diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api.proto b/esphome/components/api/api.proto
index b62fddf815..72eaeed6d7 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api.proto
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api.proto
@@ -686,6 +686,7 @@ message SubscribeHomeAssistantStateResponse {
   option (source) = SOURCE_SERVER;
   string entity_id = 1;
   string attribute = 2;
+  bool once = 3;
 }
 
 message HomeAssistantStateResponse {
diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.cpp b/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.cpp
index a57627a66c..bb37824403 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.cpp
@@ -3109,6 +3109,16 @@ void SubscribeHomeAssistantStatesRequest::dump_to(std::string &out) const {
   out.append("SubscribeHomeAssistantStatesRequest {}");
 }
 #endif
+bool SubscribeHomeAssistantStateResponse::decode_varint(uint32_t field_id, ProtoVarInt value) {
+  switch (field_id) {
+    case 3: {
+      this->once = value.as_bool();
+      return true;
+    }
+    default:
+      return false;
+  }
+}
 bool SubscribeHomeAssistantStateResponse::decode_length(uint32_t field_id, ProtoLengthDelimited value) {
   switch (field_id) {
     case 1: {
@@ -3126,6 +3136,7 @@ bool SubscribeHomeAssistantStateResponse::decode_length(uint32_t field_id, Proto
 void SubscribeHomeAssistantStateResponse::encode(ProtoWriteBuffer buffer) const {
   buffer.encode_string(1, this->entity_id);
   buffer.encode_string(2, this->attribute);
+  buffer.encode_bool(3, this->once);
 }
 #ifdef HAS_PROTO_MESSAGE_DUMP
 void SubscribeHomeAssistantStateResponse::dump_to(std::string &out) const {
@@ -3138,6 +3149,10 @@ void SubscribeHomeAssistantStateResponse::dump_to(std::string &out) const {
   out.append("  attribute: ");
   out.append("'").append(this->attribute).append("'");
   out.append("\n");
+
+  out.append("  once: ");
+  out.append(YESNO(this->once));
+  out.append("\n");
   out.append("}");
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.h b/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.h
index bb5263cffa..3eb945fd8d 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.h
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.h
@@ -836,6 +836,7 @@ class SubscribeHomeAssistantStateResponse : public ProtoMessage {
  public:
   std::string entity_id{};
   std::string attribute{};
+  bool once{false};
   void encode(ProtoWriteBuffer buffer) const override;
 #ifdef HAS_PROTO_MESSAGE_DUMP
   void dump_to(std::string &out) const override;
@@ -843,6 +844,7 @@ class SubscribeHomeAssistantStateResponse : public ProtoMessage {
 
  protected:
   bool decode_length(uint32_t field_id, ProtoLengthDelimited value) override;
+  bool decode_varint(uint32_t field_id, ProtoVarInt value) override;
 };
 class HomeAssistantStateResponse : public ProtoMessage {
  public:
diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_server.cpp b/esphome/components/api/api_server.cpp
index a61ae89243..0fde3e47af 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_server.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_server.cpp
@@ -359,8 +359,18 @@ void APIServer::subscribe_home_assistant_state(std::string entity_id, optional<s
       .entity_id = std::move(entity_id),
       .attribute = std::move(attribute),
       .callback = std::move(f),
+      .once = false,
   });
 }
+void APIServer::get_home_assistant_state(std::string entity_id, optional<std::string> attribute,
+                                         std::function<void(std::string)> f) {
+  this->state_subs_.push_back(HomeAssistantStateSubscription{
+      .entity_id = std::move(entity_id),
+      .attribute = std::move(attribute),
+      .callback = std::move(f),
+      .once = true,
+  });
+};
 const std::vector<APIServer::HomeAssistantStateSubscription> &APIServer::get_state_subs() const {
   return this->state_subs_;
 }
diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_server.h b/esphome/components/api/api_server.h
index 43bc8a7348..899eaede49 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_server.h
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_server.h
@@ -112,10 +112,13 @@ class APIServer : public Component, public Controller {
     std::string entity_id;
     optional<std::string> attribute;
     std::function<void(std::string)> callback;
+    bool once;
   };
 
   void subscribe_home_assistant_state(std::string entity_id, optional<std::string> attribute,
                                       std::function<void(std::string)> f);
+  void get_home_assistant_state(std::string entity_id, optional<std::string> attribute,
+                                std::function<void(std::string)> f);
   const std::vector<HomeAssistantStateSubscription> &get_state_subs() const;
   const std::vector<UserServiceDescriptor *> &get_user_services() const { return this->user_services_; }