diff --git a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.cpp b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.cpp
index 69b27e90ed..46a389f359 100644
--- a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.cpp
@@ -32,9 +32,16 @@
 
 namespace esphome::web_server_idf {
 
+// Status strings not provided by esp_http_server.h
+#ifndef HTTPD_401
+#define HTTPD_401 "401 Unauthorized"
+#endif
 #ifndef HTTPD_409
 #define HTTPD_409 "409 Conflict"
 #endif
+#ifndef HTTPD_422
+#define HTTPD_422 "422 Unprocessable Entity"
+#endif
 
 #define CRLF_STR "\r\n"
 #define CRLF_LEN (sizeof(CRLF_STR) - 1)
@@ -327,12 +334,24 @@ void AsyncWebServerRequest::init_response_(AsyncWebServerResponse *rsp, int code
     case 200:
       status = HTTPD_200;
       break;
+    case 204:
+      status = HTTPD_204;
+      break;
+    case 400:
+      status = HTTPD_400;
+      break;
+    case 401:
+      status = HTTPD_401;
+      break;
     case 404:
       status = HTTPD_404;
       break;
     case 409:
       status = HTTPD_409;
       break;
+    case 422:
+      status = HTTPD_422;
+      break;
     default:
       status = HTTPD_500;
       break;