diff --git a/src/Views/Columns/ViewComponentColumn.php b/src/Views/Columns/ViewComponentColumn.php
index 814949fab..b4f6d3a8c 100644
--- a/src/Views/Columns/ViewComponentColumn.php
+++ b/src/Views/Columns/ViewComponentColumn.php
@@ -9,13 +9,16 @@
 use Rappasoft\LaravelLivewireTables\Views\Column;
 use Rappasoft\LaravelLivewireTables\Views\Traits\Configuration\ViewComponentColumnConfiguration;
 use Rappasoft\LaravelLivewireTables\Views\Traits\Helpers\ViewComponentColumnHelpers;
+use ReflectionClass;
 
 class ViewComponentColumn extends Column
 {
     use ViewComponentColumnConfiguration,
         ViewComponentColumnHelpers;
 
-    protected string $componentView;
+    protected ?string $componentView;
+
+    protected ?string $customComponentView;
 
     public function __construct(string $title, ?string $from = null)
     {
@@ -30,7 +33,7 @@ public function getContents(Model $row): null|string|HtmlString|DataTableConfigu
             throw new DataTableConfigurationException('You can not use a label column with a component column');
         }
 
-        if ($this->hasComponentView() === false) {
+        if ($this->hasComponentView() === false && $this->hasCustomComponent() === false) {
             throw new DataTableConfigurationException('You must specify a component view for a component column');
         }
 
@@ -45,6 +48,15 @@ public function getContents(Model $row): null|string|HtmlString|DataTableConfigu
             }
         }
 
-        return view($this->getComponentView())->with($attributes);
+        if ($this->hasCustomComponent()) {
+            $reflectionClass = new ReflectionClass($this->getCustomComponent());
+
+            $reflectionInstance = $reflectionClass->newInstanceArgs($attributes);
+
+            return $reflectionInstance->render();
+        } else {
+            return view($this->getComponentView())->with($attributes);
+        }
+
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Views/Traits/Configuration/ViewComponentColumnConfiguration.php b/src/Views/Traits/Configuration/ViewComponentColumnConfiguration.php
index 7e0300854..17a630742 100644
--- a/src/Views/Traits/Configuration/ViewComponentColumnConfiguration.php
+++ b/src/Views/Traits/Configuration/ViewComponentColumnConfiguration.php
@@ -13,4 +13,11 @@ public function component(string $component): self
 
         return $this;
     }
+
+    public function customComponent(string $customComponentView): self
+    {
+        $this->customComponentView = $customComponentView;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Views/Traits/Helpers/ViewComponentColumnHelpers.php b/src/Views/Traits/Helpers/ViewComponentColumnHelpers.php
index 8de648e84..0dcddc278 100644
--- a/src/Views/Traits/Helpers/ViewComponentColumnHelpers.php
+++ b/src/Views/Traits/Helpers/ViewComponentColumnHelpers.php
@@ -19,4 +19,14 @@ public function hasComponentView(): bool
     {
         return isset($this->componentView);
     }
+
+    public function hasCustomComponent(): bool
+    {
+        return isset($this->customComponentView);
+    }
+
+    public function getCustomComponent(): string
+    {
+        return $this->customComponentView;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Views/Columns/ViewComponentColumnTest.php b/tests/Views/Columns/ViewComponentColumnTest.php
index 0b80b3c01..3fff77cd4 100644
--- a/tests/Views/Columns/ViewComponentColumnTest.php
+++ b/tests/Views/Columns/ViewComponentColumnTest.php
@@ -28,10 +28,12 @@ public function test_can_set_the_column_title(): void
     public function test_can_have_component_view(): void
     {
         $column = ViewComponentColumn::make('Age 2', 'age')
-            ->component('test-component')
             ->attributes(fn ($value, $row, Column $column) => [
                 'age' => $row->age,
             ]);
+
+        $this->assertFalse($column->hasComponentView());
+        $column->component('test-component');
         $this->assertTrue($column->hasComponentView());
     }
 
@@ -48,6 +50,21 @@ public function test_can_not_omit_component(): void
 
     }
 
+    public function test_can_use_custom_component(): void
+    {
+        $column = ViewComponentColumn::make('Age 2', 'age')
+            ->attributes(fn ($value, $row, Column $column) => [
+                'age' => $row->age,
+            ]);
+
+        $this->assertFalse($column->hasCustomComponent());
+        $column->customComponent(\Rappasoft\LaravelLivewireTables\Tests\Http\TestComponent::class);
+        $contents = $column->getContents(Pet::find(1));
+        $this->assertSame('<div>2420</div>', $contents);
+        $this->assertTrue($column->hasCustomComponent());
+
+    }
+
     /*public function test_can_render_component(): void
     {