diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
index 3ae9f71ead..8aa96d14af 100644
--- a/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/CODEOWNERS
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ esphome/components/ota/* @esphome/core
 esphome/components/output/* @esphome/core
 esphome/components/pid/* @OttoWinter
 esphome/components/pipsolar/* @andreashergert1984
+esphome/components/pm1006/* @habbie
 esphome/components/pmsa003i/* @sjtrny
 esphome/components/pn532/* @OttoWinter @jesserockz
 esphome/components/pn532_i2c/* @OttoWinter @jesserockz
diff --git a/esphome/components/pm1006/pm1006.cpp b/esphome/components/pm1006/pm1006.cpp
index 9bedb3cfc0..1a89307eee 100644
--- a/esphome/components/pm1006/pm1006.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/pm1006/pm1006.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ namespace pm1006 {
 static const char *const TAG = "pm1006";
 
 static const uint8_t PM1006_RESPONSE_HEADER[] = {0x16, 0x11, 0x0B};
+static const uint8_t PM1006_REQUEST[] = {0x11, 0x02, 0x0B, 0x01, 0xE1};
 
 void PM1006Component::setup() {
   // because this implementation is currently rx-only, there is nothing to setup
@@ -15,9 +16,15 @@ void PM1006Component::setup() {
 void PM1006Component::dump_config() {
   ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "PM1006:");
   LOG_SENSOR("  ", "PM2.5", this->pm_2_5_sensor_);
+  LOG_UPDATE_INTERVAL(this);
   this->check_uart_settings(9600);
 }
 
+void PM1006Component::update() {
+  ESP_LOGV(TAG, "sending measurement request");
+  this->write_array(PM1006_REQUEST, sizeof(PM1006_REQUEST));
+}
+
 void PM1006Component::loop() {
   while (this->available() != 0) {
     this->read_byte(&this->data_[this->data_index_]);
diff --git a/esphome/components/pm1006/pm1006.h b/esphome/components/pm1006/pm1006.h
index 66f4cf0311..238ac67006 100644
--- a/esphome/components/pm1006/pm1006.h
+++ b/esphome/components/pm1006/pm1006.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 namespace esphome {
 namespace pm1006 {
 
-class PM1006Component : public Component, public uart::UARTDevice {
+class PM1006Component : public PollingComponent, public uart::UARTDevice {
  public:
   PM1006Component() = default;
 
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class PM1006Component : public Component, public uart::UARTDevice {
   void setup() override;
   void dump_config() override;
   void loop() override;
+  void update() override;
 
   float get_setup_priority() const override;
 
diff --git a/esphome/components/pm1006/sensor.py b/esphome/components/pm1006/sensor.py
index 0423be61e2..1e648be199 100644
--- a/esphome/components/pm1006/sensor.py
+++ b/esphome/components/pm1006/sensor.py
@@ -4,12 +4,15 @@ from esphome.components import sensor, uart
 from esphome.const import (
     CONF_ID,
     CONF_PM_2_5,
+    CONF_UPDATE_INTERVAL,
     DEVICE_CLASS_PM25,
     STATE_CLASS_MEASUREMENT,
     UNIT_MICROGRAMS_PER_CUBIC_METER,
     ICON_BLUR,
 )
+from esphome.core import TimePeriodMilliseconds
 
+CODEOWNERS = ["@habbie"]
 DEPENDENCIES = ["uart"]
 
 pm1006_ns = cg.esphome_ns.namespace("pm1006")
@@ -30,10 +33,28 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.All(
         }
     )
     .extend(cv.COMPONENT_SCHEMA)
-    .extend(uart.UART_DEVICE_SCHEMA),
+    .extend(uart.UART_DEVICE_SCHEMA)
+    .extend(cv.polling_component_schema("never")),
 )
 
 
+def validate_interval_uart(config):
+    require_tx = False
+
+    interval = config.get(CONF_UPDATE_INTERVAL)
+
+    if isinstance(interval, TimePeriodMilliseconds):
+        # 'never' is encoded as a very large int, not as a TimePeriodMilliseconds objects
+        require_tx = True
+
+    uart.final_validate_device_schema(
+        "pm1006", baud_rate=9600, require_rx=True, require_tx=require_tx
+    )(config)
+
+
+FINAL_VALIDATE_SCHEMA = validate_interval_uart
+
+
 async def to_code(config):
     var = cg.new_Pvariable(config[CONF_ID])
     await cg.register_component(var, config)