diff --git a/app/packages/core/src/plugins/OperatorIO/utils/index.ts b/app/packages/core/src/plugins/OperatorIO/utils/index.ts
index fe849f7fc0..9317033d4c 100644
--- a/app/packages/core/src/plugins/OperatorIO/utils/index.ts
+++ b/app/packages/core/src/plugins/OperatorIO/utils/index.ts
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ function getOutputComponent(property, options) {
 
 function getComponentByView(property) {
   const view = getViewSchema(property) || {};
-  const viewComponentName = view.name;
+  const viewComponentName = view.component || view.name;
   if (viewComponentName && !baseViews.includes(viewComponentName)) {
     return viewAliases[viewComponentName] || viewComponentName;
   }
diff --git a/fiftyone/operators/types.py b/fiftyone/operators/types.py
index 715547a128..0caacc0618 100644
--- a/fiftyone/operators/types.py
+++ b/fiftyone/operators/types.py
@@ -445,6 +445,7 @@ class View:
         space (12): An ``int`` specifying how much vertical space to allocate out of ``12``.
         placeholder (None): string to display placeholder text
         read_only (False): whether the :class:`View` is read-only
+        component (None): specifying custom component to use as the view
     """
 
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
@@ -454,6 +455,7 @@ def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         self.space = kwargs.get("space", None)
         self.placeholder = kwargs.get("placeholder", None)
         self.read_only = kwargs.get("read_only", None)
+        self.component = kwargs.get("component", None)
         self._kwargs = kwargs
 
     def clone(self):
@@ -468,6 +470,7 @@ def to_json(self):
             "space": self.space,
             "placeholder": self.placeholder,
             "read_only": self.read_only,
+            "component": self.component,
             **self._kwargs,
         }