diff --git a/public/app/features/plugins/all.ts b/public/app/features/plugins/all.ts
index c9fb250266c..bd94a82b31e 100644
--- a/public/app/features/plugins/all.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/plugins/all.ts
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ import './import_list/import_list';
 import './ds_edit_ctrl';
 import './datasource_srv';
 import './plugin_component';
+import './plugin_react_component';
diff --git a/public/app/features/plugins/plugin_react_component.tsx b/public/app/features/plugins/plugin_react_component.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d20679c9681
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/plugins/plugin_react_component.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import _ from 'lodash';
+import coreModule from 'app/core/core_module';
+import { importPluginModule } from './plugin_loader';
+import React from 'react';
+import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
+import { Provider } from 'react-redux';
+
+function WrapInProvider(Component, props) {
+  return (
+    <Provider>
+      <Component {...props} />
+    </Provider>
+  );
+}
+
+/** @ngInject */
+function pluginReactDirectiveLoader($compile, datasourceSrv, $rootScope, $q, $http, $templateCache, $timeout) {
+  async function getModule(scope, attrs) {
+    switch (attrs.type) {
+      case 'template-query-ctrl': {
+        const dsModule = await importPluginModule(scope.currentDatasource.meta.module);
+        console.log(dsModule);
+        return dsModule.TemplateQueryCtrl;
+      }
+      default: {
+        return $q.reject({
+          message: 'Could not find component type: ' + attrs.type,
+        });
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return {
+    restrict: 'E',
+    link: async (scope, elem, attrs) => {
+      const component = await getModule(scope, attrs);
+      const props = { datasourceSrv };
+      ReactDOM.render(WrapInProvider(component, props), elem[0]);
+
+      scope.$on('$destroy', () => {
+        ReactDOM.unmountComponentAtNode(elem[0]);
+      });
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+coreModule.directive('pluginReactComponent', pluginReactDirectiveLoader);