diff --git a/esphome/components/esp32/__init__.py b/esphome/components/esp32/__init__.py
index 274cc6fdb3d..24312d64ade 100644
--- a/esphome/components/esp32/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/esp32/__init__.py
@@ -1821,6 +1821,7 @@ async def to_code(config):
         cg.add_build_flag("-Wno-error=overloaded-virtual")
         cg.add_build_flag("-Wno-error=reorder")
         cg.add_build_flag("-Wno-error=volatile")
+        cg.add_build_flag("-Wno-error=cpp")
         # -Wno- (not -Wno-error=): suppress entirely, too noisy on C++ aggregates
         cg.add_build_flag("-Wno-missing-field-initializers")