diff --git a/esphome/components/esp8266/__init__.py b/esphome/components/esp8266/__init__.py
index 6eb4f67115..93a461ba1f 100644
--- a/esphome/components/esp8266/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/esp8266/__init__.py
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ from esphome.const import (
     KEY_TARGET_FRAMEWORK,
     KEY_TARGET_PLATFORM,
 )
-from esphome.core import CORE
+from esphome.core import CORE, coroutine_with_priority
 import esphome.config_validation as cv
 import esphome.codegen as cg
 
-from .const import CONF_RESTORE_FROM_FLASH, KEY_BOARD, KEY_ESP8266
+from .const import CONF_RESTORE_FROM_FLASH, KEY_BOARD, KEY_ESP8266, esp8266_ns
 from .boards import ESP8266_FLASH_SIZES, ESP8266_LD_SCRIPTS
 
 # force import gpio to register pin schema
@@ -153,7 +153,10 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.All(
 )
 
 
+@coroutine_with_priority(1000)
 async def to_code(config):
+    cg.add(esp8266_ns.setup_preferences())
+
     cg.add_platformio_option("board", config[CONF_BOARD])
     cg.add_build_flag("-DUSE_ESP8266")
     cg.add_define("ESPHOME_BOARD", config[CONF_BOARD])
diff --git a/esphome/components/esp8266/core.cpp b/esphome/components/esp8266/core.cpp
index 453f772e09..b78600e7a3 100644
--- a/esphome/components/esp8266/core.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/esp8266/core.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,28 @@ uint32_t arch_get_cpu_cycle_count() {
 }
 uint32_t arch_get_cpu_freq_hz() { return F_CPU; }
 
+void force_link_symbols() {
+  // Tasmota uses magic bytes in the binary to check if an OTA firmware is compatible
+  // with their settings - ESPHome uses a different settings system (that can also survive
+  // erases). So set magic bytes indicating all tasmota versions are supported.
+  // This only adds 12 bytes of binary size, which is an acceptable price to pay for easier support
+  // for Tasmota.
+  // https://github.com/arendst/Tasmota/blob/b05301b1497942167a015a6113b7f424e42942cd/tasmota/settings.ino#L346-L380
+  // https://github.com/arendst/Tasmota/blob/b05301b1497942167a015a6113b7f424e42942cd/tasmota/i18n.h#L652-L654
+  const static uint32_t TASMOTA_MAGIC_BYTES[] PROGMEM = {0x5AA55AA5, 0xFFFFFFFF, 0xA55AA55A};
+  // Force link symbol by using a volatile integer (GCC attribute used does not work because of LTO)
+  volatile int x = 0;
+  x = TASMOTA_MAGIC_BYTES[x];
+}
+
+extern "C" void resetPins() {  // NOLINT
+  // Added in framework 2.7.0
+  // usually this sets up all pins to be in INPUT mode
+  // however, not strictly needed as we set up the pins properly
+  // ourselves and this causes pins to toggle during reboot.
+  force_link_symbols();
+}
+
 }  // namespace esphome
 
 #endif  // USE_ESP8266