diff --git a/plugins/user-settings/api-report.md b/plugins/user-settings/api-report.md
index f83c97ff73..dd8f9428ca 100644
--- a/plugins/user-settings/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/user-settings/api-report.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { JsonValue } from '@backstage/types';
 import { Observable } from '@backstage/types';
 import { ProfileInfo } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import { ProfileInfoApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
+import { PropsWithChildren } from 'react';
 import { default as React_2 } from 'react';
 import { RouteRef } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import { SessionApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
@@ -69,6 +70,9 @@ export type SettingsLayoutRouteProps = {
   >;
 };
 
+// @public @deprecated (undocumented)
+export const USER_SETTINGS_TAB_KEY = 'plugin.user-settings.settingsLayoutRoute';
+
 // @public (undocumented)
 export const UserSettingsAppearanceCard: () => JSX.Element;
 
@@ -140,6 +144,15 @@ export class UserSettingsStorage implements StorageApi {
   snapshot<T extends JsonValue>(key: string): StorageValueSnapshot<T>;
 }
 
+// @public @deprecated
+export const UserSettingsTab: (props: UserSettingsTabProps) => JSX.Element;
+
+// @public @deprecated (undocumented)
+export type UserSettingsTabProps = PropsWithChildren<{
+  path: string;
+  title: string;
+}>;
+
 // @public (undocumented)
 export const UserSettingsThemeToggle: () => JSX.Element;
 
diff --git a/plugins/user-settings/src/components/DefaultSettingsPage/DefaultSettingsPage.test.tsx b/plugins/user-settings/src/components/DefaultSettingsPage/DefaultSettingsPage.test.tsx
index 54f10a4c5a..d4560bdd06 100644
--- a/plugins/user-settings/src/components/DefaultSettingsPage/DefaultSettingsPage.test.tsx
+++ b/plugins/user-settings/src/components/DefaultSettingsPage/DefaultSettingsPage.test.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { renderWithEffects, wrapInTestApp } from '@backstage/test-utils';
 import { DefaultSettingsPage } from './DefaultSettingsPage';
+import { UserSettingsTab } from '../UserSettingsTab';
 import { useOutlet } from 'react-router';
 import { SettingsLayout } from '../SettingsLayout';
 
@@ -39,7 +40,22 @@ describe('<DefaultSettingsPage />', () => {
     expect(tabs).toHaveLength(3);
   });
 
-  it('should render the settings page with 4 tabs when extra tabs are provided', async () => {
+  it('should render the settings page with 4 tabs when extra tabs are provided via UserSettingsTab', async () => {
+    const advancedTabRoute = (
+      <UserSettingsTab path="/advanced" title="Advanced">
+        <div>Advanced settings</div>
+      </UserSettingsTab>
+    );
+    const { container } = await renderWithEffects(
+      wrapInTestApp(<DefaultSettingsPage tabs={[advancedTabRoute]} />),
+    );
+
+    const tabs = container.querySelectorAll('[class*=MuiTabs-root] button');
+    expect(tabs).toHaveLength(4);
+    expect(tabs[3].textContent).toEqual('Advanced');
+  });
+
+  it('should render the settings page with 4 tabs when extra tabs are provided via SettingsLayout.Route', async () => {
     const advancedTabRoute = (
       <SettingsLayout.Route path="/advanced" title="Advanced">
         <div>Advanced settings</div>
diff --git a/plugins/user-settings/src/components/SettingsLayout/SettingsLayout.tsx b/plugins/user-settings/src/components/SettingsLayout/SettingsLayout.tsx
index ac6e34ced9..9855fdd048 100644
--- a/plugins/user-settings/src/components/SettingsLayout/SettingsLayout.tsx
+++ b/plugins/user-settings/src/components/SettingsLayout/SettingsLayout.tsx
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ export type SettingsLayoutRouteProps = {
   tabProps?: TabProps<React.ElementType, { component?: React.ElementType }>;
 };
 
-export const LAYOUT_ROUTE_DATA_KEY = 'plugin.user-settings.settingsLayoutRoute';
 export const LAYOUT_DATA_KEY = 'plugin.user-settings.settingsLayout';
+export const LAYOUT_ROUTE_DATA_KEY = 'plugin.user-settings.settingsLayoutRoute';
 
 const Route: (props: SettingsLayoutRouteProps) => null = () => null;
 attachComponentData(Route, LAYOUT_ROUTE_DATA_KEY, true);
diff --git a/plugins/user-settings/src/components/SettingsPage/SettingsPage.test.tsx b/plugins/user-settings/src/components/SettingsPage/SettingsPage.test.tsx
index c2fc3d63b0..b6277f0b59 100644
--- a/plugins/user-settings/src/components/SettingsPage/SettingsPage.test.tsx
+++ b/plugins/user-settings/src/components/SettingsPage/SettingsPage.test.tsx
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { renderWithEffects, wrapInTestApp } from '@backstage/test-utils';
 import { SettingsPage } from './SettingsPage';
+import { UserSettingsTab } from '../UserSettingsTab';
 import { useOutlet } from 'react-router';
 import { SettingsLayout } from '../SettingsLayout';
+import { screen } from '@testing-library/react';
+import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
 
 jest.mock('react-router', () => ({
   ...jest.requireActual('react-router'),
@@ -39,7 +42,23 @@ describe('<SettingsPage />', () => {
     expect(tabs).toHaveLength(3);
   });
 
-  it('should render the default settings page with 4 tabs when extra tabs are provided', async () => {
+  it('should render the default settings page with 4 tabs when extra tabs are provided via UserSettingsTab', async () => {
+    const advancedTabRoute = (
+      <UserSettingsTab path="/advanced" title="Advanced">
+        <div>Advanced settings</div>
+      </UserSettingsTab>
+    );
+    (useOutlet as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue(advancedTabRoute);
+    const { container } = await renderWithEffects(
+      wrapInTestApp(<SettingsPage />),
+    );
+
+    const tabs = container.querySelectorAll('[class*=MuiTabs-root] button');
+    expect(tabs).toHaveLength(4);
+    expect(tabs[3].textContent).toEqual('Advanced');
+  });
+
+  it('should render the default settings page with 4 tabs when extra tabs are provided via SettingsLayout.Route', async () => {
     const advancedTabRoute = (
       <SettingsLayout.Route path="/advanced" title="Advanced">
         <div>Advanced settings</div>
@@ -53,6 +72,10 @@ describe('<SettingsPage />', () => {
     const tabs = container.querySelectorAll('[class*=MuiTabs-root] button');
     expect(tabs).toHaveLength(4);
     expect(tabs[3].textContent).toEqual('Advanced');
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    await user.click(screen.getByText(/Advanced/i));
+    const content = container.querySelectorAll('article');
+    expect(content[0].textContent).toEqual('Advanced settings');
   });
 
   it('should render the custom settings page when custom layout is provided', async () => {
@@ -75,5 +98,9 @@ describe('<SettingsPage />', () => {
     expect(tabs).toHaveLength(2);
     expect(tabs[0].textContent).toEqual('General');
     expect(tabs[1].textContent).toEqual('Advanced');
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    await user.click(screen.getByText(/Advanced/i));
+    const content = container.querySelectorAll('article');
+    expect(content[0].textContent).toEqual('Advanced settings');
   });
 });
diff --git a/plugins/user-settings/src/components/UserSettingsTab/UserSettingsTab.tsx b/plugins/user-settings/src/components/UserSettingsTab/UserSettingsTab.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ebddac00c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/user-settings/src/components/UserSettingsTab/UserSettingsTab.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 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, { PropsWithChildren } from 'react';
+import { attachComponentData } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
+import {
+  LAYOUT_ROUTE_DATA_KEY,
+  SettingsLayout,
+} from '../SettingsLayout/SettingsLayout';
+
+/** @public @deprecated Use SettingsLayout.Route approach instead */
+export const USER_SETTINGS_TAB_KEY = LAYOUT_ROUTE_DATA_KEY;
+
+/** @public @deprecated Use SettingsLayoutRouteProps instead */
+export type UserSettingsTabProps = PropsWithChildren<{
+  /**
+   * The path to the tab in the settings route
+   * @example `/settings/advanced`
+   */
+  path: string;
+  /** The title of the tab. It will also reflect in the document title when the tab is active */
+  title: string;
+}>;
+
+/**
+ * Renders a tab inside the settings page
+ * @param props - Component props
+ * @public
+ * @deprecated Use SettingsLayout.Route instead
+ */
+export const UserSettingsTab = (props: UserSettingsTabProps) => (
+  <SettingsLayout.Route path={props.path} title={props.title}>
+    <>props.children</>
+  </SettingsLayout.Route>
+);
+
+attachComponentData(UserSettingsTab, USER_SETTINGS_TAB_KEY, 'UserSettingsTab');
diff --git a/plugins/user-settings/src/components/UserSettingsTab/index.ts b/plugins/user-settings/src/components/UserSettingsTab/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d0645d4efb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/user-settings/src/components/UserSettingsTab/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 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 './UserSettingsTab';
diff --git a/plugins/user-settings/src/components/index.ts b/plugins/user-settings/src/components/index.ts
index deb2761628..8eb43a7a10 100644
--- a/plugins/user-settings/src/components/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/user-settings/src/components/index.ts
@@ -20,4 +20,5 @@ export * from './AuthProviders';
 export * from './General';
 export * from './FeatureFlags';
 export { useUserProfile } from './useUserProfileInfo';
+export * from './UserSettingsTab';
 export * from './SettingsLayout';