diff --git a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/__init__.py b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/__init__.py
index b4a07da3e1..dfb32107e8 100644
--- a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/__init__.py
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ async def to_code(config):
 
     # Check if web_server component has OTA enabled
     web_server_config = CORE.config.get("web_server", {})
-    if web_server_config and web_server_config[CONF_OTA]:
+    if web_server_config and web_server_config[CONF_OTA] and "ota" in CORE.config:
         # Add multipart parser component for ESP-IDF OTA support
         add_idf_component(name="zorxx/multipart-parser", ref="1.0.1")
diff --git a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/multipart_parser_utils.h b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/multipart_parser_utils.h
index e552b2b7de..5787e3d880 100644
--- a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/multipart_parser_utils.h
+++ b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/multipart_parser_utils.h
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #pragma once
+#include "esphome/core/defines.h"
 #ifdef USE_ESP_IDF
 #ifdef USE_WEBSERVER_OTA
 
diff --git a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/multipart_reader.cpp b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/multipart_reader.cpp
index 73ba79e890..435308ea54 100644
--- a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/multipart_reader.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/multipart_reader.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include "esphome/core/defines.h"
 #ifdef USE_ESP_IDF
 #ifdef USE_WEBSERVER_OTA
 #include "multipart_reader.h"
diff --git a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/multipart_reader.h b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/multipart_reader.h
index 5d959b3f41..be82e8a1a5 100644
--- a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/multipart_reader.h
+++ b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/multipart_reader.h
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #pragma once
+#include "esphome/core/defines.h"
 #ifdef USE_ESP_IDF
 #ifdef USE_WEBSERVER_OTA