diff --git a/admin/app/components/solidus_admin/base_component.rb b/admin/app/components/solidus_admin/base_component.rb
index 67327a9ed39..e54f3c3a8b0 100644
--- a/admin/app/components/solidus_admin/base_component.rb
+++ b/admin/app/components/solidus_admin/base_component.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
+require "solidus_admin/system/import"
+
 module SolidusAdmin
   # BaseComponent is the base class for all components in Solidus Admin.
   class BaseComponent < ViewComponent::Base
diff --git a/admin/app/components/solidus_admin/main_nav_component.rb b/admin/app/components/solidus_admin/main_nav_component.rb
index 6ec34a869c2..c8e43362d4f 100644
--- a/admin/app/components/solidus_admin/main_nav_component.rb
+++ b/admin/app/components/solidus_admin/main_nav_component.rb
@@ -3,16 +3,15 @@
 module SolidusAdmin
   # Renders the main navigation of Solidus Admin.
   class MainNavComponent < BaseComponent
-    def initialize(main_nav_item_component: component("main_nav_item"), items: container.within_namespace("main_nav"))
-      @main_nav_item_component = main_nav_item_component
-      @items = items
-      super
-    end
+    include Import[
+      "main_nav_item_component",
+      items: "main_nav_items"
+    ]
 
     erb_template <<~ERB
       <nav>
         <%=
-          render @main_nav_item_component.with_collection(
+          render main_nav_item_component.with_collection(
             sorted_items
           )
         %>
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ def initialize(main_nav_item_component: component("main_nav_item"), items: conta
     private
 
     def sorted_items
-      @items.sort_by(&:position)
+      items.sort_by(&:position)
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/admin/lib/solidus_admin/container.rb b/admin/lib/solidus_admin/container.rb
index 4fd2d9d2e05..63fb33122af 100644
--- a/admin/lib/solidus_admin/container.rb
+++ b/admin/lib/solidus_admin/container.rb
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ class Container < Dry::System::Container
     end
 
     # Returns all the registered components for a given namespace.
+    #
+    # @api private
     def self.within_namespace(namespace)
       keys.filter_map do
         _1.start_with?("#{namespace}#{config.namespace_separator}") && resolve(_1)
diff --git a/admin/lib/solidus_admin/system/import.rb b/admin/lib/solidus_admin/system/import.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..340140c2df8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/admin/lib/solidus_admin/system/import.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "solidus_admin/container"
+
+module SolidusAdmin
+  # Auto-imports container dependencies.
+  #
+  # @example
+  #   class Foo
+  #     # Foo.new will have a `#bar` instance method that returns the
+  #     # result of `Container["bar"]`.
+  #     include Import["bar"]
+  #   end
+  Import = Container.injector
+end
diff --git a/admin/lib/solidus_admin/system/providers/main_nav.rb b/admin/lib/solidus_admin/system/providers/main_nav.rb
index 54060f58029..38c94f84799 100644
--- a/admin/lib/solidus_admin/system/providers/main_nav.rb
+++ b/admin/lib/solidus_admin/system/providers/main_nav.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ module Providers
           register("second_item", MainNavItem.new(title: "Second item", position: "20"))
           register("third_item", MainNavItem.new(title: "Third item", position: "30"))
         end
+
+        container.register("main_nav_items") do
+          Container.within_namespace("main_nav")
+        end
       end
     end
   end