diff --git a/esphome/components/host/preferences.cpp b/esphome/components/host/preferences.cpp
index bf45893e40..7b939cdebb 100644
--- a/esphome/components/host/preferences.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/host/preferences.cpp
@@ -1,36 +1,87 @@
 #ifdef USE_HOST
 
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <fstream>
 #include "preferences.h"
-#include <cstring>
-#include "esphome/core/preferences.h"
-#include "esphome/core/helpers.h"
-#include "esphome/core/log.h"
-#include "esphome/core/defines.h"
+#include "esphome/core/application.h"
 
 namespace esphome {
 namespace host {
+namespace fs = std::filesystem;
 
 static const char *const TAG = "host.preferences";
 
-class HostPreferences : public ESPPreferences {
- public:
-  ESPPreferenceObject make_preference(size_t length, uint32_t type, bool in_flash) override { return {}; }
+void HostPreferences::setup_() {
+  if (this->setup_complete_)
+    return;
+  this->filename_.append(getenv("HOME"));
+  this->filename_.append("/.esphome");
+  this->filename_.append("/prefs");
+  fs::create_directories(this->filename_);
+  this->filename_.append("/");
+  this->filename_.append(App.get_name());
+  this->filename_.append(".prefs");
+  FILE *fp = fopen(this->filename_.c_str(), "rb");
+  if (fp != nullptr) {
+    while (!feof((fp))) {
+      uint32_t key;
+      uint8_t len;
+      if (fread(&key, sizeof(key), 1, fp) != 1)
+        break;
+      if (fread(&len, sizeof(len), 1, fp) != 1)
+        break;
+      uint8_t data[len];
+      if (fread(data, sizeof(uint8_t), len, fp) != len)
+        break;
+      std::vector vec(data, data + len);
+      this->data[key] = vec;
+    }
+    fclose(fp);
+  }
+  this->setup_complete_ = true;
+}
 
-  ESPPreferenceObject make_preference(size_t length, uint32_t type) override { return {}; }
+bool HostPreferences::sync() {
+  this->setup_();
+  FILE *fp = fopen(this->filename_.c_str(), "wb");
+  std::map<uint32_t, std::vector<uint8_t>>::iterator it;
 
-  bool sync() override { return true; }
-  bool reset() override { return true; }
+  for (it = this->data.begin(); it != this->data.end(); ++it) {
+    fwrite(&it->first, sizeof(uint32_t), 1, fp);
+    uint8_t len = it->second.size();
+    fwrite(&len, sizeof(len), 1, fp);
+    fwrite(it->second.data(), sizeof(uint8_t), it->second.size(), fp);
+  }
+  fclose(fp);
+  return true;
+}
+
+bool HostPreferences::reset() {
+  host_preferences->data.clear();
+  return true;
+}
+
+ESPPreferenceObject HostPreferences::make_preference(size_t length, uint32_t type, bool in_flash) {
+  auto backend = new HostPreferenceBackend(type);
+  return ESPPreferenceObject(backend);
 };
 
 void setup_preferences() {
   auto *pref = new HostPreferences();  // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-owning-memory)
+  host_preferences = pref;
   global_preferences = pref;
 }
 
+bool HostPreferenceBackend::save(const uint8_t *data, size_t len) {
+  return host_preferences->save(this->key_, data, len);
+}
+
+bool HostPreferenceBackend::load(uint8_t *data, size_t len) { return host_preferences->load(this->key_, data, len); }
+
+HostPreferences *host_preferences;
 }  // namespace host
 
 ESPPreferences *global_preferences;  // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-non-const-global-variables)
-
 }  // namespace esphome
 
 #endif  // USE_HOST
diff --git a/esphome/components/host/preferences.h b/esphome/components/host/preferences.h
index 7462360ec3..6707366517 100644
--- a/esphome/components/host/preferences.h
+++ b/esphome/components/host/preferences.h
@@ -2,10 +2,63 @@
 
 #ifdef USE_HOST
 
+#include "esphome/core/preferences.h"
+#include <map>
+
 namespace esphome {
 namespace host {
 
+class HostPreferenceBackend : public ESPPreferenceBackend {
+ public:
+  explicit HostPreferenceBackend(uint32_t key) { this->key_ = key; }
+
+  bool save(const uint8_t *data, size_t len) override;
+  bool load(uint8_t *data, size_t len) override;
+
+ protected:
+  uint32_t key_{};
+};
+
+class HostPreferences : public ESPPreferences {
+ public:
+  bool sync() override;
+  bool reset() override;
+
+  ESPPreferenceObject make_preference(size_t length, uint32_t type, bool in_flash) override;
+  ESPPreferenceObject make_preference(size_t length, uint32_t type) override {
+    return make_preference(length, type, false);
+  }
+
+  bool save(uint32_t key, const uint8_t *data, size_t len) {
+    if (len > 255)
+      return false;
+    this->setup_();
+    std::vector vec(data, data + len);
+    this->data[key] = vec;
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  bool load(uint32_t key, uint8_t *data, size_t len) {
+    if (len > 255)
+      return false;
+    this->setup_();
+    if (this->data.count(key) == 0)
+      return false;
+    auto vec = this->data[key];
+    if (vec.size() != len)
+      return false;
+    memcpy(data, vec.data(), len);
+    return true;
+  }
+
+ protected:
+  void setup_();
+  bool setup_complete_{};
+  std::string filename_{};
+  std::map<uint32_t, std::vector<uint8_t>> data{};
+};
 void setup_preferences();
+extern HostPreferences *host_preferences;  // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-non-const-global-variables)
 
 }  // namespace host
 }  // namespace esphome