diff --git a/src/panels/config/automation/condition/types/ha-automation-condition-time.ts b/src/panels/config/automation/condition/types/ha-automation-condition-time.ts
index f9398b197d..0180a7494f 100644
--- a/src/panels/config/automation/condition/types/ha-automation-condition-time.ts
+++ b/src/panels/config/automation/condition/types/ha-automation-condition-time.ts
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ export class HaTimeCondition extends LitElement implements ConditionElement {
             .value=${after?.startsWith("input_datetime.") ? after : ""}
             @value-changed=${this._valueChanged}
             .hass=${this.hass}
+            allow-custom-entity
           ></ha-entity-picker>`
         : html`<paper-input
             .label=${this.hass.localize(
diff --git a/src/panels/config/automation/trigger/types/ha-automation-trigger-time.ts b/src/panels/config/automation/trigger/types/ha-automation-trigger-time.ts
index 1d9e6fa677..5b18ff0e20 100644
--- a/src/panels/config/automation/trigger/types/ha-automation-trigger-time.ts
+++ b/src/panels/config/automation/trigger/types/ha-automation-trigger-time.ts
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ export class HaTimeTrigger extends LitElement implements TriggerElement {
             .value=${at?.startsWith("input_datetime.") ? at : ""}
             @value-changed=${this._valueChanged}
             .hass=${this.hass}
+            allow-custom-entity
           ></ha-entity-picker>`
         : html`<paper-input
             .label=${this.hass.localize(