diff --git a/esphome/components/status/binary_sensor.py b/esphome/components/status/binary_sensor.py
index 1f2b7c9d18..adc342ed4d 100644
--- a/esphome/components/status/binary_sensor.py
+++ b/esphome/components/status/binary_sensor.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ from esphome.const import (
     ENTITY_CATEGORY_DIAGNOSTIC,
 )
 
+DEPENDENCIES = ["network"]
+
 status_ns = cg.esphome_ns.namespace("status")
 StatusBinarySensor = status_ns.class_(
     "StatusBinarySensor", binary_sensor.BinarySensor, cg.Component