diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index e6552f0f7..d1180265d 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ PATH
   specs:
     view_component (4.1.0)
       activesupport (>= 7.1.0, < 8.2)
+      actionview (>= 7.1.0, < 8.2)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1)
 
 GEM
diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index 94c775693..2029fa4f3 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ nav_order: 6
 
     *Tom Lord*
 
+* Declare `actionview` as a `view_component` gem dependency.
+
+    *Michal Cichra*
+
 ## 4.0.2
 
 * Share the view context in tests to prevent out-of-order rendering issues for certain advanced use-cases, eg. testing instances of Rails' `FormBuilder`.
diff --git a/gemfiles/rails_7.1.gemfile.lock b/gemfiles/rails_7.1.gemfile.lock
index 783c26cc0..2b4b5762a 100644
--- a/gemfiles/rails_7.1.gemfile.lock
+++ b/gemfiles/rails_7.1.gemfile.lock
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ PATH
   remote: ..
   specs:
     view_component (4.1.0)
+      actionview (>= 7.1.0, < 8.2)
       activesupport (>= 7.1.0, < 8.2)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1)
 
diff --git a/gemfiles/rails_7.2.gemfile.lock b/gemfiles/rails_7.2.gemfile.lock
index 1cdd2541f..a21c39901 100644
--- a/gemfiles/rails_7.2.gemfile.lock
+++ b/gemfiles/rails_7.2.gemfile.lock
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ PATH
   remote: ..
   specs:
     view_component (4.1.0)
+      actionview (>= 7.1.0, < 8.2)
       activesupport (>= 7.1.0, < 8.2)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1)
 
diff --git a/gemfiles/rails_8.0.gemfile.lock b/gemfiles/rails_8.0.gemfile.lock
index b98731090..03d65eece 100644
--- a/gemfiles/rails_8.0.gemfile.lock
+++ b/gemfiles/rails_8.0.gemfile.lock
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ PATH
   remote: ..
   specs:
     view_component (4.1.0)
+      actionview (>= 7.1.0, < 8.2)
       activesupport (>= 7.1.0, < 8.2)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1)
 
diff --git a/gemfiles/rails_8.1.gemfile.lock b/gemfiles/rails_8.1.gemfile.lock
index 90b2bb3d1..2de01169b 100644
--- a/gemfiles/rails_8.1.gemfile.lock
+++ b/gemfiles/rails_8.1.gemfile.lock
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ PATH
   remote: ..
   specs:
     view_component (4.1.0)
+      actionview (>= 7.1.0, < 8.2)
       activesupport (>= 7.1.0, < 8.2)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1)
 
diff --git a/gemfiles/rails_main.gemfile.lock b/gemfiles/rails_main.gemfile.lock
index 2cd3228fd..cf88b1240 100644
--- a/gemfiles/rails_main.gemfile.lock
+++ b/gemfiles/rails_main.gemfile.lock
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ PATH
   remote: ..
   specs:
     view_component (4.1.0)
+      actionview (>= 7.1.0, < 8.2)
       activesupport (>= 7.1.0, < 8.2)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1)
 
diff --git a/view_component.gemspec b/view_component.gemspec
index 2daf692cd..d8eb51271 100644
--- a/view_component.gemspec
+++ b/view_component.gemspec
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
 
   spec.required_ruby_version = ">= 3.2.0"
 
-  spec.add_runtime_dependency "activesupport", [">= 7.1.0", "< 8.2"]
+  supported_rails_version = [">= 7.1.0", "< 8.2"]
+  spec.add_runtime_dependency "activesupport", supported_rails_version
+  spec.add_runtime_dependency "actionview", supported_rails_version
   spec.add_runtime_dependency "concurrent-ruby", "~> 1"
 end