diff --git a/module/src/module.ts b/module/src/module.ts
index 1df0039f..2457092b 100644
--- a/module/src/module.ts
+++ b/module/src/module.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   addServerHandler,
   createResolver,
   defineNuxtModule,
+  hasNuxtModule,
   installModule,
   useLogger,
 } from '@nuxt/kit'
@@ -107,6 +108,18 @@ export default defineNuxtModule<ModuleOptions>({
       })
     }
 
+    if (!hasNuxtModule('@nuxtjs/i18n')) {
+      addImports({
+        from: resolve(`./runtime/composables/polyfills`),
+        name: 'useI18n',
+      })
+    }
+
+    addImports({
+      from: resolve(`./runtime/composables/useBreadcrumbItems`),
+      name: 'useBreadcrumbItems',
+    })
+
     // if user disables certain modules we need to pollyfill the imports
     const polyfills: Record<string, string[]> = {
       robots: ['defineRobotMeta'],
diff --git a/module/src/runtime/composables/polyfills.ts b/module/src/runtime/composables/polyfills.ts
index 8c59def5..53e49727 100644
--- a/module/src/runtime/composables/polyfills.ts
+++ b/module/src/runtime/composables/polyfills.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,17 @@
-export function defineRobotMeta() {}
+import { ref } from 'vue'
+import { useSiteConfig } from '#imports'
+
 export function useSchemaOrg() {}
 export function defineWebSite() {}
 export function defineWebPage() {}
+
+export function useI18n() {
+  const siteConfig = useSiteConfig()
+  return {
+    t: (_: string, fallback: string) => fallback,
+    te: (_: string) => false,
+    strategy: 'no_prefix',
+    defaultLocale: ref(siteConfig.defaultLocale || 'en'),
+    locale: ref(siteConfig.currentLocale || siteConfig.defaultLocale || 'en'),
+  }
+}
diff --git a/module/src/runtime/composables/useBreadcrumbItems.ts b/module/src/runtime/composables/useBreadcrumbItems.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0e6d57ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/module/src/runtime/composables/useBreadcrumbItems.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+import { hasTrailingSlash, parseURL, stringifyParsedURL, withTrailingSlash, withoutTrailingSlash } from 'ufo'
+import type { RouteMeta } from 'vue-router'
+import type { MaybeRefOrGetter } from 'vue'
+import type { BreadcrumbLink } from '@nuxt/ui/dist/runtime/types'
+import {
+  computed,
+  defineBreadcrumb,
+  toValue,
+  useI18n,
+  useRoute,
+  useRouter,
+  useSchemaOrg,
+  withSiteTrailingSlash,
+} from '#imports'
+
+export interface BreadcrumbProps {
+  path?: MaybeRefOrGetter<string>
+  id?: string
+  schemaOrg?: boolean
+  /**
+   * The Aria Label for the breadcrumbs.
+   * You shouldn't need to change this.
+   *
+   * @default 'Breadcrumbs'
+   */
+  ariaLabel?: string
+  /**
+   * Should the current breadcrumb item be shown.
+   *
+   * @default false
+   */
+  hideCurrent?: MaybeRefOrGetter<boolean>
+  /**
+   * Should the root breadcrumb be shown.
+   */
+  hideRoot?: MaybeRefOrGetter<boolean>
+}
+
+export interface BreadcrumbItemProps extends BreadcrumbLink {
+  /** Whether the breadcrumb item represents the aria-current. */
+  current?: boolean
+  /**
+   * The type of current location the breadcrumb item represents, if `isCurrent` is true.
+   * @default 'page'
+   */
+  ariaCurrent?: 'page' | 'step' | 'location' | 'date' | 'time' | boolean | 'true' | 'false'
+  /** Whether the breadcrumb item is disabled. */
+  disabled?: boolean
+  to: string
+  ariaLabel?: string
+  separator?: boolean | string
+  icon?: string
+  class?: (string | string[] | undefined)[] | string
+  /**
+   * @internal
+   */
+  _props?: {
+    first: boolean
+    last: boolean
+  }
+}
+
+function withoutQuery(path: string) {
+  return path.split('?')[0]
+}
+
+function titleCase(s: string) {
+  return s
+    .replaceAll('-', ' ')
+    .replace(/\w\S*/g, w => w.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + w.substr(1).toLowerCase())
+}
+
+export function useBreadcrumbItems(options: BreadcrumbProps = {}) {
+  const router = useRouter()
+  const routes = router.getRoutes()
+
+  const i18n = useI18n()
+  const items = computed(() => {
+    let rootNode = '/'
+    if (i18n) {
+      if (i18n.strategy === 'prefix' || (i18n.strategy !== 'no_prefix' && i18n.defaultLocale.value !== i18n.locale.value))
+        rootNode = `/${i18n.defaultLocale.value}`
+    }
+    const current = withoutQuery(withoutTrailingSlash(toValue(options.path || useRoute().path) || rootNode))
+    return pathBreadcrumbSegments(current, rootNode)
+      .reverse()
+      .map(path => ({
+        to: path,
+      }) as BreadcrumbItemProps)
+      .map((item) => {
+        const route = routes.find(r => withoutTrailingSlash(r.path) === withoutTrailingSlash(item.to))
+        const routeMeta = (route?.meta || {}) as RouteMeta & { title?: string, breadcrumbLabel: string }
+        const routeName = route ? String(route.name || route.path) : (item.to === '/' ? 'index' : 'unknown')
+        let [name] = routeName.split('___')
+        if (name === 'unknown')
+          name = item.to.split('/').pop() || '' // fallback to last path segment
+        // merge with the route meta
+        if (routeMeta.breadcrumb) {
+          item = {
+            ...item,
+            ...routeMeta.breadcrumb,
+          }
+        }
+        // allow opt-out of label normalise with `false` value
+        // @ts-expect-error untyped
+        item.label = item.label || routeMeta.breadcrumbTitle || routeMeta.title
+        if (typeof item.label === 'undefined') {
+          // try use i18n
+          // fetch from i18n
+          item.label = item.label || i18n.t(`breadcrumb.items.${name}.label`, name === 'index' ? 'Home' : titleCase(name), { missingWarn: false })
+          item.ariaLabel = item.ariaLabel || i18n.t(`breadcrumb.items.${name}.ariaLabel`, item.label, { missingWarn: false })
+        }
+        item.ariaLabel = item.ariaLabel || item.label
+        // mark the current based on the options
+        item.current = item.current || item.to === current
+        if (toValue(options.hideCurrent) && item.current)
+          return false
+        return item
+      })
+      .map((m) => {
+        if (m && m.to) {
+          m.to = withSiteTrailingSlash(m.to).value
+          if (m.to === rootNode && toValue(options.hideRoot))
+            return false
+        }
+        return m
+      })
+      .filter(Boolean) as BreadcrumbItemProps[]
+  })
+
+  if (process.server && options.schemaOrg) {
+    useSchemaOrg([
+      defineBreadcrumb(computed(() => {
+        return {
+          id: `#${options.id || 'breadcrumb'}`,
+          itemListElement: items.value.map(item => ({
+            name: item.label || item.ariaLabel,
+            item: item.to,
+          })),
+        }
+      })),
+    ])
+  }
+  return items
+}
+
+export function pathBreadcrumbSegments(path: string, rootNode: string = '/') {
+  const startNode = parseURL(path)
+  const appendsTrailingSlash = hasTrailingSlash(startNode.pathname)
+
+  const stepNode = (node: ReturnType<typeof parseURL>, nodes: string[] = []) => {
+    const fullPath = stringifyParsedURL(node)
+    // the pathname will always be without the trailing slash
+    const currentPathName = node.pathname || '/'
+    // when we hit the root the path will be an empty string; we swap it out for a slash
+    nodes.push(fullPath || '/')
+    if (currentPathName !== rootNode) {
+      // strip the last path segment (/my/cool/path -> /my/cool)
+      node.pathname = currentPathName.substring(0, currentPathName.lastIndexOf('/'))
+      // if the input was provided with a trailing slash we need to honour that
+      if (appendsTrailingSlash)
+        node.pathname = withTrailingSlash(node.pathname.substring(0, node.pathname.lastIndexOf('/')))
+      stepNode(node, nodes)
+    }
+    return nodes
+  }
+  return stepNode(startNode)
+}