diff --git a/esphome/components/font/__init__.py b/esphome/components/font/__init__.py
index e47a6f38af..7225bf5bb9 100644
--- a/esphome/components/font/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/font/__init__.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def validate_truetype_file(value):
 
 
 DEFAULT_GLYPHS = (
-    ' !"%()+,-.:/0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz°'
+    ' !"%()+=,-.:/0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz°'
 )
 CONF_RAW_DATA_ID = "raw_data_id"
 CONF_RAW_GLYPH_ID = "raw_glyph_id"