diff --git a/esphome/components/logger/logger.h b/esphome/components/logger/logger.h
index a3aaadb137..c2f07914c7 100644
--- a/esphome/components/logger/logger.h
+++ b/esphome/components/logger/logger.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #endif  // USE_ESP_IDF
 
 #ifdef USE_ZEPHYR
+#include <zephyr/kernel.h>
 struct device;
 #endif
 
diff --git a/esphome/components/zephyr/helpers.cpp b/esphome/components/zephyr/helpers.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f57463aabd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/esphome/components/zephyr/helpers.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#include "esphome/core/helpers.h"
+#include <zephyr/kernel.h>
+
+namespace esphome {
+Mutex::Mutex() {
+  auto mutex = new k_mutex();
+  this->handle_ = mutex;
+  k_mutex_init(mutex);
+}
+Mutex::~Mutex() { delete static_cast<k_mutex *>(this->handle_); }
+void Mutex::lock() { k_mutex_lock(static_cast<k_mutex *>(this->handle_), K_FOREVER); }
+bool Mutex::try_lock() { return k_mutex_lock(static_cast<k_mutex *>(this->handle_), K_NO_WAIT) == 0; }
+void Mutex::unlock() { k_mutex_unlock(static_cast<k_mutex *>(this->handle_)); }
+uint32_t random_uint32() { return rand(); }
+}  // namespace esphome
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/esphome/components/zephyr/preferences.cpp b/esphome/components/zephyr/preferences.cpp
index bd528193b0..d702366044 100644
--- a/esphome/components/zephyr/preferences.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/zephyr/preferences.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #ifdef USE_ZEPHYR
 
+#include <zephyr/kernel.h>
 #include "esphome/core/preferences.h"
 #include "esphome/core/log.h"
 #include <zephyr/settings/settings.h>