diff --git a/esphome/components/binary_sensor/__init__.py b/esphome/components/binary_sensor/__init__.py
index c391e12895..c082e2e9af 100644
--- a/esphome/components/binary_sensor/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/binary_sensor/__init__.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ IS_PLATFORM_COMPONENT = True
 
 binary_sensor_ns = cg.esphome_ns.namespace('binary_sensor')
 BinarySensor = binary_sensor_ns.class_('BinarySensor', cg.Nameable)
+BinarySensorInitiallyOff = binary_sensor_ns.class_('BinarySensorInitiallyOff', BinarySensor)
 BinarySensorPtr = BinarySensor.operator('ptr')
 
 # Triggers
diff --git a/esphome/components/binary_sensor/binary_sensor.h b/esphome/components/binary_sensor/binary_sensor.h
index 577e87258c..f91c93c424 100644
--- a/esphome/components/binary_sensor/binary_sensor.h
+++ b/esphome/components/binary_sensor/binary_sensor.h
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class BinarySensor : public Nameable {
   void send_state_internal(bool state, bool is_initial);
 
   /// Return whether this binary sensor has outputted a state.
-  bool has_state() const;
+  virtual bool has_state() const;
 
   virtual bool is_status_binary_sensor() const;
 
@@ -86,5 +86,10 @@ class BinarySensor : public Nameable {
   Deduplicator<bool> publish_dedup_;
 };
 
+class BinarySensorInitiallyOff : public BinarySensor {
+ public:
+  bool has_state() const override { return true; }
+};
+
 }  // namespace binary_sensor
 }  // namespace esphome
diff --git a/esphome/components/ble_presence/ble_presence_device.h b/esphome/components/ble_presence/ble_presence_device.h
index 9d7ec83bc7..e721db7dcd 100644
--- a/esphome/components/ble_presence/ble_presence_device.h
+++ b/esphome/components/ble_presence/ble_presence_device.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 namespace esphome {
 namespace ble_presence {
 
-class BLEPresenceDevice : public binary_sensor::BinarySensor,
+class BLEPresenceDevice : public binary_sensor::BinarySensorInitiallyOff,
                           public esp32_ble_tracker::ESPBTDeviceListener,
                           public Component {
  public:
diff --git a/esphome/components/nextion/nextion.h b/esphome/components/nextion/nextion.h
index 92b41a88af..bd37e241e9 100644
--- a/esphome/components/nextion/nextion.h
+++ b/esphome/components/nextion/nextion.h
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ class Nextion : public PollingComponent, public uart::UARTDevice {
   bool wait_for_ack_{true};
 };
 
-class NextionTouchComponent : public binary_sensor::BinarySensor {
+class NextionTouchComponent : public binary_sensor::BinarySensorInitiallyOff {
  public:
   void set_page_id(uint8_t page_id) { page_id_ = page_id; }
   void set_component_id(uint8_t component_id) { component_id_ = component_id; }
diff --git a/esphome/components/rdm6300/rdm6300.h b/esphome/components/rdm6300/rdm6300.h
index a67b6e7ce8..13df400754 100644
--- a/esphome/components/rdm6300/rdm6300.h
+++ b/esphome/components/rdm6300/rdm6300.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class RDM6300Component : public Component, public uart::UARTDevice {
   uint32_t last_id_{0};
 };
 
-class RDM6300BinarySensor : public binary_sensor::BinarySensor {
+class RDM6300BinarySensor : public binary_sensor::BinarySensorInitiallyOff {
  public:
   void set_id(uint32_t id) { id_ = id; }
 
diff --git a/esphome/components/remote_base/remote_base.h b/esphome/components/remote_base/remote_base.h
index 6035e2fd57..36be25add7 100644
--- a/esphome/components/remote_base/remote_base.h
+++ b/esphome/components/remote_base/remote_base.h
@@ -267,11 +267,11 @@ class RemoteReceiverBase : public RemoteComponentBase {
   uint8_t tolerance_{25};
 };
 
-class RemoteReceiverBinarySensorBase : public binary_sensor::BinarySensor,
+class RemoteReceiverBinarySensorBase : public binary_sensor::BinarySensorInitiallyOff,
                                        public Component,
                                        public RemoteReceiverListener {
  public:
-  explicit RemoteReceiverBinarySensorBase() : BinarySensor() {}
+  explicit RemoteReceiverBinarySensorBase() : BinarySensorInitiallyOff() {}
   void dump_config() override;
   virtual bool matches(RemoteReceiveData src) = 0;
   bool on_receive(RemoteReceiveData src) override {
diff --git a/esphome/components/status/status_binary_sensor.cpp b/esphome/components/status/status_binary_sensor.cpp
index 7fbeb8c171..90ac1faad7 100644
--- a/esphome/components/status/status_binary_sensor.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/status/status_binary_sensor.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ void StatusBinarySensor::loop() {
 
   this->publish_state(status);
 }
-void StatusBinarySensor::setup() { this->publish_state(false); }
+void StatusBinarySensor::setup() { this->publish_initial_state(false); }
 void StatusBinarySensor::dump_config() { LOG_BINARY_SENSOR("", "Status Binary Sensor", this); }
 
 }  // namespace status