diff --git a/examples/with-components/app.vue b/examples/with-components/app.vue
index 14eebea575..599adac638 100644
--- a/examples/with-components/app.vue
+++ b/examples/with-components/app.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <template>
   <div>
     <hello-world />
+    <nuxt3/>
   </div>
 </template>
diff --git a/examples/with-components/components/Nuxt3.vue b/examples/with-components/components/Nuxt3.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0faa5c7efe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/with-components/components/Nuxt3.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<template>
+  <b style="color: #00C58E">
+    From Nuxt 3
+  </b>
+</template>
diff --git a/examples/with-components/nuxt.config.ts b/examples/with-components/nuxt.config.ts
index 854fc6bfc5..15046bd316 100644
--- a/examples/with-components/nuxt.config.ts
+++ b/examples/with-components/nuxt.config.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { defineNuxtConfig } from '@nuxt/kit'
 
 export default defineNuxtConfig({
+  vite: false
 })
diff --git a/packages/components/package.json b/packages/components/package.json
index 6c6346a8a4..688f2b8c62 100644
--- a/packages/components/package.json
+++ b/packages/components/package.json
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     "globby": "^11.0.4",
     "scule": "^0.2.1",
     "ufo": "^0.7.7",
+    "unplugin": "^0.0.5",
     "upath": "^2.0.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/components/src/loader.ts b/packages/components/src/loader.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4bbd454846
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/components/src/loader.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import { createUnplugin } from 'unplugin'
+import { parseQuery, parseURL } from 'ufo'
+import { Component } from './types'
+
+interface LoaderOptions {
+  getComponents(): Component[]
+}
+
+export const loaderPlugin = createUnplugin((options: LoaderOptions) => ({
+  name: 'nuxt-components-loader',
+  enforce: 'post',
+  transformInclude (id) {
+    const { pathname, search } = parseURL(id)
+    const query = parseQuery(search)
+    // we only transform render functions
+    // from `type=template` (in Webpack) and bare `.vue` file (in Vite)
+    return pathname.endsWith('.vue') && (query.type === 'template' || !search)
+  },
+  transform (code) {
+    return transform(code, options.getComponents())
+  }
+}))
+
+function findComponent (components: Component[], name:string) {
+  return components.find(({ pascalName, kebabName }) => [pascalName, kebabName].includes(name))
+}
+
+function transform (content: string, components: Component[]) {
+  let num = 0
+  let imports = ''
+  const map = new Map<Component, string>()
+
+  // replace `_resolveComponent("...")` to direct import
+  const newContent = content.replace(/ _resolveComponent\("(.*?)"\)/g, (full, name) => {
+    const component = findComponent(components, name)
+    if (component) {
+      const identifier = map.get(component) || `__nuxt_component_${num++}`
+      map.set(component, identifier)
+      imports += `import ${identifier} from "${component.filePath}";`
+      return ` ${identifier}`
+    }
+    // no matched
+    return full
+  })
+
+  return `${imports}\n${newContent}`
+}
diff --git a/packages/components/src/module.ts b/packages/components/src/module.ts
index 94232c1860..5371302fa2 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/module.ts
+++ b/packages/components/src/module.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import fs from 'fs'
-import { defineNuxtModule, resolveAlias } from '@nuxt/kit'
+import { defineNuxtModule, resolveAlias, addVitePlugin, addWebpackPlugin } from '@nuxt/kit'
 import { resolve } from 'upath'
 import { scanComponents } from './scan'
-import type { ComponentsDir } from './types'
+import type { Component, ComponentsDir } from './types'
+import { loaderPlugin } from './loader'
 
 const isPureObjectOrString = (val: any) => (!Array.isArray(val) && typeof val === 'object') || typeof val === 'string'
 const isDirectory = (p: string) => { try { return fs.statSync(p).isDirectory() } catch (_e) { return false } }
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ export default defineNuxtModule({
   },
   setup (options, nuxt) {
     let componentDirs = []
+    let components: Component[] = []
 
     // Resolve dirs
     nuxt.hook('app:resolve', async () => {
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ export default defineNuxtModule({
 
     // Scan components and add to plugin
     nuxt.hook('app:templates', async (app) => {
-      const components = await scanComponents(componentDirs, nuxt.options.srcDir!)
+      components = await scanComponents(componentDirs, nuxt.options.srcDir!)
       await nuxt.callHook('components:extend', components)
       if (!components.length) {
         return
@@ -87,5 +89,11 @@ export default defineNuxtModule({
         await nuxt.callHook('builder:generateApp')
       }
     })
+
+    if (!nuxt.options.dev) {
+      const options = { getComponents: () => components }
+      addWebpackPlugin(loaderPlugin.webpack(options))
+      addVitePlugin(loaderPlugin.vite(options))
+    }
   }
 })
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 6a7091b54d..df197e734c 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1413,6 +1413,7 @@ __metadata:
     scule: ^0.2.1
     ufo: ^0.7.7
     unbuild: ^0.4.0
+    unplugin: ^0.0.5
     upath: ^2.0.1
   peerDependencies:
     vue: 3.1.5
@@ -11955,6 +11956,26 @@ typescript@^4.3.5:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"unplugin@npm:^0.0.5":
+  version: 0.0.5
+  resolution: "unplugin@npm:0.0.5"
+  dependencies:
+    webpack-virtual-modules: ^0.4.3
+  peerDependencies:
+    rollup: ^2.50.0
+    vite: ^2.3.0
+    webpack: ^5.0.0
+  peerDependenciesMeta:
+    rollup:
+      optional: true
+    vite:
+      optional: true
+    webpack:
+      optional: true
+  checksum: 37f66f585365a9d7c26c03cc971329391839b13505942548be48ad834d7d5c68576e4defce92f9845bddd154c93340f8a1773337fce797f1cac1a1a34d6aac26
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "unstorage@npm:^0.2.3":
   version: 0.2.3
   resolution: "unstorage@npm:0.2.3"