diff --git a/esphome/core/application.cpp b/esphome/core/application.cpp
index 449acc64cf..aad71ff4d0 100644
--- a/esphome/core/application.cpp
+++ b/esphome/core/application.cpp
@@ -669,7 +669,14 @@ void Application::yield_with_select_(uint32_t delay_ms) {
 #endif
 }
 
-Application App;  // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-non-const-global-variables)
+// App storage — asm label shares the linker symbol with "extern Application App".
+// char[] is trivially destructible, so no __cxa_atexit or destructor chain is emitted.
+// Constructed via placement new in the generated setup().
+#ifndef __GXX_ABI_VERSION
+#error "Application placement new requires Itanium C++ ABI (GCC/Clang)"
+#endif
+// NOLINTNEXTLINE(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-non-const-global-variables)
+alignas(Application) char app_storage[sizeof(Application)] asm("_ZN7esphome3AppE");
 
 #if defined(USE_SOCKET_SELECT_SUPPORT) && defined(USE_WAKE_LOOP_THREADSAFE)
 void Application::setup_wake_loop_threadsafe_() {
diff --git a/esphome/core/config.py b/esphome/core/config.py
index 21ed8ced1a..a2b8746a62 100644
--- a/esphome/core/config.py
+++ b/esphome/core/config.py
@@ -512,6 +512,9 @@ async def to_code(config: ConfigType) -> None:
     cg.add_global(cg.RawExpression("using std::min"))
     cg.add_global(cg.RawExpression("using std::max"))
 
+    # Construct App via placement new — see application.cpp for storage details
+    cg.add_global(cg.RawExpression("#include <new>"))
+    cg.add(cg.RawExpression("new (&App) Application()"))
     cg.add(
         cg.App.pre_setup(
             config[CONF_NAME],