diff --git a/homeassistant/components/midea/__init__.py b/homeassistant/components/midea/__init__.py
index 7fea47831bd4..044f65783787 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/midea/__init__.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/midea/__init__.py
@@ -128,6 +128,21 @@ async def async_setup_entry(hass: HomeAssistant, entry: MideaConfigEntry) -> boo
                 translation_placeholders={"device_id": str(device_id)},
             )
 
+    unavailable_logged = False
+
+    def _log_availability(_status: Mapping[str, Any]) -> None:
+        """Log once when the device goes offline and once when it is back."""
+        nonlocal unavailable_logged
+        if not device.available and not unavailable_logged:
+            LOGGER.info("Device %s is unavailable", device_id)
+            unavailable_logged = True
+        elif device.available and unavailable_logged:
+            LOGGER.info("Device %s is back online", device_id)
+            unavailable_logged = False
+
+    device.register_update(_log_availability)
+    entry.async_on_unload(partial(device.unregister_update, _log_availability))
+
     # The library's reconnect loop keeps retrying with a growing backoff
     # (up to 600s) without checking for a stop request while sleeping, so
     # device.close() alone cannot guarantee the background thread exits
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/midea/quality_scale.yaml b/homeassistant/components/midea/quality_scale.yaml
index 5a6763ccc94c..37d5c8dbbaf2 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/midea/quality_scale.yaml
+++ b/homeassistant/components/midea/quality_scale.yaml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ rules:
   docs-installation-parameters: done
   entity-unavailable: todo
   integration-owner: done
-  log-when-unavailable: todo
+  log-when-unavailable: done
   parallel-updates: done
   reauthentication-flow: todo
   test-coverage: done
diff --git a/tests/components/midea/test_init.py b/tests/components/midea/test_init.py
index b5186838ae4d..518d7ac6be90 100644
--- a/tests/components/midea/test_init.py
+++ b/tests/components/midea/test_init.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 """Tests for midea __init__.py."""
 
+import logging
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
 from midealocal.const import DeviceType, ProtocolVersion
+import pytest
 
 from homeassistant.components.midea.const import CONF_SN, DOMAIN
 from homeassistant.config_entries import ConfigEntryState
@@ -56,6 +58,36 @@ async def test_unload_entry(hass: HomeAssistant, config_entry: MockConfigEntry)
     assert ("close",) in device.calls
 
 
+async def test_logs_once_when_device_unavailable_and_back(
+    hass: HomeAssistant,
+    config_entry: MockConfigEntry,
+    caplog: pytest.LogCaptureFixture,
+) -> None:
+    """Test the device is logged once when it goes offline and once when it recovers."""
+    config_entry.add_to_hass(hass)
+    device = DummyDevice(DeviceType.AC)
+    with patch(
+        "homeassistant.components.midea.device_selector",
+        return_value=device,
+    ):
+        await hass.config_entries.async_setup(config_entry.entry_id)
+    assert config_entry.state is ConfigEntryState.LOADED
+
+    unavailable_msg = f"Device {TEST_DEVICE_ID} is unavailable"
+    back_online_msg = f"Device {TEST_DEVICE_ID} is back online"
+
+    with caplog.at_level(logging.INFO, logger="homeassistant.components.midea"):
+        device.available = False
+        device.notify_update({"available": False})
+        device.notify_update({"available": False})
+        assert caplog.text.count(unavailable_msg) == 1
+
+        device.available = True
+        device.notify_update({"available": True})
+        device.notify_update({"available": True})
+        assert caplog.text.count(back_online_msg) == 1
+
+
 async def test_async_setup_entry_paths(
     hass: HomeAssistant, config_entry: MockConfigEntry
 ) -> None: