diff --git a/src/vnodeTransformers/stubComponentsTransformer.ts b/src/vnodeTransformers/stubComponentsTransformer.ts
index 17bdb14f5..407987968 100644
--- a/src/vnodeTransformers/stubComponentsTransformer.ts
+++ b/src/vnodeTransformers/stubComponentsTransformer.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import {
   defineComponent,
   h
 } from 'vue'
-import { camelize, hyphenate } from '../utils/vueShared'
+import { camelize, capitalize, hyphenate } from '../utils/vueShared'
 import { matchName } from '../utils/matchName'
 import { isComponent, isFunctionalComponent } from '../utils'
 import { unwrapLegacyVueExtendComponent } from '../utils/vueCompatSupport'
@@ -211,6 +211,30 @@ export function createStubComponentsTransformer({
   shallow = false,
   renderStubDefaultSlot = false
 }: CreateStubComponentsTransformerConfig): VTUVNodeTypeTransformer {
+  // `app.component()` registrations (e.g. from a plugin) can use a key that
+  // differs from the component name, like naive-ui's `NButton` (name `Button`)
+  const globalStubKeys = new WeakMap<object, Map<unknown, string>>()
+  const getGlobalStubKey = (
+    registry: Record<string, Component>,
+    type: VNodeTypes
+  ) => {
+    let stubKeys = globalStubKeys.get(registry)
+    if (!stubKeys) {
+      stubKeys = new Map()
+      for (const stubKey in stubs) {
+        for (const key of [
+          stubKey,
+          capitalize(camelize(stubKey)),
+          hyphenate(stubKey)
+        ]) {
+          stubKeys.set(registry[key], stubKey)
+        }
+      }
+      globalStubKeys.set(registry, stubKeys)
+    }
+    return stubKeys.get(type)
+  }
+
   return function componentsTransformer(type, instance) {
     for (const tag in DEFAULT_STUBS) {
       const predicate = DEFAULT_STUBS[tag as keyof typeof DEFAULT_STUBS]
@@ -237,8 +261,20 @@ export function createStubComponentsTransformer({
       }
     }
 
-    // Prio 2 using the name attribute in the component
-    if (!stub && componentName) {
+    // Prio 2 using the key in globally registered components
+    if (stub == null && instance) {
+      const globalStubKey = getGlobalStubKey(
+        instance.appContext.components,
+        type
+      )
+      if (globalStubKey) {
+        stub = stubs[globalStubKey]
+        name = globalStubKey
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Prio 3 using the name attribute in the component
+    if (stub == null && componentName) {
       stub = resolveComponentStubByName(componentName, stubs)
       if (stub) {
         name = componentName
diff --git a/tests/mountingOptions/global.stubs.spec.ts b/tests/mountingOptions/global.stubs.spec.ts
index d57168cf3..75a901b8d 100644
--- a/tests/mountingOptions/global.stubs.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/mountingOptions/global.stubs.spec.ts
@@ -823,6 +823,66 @@ describe('mounting options: stubs', () => {
     expect(wrapper.html()).toBe('<span>MyComponentKey stubbed</span>')
   })
 
+  it('stubs a component by the key it is globally registered with', () => {
+    const TestComponent = defineComponent({
+      template: '<div><n-button /><NButton /><n-icon /><nTag /></div>'
+    })
+
+    const wrapper = mount(TestComponent, {
+      global: {
+        plugins: [
+          {
+            install(app) {
+              app.component('NButton', {
+                name: 'Button',
+                template: '<button />'
+              })
+              app.component('n-icon', { name: 'Icon', template: '<i />' })
+              app.component('nTag', { name: 'Tag', template: '<b />' })
+            }
+          }
+        ],
+        stubs: { 'n-button': true, NIcon: true, nTag: true }
+      }
+    })
+
+    expect(wrapper.html()).toBe(
+      '<div>\n' +
+        '  <n-button-stub></n-button-stub>\n' +
+        '  <n-button-stub></n-button-stub>\n' +
+        '  <n-icon-stub></n-icon-stub>\n' +
+        '  <n-tag-stub></n-tag-stub>\n' +
+        '</div>'
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('opts out of stubbing a component by its registered key with shallow', () => {
+    const Button = defineComponent({
+      name: 'Button',
+      template: '<button>real button</button>'
+    })
+    const Card = defineComponent({
+      name: 'Card',
+      template: '<section>real card</section>'
+    })
+
+    const TestComponent = defineComponent({
+      components: { LocalCard: Card },
+      template: '<div><NButton /><LocalCard /></div>'
+    })
+
+    const wrapper = mount(TestComponent, {
+      shallow: true,
+      global: {
+        plugins: [{ install: app => app.component('NButton', Button) }],
+        stubs: { NButton: false, LocalCard: false }
+      }
+    })
+
+    expect(wrapper.html()).toContain('<button>real button</button>')
+    expect(wrapper.html()).toContain('<section>real card</section>')
+  })
+
   describe('stub async component', () => {
     const AsyncComponentWithoutName = defineAsyncComponent(async () => ({
       template: '<span>AsyncComponent</span>'