diff --git a/esphome/components/remote_transmitter/remote_transmitter_esp32.cpp b/esphome/components/remote_transmitter/remote_transmitter_esp32.cpp
index 7b366fa52b..90166d2741 100644
--- a/esphome/components/remote_transmitter/remote_transmitter_esp32.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/remote_transmitter/remote_transmitter_esp32.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ namespace remote_transmitter {
 
 static const char *const TAG = "remote_transmitter";
 
-void RemoteTransmitterComponent::setup() {}
+void RemoteTransmitterComponent::setup() { this->configure_rmt(); }
 
 void RemoteTransmitterComponent::dump_config() {
   ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "Remote Transmitter...");