diff --git a/esphome/const.py b/esphome/const.py
index 088750b93b..07d2c4fa9b 100644
--- a/esphome/const.py
+++ b/esphome/const.py
@@ -433,3 +433,4 @@ ARDUINO_VERSION_ESP32_1_0_1 = 'espressif32@1.6.0'
 ARDUINO_VERSION_ESP8266_DEV = 'https://github.com/platformio/platform-espressif8266.git#feature' \
                               '/stage'
 ARDUINO_VERSION_ESP8266_2_5_0 = 'espressif8266@2.0.0'
+ARDUINO_VERSION_ESP8266_2_3_0 = 'espressif8266@1.5.0'
diff --git a/esphome/writer.py b/esphome/writer.py
index 450b974592..953680e467 100644
--- a/esphome/writer.py
+++ b/esphome/writer.py
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ import shutil
 from esphome.config import iter_components
 from esphome.const import ARDUINO_VERSION_ESP32_1_0_0, ARDUINO_VERSION_ESP8266_2_5_0, \
     ARDUINO_VERSION_ESP8266_DEV, CONF_BOARD_FLASH_MODE, CONF_BRANCH, CONF_COMMIT, CONF_ESPHOME, \
-    CONF_LOCAL, CONF_PLATFORMIO_OPTIONS, CONF_REPOSITORY, CONF_TAG, CONF_USE_CUSTOM_CODE
+    CONF_LOCAL, CONF_PLATFORMIO_OPTIONS, CONF_REPOSITORY, CONF_TAG, CONF_USE_CUSTOM_CODE, \
+    ARDUINO_VERSION_ESP8266_2_3_0
 from esphome.core import CORE, EsphomeError
 from esphome.core_config import GITHUB_ARCHIVE_ZIP, LIBRARY_URI_REPO, VERSION_REGEX
 from esphome.helpers import mkdir_p, run_system_command
@@ -342,13 +343,14 @@ def gather_build_flags():
             '-DUSE_WIFI_SIGNAL_SENSOR',
         }
 
-    if CORE.is_esp8266 and CORE.board in ESP8266_FLASH_SIZES:
+    if CORE.is_esp8266 and CORE.board in ESP8266_FLASH_SIZES and \
+            CORE.arduino_version != ARDUINO_VERSION_ESP8266_2_3_0:
         flash_size = ESP8266_FLASH_SIZES[CORE.board]
         ld_scripts = ESP8266_LD_SCRIPTS[flash_size]
         ld_script = None
 
         if CORE.arduino_version in ('espressif8266@1.8.0', 'espressif8266@1.7.3',
-                                    'espressif8266@1.6.0', 'espressif8266@1.5.0'):
+                                    'espressif8266@1.6.0'):
             ld_script = ld_scripts[0]
         elif CORE.arduino_version in (ARDUINO_VERSION_ESP8266_DEV, ARDUINO_VERSION_ESP8266_2_5_0):
             ld_script = ld_scripts[1]