diff --git a/esphome/components/runtime_image/image_format.cpp b/esphome/components/runtime_image/image_format.cpp
index 3ba8871862..9575b30887 100644
--- a/esphome/components/runtime_image/image_format.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/runtime_image/image_format.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+#include "esphome/core/defines.h"
 #include "esphome/core/helpers.h"
 #include "image_format.h"
-#include "image_decoder.h"
 
 namespace esphome::runtime_image {