diff --git a/.changeset/tiny-llamas-boil.md b/.changeset/tiny-llamas-boil.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..97c4ddb7fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tiny-llamas-boil.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog': minor
+---
+
+Allow providing `kind` parameters to replace the default `Component` kind for `SubComponents` card
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/report.api.md b/plugins/catalog/report.api.md
index 3692a919b3..05972eecad 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog/report.api.md
+++ b/plugins/catalog/report.api.md
@@ -577,6 +577,8 @@ export interface HasSubcomponentsCardProps {
   // (undocumented)
   columns?: TableColumn<ComponentEntity>[];
   // (undocumented)
+  kind?: string;
+  // (undocumented)
   tableOptions?: TableOptions;
   // (undocumented)
   title?: string;
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/components/HasSubcomponentsCard/HasSubcomponentsCard.test.tsx b/plugins/catalog/src/components/HasSubcomponentsCard/HasSubcomponentsCard.test.tsx
index 07193b841f..2357a34dcd 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog/src/components/HasSubcomponentsCard/HasSubcomponentsCard.test.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog/src/components/HasSubcomponentsCard/HasSubcomponentsCard.test.tsx
@@ -117,4 +117,53 @@ describe('<HasSubcomponentsCard />', () => {
       expect(screen.getByText(/target-name/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
     });
   });
+
+  it('allows overriding the entity kind', async () => {
+    const entity: Entity = {
+      apiVersion: 'v1',
+      kind: 'Component',
+      metadata: {
+        name: 'my-component',
+        namespace: 'my-namespace',
+      },
+      relations: [
+        {
+          targetRef: 'custom:my-namespace/target-name',
+          type: RELATION_HAS_PART,
+        },
+      ],
+    };
+
+    catalogApi.getEntitiesByRefs.mockResolvedValue({
+      items: [
+        {
+          apiVersion: 'v1',
+          kind: 'Custom',
+          metadata: {
+            name: 'target-name',
+            namespace: 'my-namespace',
+          },
+          spec: {},
+        },
+      ],
+    });
+
+    await renderInTestApp(
+      <Wrapper>
+        <EntityProvider entity={entity}>
+          <HasSubcomponentsCard kind="Custom" />
+        </EntityProvider>
+      </Wrapper>,
+      {
+        mountedRoutes: {
+          '/catalog/:namespace/:kind/:name': entityRouteRef,
+        },
+      },
+    );
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(screen.getByText('Has subcomponents')).toBeInTheDocument();
+      expect(screen.getByText(/target-name/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/src/components/HasSubcomponentsCard/HasSubcomponentsCard.tsx b/plugins/catalog/src/components/HasSubcomponentsCard/HasSubcomponentsCard.tsx
index ceab037a45..c678e45c7c 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog/src/components/HasSubcomponentsCard/HasSubcomponentsCard.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog/src/components/HasSubcomponentsCard/HasSubcomponentsCard.tsx
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ export interface HasSubcomponentsCardProps {
   title?: string;
   columns?: TableColumn<ComponentEntity>[];
   tableOptions?: TableOptions;
+  kind?: string;
 }
 
 export function HasSubcomponentsCard(props: HasSubcomponentsCardProps) {
@@ -44,12 +45,13 @@ export function HasSubcomponentsCard(props: HasSubcomponentsCardProps) {
     title = t('hasSubcomponentsCard.title'),
     columns = componentEntityColumns,
     tableOptions = {},
+    kind = 'Component',
   } = props;
   return (
     <RelatedEntitiesCard
       variant={variant}
       title={title}
-      entityKind="Component"
+      entityKind={kind}
       relationType={RELATION_HAS_PART}
       columns={columns}
       asRenderableEntities={asComponentEntities}