diff --git a/src/runtime2/runtime.rs b/src/runtime2/runtime.rs
index 5b093be34c844f31be546b7853789b2f815dfe50..155dcd51e8311df571e18a31cb85c81134a37887 100644
--- a/src/runtime2/runtime.rs
+++ b/src/runtime2/runtime.rs
@@ -183,6 +183,20 @@ impl Runtime {
 
         return runtime;
     }
+
+    pub fn create_component(&self, module_name: &[u8], routine_name: &[u8]) -> Result<(), ComponentCreationError> {
+        use crate::protocol::eval::ValueGroup;
+        let prompt = self.inner.protocol.new_component(
+            module_name, routine_name,
+            ValueGroup::new_stack(Vec::new())
+        )?;
+        let reserved = self.inner.start_create_pdl_component();
+        let ctx = CompCtx::new(&reserved);
+        let (key, _) = self.inner.finish_create_pdl_component(reserved, CompPDL::new(prompt, 0), ctx, false);
+        self.inner.enqueue_work(key);
+
+        return Ok(())
+    }
 }
 
 impl Drop for Runtime {