diff --git a/src/core/controller.ts b/src/core/controller.ts
index 4b412716..02d2b096 100644
--- a/src/core/controller.ts
+++ b/src/core/controller.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Application } from "./application"
 import { ClassPropertiesBlessing } from "./class_properties"
 import { Constructor } from "./constructor"
 import { Context } from "./context"
-import { OutletPropertiesBlessing } from "./outlet_properties"
+import { OutletPropertiesBlessing, OutletRenameObject } from "./outlet_properties"
 import { TargetPropertiesBlessing } from "./target_properties"
 import { ValuePropertiesBlessing, ValueDefinitionMap } from "./value_properties"
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export class Controller<ElementType extends Element = Element> {
     OutletPropertiesBlessing,
   ]
   static targets: string[] = []
-  static outlets: string[] = []
+  static outlets: (string | OutletRenameObject)[] = []
   static values: ValueDefinitionMap = {}
 
   static get shouldLoad() {
diff --git a/src/core/outlet_observer.ts b/src/core/outlet_observer.ts
index b0956f47..8bcae6fc 100644
--- a/src/core/outlet_observer.ts
+++ b/src/core/outlet_observer.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { Context } from "./context"
 import { Controller } from "./controller"
 
 import { readInheritableStaticArrayValues } from "./inheritable_statics"
+import { OutletRenameObject } from "./outlet_properties"
 
 type OutletObserverDetails = { outletName: string }
 
@@ -206,7 +207,15 @@ export class OutletObserver implements AttributeObserverDelegate, SelectorObserv
       const constructor = module.definition.controllerConstructor
       const outlets = readInheritableStaticArrayValues(constructor, "outlets")
 
-      outlets.forEach((outlet) => dependencies.add(outlet, module.identifier))
+      outlets.forEach((outlet: string | OutletRenameObject) => {
+        let name: string
+        if (typeof outlet === "object") {
+          name = Object.values(outlet)[0]
+        } else {
+          name = outlet
+        }
+        return dependencies.add(name, module.identifier)
+      })
     })
 
     return dependencies
diff --git a/src/core/outlet_properties.ts b/src/core/outlet_properties.ts
index 4af436a4..7cbce1a6 100644
--- a/src/core/outlet_properties.ts
+++ b/src/core/outlet_properties.ts
@@ -24,8 +24,18 @@ function getControllerAndEnsureConnectedScope(controller: Controller, element: E
   if (outletController) return outletController
 }
 
-function propertiesForOutletDefinition(name: string) {
-  const camelizedName = namespaceCamelize(name)
+function propertiesForOutletDefinition(outletDescription: string | OutletRenameObject) {
+  let camelizedName: string;
+  let name: string;
+
+  if (typeof outletDescription === 'object') {
+      const [[newName, originalName]] = Object.entries(outletDescription)
+      name = originalName
+      camelizedName = namespaceCamelize(newName)
+  } else {
+      name = outletDescription;
+      camelizedName = namespaceCamelize(name)
+  }
 
   return {
     [`${camelizedName}Outlet`]: {
@@ -100,3 +110,6 @@ function propertiesForOutletDefinition(name: string) {
     },
   }
 }
+
+export type OutletRenameObject = { [key: string]: string };
+
diff --git a/src/tests/controllers/outlet_controller.ts b/src/tests/controllers/outlet_controller.ts
index b382f80c..9104f5fe 100644
--- a/src/tests/controllers/outlet_controller.ts
+++ b/src/tests/controllers/outlet_controller.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
+import { OutletRenameObject } from "src/core/outlet_properties"
 import { Controller } from "../../core/controller"
 
 class BaseOutletController extends Controller {
-  static outlets = ["alpha"]
+  static outlets: (string | OutletRenameObject)[] = ["alpha"]
 
   alphaOutlet!: Controller | null
   alphaOutlets!: Controller[]
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ class BaseOutletController extends Controller {
 
 export class OutletController extends BaseOutletController {
   static classes = ["connected", "disconnected"]
-  static outlets = ["beta", "gamma", "delta", "omega", "namespaced--epsilon"]
+  static outlets = ["beta", "gamma", "delta", "omega", "namespaced--epsilon", { input: "helpers--common--input" }]
 
   static values = {
     alphaOutletConnectedCallCount: Number,
@@ -32,6 +33,9 @@ export class OutletController extends BaseOutletController {
   betaOutletElements!: Element[]
   hasBetaOutlet!: boolean
 
+  inputOutlet!: Controller | null
+  inputOutletElement!: Element | null
+
   namespacedEpsilonOutlet!: Controller | null
   namespacedEpsilonOutlets!: Controller[]
   namespacedEpsilonOutletElement!: Element | null
diff --git a/src/tests/modules/core/outlet_tests.ts b/src/tests/modules/core/outlet_tests.ts
index fb87ba12..8b659f2a 100644
--- a/src/tests/modules/core/outlet_tests.ts
+++ b/src/tests/modules/core/outlet_tests.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ export default class OutletTests extends ControllerTestCase(OutletController) {
         <div data-controller="beta" id="beta4"></div>
       </div>
 
+      <div data-controller="helpers--common--input" class="inputs"></div>
+
       <div
         data-controller="${this.identifier}"
         data-${this.identifier}-connected-class="connected"
@@ -21,6 +23,7 @@ export default class OutletTests extends ControllerTestCase(OutletController) {
         data-${this.identifier}-beta-outlet=".beta"
         data-${this.identifier}-delta-outlet=".delta"
         data-${this.identifier}-namespaced--epsilon-outlet=".epsilon"
+        data-${this.identifier}-helpers--common--input-outlet=".inputs"
       >
         <div data-controller="gamma" class="gamma" id="gamma2"></div>
       </div>
@@ -37,7 +40,7 @@ export default class OutletTests extends ControllerTestCase(OutletController) {
     </div>
   `
   get identifiers() {
-    return ["test", "alpha", "beta", "gamma", "delta", "omega", "namespaced--epsilon"]
+    return ["test", "alpha", "beta", "gamma", "delta", "omega", "namespaced--epsilon", "helpers--common--input"]
   }
 
   "test OutletSet#find"() {
@@ -366,4 +369,14 @@ export default class OutletTests extends ControllerTestCase(OutletController) {
       `expected "${alpha2.className}" to contain "disconnected"`
     )
   }
+
+  "test outlet renaming"() {
+    const element = this.findElement(".inputs")
+    const inputOutlet = this.controller.application.getControllerForElementAndIdentifier(
+      element,
+      "helpers--common--input"
+    )
+    this.assert.equal(this.controller.inputOutlet, inputOutlet)
+    this.assert.equal(this.controller.inputOutletElement, element)
+  }
 }