diff --git a/esphome/core/application.cpp b/esphome/core/application.cpp
index aad71ff4d0..f3d9fac0da 100644
--- a/esphome/core/application.cpp
+++ b/esphome/core/application.cpp
@@ -675,6 +675,7 @@ void Application::yield_with_select_(uint32_t delay_ms) {
 #ifndef __GXX_ABI_VERSION
 #error "Application placement new requires Itanium C++ ABI (GCC/Clang)"
 #endif
+static_assert(std::is_default_constructible<Application>::value, "Application must be default-constructible");
 // NOLINTNEXTLINE(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-non-const-global-variables)
 alignas(Application) char app_storage[sizeof(Application)] asm("_ZN7esphome3AppE");
 
diff --git a/esphome/core/config.py b/esphome/core/config.py
index a2b8746a62..215432835a 100644
--- a/esphome/core/config.py
+++ b/esphome/core/config.py
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ async def to_code(config: ConfigType) -> None:
     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_global(cg.RawStatement("#include <new>"))
     cg.add(cg.RawExpression("new (&App) Application()"))
     cg.add(
         cg.App.pre_setup(