diff --git a/esphome/components/mdns/mdns_component.cpp b/esphome/components/mdns/mdns_component.cpp
index 13f65edfc4..915c640b06 100644
--- a/esphome/components/mdns/mdns_component.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/mdns/mdns_component.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "esphome/core/defines.h"
 #include "esphome/core/version.h"
 #include "esphome/core/application.h"
+#include "esphome/core/log.h"
 
 #ifdef USE_API
 #include "esphome/components/api/api_server.h"