diff --git a/packages/next/build/entries.ts b/packages/next/build/entries.ts
index cde116766a2f08f..9945adf1cf6b776 100644
--- a/packages/next/build/entries.ts
+++ b/packages/next/build/entries.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,12 @@ import { ClientPagesLoaderOptions } from './webpack/loaders/next-client-pages-lo
 import { ServerlessLoaderQuery } from './webpack/loaders/next-serverless-loader'
 import { LoadedEnvFiles } from '@next/env'
 import { parse } from '../build/swc'
-import { isCustomErrorPage, isFlightPage, isReservedPage } from './utils'
+import {
+  getRawPageExtensions,
+  isCustomErrorPage,
+  isFlightPage,
+  isReservedPage,
+} from './utils'
 import { ssrEntries } from './webpack/plugins/middleware-plugin'
 import {
   MIDDLEWARE_RUNTIME_WEBPACK,
@@ -32,7 +37,14 @@ export type PagesMapping = {
 }
 
 export function getPageFromPath(pagePath: string, extensions: string[]) {
-  let page = pagePath.replace(new RegExp(`\\.+(${extensions.join('|')})$`), '')
+  const rawExtensions = getRawPageExtensions(extensions)
+  const pickedExtensions = pagePath.includes('/_app.server.')
+    ? rawExtensions
+    : extensions
+  let page = pagePath.replace(
+    new RegExp(`\\.+(${pickedExtensions.join('|')})$`),
+    ''
+  )
   page = page.replace(/\\/g, '/').replace(/\/index$/, '')
   return page === '' ? '/' : page
 }
@@ -86,13 +98,20 @@ export function createPagesMapping(
   // allow falling back to the correct source file so
   // that HMR can work properly when a file is added/removed
   if (isDev) {
+    if (hasServerComponents) {
+      pages['/_app.server'] = `${PAGES_DIR_ALIAS}/_app.server`
+    }
     pages['/_app'] = `${PAGES_DIR_ALIAS}/_app`
     pages['/_error'] = `${PAGES_DIR_ALIAS}/_error`
     pages['/_document'] = `${PAGES_DIR_ALIAS}/_document`
   } else {
+    if (hasServerComponents) {
+      pages['/_app.server'] =
+        pages['/_app.server'] || 'next/dist/pages/_app.server'
+    }
     pages['/_app'] = pages['/_app'] || 'next/dist/pages/_app'
     pages['/_error'] = pages['/_error'] || 'next/dist/pages/_error'
-    pages['/_document'] = pages['/_document'] || `next/dist/pages/_document`
+    pages['/_document'] = pages['/_document'] || 'next/dist/pages/_document'
   }
   return pages
 }
@@ -229,6 +248,7 @@ export async function createEntrypoints(
 
   const defaultServerlessOptions = {
     absoluteAppPath: pages['/_app'],
+    absoluteAppServerPath: pages['/_app.server'],
     absoluteDocumentPath: pages['/_document'],
     absoluteErrorPath: pages['/_error'],
     absolute404Path: pages['/404'] || '',
@@ -320,6 +340,7 @@ export async function createEntrypoints(
       } else if (
         isLikeServerless &&
         page !== '/_app' &&
+        page !== '/_app.server' &&
         page !== '/_document' &&
         !isEdgeRuntime
       ) {
@@ -333,7 +354,7 @@ export async function createEntrypoints(
         )}!`
       }
 
-      if (page === '/_document') {
+      if (page === '/_document' || page === '/_app.server') {
         return
       }
 
diff --git a/packages/next/build/utils.ts b/packages/next/build/utils.ts
index 7ed0d77a61e4f1d..4fa14e0815a973b 100644
--- a/packages/next/build/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/next/build/utils.ts
@@ -144,6 +144,11 @@ export async function printTreeView(
   ]
 
   const hasCustomApp = await findPageFile(pagesDir, '/_app', pageExtensions)
+  const hasCustomAppServer = await findPageFile(
+    pagesDir,
+    '/_app.server',
+    pageExtensions
+  )
 
   pageInfos.set('/404', {
     ...(pageInfos.get('/404') || pageInfos.get('/_error')),
@@ -170,7 +175,8 @@ export async function printTreeView(
         !(
           e === '/_document' ||
           e === '/_error' ||
-          (!hasCustomApp && e === '/_app')
+          (!hasCustomApp && e === '/_app') ||
+          (!hasCustomAppServer && e === '/_app.server')
         )
     )
     .sort((a, b) => a.localeCompare(b))
@@ -192,7 +198,7 @@ export async function printTreeView(
       (pageInfo?.ssgPageDurations?.reduce((a, b) => a + (b || 0), 0) || 0)
 
     const symbol =
-      item === '/_app'
+      item === '/_app' || item === '/_app.server'
         ? ' '
         : item.endsWith('/_middleware')
         ? 'ƒ'
diff --git a/packages/next/build/webpack-config.ts b/packages/next/build/webpack-config.ts
index 5e8dd5048ca267d..420a34f324074c7 100644
--- a/packages/next/build/webpack-config.ts
+++ b/packages/next/build/webpack-config.ts
@@ -477,9 +477,6 @@ export default async function getBaseWebpackConfig(
   const serverComponentsRegex = new RegExp(
     `\\.server\\.(${rawPageExtensions.join('|')})$`
   )
-  const clientComponentsRegex = new RegExp(
-    `\\.client\\.(${rawPageExtensions.join('|')})$`
-  )
 
   const babelIncludeRegexes: RegExp[] = [
     /next[\\/]dist[\\/]shared[\\/]lib/,
@@ -554,12 +551,19 @@ export default async function getBaseWebpackConfig(
 
   if (dev) {
     customAppAliases[`${PAGES_DIR_ALIAS}/_app`] = [
-      ...config.pageExtensions.reduce((prev, ext) => {
+      ...rawPageExtensions.reduce((prev, ext) => {
         prev.push(path.join(pagesDir, `_app.${ext}`))
         return prev
       }, [] as string[]),
       'next/dist/pages/_app.js',
     ]
+    customAppAliases[`${PAGES_DIR_ALIAS}/_app.server`] = [
+      ...rawPageExtensions.reduce((prev, ext) => {
+        prev.push(path.join(pagesDir, `_app.server.${ext}`))
+        return prev
+      }, [] as string[]),
+      'next/dist/pages/_app.server.js',
+    ]
     customAppAliases[`${PAGES_DIR_ALIAS}/_error`] = [
       ...config.pageExtensions.reduce((prev, ext) => {
         prev.push(path.join(pagesDir, `_error.${ext}`))
@@ -1509,7 +1513,7 @@ export default async function getBaseWebpackConfig(
         }),
       hasServerComponents &&
         !isServer &&
-        new FlightManifestPlugin({ dev, clientComponentsRegex }),
+        new FlightManifestPlugin({ dev, pageExtensions: rawPageExtensions }),
       !dev &&
         !isServer &&
         new TelemetryPlugin(
diff --git a/packages/next/build/webpack/loaders/next-flight-client-loader.ts b/packages/next/build/webpack/loaders/next-flight-client-loader.ts
index d4343ad5048d209..6106ae699207752 100644
--- a/packages/next/build/webpack/loaders/next-flight-client-loader.ts
+++ b/packages/next/build/webpack/loaders/next-flight-client-loader.ts
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ export default async function transformSource(
   const names: string[] = []
   await parseModuleInfo(resourcePath, transformedSource, names)
 
-  // next.js/packages/next/<component>.js
+  // Next.js built-in client components
   if (/[\\/]next[\\/](link|image)\.js$/.test(resourcePath)) {
     names.push('default')
   }
diff --git a/packages/next/build/webpack/loaders/next-flight-server-loader.ts b/packages/next/build/webpack/loaders/next-flight-server-loader.ts
index 18e908e19190126..29bec7106707664 100644
--- a/packages/next/build/webpack/loaders/next-flight-server-loader.ts
+++ b/packages/next/build/webpack/loaders/next-flight-server-loader.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,17 @@
 import { parse } from '../../swc'
-import { getRawPageExtensions } from '../../utils'
 import { buildExports } from './utils'
 
 const imageExtensions = ['jpg', 'jpeg', 'png', 'webp', 'avif']
 
-const createClientComponentFilter = (pageExtensions: string[]) => {
+export const createClientComponentFilter = (pageExtensions: string[]) => {
   // Special cases for Next.js APIs that are considered as client components:
   // - .client.[ext]
-  // - next/link, next/image
+  // - next built-in client components
   // - .[imageExt]
   const regex = new RegExp(
     '(' +
       `\\.client(\\.(${pageExtensions.join('|')}))?|` +
-      `next/link|next/image|` +
+      `next/(link|image)(\\.js)?|` +
       `\\.(${imageExtensions.join('|')})` +
       ')$'
   )
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ const createClientComponentFilter = (pageExtensions: string[]) => {
   return (importSource: string) => regex.test(importSource)
 }
 
-const createServerComponentFilter = (pageExtensions: string[]) => {
+export const createServerComponentFilter = (pageExtensions: string[]) => {
   const regex = new RegExp(`\\.server(\\.(${pageExtensions.join('|')}))?$`)
   return (importSource: string) => regex.test(importSource)
 }
@@ -166,15 +165,8 @@ export default async function transformSource(
     throw new Error('Expected source to have been transformed to a string.')
   }
 
-  // We currently assume that all components are shared components (unsuffixed)
-  // from node_modules.
-  if (resourcePath.includes('/node_modules/')) {
-    return source
-  }
-
-  const rawRawPageExtensions = getRawPageExtensions(pageExtensions)
-  const isServerComponent = createServerComponentFilter(rawRawPageExtensions)
-  const isClientComponent = createClientComponentFilter(rawRawPageExtensions)
+  const isServerComponent = createServerComponentFilter(pageExtensions)
+  const isClientComponent = createClientComponentFilter(pageExtensions)
 
   if (!isClientCompilation) {
     // We only apply the loader to server components, or shared components that
@@ -206,19 +198,19 @@ export default async function transformSource(
    *
    * Server compilation output:
    *   (The content of the Server Component module will be kept.)
-   *   export const __next_rsc__ = { __webpack_require__, _: () => { ... } }
+   *   export const __next_rsc__ = { __webpack_require__, _: () => { ... }, server: true }
    *
    * Client compilation output:
    *   (The content of the Server Component module will be removed.)
-   *   export const __next_rsc__ = { __webpack_require__, _: () => { ... } }
+   *   export const __next_rsc__ = { __webpack_require__, _: () => { ... }, server: false }
    */
 
   const rscExports: any = {
     __next_rsc__: `{
       __webpack_require__,
-      _: () => {\n${imports}\n}
+      _: () => {\n${imports}\n},
+      server: ${isServerComponent(resourcePath) ? 'true' : 'false'}
     }`,
-    __next_rsc_server__: isServerComponent(resourcePath) ? 'true' : 'false',
   }
 
   if (isClientCompilation) {
diff --git a/packages/next/build/webpack/loaders/next-middleware-ssr-loader/index.ts b/packages/next/build/webpack/loaders/next-middleware-ssr-loader/index.ts
index 3e07e9ebb933495..1a5957629e9d635 100644
--- a/packages/next/build/webpack/loaders/next-middleware-ssr-loader/index.ts
+++ b/packages/next/build/webpack/loaders/next-middleware-ssr-loader/index.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ export default async function middlewareSSRLoader(this: any) {
     buildId,
     absolutePagePath,
     absoluteAppPath,
+    absoluteAppServerPath,
     absoluteDocumentPath,
     absolute500Path,
     absoluteErrorPath,
@@ -16,11 +17,15 @@ export default async function middlewareSSRLoader(this: any) {
 
   const stringifiedPagePath = stringifyRequest(this, absolutePagePath)
   const stringifiedAppPath = stringifyRequest(this, absoluteAppPath)
+  const stringifiedAppServerPath = absoluteAppServerPath
+    ? stringifyRequest(this, absoluteAppServerPath)
+    : null
+
   const stringifiedErrorPath = stringifyRequest(this, absoluteErrorPath)
   const stringifiedDocumentPath = stringifyRequest(this, absoluteDocumentPath)
   const stringified500Path = absolute500Path
     ? stringifyRequest(this, absolute500Path)
-    : 'null'
+    : null
 
   const transformed = `
     import { adapter } from 'next/dist/server/web/adapter'
@@ -31,9 +36,15 @@ export default async function middlewareSSRLoader(this: any) {
     import Document from ${stringifiedDocumentPath}
 
     const appMod = require(${stringifiedAppPath})
+    const appServerMod = ${
+      stringifiedAppServerPath ? `require(${stringifiedAppServerPath})` : 'null'
+    }
     const pageMod = require(${stringifiedPagePath})
     const errorMod = require(${stringifiedErrorPath})
-    const error500Mod = ${stringified500Path} ? require(${stringified500Path}) : null
+    const error500Mod = ${
+      stringified500Path ? `require(${stringified500Path})` : 'null'
+    }
+
 
     const buildManifest = self.__BUILD_MANIFEST
     const reactLoadableManifest = self.__REACT_LOADABLE_MANIFEST
@@ -44,7 +55,7 @@ export default async function middlewareSSRLoader(this: any) {
       page: ${JSON.stringify(page)},
       buildId: ${JSON.stringify(buildId)},
     }
-  
+
     const render = getRender({
       dev: ${dev},
       page: ${JSON.stringify(page)},
@@ -56,6 +67,7 @@ export default async function middlewareSSRLoader(this: any) {
       buildManifest,
       reactLoadableManifest,
       serverComponentManifest: ${isServerComponent} ? rscManifest : null,
+      appServerMod,
       config: ${stringifiedConfig},
       buildId: ${JSON.stringify(buildId)},
     })
diff --git a/packages/next/build/webpack/loaders/next-middleware-ssr-loader/render.ts b/packages/next/build/webpack/loaders/next-middleware-ssr-loader/render.ts
index 44f08b11c9ea3e6..1bb978309b0d3d2 100644
--- a/packages/next/build/webpack/loaders/next-middleware-ssr-loader/render.ts
+++ b/packages/next/build/webpack/loaders/next-middleware-ssr-loader/render.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export function getRender({
   serverComponentManifest,
   config,
   buildId,
+  appServerMod,
 }: {
   dev: boolean
   page: string
@@ -37,7 +38,8 @@ export function getRender({
   Document: DocumentType
   buildManifest: BuildManifest
   reactLoadableManifest: ReactLoadableManifest
-  serverComponentManifest: any | null
+  serverComponentManifest: any
+  appServerMod: any
   config: NextConfig
   buildId: string
 }) {
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ export function getRender({
     Document,
     App: appMod.default as AppType,
     AppMod: appMod,
+    AppServerMod: appServerMod,
   }
 
   const server = new WebServer({
diff --git a/packages/next/build/webpack/loaders/next-serverless-loader/index.ts b/packages/next/build/webpack/loaders/next-serverless-loader/index.ts
index 08e517fabed8800..dfcf7e26c58ea94 100644
--- a/packages/next/build/webpack/loaders/next-serverless-loader/index.ts
+++ b/packages/next/build/webpack/loaders/next-serverless-loader/index.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export type ServerlessLoaderQuery = {
   distDir: string
   absolutePagePath: string
   absoluteAppPath: string
+  absoluteAppServerPath: string
   absoluteDocumentPath: string
   absoluteErrorPath: string
   absolute404Path: string
diff --git a/packages/next/build/webpack/loaders/next-serverless-loader/page-handler.ts b/packages/next/build/webpack/loaders/next-serverless-loader/page-handler.ts
index 8331054269a580f..0ac97927d3a109e 100644
--- a/packages/next/build/webpack/loaders/next-serverless-loader/page-handler.ts
+++ b/packages/next/build/webpack/loaders/next-serverless-loader/page-handler.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export function getPageHandler(ctx: ServerlessHandlerCtx) {
     _params?: any
   ) {
     let Component
-    let App
+    let AppMod
     let config
     let Document
     let Error
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ export function getPageHandler(ctx: ServerlessHandlerCtx) {
       getServerSideProps,
       getStaticPaths,
       Component,
-      App,
+      AppMod,
       config,
       { default: Document },
       { default: Error },
@@ -103,8 +103,9 @@ export function getPageHandler(ctx: ServerlessHandlerCtx) {
     setLazyProp({ req: req as any }, 'cookies', getCookieParser(req.headers))
 
     const options = {
-      App,
+      AppMod,
       Document,
+      ComponentMod: { default: Component },
       buildManifest,
       getStaticProps,
       getServerSideProps,
diff --git a/packages/next/build/webpack/plugins/flight-manifest-plugin.ts b/packages/next/build/webpack/plugins/flight-manifest-plugin.ts
index 09b526f75266aad..a2c0b9b55e20d79 100644
--- a/packages/next/build/webpack/plugins/flight-manifest-plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/next/build/webpack/plugins/flight-manifest-plugin.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 import { webpack, sources } from 'next/dist/compiled/webpack/webpack'
 import { MIDDLEWARE_FLIGHT_MANIFEST } from '../../../shared/lib/constants'
+import { createClientComponentFilter } from '../loaders/next-flight-server-loader'
 
 // This is the module that will be used to anchor all client references to.
 // I.e. it will have all the client files as async deps from this point on.
@@ -17,20 +18,20 @@ import { MIDDLEWARE_FLIGHT_MANIFEST } from '../../../shared/lib/constants'
 
 type Options = {
   dev: boolean
-  clientComponentsRegex: RegExp
+  pageExtensions: string[]
 }
 
 const PLUGIN_NAME = 'FlightManifestPlugin'
 
 export class FlightManifestPlugin {
   dev: boolean = false
-  clientComponentsRegex: RegExp
+  pageExtensions: string[]
 
   constructor(options: Options) {
     if (typeof options.dev === 'boolean') {
       this.dev = options.dev
     }
-    this.clientComponentsRegex = options.clientComponentsRegex
+    this.pageExtensions = options.pageExtensions
   }
 
   apply(compiler: any) {
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ export class FlightManifestPlugin {
 
   createAsset(assets: any, compilation: any) {
     const manifest: any = {}
-    const { clientComponentsRegex } = this
+    const isClientComponent = createClientComponentFilter(this.pageExtensions)
     compilation.chunkGroups.forEach((chunkGroup: any) => {
       function recordModule(id: string, _chunk: any, mod: any) {
         const resource = mod.resource?.replace(/\?__sc_client__$/, '')
@@ -71,11 +72,9 @@ export class FlightManifestPlugin {
         // TODO: Hook into deps instead of the target module.
         // That way we know by the type of dep whether to include.
         // It also resolves conflicts when the same module is in multiple chunks.
-        const isNextClientComponent = /next[\\/](link|image)/.test(resource)
-        if (!clientComponentsRegex.test(resource) && !isNextClientComponent) {
+        if (!isClientComponent(resource)) {
           return
         }
-
         const moduleExports: any = manifest[resource] || {}
 
         const exportsInfo = compilation.moduleGraph.getExportsInfo(mod)
diff --git a/packages/next/build/webpack/plugins/pages-manifest-plugin.ts b/packages/next/build/webpack/plugins/pages-manifest-plugin.ts
index e562239c529581e..723e841c8145a3c 100644
--- a/packages/next/build/webpack/plugins/pages-manifest-plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/next/build/webpack/plugins/pages-manifest-plugin.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ export default class PagesManifestPlugin implements webpack.Plugin {
             file.endsWith('.js')
         )
 
+      // Skip _app.server entry which is empty
+      if (!files.length) {
+        continue
+      }
       // Write filename, replace any backslashes in path (on windows) with forwardslashes for cross-platform consistency.
       pages[pagePath] = files[files.length - 1]
 
diff --git a/packages/next/client/index.tsx b/packages/next/client/index.tsx
index af4c6b9a7810041..37bde9206f1a7d8 100644
--- a/packages/next/client/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/next/client/index.tsx
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ let webpackHMR: any
 
 let CachedApp: AppComponent, onPerfEntry: (metric: any) => void
 let CachedComponent: React.ComponentType
-let isAppRSC: boolean
+let isRSCPage: boolean
 
 class Container extends React.Component<{
   fn: (err: Error, info?: any) => void
@@ -288,7 +288,6 @@ export async function hydrate(opts?: { beforeRender?: () => Promise<void> }) {
 
     const { component: app, exports: mod } = appEntrypoint
     CachedApp = app as AppComponent
-    isAppRSC = !!mod.__next_rsc__
     const exportedReportWebVitals = mod && mod.reportWebVitals
     onPerfEntry = ({
       id,
@@ -333,6 +332,7 @@ export async function hydrate(opts?: { beforeRender?: () => Promise<void> }) {
       throw pageEntrypoint.error
     }
     CachedComponent = pageEntrypoint.component
+    isRSCPage = !!pageEntrypoint.exports.__next_rsc__
 
     if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') {
       const { isValidElementType } = require('next/dist/compiled/react-is')
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ function AppContainer({
 }
 
 function renderApp(App: AppComponent, appProps: AppProps) {
-  if (process.env.__NEXT_RSC && isAppRSC) {
+  if (process.env.__NEXT_RSC && isRSCPage) {
     const { Component, err: _, router: __, ...props } = appProps
     return <Component {...props} />
   } else {
diff --git a/packages/next/export/index.ts b/packages/next/export/index.ts
index 0f241d21ffe6fd0..9eff2e8a40e7dc0 100644
--- a/packages/next/export/index.ts
+++ b/packages/next/export/index.ts
@@ -239,7 +239,12 @@ export default async function exportApp(
         continue
       }
 
-      if (page === '/_document' || page === '/_app' || page === '/_error') {
+      if (
+        page === '/_document' ||
+        page === '/_app.server' ||
+        page === '/_app' ||
+        page === '/_error'
+      ) {
         continue
       }
 
diff --git a/packages/next/pages/_app.server.tsx b/packages/next/pages/_app.server.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..8dbc25dc5634e17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/next/pages/_app.server.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export default function AppServer({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
+  return children
+}
diff --git a/packages/next/server/dev/hot-reloader.ts b/packages/next/server/dev/hot-reloader.ts
index e4240446806f2c3..f9b53c078a57a79 100644
--- a/packages/next/server/dev/hot-reloader.ts
+++ b/packages/next/server/dev/hot-reloader.ts
@@ -564,6 +564,7 @@ export default class HotReloader {
                     page,
                     stringifiedConfig: JSON.stringify(this.config),
                     absoluteAppPath: this.pagesMapping['/_app'],
+                    absoluteAppServerPath: this.pagesMapping['/_app.server'],
                     absoluteDocumentPath: this.pagesMapping['/_document'],
                     absoluteErrorPath: this.pagesMapping['/_error'],
                     absolute404Path: this.pagesMapping['/404'] || '',
diff --git a/packages/next/server/dev/next-dev-server.ts b/packages/next/server/dev/next-dev-server.ts
index 1a8534b0d464d54..1a8659acac2526a 100644
--- a/packages/next/server/dev/next-dev-server.ts
+++ b/packages/next/server/dev/next-dev-server.ts
@@ -937,9 +937,11 @@ export default class DevServer extends Server {
     try {
       await this.hotReloader!.ensurePage(pathname)
 
+      const serverComponents = this.nextConfig.experimental.serverComponents
+
       // When the new page is compiled, we need to reload the server component
       // manifest.
-      if (this.nextConfig.experimental.serverComponents) {
+      if (serverComponents) {
         this.serverComponentManifest = super.getServerComponentManifest()
       }
 
diff --git a/packages/next/server/load-components.ts b/packages/next/server/load-components.ts
index 361f0183899d550..881598c769ee5c8 100644
--- a/packages/next/server/load-components.ts
+++ b/packages/next/server/load-components.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export type LoadComponentsReturnType = {
   pageConfig: PageConfig
   buildManifest: BuildManifest
   reactLoadableManifest: ReactLoadableManifest
-  serverComponentManifest?: any | null
+  serverComponentManifest?: any
   Document: DocumentType
   App: AppType
   getStaticProps?: GetStaticProps
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ export type LoadComponentsReturnType = {
   getServerSideProps?: GetServerSideProps
   ComponentMod: any
   AppMod: any
+  AppServerMod: any
 }
 
 export async function loadDefaultErrorComponents(distDir: string) {
@@ -57,6 +58,8 @@ export async function loadDefaultErrorComponents(distDir: string) {
     reactLoadableManifest: {},
     ComponentMod,
     AppMod,
+    // Use App for fallback
+    AppServerMod: AppMod,
   }
 }
 
@@ -99,10 +102,11 @@ export async function loadComponents(
     } as LoadComponentsReturnType
   }
 
-  const [DocumentMod, AppMod, ComponentMod] = await Promise.all([
+  const [DocumentMod, AppMod, ComponentMod, AppServerMod] = await Promise.all([
     requirePage('/_document', distDir, serverless),
     requirePage('/_app', distDir, serverless),
     requirePage(pathname, distDir, serverless),
+    serverComponents ? requirePage('/_app.server', distDir, serverless) : null,
   ])
 
   const [buildManifest, reactLoadableManifest, serverComponentManifest] =
@@ -129,6 +133,7 @@ export async function loadComponents(
     pageConfig: ComponentMod.config || {},
     ComponentMod,
     AppMod,
+    AppServerMod,
     getServerSideProps,
     getStaticProps,
     getStaticPaths,
diff --git a/packages/next/server/next-server.ts b/packages/next/server/next-server.ts
index a8d4025b387d63a..0b1832862c534fb 100644
--- a/packages/next/server/next-server.ts
+++ b/packages/next/server/next-server.ts
@@ -658,7 +658,8 @@ export default class NextNodeServer extends BaseServer {
         const components = await loadComponents(
           this.distDir,
           pagePath!,
-          !this.renderOpts.dev && this._isLikeServerless
+          !this.renderOpts.dev && this._isLikeServerless,
+          this.renderOpts.serverComponents
         )
 
         if (
diff --git a/packages/next/server/render.tsx b/packages/next/server/render.tsx
index 4dac851e600f8b2..dab009cb73ec8c8 100644
--- a/packages/next/server/render.tsx
+++ b/packages/next/server/render.tsx
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ import {
 } from './node-web-streams-helper'
 import { ImageConfigContext } from '../shared/lib/image-config-context'
 import { FlushEffectsContext } from '../shared/lib/flush-effects'
+import { interopDefault } from '../lib/interop-default'
 
 let optimizeAmp: typeof import('./optimize-amp').default
 let getFontDefinitionFromManifest: typeof import('./font-utils').getFontDefinitionFromManifest
@@ -195,10 +196,14 @@ function enhanceComponents(
   }
 }
 
-function renderFlight(AppMod: any, Component: React.ComponentType, props: any) {
-  const AppServer = AppMod.__next_rsc__
-    ? (AppMod.default as React.ComponentType)
+function renderFlight(AppMod: any, ComponentMod: any, props: any) {
+  const isServerComponent = !!ComponentMod.__next_rsc__
+  const App = interopDefault(AppMod)
+  const Component = interopDefault(ComponentMod)
+  const AppServer = isServerComponent
+    ? (App as React.ComponentType)
     : React.Fragment
+
   return (
     <AppServer>
       <Component {...props} />
@@ -380,7 +385,6 @@ const useFlightResponse = createFlightHook()
 
 // Create the wrapper component for a Flight stream.
 function createServerComponentRenderer(
-  OriginalComponent: React.ComponentType,
   AppMod: any,
   ComponentMod: any,
   {
@@ -399,11 +403,12 @@ function createServerComponentRenderer(
   // react-server-dom-webpack. This is a hack until we find a better way.
   // @ts-ignore
   globalThis.__webpack_require__ = ComponentMod.__next_rsc__.__webpack_require__
+  const Component = interopDefault(ComponentMod)
 
-  const ServerComponentWrapper = (props: any) => {
+  function ServerComponentWrapper(props: any) {
     const id = (React as any).useId()
     const reqStream: ReadableStream<Uint8Array> = renderToReadableStream(
-      renderFlight(AppMod, OriginalComponent, props),
+      renderFlight(AppMod, ComponentMod, props),
       serverComponentManifest
     )
 
@@ -422,10 +427,6 @@ function createServerComponentRenderer(
     return root
   }
 
-  const Component = (props: any) => {
-    return <ServerComponentWrapper {...props} />
-  }
-
   // Although it's not allowed to attach some static methods to Component,
   // we still re-assign all the component APIs to keep the behavior unchanged.
   for (const methodName of [
@@ -434,13 +435,13 @@ function createServerComponentRenderer(
     'getServerSideProps',
     'getStaticPaths',
   ]) {
-    const method = (OriginalComponent as any)[methodName]
+    const method = (Component as any)[methodName]
     if (method) {
-      ;(Component as any)[methodName] = method
+      ;(ServerComponentWrapper as any)[methodName] = method
     }
   }
 
-  return Component
+  return ServerComponentWrapper
 }
 
 export async function renderToHTML(
@@ -464,7 +465,6 @@ export async function renderToHTML(
     err,
     dev = false,
     ampPath = '',
-    App,
     pageConfig = {},
     buildManifest,
     fontManifest,
@@ -484,22 +484,26 @@ export async function renderToHTML(
     reactRoot,
     runtime: globalRuntime,
     ComponentMod,
-    AppMod,
+    AppMod: AppClientMod,
+    AppServerMod,
   } = renderOpts
 
   const hasConcurrentFeatures = reactRoot
 
   let Document = renderOpts.Document
-  const OriginalComponent = renderOpts.Component
 
   // We don't need to opt-into the flight inlining logic if the page isn't a RSC.
   const isServerComponent =
     hasConcurrentFeatures &&
     !!serverComponentManifest &&
-    !!ComponentMod.__next_rsc_server__
+    !!ComponentMod.__next_rsc__?.server
 
   let Component: React.ComponentType<{}> | ((props: any) => JSX.Element) =
     renderOpts.Component
+
+  const AppMod = isServerComponent ? AppServerMod : AppClientMod
+  const App = interopDefault(AppMod)
+
   let serverComponentsInlinedTransformStream: TransformStream<
     Uint8Array,
     Uint8Array
@@ -513,17 +517,12 @@ export async function renderToHTML(
   if (isServerComponent) {
     serverComponentsInlinedTransformStream = new TransformStream()
     const search = stringifyQuery(query)
-    Component = createServerComponentRenderer(
-      OriginalComponent,
-      AppMod,
-      ComponentMod,
-      {
-        cachePrefix: pathname + (search ? `?${search}` : ''),
-        inlinedTransformStream: serverComponentsInlinedTransformStream,
-        staticTransformStream: serverComponentsPageDataTransformStream,
-        serverComponentManifest,
-      }
-    )
+    Component = createServerComponentRenderer(AppMod, ComponentMod, {
+      cachePrefix: pathname + (search ? `?${search}` : ''),
+      inlinedTransformStream: serverComponentsInlinedTransformStream,
+      staticTransformStream: serverComponentsPageDataTransformStream,
+      serverComponentManifest,
+    })
   }
 
   const getFontDefinition = (url: string): string => {
@@ -738,7 +737,7 @@ export async function renderToHTML(
     AppTree: (props: any) => {
       return (
         <AppContainerWithIsomorphicFiberStructure>
-          <App {...props} Component={Component} router={router} />
+          {renderFlight(AppMod, ComponentMod, { ...props, router })}
         </AppContainerWithIsomorphicFiberStructure>
       )
     },
@@ -1223,7 +1222,7 @@ export async function renderToHTML(
     return new RenderResult(
       pipeThrough(
         renderToReadableStream(
-          renderFlight(AppMod, OriginalComponent, {
+          renderFlight(AppMod, ComponentMod, {
             ...props.pageProps,
             ...serverComponentProps,
           }),
@@ -1373,7 +1372,7 @@ export async function renderToHTML(
       ) : (
         <Body>
           <AppContainerWithIsomorphicFiberStructure>
-            {isServerComponent && AppMod.__next_rsc__ ? (
+            {isServerComponent && !!AppMod.__next_rsc__ ? (
               // _app.server.js is used.
               <Component {...props.pageProps} router={router} />
             ) : (
@@ -1625,7 +1624,6 @@ export async function renderToHTML(
     optimizeFonts: renderOpts.optimizeFonts,
     nextScriptWorkers: renderOpts.nextScriptWorkers,
     runtime: globalRuntime,
-    hasConcurrentFeatures,
   }
 
   const document = (
diff --git a/packages/next/taskfile.js b/packages/next/taskfile.js
index 3cf7a9f1462055d..fc4a1ee697fa957 100644
--- a/packages/next/taskfile.js
+++ b/packages/next/taskfile.js
@@ -1847,6 +1847,13 @@ export async function pages_app(task, opts) {
     .target('dist/pages')
 }
 
+export async function pages_app_server(task, opts) {
+  await task
+    .source('pages/_app.server.tsx')
+    .swc('client', { dev: opts.dev, keepImportAssertions: true })
+    .target('dist/pages')
+}
+
 export async function pages_error(task, opts) {
   await task
     .source('pages/_error.tsx')
@@ -1862,7 +1869,10 @@ export async function pages_document(task, opts) {
 }
 
 export async function pages(task, opts) {
-  await task.parallel(['pages_app', 'pages_error', 'pages_document'], opts)
+  await task.parallel(
+    ['pages_app', 'pages_app_server', 'pages_error', 'pages_document'],
+    opts
+  )
 }
 
 export async function telemetry(task, opts) {
diff --git a/test/integration/react-streaming-and-server-components/switchable-runtime/pages/_app.server.js b/test/integration/react-streaming-and-server-components/switchable-runtime/pages/_app.server.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..0d80a5a8abb31ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/react-streaming-and-server-components/switchable-runtime/pages/_app.server.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+export default function AppServer({ children }) {
+  return (
+    <div className="app-server-root">
+      <style>{`.app-server-root { border: 2px solid blue; }`}</style>
+      {children}
+    </div>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/test/integration/react-streaming-and-server-components/test/basic.js b/test/integration/react-streaming-and-server-components/test/basic.js
index 5c5aec7ba8209fe..ec7952b230b0ee5 100644
--- a/test/integration/react-streaming-and-server-components/test/basic.js
+++ b/test/integration/react-streaming-and-server-components/test/basic.js
@@ -65,4 +65,11 @@ export default async function basic(context, { env }) {
     expect(content).toMatchInlineSnapshot('"foo.clientbar.client"')
     expect(dynamicIds).toBe(undefined)
   })
+
+  if (env === 'prod') {
+    it(`should not display custom _app or _app.server in treeview if there's not any`, () => {
+      const { stdout } = context
+      expect(stdout).not.toMatch(/\s\/_app(\.server)?/)
+    })
+  }
 }
diff --git a/test/integration/react-streaming-and-server-components/test/index.test.js b/test/integration/react-streaming-and-server-components/test/index.test.js
index bb52a23a2b83389..6ac2a84e5cb42b7 100644
--- a/test/integration/react-streaming-and-server-components/test/index.test.js
+++ b/test/integration/react-streaming-and-server-components/test/index.test.js
@@ -77,106 +77,83 @@ describe('Edge runtime - errors', () => {
   })
 })
 
-describe('Edge runtime - prod', () => {
-  const context = { appDir }
-
-  beforeAll(async () => {
-    error500Page.write(page500)
-    context.appPort = await findPort()
-    const { stderr } = await nextBuild(context.appDir)
-    context.stderr = stderr
-    context.server = await nextStart(context.appDir, context.appPort)
-  })
-  afterAll(async () => {
-    error500Page.delete()
-    await killApp(context.server)
-  })
-
-  it('should warn user for experimental risk with edge runtime and server components', async () => {
-    const edgeRuntimeWarning =
-      'You are using the experimental Edge Runtime with `experimental.runtime`.'
-    const rscWarning = `You have experimental React Server Components enabled. Continue at your own risk.`
-    expect(context.stderr).toContain(edgeRuntimeWarning)
-    expect(context.stderr).toContain(rscWarning)
-  })
+const edgeRuntimeBasicSuite = {
+  runTests: (context, env) => {
+    const options = { runtime: 'edge', env }
+    basic(context, options)
+    streaming(context, options)
+    rsc(context, options)
+    runtime(context, options)
 
-  it('should generate middleware SSR manifests for edge runtime', async () => {
-    const distServerDir = join(distDir, 'server')
-    const files = [
-      'middleware-build-manifest.js',
-      'middleware-ssr-runtime.js',
-      'middleware-flight-manifest.js',
-      'middleware-flight-manifest.json',
-      'middleware-manifest.json',
-    ]
-
-    const requiredServerFiles = (
-      await fs.readJSON(join(distDir, 'required-server-files.json'))
-    ).files
-
-    files.forEach((file) => {
-      const filepath = join(distServerDir, file)
-      expect(fs.existsSync(filepath)).toBe(true)
-    })
+    if (env === 'dev') {
+      it('should have content-type and content-encoding headers', async () => {
+        const res = await fetchViaHTTP(context.appPort, '/')
+        expect(res.headers.get('content-type')).toBe('text/html; charset=utf-8')
+        expect(res.headers.get('content-encoding')).toBe('gzip')
+      })
+    }
+    if (env === 'prod') {
+      it('should warn user for experimental risk with edge runtime and server components', async () => {
+        const edgeRuntimeWarning =
+          'You are using the experimental Edge Runtime with `experimental.runtime`.'
+        const rscWarning = `You have experimental React Server Components enabled. Continue at your own risk.`
+        expect(context.stderr).toContain(edgeRuntimeWarning)
+        expect(context.stderr).toContain(rscWarning)
+      })
 
-    requiredServerFiles.forEach((file) => {
-      const requiredFilePath = join(appDir, file)
-      expect(fs.existsSync(requiredFilePath)).toBe(true)
-    })
-  })
+      it('should generate middleware SSR manifests for edge runtime', async () => {
+        const distServerDir = join(distDir, 'server')
+        const files = [
+          'middleware-build-manifest.js',
+          'middleware-ssr-runtime.js',
+          'middleware-flight-manifest.js',
+          'middleware-flight-manifest.json',
+          'middleware-manifest.json',
+        ]
 
-  it('should have clientInfo in middleware manifest', async () => {
-    const middlewareManifestPath = join(
-      distDir,
-      'server',
-      'middleware-manifest.json'
-    )
-    const content = JSON.parse(
-      await fs.readFile(middlewareManifestPath, 'utf8')
-    )
-    for (const item of [
-      ['/', true],
-      ['/next-api/image', true],
-      ['/next-api/link', true],
-      ['/routes/[dynamic]', true],
-    ]) {
-      expect(content.clientInfo).toContainEqual(item)
-    }
-    expect(content.clientInfo).not.toContainEqual([['/404', true]])
-  })
+        const requiredServerFiles = (
+          await fs.readJSON(join(distDir, 'required-server-files.json'))
+        ).files
 
-  const options = { runtime: 'edge', env: 'prod' }
-  basic(context, options)
-  streaming(context, options)
-  rsc(context, options)
-  runtime(context, options)
-})
+        files.forEach((file) => {
+          const filepath = join(distServerDir, file)
+          expect(fs.existsSync(filepath)).toBe(true)
+        })
 
-describe('Edge runtime - dev', () => {
-  const context = { appDir }
+        requiredServerFiles.forEach((file) => {
+          const requiredFilePath = join(appDir, file)
+          expect(fs.existsSync(requiredFilePath)).toBe(true)
+        })
+      })
 
-  beforeAll(async () => {
+      it('should have clientInfo in middleware manifest', async () => {
+        const middlewareManifestPath = join(
+          distDir,
+          'server',
+          'middleware-manifest.json'
+        )
+        const content = JSON.parse(
+          await fs.readFile(middlewareManifestPath, 'utf8')
+        )
+        for (const item of [
+          ['/', true],
+          ['/next-api/image', true],
+          ['/next-api/link', true],
+          ['/routes/[dynamic]', true],
+        ]) {
+          expect(content.clientInfo).toContainEqual(item)
+        }
+        expect(content.clientInfo).not.toContainEqual([['/404', true]])
+      })
+    }
+  },
+  beforeAll: () => {
     error500Page.write(page500)
-    context.appPort = await findPort()
-    context.server = await nextDev(context.appDir, context.appPort)
-  })
-  afterAll(async () => {
+  },
+  afterAll: () => {
     error500Page.delete()
-    await killApp(context.server)
-  })
-
-  it('should have content-type and content-encoding headers', async () => {
-    const res = await fetchViaHTTP(context.appPort, '/')
-    expect(res.headers.get('content-type')).toBe('text/html; charset=utf-8')
-    expect(res.headers.get('content-encoding')).toBe('gzip')
-  })
-
-  const options = { runtime: 'edge', env: 'dev' }
-  basic(context, options)
-  streaming(context, options)
-  rsc(context, options)
-  runtime(context, options)
-})
+  },
+}
 
 const nodejsRuntimeBasicSuite = {
   runTests: (context, env) => {
@@ -259,6 +236,8 @@ const documentSuite = {
 
 runSuite('Node.js runtime', 'dev', nodejsRuntimeBasicSuite)
 runSuite('Node.js runtime', 'prod', nodejsRuntimeBasicSuite)
+runSuite('Edge runtime', 'dev', edgeRuntimeBasicSuite)
+runSuite('Edge runtime', 'prod', edgeRuntimeBasicSuite)
 
 runSuite('Custom App', 'dev', customAppPageSuite)
 runSuite('Custom App', 'prod', customAppPageSuite)
@@ -276,7 +255,10 @@ function runSuite(suiteName, env, options) {
       options.beforeAll?.()
       if (env === 'prod') {
         context.appPort = await findPort()
-        context.code = (await nextBuild(context.appDir)).code
+        const { stdout, stderr, code } = await nextBuild(context.appDir)
+        context.stdout = stdout
+        context.stderr = stderr
+        context.code = code
         context.server = await nextStart(context.appDir, context.appPort)
       }
       if (env === 'dev') {
diff --git a/test/integration/react-streaming-and-server-components/test/rsc.js b/test/integration/react-streaming-and-server-components/test/rsc.js
index e96e8dd40f84962..0444891c1581585 100644
--- a/test/integration/react-streaming-and-server-components/test/rsc.js
+++ b/test/integration/react-streaming-and-server-components/test/rsc.js
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ export default function (context, { runtime, env }) {
 
     // should have only 1 DOCTYPE
     expect(homeHTML).toMatch(/^<!DOCTYPE html><html/)
-
     expect(homeHTML).toContain('component:index.server')
     expect(homeHTML).toContain('env:env_var_test')
     expect(homeHTML).toContain('header:test-util')
diff --git a/test/integration/react-streaming-and-server-components/test/switchable-runtime.test.js b/test/integration/react-streaming-and-server-components/test/switchable-runtime.test.js
index f53496b58b1f448..d2611080404923f 100644
--- a/test/integration/react-streaming-and-server-components/test/switchable-runtime.test.js
+++ b/test/integration/react-streaming-and-server-components/test/switchable-runtime.test.js
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 /* eslint-env jest */
 import webdriver from 'next-webdriver'
 import { join } from 'path'
-import { check, findPort, killApp, renderViaHTTP } from 'next-test-utils'
+import {
+  check,
+  findPort,
+  killApp,
+  renderViaHTTP,
+  waitFor,
+} from 'next-test-utils'
 import { nextBuild, nextDev, nextStart } from './utils'
 
 const appDir = join(__dirname, '../switchable-runtime')
@@ -13,7 +19,7 @@ function splitLines(text) {
     .filter(Boolean)
 }
 
-async function testRoute(appPort, url, { isStatic, isEdge }) {
+async function testRoute(appPort, url, { isStatic, isEdge, isRSC }) {
   const html1 = await renderViaHTTP(appPort, url)
   const renderedAt1 = +html1.match(/Time: (\d+)/)[1]
   expect(html1).toContain(`Runtime: ${isEdge ? 'Edge' : 'Node.js'}`)
@@ -29,6 +35,12 @@ async function testRoute(appPort, url, { isStatic, isEdge }) {
     // Should be re-rendered.
     expect(renderedAt1).toBeLessThan(renderedAt2)
   }
+  const customAppServerHtml = '<div class="app-server-root">'
+  if (isRSC) {
+    expect(html1).toContain(customAppServerHtml)
+  } else {
+    expect(html1).not.toContain(customAppServerHtml)
+  }
 }
 
 describe('Switchable runtime (prod)', () => {
@@ -49,6 +61,7 @@ describe('Switchable runtime (prod)', () => {
     await testRoute(context.appPort, '/static', {
       isStatic: true,
       isEdge: false,
+      isRSC: false,
     })
   })
 
@@ -56,6 +69,7 @@ describe('Switchable runtime (prod)', () => {
     await testRoute(context.appPort, '/node', {
       isStatic: true,
       isEdge: false,
+      isRSC: false,
     })
   })
 
@@ -63,6 +77,7 @@ describe('Switchable runtime (prod)', () => {
     await testRoute(context.appPort, '/node-ssr', {
       isStatic: false,
       isEdge: false,
+      isRSC: false,
     })
   })
 
@@ -70,6 +85,7 @@ describe('Switchable runtime (prod)', () => {
     await testRoute(context.appPort, '/node-ssg', {
       isStatic: true,
       isEdge: false,
+      isRSC: false,
     })
   })
 
@@ -77,6 +93,7 @@ describe('Switchable runtime (prod)', () => {
     await testRoute(context.appPort, '/node-rsc', {
       isStatic: true,
       isEdge: false,
+      isRSC: true,
     })
   })
 
@@ -84,6 +101,7 @@ describe('Switchable runtime (prod)', () => {
     await testRoute(context.appPort, '/node-rsc-ssr', {
       isStatic: false,
       isEdge: false,
+      isRSC: true,
     })
   })
 
@@ -91,6 +109,7 @@ describe('Switchable runtime (prod)', () => {
     await testRoute(context.appPort, '/node-rsc-ssg', {
       isStatic: true,
       isEdge: false,
+      isRSC: true,
     })
   })
 
@@ -106,7 +125,7 @@ describe('Switchable runtime (prod)', () => {
     expect(renderedAt1).toBe(renderedAt2)
 
     // Trigger a revalidation after 3s.
-    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 4000))
+    await waitFor(4000)
     await renderViaHTTP(context.appPort, '/node-rsc-isr')
 
     await check(async () => {
@@ -122,6 +141,7 @@ describe('Switchable runtime (prod)', () => {
     await testRoute(context.appPort, '/edge', {
       isStatic: false,
       isEdge: true,
+      isRSC: false,
     })
   })
 
@@ -129,6 +149,7 @@ describe('Switchable runtime (prod)', () => {
     await testRoute(context.appPort, '/edge-rsc', {
       isStatic: false,
       isEdge: true,
+      isRSC: true,
     })
   })
 
@@ -137,7 +158,9 @@ describe('Switchable runtime (prod)', () => {
       /^[┌├└/]/.test(line)
     )
     const expectedOutputLines = splitLines(`
-  ┌ ○ /404
+  ┌   /_app
+  ├   /_app.server
+  ├ ○ /404
   ├ ℇ /edge
   ├ ℇ /edge-rsc
   ├ ○ /node
@@ -149,9 +172,11 @@ describe('Switchable runtime (prod)', () => {
   ├ λ /node-ssr
   └ ○ /static
   `)
-    const isMatched = expectedOutputLines.every((line, index) =>
-      stdoutLines[index].startsWith(line)
-    )
+    const isMatched = expectedOutputLines.every((line, index) => {
+      const matched = stdoutLines[index].startsWith(line)
+      return matched
+    })
+
     expect(isMatched).toBe(true)
   })