diff --git a/src/componentsBase/IIgniteUIBlazorRuntime.cs b/src/componentsBase/IIgniteUIBlazorRuntime.cs
index fb991f99..f6d57cab 100644
--- a/src/componentsBase/IIgniteUIBlazorRuntime.cs
+++ b/src/componentsBase/IIgniteUIBlazorRuntime.cs
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 using Microsoft.JSInterop;
 
 namespace IgniteUI.Blazor.Controls
 {
     /// <summary>
-    /// The runtime behind the <see cref="IIgniteUIBlazor"/> marker; the components and
+    /// The runtime behind <see cref="IIgniteUIBlazor"/>; the components and
     /// <see cref="ModuleLoader"/> reach it through <see cref="IgniteUIBlazorRuntimeExtensions.AsRuntime"/>.
     /// </summary>
     internal interface IIgniteUIBlazorRuntime
@@ -19,14 +20,29 @@ internal interface IIgniteUIBlazorRuntime
 
     internal static class IgniteUIBlazorRuntimeExtensions
     {
+        private static readonly ConditionalWeakTable<IIgniteUIBlazor, IgniteUIBlazor> _adopted = new();
+
         /// <summary>
-        /// The single conversion from the public marker to the runtime it is implemented by.
+        /// The single conversion from the public service to the runtime it is implemented by.
         /// </summary>
         internal static IIgniteUIBlazorRuntime AsRuntime(this IIgniteUIBlazor service)
         {
-            return service as IIgniteUIBlazorRuntime
-                ?? throw new InvalidOperationException(
-                    $"The registered {nameof(IIgniteUIBlazor)} instance is of type {service?.GetType().Name ?? "null"}, which is not the runtime registered by AddIgniteUIBlazor.");
+            if (service is IIgniteUIBlazorRuntime runtime)
+            {
+                return runtime;
+            }
+            if (service != null && IsFullPackageRuntime(service.GetType()))
+            {
+                return _adopted.GetValue(service, s => new IgniteUIBlazor(s.JsRuntime));
+            }
+            throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                $"The registered {nameof(IIgniteUIBlazor)} instance is of type {service?.GetType().Name ?? "null"}, which is not the runtime registered by AddIgniteUIBlazor.");
         }
+
+        // Temporary, while the full IgniteUI.Blazor package deprecates its IgniteUIBlazor class: an app that registers
+        // that class instead of calling AddIgniteUIBlazor gets a runtime of its own, one per instance and so one per scope.
+        // Matched by name because that package depends on this one.
+        private static bool IsFullPackageRuntime(Type type) =>
+            type.FullName == "IgniteUI.Blazor.Controls.IgniteUIBlazor" && type.Assembly.GetName().Name == "IgniteUI.Blazor";
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/componentsBase/IgbComponentBase.cs b/src/componentsBase/IgbComponentBase.cs
index 87d3caa4..f51a04f7 100644
--- a/src/componentsBase/IgbComponentBase.cs
+++ b/src/componentsBase/IgbComponentBase.cs
@@ -3857,6 +3857,12 @@ internal IgniteUIBlazorSettings(IIgniteUIBlazorSettings settings)
     /// </summary>
     public interface IIgniteUIBlazor
     {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The JS runtime the client resources load through. Supports the product infrastructure and is not
+        /// intended to be used directly from your code.
+        /// </summary>
+        [System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsable(System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
+        IJSRuntime JsRuntime { get; }
     }
 
     internal class IgniteUIBlazor : IIgniteUIBlazor, IIgniteUIBlazorRuntime
diff --git a/tests/IgniteUI.Blazor.Tests/ServiceRegistrationTests.cs b/tests/IgniteUI.Blazor.Tests/ServiceRegistrationTests.cs
index d24c32b7..e9cf564d 100644
--- a/tests/IgniteUI.Blazor.Tests/ServiceRegistrationTests.cs
+++ b/tests/IgniteUI.Blazor.Tests/ServiceRegistrationTests.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Reflection.Emit;
+using Bunit;
 using IgniteUI.Blazor.Controls;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.JSInterop;
@@ -180,6 +183,54 @@ public void AddIgniteUIBlazor_MutatingOriginalArray_DoesNotAffectRegisteredModul
         Assert.Equal([typeof(FirstModule)], SettingsOf(host).ModulesToLoad);
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void Runtime_ExposesTheRegisteredJsRuntime()
+    {
+        using var host = new Host(s => s.AddIgniteUIBlazor());
+
+        Assert.Same(host.Services.GetRequiredService<IJSRuntime>(), host.Services.GetRequiredService<IIgniteUIBlazor>().JsRuntime);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>The full IgniteUI.Blazor package's deprecated <c>IgniteUIBlazor</c>, registered in place of <c>AddIgniteUIBlazor</c>.</summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public void Component_WithFullPackageRuntimeRegistered_RequestsItsModuleThroughItsJsRuntime()
+    {
+        using var context = new BunitContext();
+        context.JSInterop.Mode = JSRuntimeMode.Loose;
+        context.Services.AddScoped<IIgniteUIBlazor>(sp =>
+        {
+            var runtime = (HandRegisteredRuntime)Activator.CreateInstance(_fullPackageRuntimeType)!;
+            runtime.JsRuntime = sp.GetRequiredService<IJSRuntime>();
+            return runtime;
+        });
+
+        context.Render<IgbButton>();
+
+        var load = Assert.Single(context.JSInterop.Invocations, v => v.Identifier == "igRequestLoad");
+        Assert.Equal("WebButtonModule", load.Arguments[0]);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Component_WithOtherRuntimeRegistered_Throws()
+    {
+        using var context = new BunitContext();
+        context.Services.AddScoped<IIgniteUIBlazor>(_ => new HandRegisteredRuntime());
+
+        var error = Assert.Throws<InvalidOperationException>(() => context.Render<IgbButton>());
+        Assert.Contains("not the runtime registered by AddIgniteUIBlazor", error.Message);
+    }
+
+    public class HandRegisteredRuntime : IIgniteUIBlazor
+    {
+        public IJSRuntime JsRuntime { get; set; } = null!;
+    }
+
+    // HandRegisteredRuntime under the full package's type and assembly name; this repository cannot reference that package.
+    private static readonly Type _fullPackageRuntimeType = AssemblyBuilder.DefineDynamicAssembly(new AssemblyName("IgniteUI.Blazor"), AssemblyBuilderAccess.Run)
+        .DefineDynamicModule("IgniteUI.Blazor")
+        .DefineType("IgniteUI.Blazor.Controls.IgniteUIBlazor", TypeAttributes.Public, typeof(HandRegisteredRuntime))
+        .CreateType();
+
     [Fact]
     public void Runtime_IsScoped_SoEachScopeRegistersItsOwn()
     {