diff --git a/esphome/config_validation.py b/esphome/config_validation.py
index 7b68681ed2..2e7a4e5677 100644
--- a/esphome/config_validation.py
+++ b/esphome/config_validation.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ from esphome.jsonschema import (
     jschema_registry,
     jschema_typed,
 )
-
+from esphome.util import parse_esphome_version
 from esphome.voluptuous_schema import _Schema
 from esphome.yaml_util import make_data_base
 
@@ -1742,6 +1742,19 @@ def require_framework_version(
     return validator
 
 
+def require_esphome_version(year, month, patch):
+    def validator(value):
+        esphome_version = parse_esphome_version()
+        if esphome_version < (year, month, patch):
+            requires_version = f"{year}.{month}.{patch}"
+            raise Invalid(
+                f"This component requires at least ESPHome version {requires_version}"
+            )
+        return value
+
+    return validator
+
+
 @contextmanager
 def suppress_invalid():
     try:
diff --git a/esphome/util.py b/esphome/util.py
index b2ba0c22c3..9975f5fc72 100644
--- a/esphome/util.py
+++ b/esphome/util.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import typing
 from typing import Union, List
 
 import collections
@@ -242,6 +243,13 @@ def is_dev_esphome_version():
     return "dev" in const.__version__
 
 
+def parse_esphome_version() -> typing.Tuple[int, int, int]:
+    match = re.match(r"^(\d+).(\d+).(\d+)(-dev\d*|b\d*)?$", const.__version__)
+    if match is None:
+        raise ValueError(f"Failed to parse ESPHome version '{const.__version__}'")
+    return int(match.group(1)), int(match.group(2)), int(match.group(3))
+
+
 # Custom OrderedDict with nicer repr method for debugging
 class OrderedDict(collections.OrderedDict):
     def __repr__(self):