diff --git a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/multipart.h b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/multipart.h
index d9a7da88e1..3edb61978a 100644
--- a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/multipart.h
+++ b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/multipart.h
@@ -85,4 +85,4 @@ std::string str_trim(const std::string &str);
 
 }  // namespace web_server_idf
 }  // namespace esphome
-#endif  // defined(USE_ESP_IDF) && defined(USE_WEBSERVER_OTA)
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif  // defined(USE_ESP_IDF) && defined(USE_WEBSERVER_OTA)
diff --git a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.cpp b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.cpp
index 2be9418d78..eb3a6b8401 100644
--- a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 #include "web_server_idf.h"
 
 #ifdef USE_WEBSERVER_OTA
-#include "multipart.h"
+#include <multipart_parser.h>
+#include "multipart.h"  // For parse_multipart_boundary and other utils
 #endif
 
 #ifdef USE_WEBSERVER