diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/widgets/decorator-helper.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/widgets/decorator-helper.js
index fcd58cba038..f2d584d0910 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/widgets/decorator-helper.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/widgets/decorator-helper.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import Connector from "discourse/widgets/connector";
 import PostCooked from "discourse/widgets/post-cooked";
 import RawHtml from "discourse/widgets/raw-html";
 import { h } from "virtual-dom";
+import RenderGlimmer from "discourse/widgets/render-glimmer";
 
 class DecoratorHelper {
   constructor(widget, attrs, state) {
@@ -106,6 +107,44 @@ class DecoratorHelper {
   connect(details) {
     return new Connector(this.widget, details);
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns an element containing a rendered glimmer template. For full usage instructions,
+   * see `widgets/render-glimmer.js`.
+   *
+   * Example usage:
+   *
+   * ```
+   * import { hbs } from "ember-cli-htmlbars";
+   *
+   * api.decorateCookedElement((cooked, helper) => {
+   *   const glimmerElement = helper.renderGlimmer(
+   *     "div.my-wrapper-class",
+   *     hbs`<DButton @icon={{@data.param}} @translatedLabel="Hello world from Glimmer Component"/>`,
+   *     { param: "user-plus" }
+   *   );
+   *   cooked.appendChild(glimmerElement);
+   * }, { onlyStream: true, id: "my-id" });
+   * ```
+   *
+   */
+  renderGlimmer(tagName, template, data) {
+    if (!this.widget.postContentsDestroyCallbacks) {
+      throw "renderGlimmer can only be used in the context of a post";
+    }
+
+    const renderGlimmer = new RenderGlimmer(
+      this.widget,
+      tagName,
+      template,
+      data
+    );
+    renderGlimmer.init();
+    this.widget.postContentsDestroyCallbacks.push(
+      renderGlimmer.destroy.bind(renderGlimmer)
+    );
+    return renderGlimmer.element;
+  }
 }
 DecoratorHelper.prototype.h = h;
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/widgets/post.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/widgets/post.js
index 0fbb7f57cf3..496cad2123f 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/widgets/post.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/widgets/post.js
@@ -629,6 +629,14 @@ createWidget("post-contents", {
       controller.setProperties({ topic, post });
     });
   },
+
+  init() {
+    this.postContentsDestroyCallbacks = [];
+  },
+
+  destroy() {
+    this.postContentsDestroyCallbacks.forEach((c) => c());
+  },
 });
 
 createWidget("post-notice", {
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/tests/acceptance/topic-post-decorate-cooked-test.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/tests/acceptance/topic-post-decorate-cooked-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f85096b2233
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/tests/acceptance/topic-post-decorate-cooked-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import Component from "@glimmer/component";
+import { hbs } from "ember-cli-htmlbars";
+import { setComponentTemplate } from "@ember/component";
+import { test } from "qunit";
+import { acceptance } from "discourse/tests/helpers/qunit-helpers";
+import { visit } from "@ember/test-helpers";
+import { withPluginApi } from "discourse/lib/plugin-api";
+
+acceptance("Acceptance | decorateCookedElement", function () {
+  test("decorator with renderGlimmer works", async function (assert) {
+    class DemoComponent extends Component {
+      static eventLog = [];
+      constructor() {
+        DemoComponent.eventLog.push("created");
+        return super(...arguments);
+      }
+      willDestroy() {
+        DemoComponent.eventLog.push("willDestroy");
+      }
+    }
+    setComponentTemplate(
+      hbs`<span class='glimmer-component-content'>Hello world</span>`,
+      DemoComponent
+    );
+
+    withPluginApi(0, (api) => {
+      api.decorateCookedElement((cooked, helper) => {
+        if (helper.getModel().post_number !== 1) {
+          return;
+        }
+        cooked.appendChild(
+          helper.renderGlimmer(
+            "div.glimmer-wrapper",
+            hbs`<@data.component />`,
+            { component: DemoComponent }
+          )
+        );
+      });
+    });
+
+    await visit("/t/internationalization-localization/280");
+
+    assert.dom("div.glimmer-wrapper").exists();
+    assert.dom("span.glimmer-component-content").exists();
+    assert.deepEqual(DemoComponent.eventLog, ["created"]);
+
+    await visit("/");
+
+    assert.deepEqual(DemoComponent.eventLog, ["created", "willDestroy"]);
+  });
+});