diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/header.gjs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/header.gjs
index caa739cf8f3..c2f095816aa 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/header.gjs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/header.gjs
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import Component from "@glimmer/component";
 import { tracked } from "@glimmer/tracking";
 import { getOwner } from "@ember/application";
+import { hash } from "@ember/helper";
 import { action } from "@ember/object";
 import { service } from "@ember/service";
 import { modifier } from "ember-modifier";
 import { and, eq, not, or } from "truth-helpers";
+import PluginOutlet from "discourse/components/plugin-outlet";
 import DAG from "discourse/lib/dag";
 import scrollLock from "discourse/lib/scroll-lock";
 import DiscourseURL from "discourse/lib/url";
@@ -218,6 +220,10 @@ export default class GlimmerHeader extends Component {
           {{/if}}
         </Contents>
       </div>
+      <PluginOutlet
+        @name="after-header"
+        @outletArgs={{hash minimized=this.header.topic}}
+      />
     </header>
   </template>
 }
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/widgets/header.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/widgets/header.js
index 068a32a2cd1..3f309954f02 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/widgets/header.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/widgets/header.js
@@ -575,10 +575,23 @@ export default createWidget("header", {
       minimized: !!attrs.topic,
     };
 
-    return h(
-      "div.wrap",
-      this.attach("header-contents", { ...attrs, ...contentsAttrs })
-    );
+    return [
+      h(
+        "div.wrap",
+        this.attach("header-contents", { ...attrs, ...contentsAttrs })
+      ),
+      new RenderGlimmer(
+        this,
+        "div.widget-component-connector",
+        hbs`
+          <PluginOutlet
+            @name="after-header"
+            @outletArgs={{hash minimized=@data.minimized}}
+          />
+        `,
+        { minimized: !!attrs.topic }
+      ),
+    ];
   },
 
   updateHighlight() {