diff --git a/packages/core-api/src/apis/ApiProvider.test.tsx b/packages/core-api/src/apis/ApiProvider.test.tsx
index 255b35a0d2..ac64aca3a7 100644
--- a/packages/core-api/src/apis/ApiProvider.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/core-api/src/apis/ApiProvider.test.tsx
@@ -51,6 +51,35 @@ describe('ApiProvider', () => {
     renderedHoc.getByText('hoc message: hello');
   });
 
+  it('should provide nested access to apis', () => {
+    const aRef = createApiRef<string>({ id: 'a', description: '' });
+    const bRef = createApiRef<string>({ id: 'b', description: '' });
+
+    const MyComponent = () => {
+      const a = useApi(aRef);
+      const b = useApi(bRef);
+      return (
+        <div>
+          a={a} b={b}
+        </div>
+      );
+    };
+
+    const renderedHook = render(
+      <ApiProvider
+        apis={ApiRegistry.from([
+          [aRef, 'x'],
+          [bRef, 'y'],
+        ])}
+      >
+        <ApiProvider apis={ApiRegistry.from([[aRef, 'z']])}>
+          <MyComponent />
+        </ApiProvider>
+      </ApiProvider>,
+    );
+    renderedHook.getByText('a=z b=y');
+  });
+
   it('should ignore deps in prototype', () => {
     // 100% coverage + happy typescript = hasOwnProperty + this atrocity
     const xRef = createApiRef<number>({ id: 'x', description: '' });
diff --git a/packages/core-api/src/apis/ApiProvider.tsx b/packages/core-api/src/apis/ApiProvider.tsx
index 1c5abf1c56..e157782024 100644
--- a/packages/core-api/src/apis/ApiProvider.tsx
+++ b/packages/core-api/src/apis/ApiProvider.tsx
@@ -18,16 +18,20 @@ import React, { FC, createContext, useContext, ReactNode } from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import { ApiRef } from './ApiRef';
 import { ApiHolder, TypesToApiRefs } from './types';
+import { ApiAggregator } from './ApiAggregator';
 
-type Props = {
+type ApiProviderProps = {
   apis: ApiHolder;
   children: ReactNode;
 };
 
 const Context = createContext<ApiHolder | undefined>(undefined);
 
-export const ApiProvider: FC<Props> = ({ apis, children }) => {
-  return <Context.Provider value={apis} children={children} />;
+export const ApiProvider: FC<ApiProviderProps> = ({ apis, children }) => {
+  const parentHolder = useContext(Context);
+  const holder = parentHolder ? new ApiAggregator(apis, parentHolder) : apis;
+
+  return <Context.Provider value={holder} children={children} />;
 };
 
 ApiProvider.propTypes = {