diff --git a/packages/nuxt3/src/app/_templates/plugins.ts b/packages/nuxt3/src/app/_templates/plugins.ts
index 0485fd9f1d..50c8dc6355 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt3/src/app/_templates/plugins.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt3/src/app/_templates/plugins.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
+import head from 'nuxt/app/plugins/head'
 import router from 'nuxt/app/plugins/router'
 import vuex from 'nuxt/app/plugins/vuex'
 import legacy from 'nuxt/app/plugins/legacy'
 
 export default [
+  head,
   router,
   vuex,
   legacy
diff --git a/packages/nuxt3/src/app/plugins/head.ts b/packages/nuxt3/src/app/plugins/head.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f296b23e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nuxt3/src/app/plugins/head.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import type { Plugin } from 'nuxt/app'
+import { createHead, renderHeadToString } from '@vueuse/head'
+
+export default <Plugin> function head (nuxt) {
+  const { app, ssrContext } = nuxt
+  const head = createHead()
+
+  app.use(head)
+
+  if (process.server) {
+    ssrContext.head = () => renderHeadToString(head)
+  }
+}