diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 41102f73e..1a803b317 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 _No unreleased changes_
 
+## [2.5.0-pre5] - 2024-01-20
+
+### Added
+- Add support for Component in frameworks requiring AttachView (like Fabulous.Avalonia) by @TimLariviere (https://github.com/fabulous-dev/Fabulous/pull/1059)
+
 ## [2.5.0-pre4] - 2024-01-18
 
 ### Changed
@@ -70,7 +75,8 @@ _No unreleased changes_
 ### Changed
 - Fabulous.XamarinForms & Fabulous.MauiControls have been moved been out of the Fabulous repository. Find them in their own repositories: [https://github.com/fabulous-dev/Fabulous.XamarinForms](https://github.com/fabulous-dev/Fabulous.XamarinForms) / [https://github.com/fabulous-dev/Fabulous.MauiControls](https://github.com/fabulous-dev/Fabulous.MauiControls)
 
-[unreleased]: https://github.com/fabulous-dev/Fabulous/compare/2.5.0-pre4...HEAD
+[unreleased]: https://github.com/fabulous-dev/Fabulous/compare/2.5.0-pre5...HEAD
+[2.5.0-pre5]: https://github.com/fabulous-dev/Fabulous/releases/tag/2.5.0-pre5
 [2.5.0-pre4]: https://github.com/fabulous-dev/Fabulous/releases/tag/2.5.0-pre4
 [2.5.0-pre3]: https://github.com/fabulous-dev/Fabulous/releases/tag/2.5.0-pre3
 [2.5.0-pre2]: https://github.com/fabulous-dev/Fabulous/releases/tag/2.5.0-pre2
diff --git a/src/Fabulous/Component.fs b/src/Fabulous/Component.fs
index 3780bb7d0..cfb5ee574 100644
--- a/src/Fabulous/Component.fs
+++ b/src/Fabulous/Component.fs
@@ -281,6 +281,32 @@ type Component(treeContext: ViewTreeContext, body: ComponentBody, context: Compo
 
         struct (node, view)
 
+    member this.AttachView(componentWidget: Widget, view: obj) =
+        let struct (context, rootWidget) = _body.Invoke(_context)
+        _widget <- rootWidget
+        _context <- context
+
+        let struct (scalars, widgets, widgetColls) =
+            this.MergeAttributes(rootWidget, ValueSome componentWidget)
+
+        let rootWidget: Widget =
+            { Key = rootWidget.Key
+#if DEBUG
+              DebugName = rootWidget.DebugName
+#endif
+              ScalarAttributes = scalars
+              WidgetAttributes = widgets
+              WidgetCollectionAttributes = widgetColls }
+
+        // Attach the widget to the existing view
+        let widgetDef = WidgetDefinitionStore.get rootWidget.Key
+        let node = widgetDef.AttachView(rootWidget, treeContext, ValueNone, view)
+
+        _view <- view
+        _contextSubscription <- _context.RenderNeeded.Subscribe(this.Render)
+
+        node
+
     member this.Render() =
         let prevRootWidget = _widget
         let prevContext = _context
@@ -304,7 +330,6 @@ module Component =
             { Key = key
               Name = "Component"
               TargetType = typeof<Component>
-              AttachView = fun _ -> failwith "Component widget cannot be attached"
               CreateView =
                 fun (widget, treeContext, _) ->
                     match widget.ScalarAttributes with
@@ -321,7 +346,24 @@ module Component =
 
                         // TODO: Attach component to view so component is not discarded by GC
 
-                        struct (node, view) }
+                        struct (node, view)
+              AttachView =
+                fun (widget, treeContext, _, view) ->
+                    match widget.ScalarAttributes with
+                    | ValueNone -> failwith "Component widget must have a body"
+                    | ValueSome attrs ->
+                        let data =
+                            match Array.tryHead attrs with
+                            | Some attr -> attr.Value :?> ComponentData
+                            | None -> failwith "Component widget must have a body"
+
+                        let ctx = ComponentContext()
+                        let comp = new Component(treeContext, data.Body, ctx)
+                        let node = comp.AttachView(widget, view)
+
+                        // TODO: Attach component to view so component is not discarded by GC
+
+                        node }
 
         WidgetDefinitionStore.set key definition
         key
diff --git a/src/Fabulous/MvuComponent.fs b/src/Fabulous/MvuComponent.fs
index e534649bd..d4d8fdc63 100644
--- a/src/Fabulous/MvuComponent.fs
+++ b/src/Fabulous/MvuComponent.fs
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ module MvuComponent =
             { Key = key
               Name = "MvuComponent"
               TargetType = typeof<Component>
-              AttachView = fun _ -> failwith "Component widget cannot be attached"
               CreateView =
                 fun (widget, treeContext, _) ->
                     match widget.ScalarAttributes with
@@ -44,7 +43,35 @@ module MvuComponent =
 
                         // TODO: Attach component to view so component is not discarded by GC
 
-                        struct (node, view) }
+                        struct (node, view)
+              AttachView =
+                fun (widget, treeContext, _, view) ->
+                    match widget.ScalarAttributes with
+                    | ValueNone -> failwith "Component widget must have a body"
+                    | ValueSome attrs ->
+                        let data =
+                            match Array.tryHead attrs with
+                            | Some attr -> attr.Value :?> MvuComponentData
+                            | None -> failwith "Component widget must have a body"
+
+                        let ctx = ComponentContext(1)
+
+                        let runner =
+                            Runner((fun () -> ctx.TryGetValue(0).Value), (fun v -> ctx.SetValue(0, v)), data.Program)
+
+                        runner.Start(data.Arg)
+
+                        // Redirect messages to runner
+                        let treeContext =
+                            { treeContext with
+                                Dispatch = runner.Dispatch }
+
+                        let comp = new Component(treeContext, data.Body, ctx)
+                        let node = comp.AttachView(widget, view)
+
+                        // TODO: Attach component to view so component is not discarded by GC
+
+                        node }
 
         WidgetDefinitionStore.set key definition
         key