diff --git a/components/dlms_meter_lib/dlms_meter_lib.cpp b/components/dlms_meter_lib/dlms_meter_lib.cpp
index 4fc87ef..5cdf895 100644
--- a/components/dlms_meter_lib/dlms_meter_lib.cpp
+++ b/components/dlms_meter_lib/dlms_meter_lib.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ static void log_callback(dlms_parser::LogLevel level, const char *fmt, va_list a
 
 void DlmsMeterLibComponent::setup() {
   dlms_parser::Logger::set_log_function(log_callback);
-  this->parser_.load_default_patterns();
+  this->parser_ = std::make_unique<dlms_parser::DlmsParser>();
+  this->parser_->load_default_patterns();
+
   this->rx_buffer_ = std::make_unique<uint8_t[]>(MAX_RX_BUFFER_SIZE);
   this->rx_buffer_len_ = 0;
 }
diff --git a/components/dlms_meter_lib/dlms_meter_lib.h b/components/dlms_meter_lib/dlms_meter_lib.h
index 2399012..efa3168 100644
--- a/components/dlms_meter_lib/dlms_meter_lib.h
+++ b/components/dlms_meter_lib/dlms_meter_lib.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "esphome/core/component.h"
 #include "esphome/core/defines.h"
 #include "esphome/core/log.h"
+#include "esphome/components/uart/uart.h"
 
 #ifdef USE_SENSOR
 #include "esphome/components/sensor/sensor.h"
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ class DlmsMeterLibComponent : public Component, public uart::UARTDevice {
 
   uint32_t receive_timeout_ms_{50};
   std::string custom_pattern_{""};
-  std::unique_ptr<DlmsParser> parser_;
+  std::unique_ptr<dlms_parser::DlmsParser> parser_;
 
 #ifdef USE_SENSOR
   struct NumericSensorEntry {