diff --git a/packages/nuxt3/src/components/module.ts b/packages/nuxt3/src/components/module.ts
index 22f504c6cc..36ed096675 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt3/src/components/module.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt3/src/components/module.ts
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ export default defineNuxtModule<ComponentsOptions>({
         }
 
         return {
+          global: componentOptions.global,
           ...dirOptions,
           // TODO: https://github.com/nuxt/framework/pull/251
           enabled: true,
diff --git a/packages/nuxt3/src/components/templates.ts b/packages/nuxt3/src/components/templates.ts
index 25b4f5d60e..1073d7f6b8 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt3/src/components/templates.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt3/src/components/templates.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export const componentsTemplate = {
   getContents ({ options }: { options: ComponentsTemplateOptions }) {
     return `import { defineAsyncComponent } from 'vue'
 
-const components = ${genObjectFromRawEntries(options.components.filter(c => c.global !== false).map((c) => {
+const components = ${genObjectFromRawEntries(options.components.filter(c => c.global === true).map((c) => {
   const exp = c.export === 'default' ? 'c.default || c' : `c['${c.export}']`
   const comment = createImportMagicComments(c)
 
diff --git a/packages/schema/src/types/components.ts b/packages/schema/src/types/components.ts
index a0169ae192..a575cf995d 100644
--- a/packages/schema/src/types/components.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/src/types/components.ts
@@ -92,5 +92,16 @@ export interface ComponentsDir extends ScanDir {
 
 export interface ComponentsOptions {
   dirs: (string | ComponentsDir)[]
+  /**
+   * The default value for whether to globally register components.
+   *
+   * When components are registered globally, they will still be directly imported where used,
+   * but they can also be used dynamically, for example `<component :is="`icon-${myIcon}`">`.
+   *
+   * This can be overridden by an individual component directory entry.
+   *
+   * @default false
+   */
+  global?: boolean
   loader?: boolean
 }