diff --git a/esphome/components/i2c/i2c.h b/esphome/components/i2c/i2c.h
index 8d8e139c61..15f786245b 100644
--- a/esphome/components/i2c/i2c.h
+++ b/esphome/components/i2c/i2c.h
@@ -139,6 +139,10 @@ class I2CDevice {
   /// @param address of the device
   void set_i2c_address(uint8_t address) { address_ = address; }
 
+  /// @brief Returns the I2C address of the object.
+  /// @return the I2C address
+  uint8_t get_i2c_address() const { return this->address_; }
+
   /// @brief we store the pointer to the I2CBus to use
   /// @param bus pointer to the I2CBus object
   void set_i2c_bus(I2CBus *bus) { bus_ = bus; }