diff --git a/crates/ui2/src/components/popover.rs b/crates/ui2/src/components/popover.rs
index 74478e40512cc6da5753caa6fb39a097f713cd20..a919cc541753b3f7d4109ea673bf7b55f3c8c500 100644
--- a/crates/ui2/src/components/popover.rs
+++ b/crates/ui2/src/components/popover.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use gpui::{
-    AnyElement, Component, Div, ElementId, ParentElement, RenderOnce, Styled, WindowContext,
+    AnyElement, Component, Div, Element, ElementId, ParentElement, RenderOnce, Styled,
+    WindowContext,
 };
 use smallvec::SmallVec;
 
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ use crate::{v_stack, StyledExt};
 #[derive(RenderOnce)]
 pub struct Popover {
     children: SmallVec<[AnyElement; 2]>,
-    aside: Option<SmallVec<[AnyElement; 2]>>,
+    aside: Option<AnyElement>,
 }
 
 impl Component for Popover {
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ impl Component for Popover {
                         .absolute()
                         .elevation_2(cx)
                         .p_1()
-                        .children(aside),
+                        .child(aside),
                 )
             })
     }
@@ -43,6 +44,14 @@ impl Popover {
             aside: None,
         }
     }
+
+    pub fn aside(mut self, aside: impl RenderOnce) -> Self
+    where
+        Self: Sized,
+    {
+        self.aside = Some(aside.render_once().into_any());
+        self
+    }
 }
 
 impl ParentElement for Popover {