diff --git a/packages/core-app-api/src/app/AppManager.tsx b/packages/core-app-api/src/app/AppManager.tsx
index 434a29246a..364f4f8d70 100644
--- a/packages/core-app-api/src/app/AppManager.tsx
+++ b/packages/core-app-api/src/app/AppManager.tsx
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ export class AppManager implements BackstageApp {
       const { routing, featureFlags, routeBindings } = useMemo(() => {
         const result = traverseElementTree({
           root: children,
-          discoverers: [childDiscoverer],
+          discoverers: [childDiscoverer, routeElementDiscoverer],
           collectors: {
             routing: routingV2Collector,
             collectedPlugins: pluginCollector,