diff --git a/lib/private/NavigationManager.php b/lib/private/NavigationManager.php
index f341c6d30949e..4bcd78b7fcf09 100644
--- a/lib/private/NavigationManager.php
+++ b/lib/private/NavigationManager.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 use OC\App\AppManager;
 use OC\Group\Manager;
 use OCP\App\IAppManager;
+use OCP\EventDispatcher\IEventDispatcher;
 use OCP\IConfig;
 use OCP\IGroupManager;
 use OCP\INavigationManager;
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@
 use OCP\IUser;
 use OCP\IUserSession;
 use OCP\L10N\IFactory;
+use OCP\Navigation\Events\LoadAdditionalEntriesEvent;
 use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
 
 /**
@@ -56,6 +58,7 @@ public function __construct(
 		IGroupManager $groupManager,
 		IConfig $config,
 		LoggerInterface $logger,
+		protected IEventDispatcher $eventDispatcher,
 	) {
 		$this->appManager = $appManager;
 		$this->urlGenerator = $urlGenerator;
@@ -318,6 +321,7 @@ private function init() {
 				]);
 			}
 		}
+		$this->eventDispatcher->dispatchTyped(new LoadAdditionalEntriesEvent());
 
 		if ($this->userSession->isLoggedIn()) {
 			$user = $this->userSession->getUser();
diff --git a/lib/public/Navigation/Events/LoadAdditionalEntriesEvent.php b/lib/public/Navigation/Events/LoadAdditionalEntriesEvent.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..61db417b92792
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/public/Navigation/Events/LoadAdditionalEntriesEvent.php
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/**
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+namespace OCP\Navigation\Events;
+
+use OCP\EventDispatcher\Event;
+
+/**
+ * @since 31.0.0
+ */
+class LoadAdditionalEntriesEvent extends Event {
+}