diff --git a/esphome/components/audio/__init__.py b/esphome/components/audio/__init__.py
index 6c721652e1..066dcc312e 100644
--- a/esphome/components/audio/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/audio/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import esphome.codegen as cg
-from esphome.components.esp32 import add_idf_component
+from esphome.components.esp32 import add_idf_component, include_idf_component
 import esphome.config_validation as cv
 from esphome.const import CONF_BITS_PER_SAMPLE, CONF_NUM_CHANNELS, CONF_SAMPLE_RATE
 import esphome.final_validate as fv
@@ -166,6 +166,9 @@ def final_validate_audio_schema(
 
 
 async def to_code(config):
+    # Re-enable ESP-IDF's HTTP client (excluded by default to save compile time)
+    include_idf_component("esp_http_client")
+
     add_idf_component(
         name="esphome/esp-audio-libs",
         ref="2.0.3",
diff --git a/esphome/components/nextion/display.py b/esphome/components/nextion/display.py
index ffc509fc64..99c8f91429 100644
--- a/esphome/components/nextion/display.py
+++ b/esphome/components/nextion/display.py
@@ -149,6 +149,10 @@ async def nextion_set_brightness_to_code(config, action_id, template_arg, args):
 
 
 async def to_code(config):
+    if CORE.is_esp32:
+        # Re-enable ESP-IDF's HTTP client (excluded by default to save compile time)
+        esp32.include_idf_component("esp_http_client")
+
     var = cg.new_Pvariable(config[CONF_ID])
     await uart.register_uart_device(var, config)