diff --git a/packages/app/src/App.tsx b/packages/app/src/App.tsx
index 089900fb77..35c61f2f16 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/App.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/App.tsx
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ import {
 } from '@backstage/plugin-techdocs';
 import { TechDocsAddons } from '@backstage/plugin-techdocs-react';
 import {
+  ExpandableNavigation,
   ReportIssue,
   TextSize,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-techdocs-module-addons-contrib';
@@ -185,6 +186,7 @@ const routes = (
     >
       {techDocsPage}
       <TechDocsAddons>
+        <ExpandableNavigation />
         <ReportIssue />
         <TextSize />
       </TechDocsAddons>
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-module-addons-contrib/api-report.md b/plugins/techdocs-module-addons-contrib/api-report.md
index 19d2f70a2b..4a93356365 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-module-addons-contrib/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-module-addons-contrib/api-report.md
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 
 import { BackstagePlugin } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 
+// @public
+export const ExpandableNavigation: (props: unknown) => JSX.Element | null;
+
 // @public
 export const ReportIssue: (props: ReportIssueProps) => JSX.Element | null;
 
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-module-addons-contrib/package.json b/plugins/techdocs-module-addons-contrib/package.json
index 8a1801f0ba..074d12a505 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-module-addons-contrib/package.json
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-module-addons-contrib/package.json
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
     "@material-ui/core": "^4.9.13",
     "@material-ui/icons": "^4.9.1",
     "@material-ui/lab": "4.0.0-alpha.57",
+    "@react-hookz/web": "^13.0.0",
     "git-url-parse": "^11.6.0",
     "react-use": "^17.2.4"
   },
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-module-addons-contrib/src/ExpandableNavigation/ExpandableNavigation.tsx b/plugins/techdocs-module-addons-contrib/src/ExpandableNavigation/ExpandableNavigation.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..486ddcd267
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-module-addons-contrib/src/ExpandableNavigation/ExpandableNavigation.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2022 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import { useLocalStorageValue } from '@react-hookz/web';
+import { Button, withStyles } from '@material-ui/core';
+import ChevronRightIcon from '@material-ui/icons/ChevronRight';
+import ExpandMoreIcon from '@material-ui/icons/ExpandMore';
+
+import { useShadowRoot } from '@backstage/plugin-techdocs-react';
+
+const NESTED_LIST_TOGGLE = '.md-nav__item--nested .md-toggle';
+
+const EXPANDABLE_NAVIGATION_LOCAL_STORAGE =
+  '@backstage/techdocs-addons/nav-expanded';
+
+const StyledButton = withStyles({
+  root: {
+    position: 'absolute',
+    left: '220px',
+    top: '19px',
+    padding: 0,
+    minWidth: 0,
+  },
+})(Button);
+
+const CollapsedIcon = withStyles({
+  root: {
+    height: '20px',
+    width: '20px',
+  },
+})(ChevronRightIcon);
+
+const ExpandedIcon = withStyles({
+  root: {
+    height: '20px',
+    width: '20px',
+  },
+})(ExpandMoreIcon);
+
+type expandableNavigationLocalStorage = {
+  navExpanded: boolean;
+};
+
+export const ExpandableNavigationAddon = () => {
+  const shadowRoot = useShadowRoot();
+  const defaultValue = { navExpanded: false };
+  const [expanded, setExpanded] =
+    useLocalStorageValue<expandableNavigationLocalStorage>(
+      EXPANDABLE_NAVIGATION_LOCAL_STORAGE,
+      defaultValue,
+    );
+  const [hasNavSubLevels, setHasNavSubLevels] = useState<boolean>(false);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const checkboxToggles =
+      shadowRoot?.querySelectorAll<HTMLInputElement>(NESTED_LIST_TOGGLE);
+    if (!checkboxToggles || (checkboxToggles && checkboxToggles.length === 0))
+      return;
+    setHasNavSubLevels(true);
+    checkboxToggles.forEach(item => {
+      if (
+        (expanded?.navExpanded && !item.checked) ||
+        (!expanded?.navExpanded && item.checked)
+      ) {
+        item.click();
+      }
+    });
+  }, [shadowRoot, expanded]);
+
+  const handleState = () => {
+    setExpanded(prevState => ({
+      navExpanded: !prevState?.navExpanded,
+    }));
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      {hasNavSubLevels ? (
+        <StyledButton
+          size="small"
+          onClick={handleState}
+          aria-label={expanded?.navExpanded ? 'collapse-nav' : 'expand-nav'}
+        >
+          {expanded?.navExpanded ? <ExpandedIcon /> : <CollapsedIcon />}
+        </StyledButton>
+      ) : null}
+    </>
+  );
+};
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-module-addons-contrib/src/ExpandableNavigation/index.ts b/plugins/techdocs-module-addons-contrib/src/ExpandableNavigation/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f1c131d08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-module-addons-contrib/src/ExpandableNavigation/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2022 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+export * from './ExpandableNavigation';
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-module-addons-contrib/src/index.ts b/plugins/techdocs-module-addons-contrib/src/index.ts
index e2e57b15d1..528afe5c0d 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-module-addons-contrib/src/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-module-addons-contrib/src/index.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 export {
   techdocsModuleAddonsContribPlugin,
+  ExpandableNavigation,
   ReportIssue,
   TextSize,
 } from './plugin';
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-module-addons-contrib/src/plugin.ts b/plugins/techdocs-module-addons-contrib/src/plugin.ts
index 0d7743da9e..dbef119da8 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-module-addons-contrib/src/plugin.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-module-addons-contrib/src/plugin.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import {
   createTechDocsAddonExtension,
   TechDocsAddonLocations,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-techdocs-react';
+import { ExpandableNavigationAddon } from './ExpandableNavigation';
 import { ReportIssueAddon, ReportIssueProps } from './ReportIssue';
 import { TextSizeAddon } from './TextSize';
 
@@ -32,6 +33,20 @@ export const techdocsModuleAddonsContribPlugin = createPlugin({
   id: 'techdocsModuleAddonsContrib',
 });
 
+/**
+ * TechDocs addon that lets you expand/collapse the TechDocs main navigation.
+ *
+ * @public
+ */
+
+export const ExpandableNavigation = techdocsModuleAddonsContribPlugin.provide(
+  createTechDocsAddonExtension({
+    name: 'ExpandableNavigation',
+    location: TechDocsAddonLocations.PrimarySidebar,
+    component: ExpandableNavigationAddon,
+  }),
+);
+
 /**
  * TechDocs addon that lets you select text and open GitHub/Gitlab issues
  *