diff --git a/esphome/components/dfplayer/__init__.py b/esphome/components/dfplayer/__init__.py
index bb18e6ba8c..afe8c72675 100644
--- a/esphome/components/dfplayer/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/dfplayer/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from typing import Any
+
 from esphome import automation
 import esphome.codegen as cg
 from esphome.components import uart
@@ -16,6 +18,7 @@ DFPlayerIsPlayingCondition = dfplayer_ns.class_(
 
 MULTI_CONF = True
 CONF_FOLDER = "folder"
+CONF_ENABLE = "enable"
 CONF_EQ_PRESET = "eq_preset"
 CONF_ON_FINISHED_PLAYBACK = "on_finished_playback"
 
@@ -375,6 +378,32 @@ async def dfplayer_random_to_code(config, action_id, template_arg, args):
     return var
 
 
+def _default_enable(value: Any) -> Any:
+    """Fill in ``enable: true`` for a bare action or a mapping that only picks the player.
+
+    Done before ``maybe_simple_value`` so neither form is wrapped as the ``enable`` value.
+    """
+    if value is None or isinstance(value, dict):
+        return {CONF_ENABLE: True, **(value or {})}
+    return value
+
+
+automation.register_apply_action(
+    "dfplayer.set_current_track_repeat",
+    cv.All(
+        _default_enable,
+        cv.maybe_simple_value(
+            {
+                cv.GenerateID(): cv.use_id(DFPlayer),
+                cv.Optional(CONF_ENABLE, default=True): cv.templatable(cv.boolean),
+            },
+            key=CONF_ENABLE,
+        ),
+    ),
+    automation.ApplyField(CONF_ENABLE, "set_current_track_repeat", cg.bool_),
+)
+
+
 @automation.register_condition(
     "dfplayer.is_playing",
     DFPlayerIsPlayingCondition,
diff --git a/esphome/components/dfplayer/dfplayer.cpp b/esphome/components/dfplayer/dfplayer.cpp
index f81d1cd1b6..1195f595c8 100644
--- a/esphome/components/dfplayer/dfplayer.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/dfplayer/dfplayer.cpp
@@ -102,6 +102,13 @@ void DFPlayer::random() {
   this->send_cmd_(0x18);
 }
 
+void DFPlayer::set_current_track_repeat(bool enable) {
+  uint16_t arg = enable ? 0x00 : 0x01;
+  ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Setting current track repeat to %s",
+           enable ? LOG_STR_LITERAL("enabled") : LOG_STR_LITERAL("disabled"));
+  this->send_cmd_(0x19, arg);
+}
+
 void DFPlayer::play_folder(uint16_t folder, uint16_t file) {
   ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Playing file %d in folder %d", file, folder);
   if (folder < 100 && file < 256) {
diff --git a/esphome/components/dfplayer/dfplayer.h b/esphome/components/dfplayer/dfplayer.h
index 1db6b394c5..66cf929408 100644
--- a/esphome/components/dfplayer/dfplayer.h
+++ b/esphome/components/dfplayer/dfplayer.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ class DFPlayer final : public uart::UARTDevice, public Component {
   void pause();
   void stop();
   void random();
+  void set_current_track_repeat(bool enable);
 
   bool is_playing() { return is_playing_; }
   void dump_config() override;
diff --git a/tests/components/dfplayer/common.yaml b/tests/components/dfplayer/common.yaml
index 5d2540c275..940f07a2ed 100644
--- a/tests/components/dfplayer/common.yaml
+++ b/tests/components/dfplayer/common.yaml
@@ -25,8 +25,17 @@ esphome:
       - dfplayer.volume_up
       - dfplayer.volume_down
       - dfplayer.sleep
+      - dfplayer.set_current_track_repeat
+      - dfplayer.set_current_track_repeat: true
+      - dfplayer.set_current_track_repeat:
+          enable: false
+      - dfplayer.set_current_track_repeat:
+          enable: !lambda return true;
+      - dfplayer.set_current_track_repeat:
+          id: dfplayer_test
 
 dfplayer:
+  id: dfplayer_test
   on_finished_playback:
     then:
       if: