diff --git a/esphome/components/deep_sleep/deep_sleep_component.cpp b/esphome/components/deep_sleep/deep_sleep_component.cpp
index 217c0cbf0d..684d7e12bf 100644
--- a/esphome/components/deep_sleep/deep_sleep_component.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/deep_sleep/deep_sleep_component.cpp
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ void DeepSleepComponent::begin_sleep(bool manual) {
   ESP.deepSleep(*this->sleep_duration_);
 #endif
 }
-float DeepSleepComponent::get_setup_priority() const { return -100.0f; }
+float DeepSleepComponent::get_setup_priority() const { return setup_priority::LATE; }
 void DeepSleepComponent::prevent_deep_sleep() { this->prevent_ = true; }
 
 }  // namespace deep_sleep
diff --git a/esphome/components/mqtt/__init__.py b/esphome/components/mqtt/__init__.py
index c1305d8422..d30e25c187 100644
--- a/esphome/components/mqtt/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/mqtt/__init__.py
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ MQTTClientComponent = mqtt_ns.class_('MQTTClientComponent', cg.Component)
 MQTTPublishAction = mqtt_ns.class_('MQTTPublishAction', automation.Action)
 MQTTPublishJsonAction = mqtt_ns.class_('MQTTPublishJsonAction', automation.Action)
 MQTTMessageTrigger = mqtt_ns.class_('MQTTMessageTrigger',
-                                    automation.Trigger.template(cg.std_string))
+                                    automation.Trigger.template(cg.std_string),
+                                    cg.Component)
 MQTTJsonMessageTrigger = mqtt_ns.class_('MQTTJsonMessageTrigger',
                                         automation.Trigger.template(cg.JsonObjectConstRef))
 MQTTComponent = mqtt_ns.class_('MQTTComponent', cg.Component)
@@ -217,6 +218,7 @@ def to_code(config):
         cg.add(trig.set_qos(conf[CONF_QOS]))
         if CONF_PAYLOAD in conf:
             cg.add(trig.set_payload(conf[CONF_PAYLOAD]))
+        yield cg.register_component(trig, conf)
         yield automation.build_automation(trig, [(cg.std_string, 'x')], conf)
 
     for conf in config.get(CONF_ON_JSON_MESSAGE, []):