diff --git a/esphome/components/template/datetime/template_datetime.h b/esphome/components/template/datetime/template_datetime.h
index cb1fd01132..ef80ded89a 100644
--- a/esphome/components/template/datetime/template_datetime.h
+++ b/esphome/components/template/datetime/template_datetime.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 #include "esphome/core/defines.h"
 
-#ifdef USE_DATETIME_TIME
+#ifdef USE_DATETIME_DATETIME
 
 #include "esphome/components/datetime/datetime_entity.h"
 #include "esphome/core/automation.h"
@@ -43,4 +43,4 @@ class TemplateDateTime : public datetime::DateTimeEntity, public PollingComponen
 }  // namespace template_
 }  // namespace esphome
 
-#endif  // USE_DATETIME_TIME
+#endif  // USE_DATETIME_DATETIME