diff --git a/cspell.json b/cspell.json
index 5a76ee66..4ef02597 100644
--- a/cspell.json
+++ b/cspell.json
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
     "atrule",
     "autocorrect",
     "autofix",
+    "autoload",
+    "autoloader",
+    "autoloading",
     "autoplay",
     "bezier",
     "boxicons",
diff --git a/docs/resources/changelog.md b/docs/resources/changelog.md
index 53d988f0..9b60d16f 100644
--- a/docs/resources/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/resources/changelog.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ New versions of Shoelace are released as-needed and generally occur when a criti
 
 ## Next
 
+- Added an experimental autoloader
+- Added the `subpath` argument to `getBasePath()` to make it easier to generate full paths to any file
 - Fixed a bug in `<sl-select>` that caused the display label to render incorrectly in Chrome after form validation [#1197](https://github.com/shoelace-style/shoelace/discussions/1197)
 - Fixed a bug in `<sl-input>` that prevented users from applying their own value for `autocapitalize`, `autocomplete`, and `autocorrect` when using `type="password` [#1205](https://github.com/shoelace-style/shoelace/issues/1205)
 
diff --git a/scripts/build.js b/scripts/build.js
index 61b81846..772d7585 100644
--- a/scripts/build.js
+++ b/scripts/build.js
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ fs.mkdirSync(outdir, { recursive: true });
         //
         // The whole shebang
         './src/shoelace.ts',
+        // The auto-loader
+        './src/shoelace-autoloader.ts',
         // Components
         ...(await globby('./src/components/**/!(*.(style|test)).ts')),
         // Translations
@@ -120,6 +122,22 @@ fs.mkdirSync(outdir, { recursive: true });
         routes: {
           '/dist': './dist'
         }
+      },
+      //
+      // Suppress Chrome's document.write() warning
+      //
+      // More info: https://github.com/BrowserSync/browser-sync/issues/1600)
+      //
+      snippetOptions: {
+        rule: {
+          match: /<\/head>/u,
+          fn: (snippet, match) => {
+            const {
+              groups: { src }
+            } = /src='(?<src>[^']+)'/u.exec(snippet);
+            return `<script src="${src}" async></script>${match}`;
+          }
+        }
       }
     };
 
diff --git a/src/components/icon/library.default.ts b/src/components/icon/library.default.ts
index 28f3672c..f001c61a 100644
--- a/src/components/icon/library.default.ts
+++ b/src/components/icon/library.default.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import type { IconLibrary } from './library';
 
 const library: IconLibrary = {
   name: 'default',
-  resolver: name => `${getBasePath()}/assets/icons/${name}.svg`
+  resolver: name => getBasePath(`assets/icons/${name}.svg`)
 };
 
 export default library;
diff --git a/src/shoelace-autoloader.ts b/src/shoelace-autoloader.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c9d98913
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/shoelace-autoloader.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import { getBasePath } from './utilities/base-path';
+
+const observer = new MutationObserver(mutations => {
+  for (const { addedNodes } of mutations) {
+    for (const node of addedNodes) {
+      if (node.nodeType === Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
+        discover(node as Element);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+});
+
+/**
+ * Checks a node for undefined elements and attempts to register them.
+ */
+async function discover(root: Element) {
+  const rootTagName = root.tagName.toLowerCase();
+  const rootIsCustomElement = rootTagName.includes('-');
+  const tags = [...root.querySelectorAll(':not(:defined)')]
+    .map(el => el.tagName.toLowerCase())
+    .filter(tag => tag.startsWith('sl-'));
+
+  // If the root element is an undefined custom element, add it to the list
+  if (rootIsCustomElement && !customElements.get(rootTagName)) {
+    tags.push(root.tagName.toLowerCase());
+  }
+
+  // Make the list unique
+  const tagsToRegister = [...new Set(tags)];
+
+  await Promise.allSettled(tagsToRegister.map(tagName => register(tagName)));
+}
+
+/**
+ * Registers an element by tag name.
+ */
+function register(tagName: string): Promise<void> {
+  const tagWithoutPrefix = tagName.replace(/^sl-/i, '');
+  const path = getBasePath(`components/${tagWithoutPrefix}/${tagWithoutPrefix}.js`);
+
+  // If the element is already defined, there's nothing more to do
+  if (customElements.get(tagName)) {
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
+
+  // Register it
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    import(path)
+      .then(() => resolve())
+      .catch(() => reject(new Error(`Unable to automatically load<${tagName}> from ${path}`)));
+  });
+}
+
+// Initial discovery
+discover(document.body);
+
+// Listen for new undefined elements
+observer.observe(document.body, { subtree: true, childList: true });
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index ec49f88b..49de6876 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   "compilerOptions": {
     /* Visit https://aka.ms/tsconfig.json to read more about this file */
     "target": "es2017",
+    "module": "es2020",
     "lib": [
       "dom",
       "dom.Iterable",