diff --git a/esphome/components/esp32_camera_web_server/camera_web_server.cpp b/esphome/components/esp32_camera_web_server/camera_web_server.cpp
index ecaef78b77..c9a684c7e5 100644
--- a/esphome/components/esp32_camera_web_server/camera_web_server.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/esp32_camera_web_server/camera_web_server.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 #include "camera_web_server.h"
 #include "esphome/core/application.h"
+#include "esphome/core/hal.h"
 #include "esphome/core/helpers.h"
 #include "esphome/core/log.h"
 #include "esphome/core/util.h"