diff --git a/esphome/components/socket/bsd_sockets_impl.cpp b/esphome/components/socket/bsd_sockets_impl.cpp
index 5d44cd7689..6c356106f3 100644
--- a/esphome/components/socket/bsd_sockets_impl.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/socket/bsd_sockets_impl.cpp
@@ -86,6 +86,13 @@ class BSDSocketImpl : public Socket {
   }
   int listen(int backlog) override { return ::listen(fd_, backlog); }
   ssize_t read(void *buf, size_t len) override { return ::read(fd_, buf, len); }
+  ssize_t recvfrom(void *buf, size_t len, sockaddr *addr, socklen_t *addr_len) override {
+#if defined(USE_ESP32)
+    return ::recvfrom(this->fd_, buf, len, 0, addr, addr_len);
+#else
+    return ::lwip_recvfrom(this->fd_, buf, len, 0, addr, addr_len);
+#endif
+  }
   ssize_t readv(const struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt) override {
 #if defined(USE_ESP32)
     return ::lwip_readv(fd_, iov, iovcnt);
diff --git a/esphome/components/socket/socket.h b/esphome/components/socket/socket.h
index c9b8be88a0..5c12210d15 100644
--- a/esphome/components/socket/socket.h
+++ b/esphome/components/socket/socket.h
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ class Socket {
   virtual int setsockopt(int level, int optname, const void *optval, socklen_t optlen) = 0;
   virtual int listen(int backlog) = 0;
   virtual ssize_t read(void *buf, size_t len) = 0;
+#ifdef USE_SOCKET_IMPL_BSD_SOCKETS
+  virtual ssize_t recvfrom(void *buf, size_t len, sockaddr *addr, socklen_t *addr_len) = 0;
+#endif
   virtual ssize_t readv(const struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt) = 0;
   virtual ssize_t write(const void *buf, size_t len) = 0;
   virtual ssize_t writev(const struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt) = 0;