diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp b/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp
index 7ea52e9a9e..e28b244722 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp
@@ -1242,6 +1242,9 @@ VoiceAssistantConfigurationResponse APIConnection::voice_assistant_get_configura
       }
       resp.available_wake_words.push_back(std::move(resp_wake_word));
     }
+    for (auto &wake_word_id : config.active_wake_words) {
+      resp.active_wake_words.push_back(wake_word_id);
+    }
     resp.max_active_wake_words = config.max_active_wake_words;
   }
   return resp;