_update_next_test.yaml b/tests/component_tests/epaper_spi/config/full_update_next_test.yaml
index de5e678a70..ab8389798b 100644
--- a/tests/component_tests/epaper_spi/config/full_update_next_test.yaml
+++ b/tests/component_tests/epaper_spi/config/full_update_next_test.yaml
@@ -27,3 +27,8 @@ binary_sensor:
     name: Trigger
     on_press:
       - epaper_spi.full_update_next: epaper_display
+      - if:
+          condition:
+            epaper_spi.is_updating: epaper_display
+          then:
+            - component.update: epaper_display
diff --git a/tests/component_tests/epaper_spi/test_init.py b/tests/component_tests/epaper_spi/test_init.py
index 9d6ebe831a..4b8f578892 100644
--- a/tests/component_tests/epaper_spi/test_init.py
+++ b/tests/component_tests/epaper_spi/test_init.py
@@ -551,6 +551,16 @@ def test_full_update_next_action_code_generation(
     assert "epaper_display->request_full_update();" in main_cpp
 
 
+def test_is_updating_condition_code_generation(
+    generate_main: Callable[[str | Path], str],
+    component_config_path: Callable[[str], Path],
+) -> None:
+    """The epaper_spi.is_updating condition checks the configured display."""
+    main_cpp = generate_main(component_config_path("full_update_next_test.yaml"))
+
+    assert "epaper_display->is_updating()" in main_cpp
+
+
 def test_model_with_no_default_init_sequence_generates(
     generate_main: Callable[[str | Path], str],
     component_config_path: Callable[[str], Path],
diff --git a/tests/components/epaper_spi/display/test_ssd1677_transfer.cpp b/tests/components/epaper_spi/display/test_ssd1677_transfer.cpp
index cad853b197..01eea3c83a 100644
--- a/tests/components/epaper_spi/display/test_ssd1677_transfer.cpp
+++ b/tests/components/epaper_spi/display/test_ssd1677_transfer.cpp
@@ -196,6 +196,21 @@ TEST(EPaperSSD1677, RequestedFullUpdateAppliesWhenTheNextUpdateStarts) {
   EXPECT_FALSE(display.run_update_state()) << "request was applied more than once";
 }
 
+/// The display reports updating from the start of an update until it is back to idle.
+TEST(EPaperSSD1677, IsUpdatingUntilBackToIdle) {
+  TestableSSD1677 display(16, 2);
+  RecordingDelegate bus(&display.dc);
+  display.install(&bus, 5);
+
+  EXPECT_FALSE(display.is_updating());
+  display.request_full_update();
+  EXPECT_TRUE(display.run_update_state());
+  EXPECT_TRUE(display.is_updating());
+
+  EXPECT_FALSE(display.run_update_state()) << "an update with nothing drawn should not push";
+  EXPECT_FALSE(display.is_updating());
+}
+
 /// Nothing a partial needs lives in controller RAM any more, so a partial push skips the reset
 /// altogether; a full one still gets the hardware pulse and the software reset.
 TEST(EPaperSSD1677, PartialPushSkipsTheResetAndAFullPushKeepsIt) {
diff --git a/tests/components/epaper_spi/test.esp32-s3-idf.yaml b/tests/components/epaper_spi/test.esp32-s3-idf.yaml
index 7a4ce3a5ff..8cb2a99521 100644
--- a/tests/components/epaper_spi/test.esp32-s3-idf.yaml
+++ b/tests/components/epaper_spi/test.esp32-s3-idf.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ esphome:
   on_boot:
     then:
       - epaper_spi.full_update_next: epaper_partial
+      - if:
+          condition:
+            epaper_spi.is_updating: epaper_partial
+          then:
+            - component.update: epaper_partial
 
 display:
   - platform: epaper_spi