diff --git a/plugins/app-visualizer/report.api.md b/plugins/app-visualizer/report.api.md
index ad8d78c6cb..9ee06eccb0 100644
--- a/plugins/app-visualizer/report.api.md
+++ b/plugins/app-visualizer/report.api.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { ConfigurableExtensionDataRef } from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
 import { ExtensionBlueprintParams } from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
 import { ExtensionDataRef } from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
 import { ExtensionInput } from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
+import { IconComponent } from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
 import { IconElement } from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
 import { JSX as JSX_2 } from 'react';
 import { OverridableExtensionDefinition } from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
@@ -19,6 +20,27 @@ const visualizerPlugin: OverridableFrontendPlugin<
   {},
   {},
   {
+    'nav-item:app-visualizer': OverridableExtensionDefinition<{
+      kind: 'nav-item';
+      name: undefined;
+      config: {};
+      configInput: {};
+      output: ExtensionDataRef<
+        {
+          title: string;
+          icon: IconComponent;
+          routeRef: RouteRef<undefined>;
+        },
+        'core.nav-item.target',
+        {}
+      >;
+      inputs: {};
+      params: {
+        title: string;
+        icon: IconComponent;
+        routeRef: RouteRef<undefined>;
+      };
+    }>;
     'page:app-visualizer': OverridableExtensionDefinition<{
       kind: 'page';
       name: undefined;
diff --git a/plugins/app-visualizer/src/plugin.tsx b/plugins/app-visualizer/src/plugin.tsx
index 869f64db39..9fa7b2cd72 100644
--- a/plugins/app-visualizer/src/plugin.tsx
+++ b/plugins/app-visualizer/src/plugin.tsx
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ export const visualizerPlugin = createFrontendPlugin({
     appVisualizerTreePage,
     appVisualizerDetailedPage,
     appVisualizerTextPage,
-    // appVisualizerNavItem,
+    appVisualizerNavItem,
     copyTreeAsJson,
   ],
 });