diff --git a/.changeset/curly-fishes-speak.md b/.changeset/curly-fishes-speak.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8cd53daeb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/curly-fishes-speak.md
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+---
+'@backstage/create-app': patch
+---
+
+(fix) Adds locationAnalyzer to default-app template
+
+The locationAnalyzer was missing from the default-app template.
+This resulted in 404 errors in newly bootstrapped backstage applications,
+when adding components without configuration.
+
+To fix this in an existing backstage application, the locationAnalyzer needs
+to be carried from the builder to the router in the
+`packages/backend/src/plugins/catalog.ts` file.
+
+```diff
+   const builder = new CatalogBuilder(env);
+   const {
+     entitiesCatalog,
+     locationsCatalog,
+     higherOrderOperation,
++    locationAnalyzer,
+   } = await builder.build();
+   // ...
+   return await createRouter({
+     entitiesCatalog,
+     locationsCatalog,
+     higherOrderOperation,
++    locationAnalyzer,
+     logger: env.logger,
+   });
+```
diff --git a/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/backend/src/plugins/catalog.ts b/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/backend/src/plugins/catalog.ts
index 883b70c587..556b385af3 100644
--- a/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/backend/src/plugins/catalog.ts
+++ b/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/backend/src/plugins/catalog.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export default async function createPlugin(env: PluginEnvironment): Promise<Rout
     entitiesCatalog,
     locationsCatalog,
     higherOrderOperation,
+    locationAnalyzer,
   } = await builder.build();
 
   useHotCleanup(
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ export default async function createPlugin(env: PluginEnvironment): Promise<Rout
     entitiesCatalog,
     locationsCatalog,
     higherOrderOperation,
+    locationAnalyzer,
     logger: env.logger,
   });
 }