diff --git a/packages/vuetify/dev/App.vue b/packages/vuetify/dev/App.vue
index 102b76b636f..2bbd9199069 100644
--- a/packages/vuetify/dev/App.vue
+++ b/packages/vuetify/dev/App.vue
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 <template>
-  <v-app>
-    <Playground />
-  </v-app>
+  <Playground />
 </template>
 
 <script>
diff --git a/packages/vuetify/src/composables/directiveComponent.ts b/packages/vuetify/src/composables/directiveComponent.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ac51d7febe5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/vuetify/src/composables/directiveComponent.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+import { h, mergeProps, render, resolveComponent } from 'vue'
+import type {
+  Component,
+  ComponentInternalInstance,
+  ComponentPublicInstance,
+  ConcreteComponent,
+  DirectiveBinding,
+  ObjectDirective,
+  VNode,
+} from 'vue'
+
+export const useDirectiveComponent = (
+  component: string | Component,
+  props?: any
+): ObjectDirective => {
+  const concreteComponent = (typeof component === 'string'
+    ? resolveComponent(component)
+    : component) as ConcreteComponent
+
+  return {
+    mounted (el: HTMLElement, binding: DirectiveBinding, vnode: VNode) {
+      const { value } = binding
+
+      // Get the children from the props or directive value, or the element's children
+      const children = props.text || value.text || el.innerHTML
+
+      // If vnode.ctx is the same as the instance, then we're bound to a plain element
+      // and need to find the nearest parent component instance to inherit provides from
+      const provides = (vnode.ctx === binding.instance!.$
+        ? findComponentParent(vnode, binding.instance!.$)?.provides
+        : vnode.ctx?.provides) ?? binding.instance!.$.provides
+
+      const node = h(concreteComponent, mergeProps(props, value), children)
+      node.appContext = Object.assign(
+        Object.create(null),
+        (binding.instance as ComponentPublicInstance).$.appContext,
+        { provides }
+      )
+
+      render(node, el)
+    },
+    unmounted (el: HTMLElement) {
+      render(null, el)
+    },
+  }
+}
+
+function findComponentParent (vnode: VNode, root: ComponentInternalInstance): ComponentInternalInstance | null {
+  // Walk the tree from root until we find the child vnode
+  const stack = new Set<VNode>()
+  const walk = (children: VNode[]): boolean => {
+    for (const child of children) {
+      if (!child) continue
+
+      if (child === vnode) {
+        return true
+      }
+
+      stack.add(child)
+      if (Array.isArray(child.children)) {
+        const result = walk(child.children as VNode[])
+        if (result) {
+          return result
+        }
+      } else if (child.component?.vnode) {
+        const result = walk([child.component?.subTree])
+        if (result) {
+          return result
+        }
+      }
+      stack.delete(child)
+    }
+
+    return false
+  }
+  if (!walk([root.subTree])) {
+    throw new Error('Could not find original vnode')
+  }
+
+  // Return the first component parent
+  const result = Array.from(stack).reverse()
+  for (const child of result) {
+    if (child.component) {
+      return child.component
+    }
+  }
+  return root
+}
diff --git a/packages/vuetify/src/globals.d.ts b/packages/vuetify/src/globals.d.ts
index 5029456d96a..f8457a6b292 100644
--- a/packages/vuetify/src/globals.d.ts
+++ b/packages/vuetify/src/globals.d.ts
@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ declare module '@vue/runtime-core' {
   export interface App {
     $nuxt?: { hook: (name: string, fn: () => void) => void }
   }
+
+  export interface VNode {
+    ctx: ComponentInternalInstance | null
+  }
 }
 
 declare module '@vue/runtime-dom' {