diff --git a/packages/app-next/src/App.tsx b/packages/app-next/src/App.tsx
index b57c680474..25d1aacf8f 100644
--- a/packages/app-next/src/App.tsx
+++ b/packages/app-next/src/App.tsx
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import { pagesPlugin } from './examples/pagesPlugin';
 import notFoundErrorPage from './examples/notFoundErrorPageExtension';
 import userSettingsPlugin from '@backstage/plugin-user-settings/alpha';
 import homePlugin, {
+  extensions,
   titleExtensionDataRef,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-home/alpha';
 
@@ -74,13 +75,46 @@ TODO:
 
 /* app.tsx */
 
-const homePageExtension = createExtension({
-  name: 'myhomepage',
-  attachTo: { id: 'page:home', input: 'props' },
-  output: {
-    children: coreExtensionData.reactElement,
-    title: titleExtensionDataRef,
-  },
+// const homePageExtension = createExtension({
+//   name: 'myhomepage',
+//   attachTo: { id: 'page:home', input: 'props' },
+//   output: {
+//     children: coreExtensionData.reactElement,
+//     title: titleExtensionDataRef,
+//   },
+//   factory() {
+//     return { children: homePage, title: 'just a title' };
+//   },
+// });
+
+// const homePage = createPageExtension({
+//   defaultPath: '/home',
+//   routeRef: rootRouteRef,
+//   inputs: {
+//     props: createExtensionInput(
+//       {
+//         children: coreExtensionData.reactElement.optional(),
+//         title: titleExtensionDataRef.optional(),
+//       },
+
+//       {
+//         singleton: true,
+//         optional: true,
+//       },
+//     ),
+//   },
+//   loader: ({ inputs }) =>
+//     import('./components/').then(m =>
+//       compatWrapper(
+//         <m.HomepageCompositionRoot
+//           children={inputs.props?.output.children}
+//           title={inputs.props?.output.title}
+//         />,
+//       ),
+//     ),
+// });
+
+const homePageExtension = extensions.homePage.override({
   factory() {
     return { children: homePage, title: 'just a title' };
   },
diff --git a/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/extensions/createPageExtension.tsx b/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/extensions/createPageExtension.tsx
index cd434a3ffc..b10901f1bd 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/extensions/createPageExtension.tsx
+++ b/packages/frontend-plugin-api/src/extensions/createPageExtension.tsx
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ import {
   createExtension,
   ResolvedExtensionInputs,
   AnyExtensionInputMap,
+  createExtensionBlueprint,
+  ExtensionInput,
+  AnyExtensionDataRef,
 } from '../wiring';
 import { RouteRef } from '../routing';
 import { Expand } from '../types';
@@ -95,3 +98,131 @@ export function createPageExtension<
     },
   });
 }
+
+export function createNewPageExtension<
+  TConfig extends { path: string },
+  TInputs extends {
+    [inputName in string]: ExtensionInput<
+      AnyExtensionDataRef,
+      { optional: boolean; singleton: boolean }
+    >;
+  },
+>(
+  options: (
+    | {
+        defaultPath: string;
+      }
+    | {
+        configSchema: PortableSchema<TConfig>;
+      }
+  ) & {
+    namespace?: string;
+    name?: string;
+    attachTo?: { id: string; input: string };
+    disabled?: boolean;
+    inputs?: TInputs;
+    routeRef?: RouteRef;
+    loader: (options: {
+      config: TConfig;
+      inputs: Expand<ResolvedExtensionInputs<TInputs>>;
+    }) => Promise<JSX.Element>;
+  },
+): ExtensionDefinition<TConfig> {
+  const configSchema =
+    'configSchema' in options
+      ? options.configSchema
+      : (createSchemaFromZod(z =>
+          z.object({ path: z.string().default(options.defaultPath) }),
+        ) as PortableSchema<TConfig>);
+
+  return createExtension({
+    kind: 'page',
+    namespace: options.namespace,
+    name: options.name,
+    attachTo: options.attachTo ?? { id: 'app/routes', input: 'routes' },
+    configSchema,
+    inputs: options.inputs,
+    disabled: options.disabled,
+    output: [
+      coreExtensionData.routePath,
+      coreExtensionData.reactElement,
+      coreExtensionData.routeRef.optional(),
+    ],
+    factory({ config, inputs, node }) {
+      const ExtensionComponent = lazy(() =>
+        options
+          .loader({ config, inputs })
+          .then(element => ({ default: () => element })),
+      );
+
+      const outputs = [
+        coreExtensionData.routePath(config.path),
+        coreExtensionData.reactElement(
+          <ExtensionBoundary node={node}>
+            <ExtensionComponent />
+          </ExtensionBoundary>,
+        ),
+      ];
+
+      if (options.routeRef) {
+        return [...outputs, coreExtensionData.routeRef(options.routeRef)];
+      }
+
+      return outputs;
+    },
+  });
+}
+/**
+ * A blueprint for creating extensions for routable React page components.
+ * @public
+ */
+export const PageExtensionBlueprint = createExtensionBlueprint({
+  kind: 'page',
+  attachTo: { id: 'app/routes', input: 'routes' },
+  output: [
+    coreExtensionData.routePath,
+    coreExtensionData.reactElement,
+    coreExtensionData.routeRef.optional(),
+  ],
+  config: {
+    schema: {
+      path: z => z.string().optional(),
+    },
+  },
+  factory(
+    {
+      defaultPath,
+      loader,
+      routeRef,
+    }: {
+      defaultPath?: string;
+      // TODO(blam) This type is impossible to type properly here as we don't have access
+      // to the input type generic. Maybe not a deal breaker though.
+      // It means we have to override the factory function in the `.make` method instead.
+      loader: (opts: unknown) => Promise<JSX.Element>;
+      routeRef?: RouteRef;
+    },
+    { config, inputs, node },
+  ) {
+    const ExtensionComponent = lazy(() =>
+      loader({ config, inputs }).then(element => ({ default: () => element })),
+    );
+
+    // TODO(blam): this is a little awkward for optional returns. I wonder if we should be using generators or yield instead
+    // for a better API here.
+    const outputs = [
+      coreExtensionData.routePath(config.path ?? defaultPath!),
+      coreExtensionData.reactElement(
+        <ExtensionBoundary node={node}>
+          <ExtensionComponent />
+        </ExtensionBoundary>,
+      ),
+    ];
+
+    if (routeRef) {
+      return [...outputs, coreExtensionData.routeRef(routeRef)];
+    }
+
+    return outputs;
+  },
+});
diff --git a/plugins/home/src/alpha.tsx b/plugins/home/src/alpha.tsx
index b13c2a2e0e..109eea333e 100644
--- a/plugins/home/src/alpha.tsx
+++ b/plugins/home/src/alpha.tsx
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ import {
   createRouteRef,
 } from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
 import { compatWrapper } from '@backstage/core-compat-api';
+import {
+  PageExtensionBlueprint,
+  createNewPageExtension,
+} from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api/src/extensions/createPageExtension';
 
 const rootRouteRef = createRouteRef();
 
@@ -35,15 +39,15 @@ export const titleExtensionDataRef = createExtensionDataRef<string>().with({
   id: 'title',
 });
 
-const homePage = createPageExtension({
+const homePage = createNewPageExtension({
   defaultPath: '/home',
   routeRef: rootRouteRef,
   inputs: {
     props: createExtensionInput(
-      {
-        children: coreExtensionData.reactElement.optional(),
-        title: titleExtensionDataRef.optional(),
-      },
+      [
+        coreExtensionData.reactElement.optional(),
+        titleExtensionDataRef.optional(),
+      ],
 
       {
         singleton: true,
@@ -55,13 +59,53 @@ const homePage = createPageExtension({
     import('./components/').then(m =>
       compatWrapper(
         <m.HomepageCompositionRoot
-          children={inputs.props?.output.children}
-          title={inputs.props?.output.title}
+          children={inputs.props?.get(coreExtensionData.reactElement)}
+          title={inputs.props?.get(titleExtensionDataRef)}
         />,
       ),
     ),
 });
 
+homePage.override({
+  factory() {},
+});
+
+// const homePage2 = PageExtensionBlueprint.make({
+//   inputs: {
+//     props: createExtensionInput(
+//       [
+//         coreExtensionData.reactElement.optional(),
+//         titleExtensionDataRef.optional(),
+//       ],
+//       {
+//         singleton: true,
+//         optional: true,
+//       },
+//     ),
+//   },
+//   factory(origFactory, { config, inputs, node }) {
+//     return origFactory({
+//       defaultPath: '/home',
+//       routeRef: rootRouteRef,
+//       loader: () =>
+//         import('./components/').then(m =>
+//           compatWrapper(
+//             <m.HomepageCompositionRoot
+//               children={inputs.props?.[0].get(coreExtensionData.reactElement)}
+//               title={inputs.props?.[0].get(coreExtensionData.reactElement}
+//             />,
+//           ),
+//   },
+// });
+
+/**
+ * @alpha
+ * This will not be the way to export extensions eventually,
+ * will be something like `homePlugin.extensions.homePage` or `homePlugin.extensions.get('page')`
+ * Just haven't worked out a nice way to fix the types yet
+ */
+export const extensions = { homePage };
+
 /**
  * @alpha
  */