diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 67319d427..49fae2edc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/setup-node@v1
       with:
         node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
-    - run: npm install
-    - run: npm run lint
-    - run: npm run build
-    - run: npm test
+    - run: yarn install
+    - run: yarn lint
+    - run: yarn test
+    - run: yarn build
       env:
         CI: true
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4cde402dd..6575b4a1b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,12 +11,17 @@
     "dist",
     "README.md"
   ],
+  "dependencies": {
+    "lodash": "^4.17.15"
+  },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "^7.9.0",
     "@babel/preset-env": "^7.8.4",
     "@babel/types": "^7.8.3",
+    "@rollup/plugin-node-resolve": "^7.1.3",
     "@types/estree": "^0.0.42",
     "@types/jest": "^24.9.1",
+    "@types/lodash": "^4.14.149",
     "@vue/compiler-sfc": "^3.0.0-alpha.12",
     "babel-jest": "^25.2.3",
     "babel-preset-jest": "^25.2.1",
diff --git a/rollup.config.js b/rollup.config.js
index 6220b86ed..d3a65ae96 100644
--- a/rollup.config.js
+++ b/rollup.config.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import ts from 'rollup-plugin-typescript2'
+import resolve from '@rollup/plugin-node-resolve'
 
 import pkg from './package.json'
 
@@ -19,8 +20,15 @@ function createEntry(options) {
 
   const config = {
     input,
-    external: ['vue'],
-    plugins: [],
+    external: [
+      'vue', 
+      'lodash/mergeWith',
+      'lodash/camelCase',
+      'lodash/upperFirst',
+      'lodash/kebabCase',
+      'lodash/flow'
+    ],
+    plugins: [resolve()],
     output: {
       banner,
       file: 'dist/vue-test-utils.other.js',
diff --git a/src/mount.ts b/src/mount.ts
index 97b84104f..5739b5518 100644
--- a/src/mount.ts
+++ b/src/mount.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   defineComponent,
   VNodeNormalizedChildren,
   ComponentOptions,
+  transformVNodeArgs,
   Plugin,
   Directive,
   Component,
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ import { createWrapper } from './vue-wrapper'
 import { createEmitMixin } from './emitMixin'
 import { createDataMixin } from './dataMixin'
 import { MOUNT_ELEMENT_ID } from './constants'
+import { stubComponents } from './stubs'
 
 type Slot = VNode | string | { render: Function }
 
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ interface MountingOptions {
     plugins?: Plugin[]
     mixins?: ComponentOptions[]
     mocks?: Record<string, any>
+    stubs?: Record<any, any>
     provide?: Record<any, any>
     // TODO how to type `defineComponent`? Using `any` for now.
     components?: Record<string, Component | object>
@@ -72,6 +75,7 @@ export function mount(originalComponent: any, options?: MountingOptions) {
 
   // create the wrapper component
   const Parent = defineComponent({
+    name: 'VTU_COMPONENT',
     render() {
       return h(component, props, slots)
     }
@@ -133,6 +137,13 @@ export function mount(originalComponent: any, options?: MountingOptions) {
   const { emitMixin, events } = createEmitMixin()
   vm.mixin(emitMixin)
 
+  // stubs
+  if (options?.global?.stubs) {
+    stubComponents(options.global.stubs)
+  } else {
+    transformVNodeArgs()
+  }
+
   // mount the app!
   const app = vm.mount(el)
 
diff --git a/src/stubs.ts b/src/stubs.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cac58d89e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/stubs.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+import { transformVNodeArgs, h } from 'vue'
+
+import { pascalCase, kebabCase } from './utils'
+
+interface IStubOptions {
+  name?: string
+}
+
+// TODO: figure out how to type this
+type VNodeArgs = any[]
+
+export const createStub = (options: IStubOptions) => {
+  const tag = options.name ? `${options.name}-stub` : 'anonymous-stub'
+  const render = () => h(tag)
+
+  return { name: tag, render }
+}
+
+const resolveComponentStubByName = (
+  componentName: string,
+  stubs: Record<any, any>
+) => {
+  const componentPascalName = pascalCase(componentName)
+  const componentKebabName = kebabCase(componentName)
+
+  for (const [stubKey, value] of Object.entries(stubs)) {
+    if (
+      stubKey === componentPascalName ||
+      stubKey === componentKebabName ||
+      stubKey === componentName
+    ) {
+      return value
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+const isHTMLElement = (args: VNodeArgs) =>
+  Array.isArray(args) && typeof args[0] === 'string'
+
+const isCommentOrFragment = (args: VNodeArgs) => typeof args[0] === 'symbol'
+
+const isParent = (args: VNodeArgs) =>
+  typeof args[0] === 'object' && args[0]['name'] === 'VTU_COMPONENT'
+
+const isComponent = (args: VNodeArgs) => typeof args[0] === 'object'
+
+export function stubComponents(stubs: Record<any, any>) {
+  transformVNodeArgs((args) => {
+    // args[0] can either be:
+    // 1. a HTML tag (div, span...)
+    // 2. An object of component options, such as { name: 'foo', render: [Function], props: {...} }
+    // Depending what it is, we do different things.
+    if (isHTMLElement(args) || isCommentOrFragment(args) || isParent(args)) {
+      return args
+    }
+
+    if (isComponent(args)) {
+      const name = args[0]['name']
+      if (!name) {
+        return args
+      }
+
+      const stub = resolveComponentStubByName(name, stubs)
+
+      // we return a stub by matching Vue's `h` function
+      // where the signature is h(Component, props)
+      // case 1: default stub
+      if (stub === true) {
+        return [createStub({ name }), {}]
+      }
+
+      // case 2: custom implementation
+      if (typeof stub === 'object') {
+        return [stubs[name], {}]
+      }
+    }
+
+    return args
+  })
+}
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b4a362926
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import camelCase from 'lodash/camelCase'
+import upperFirst from 'lodash/upperFirst'
+import kebabCase from 'lodash/kebabCase'
+import flow from 'lodash/flow'
+
+const pascalCase = flow(camelCase, upperFirst)
+
+export { kebabCase, pascalCase }
diff --git a/tests/mountingOptions/stubs.global.spec.ts b/tests/mountingOptions/stubs.global.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..63b7b07ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/mountingOptions/stubs.global.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,220 @@
+import { h, ComponentOptions } from 'vue'
+
+import { mount } from '../../src'
+import Hello from '../components/Hello.vue'
+
+describe('mounting options: stubs', () => {
+  it('stubs in a fragment', () => {
+    const Foo = {
+      name: 'Foo',
+      render() {
+        return h('p')
+      }
+    }
+    const Component: ComponentOptions = {
+      render() {
+        return h(() => [h('div'), h(Foo)])
+      }
+    }
+
+    const wrapper = mount(Component, {
+      global: {
+        stubs: {
+          Foo: true
+        }
+      }
+    })
+
+    expect(wrapper.html()).toBe('<div></div><foo-stub></foo-stub>')
+  })
+
+  it('prevents lifecycle hooks triggering in a stub', () => {
+    const onBeforeMount = jest.fn()
+    const beforeCreate = jest.fn()
+    const Foo = {
+      name: 'Foo',
+      setup() {
+        onBeforeMount(onBeforeMount)
+        return () => h('div')
+      },
+      beforeCreate
+    }
+    const Comp = {
+      render() {
+        return h(Foo)
+      }
+    }
+
+    const wrapper = mount(Comp, {
+      global: {
+        stubs: {
+          Foo: true
+        }
+      }
+    })
+
+    expect(wrapper.html()).toBe('<foo-stub></foo-stub>')
+    expect(onBeforeMount).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(beforeCreate).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('uses a custom stub implementation', () => {
+    const onBeforeMount = jest.fn()
+    const FooStub = {
+      name: 'FooStub',
+      setup() {
+        onBeforeMount(onBeforeMount)
+        return () => h('div', 'foo stub')
+      }
+    }
+    const Foo = {
+      name: 'Foo',
+      render() {
+        return h('div', 'real foo')
+      }
+    }
+
+    const Comp = {
+      render() {
+        return h(Foo)
+      }
+    }
+
+    const wrapper = mount(Comp, {
+      global: {
+        stubs: {
+          Foo: FooStub
+        }
+      }
+    })
+
+    expect(onBeforeMount).toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(wrapper.html()).toBe('<div>foo stub</div>')
+  })
+
+  it('uses an sfc as a custom stub', () => {
+    const created = jest.fn()
+    const HelloComp = {
+      name: 'Hello',
+      created() {
+        created()
+      },
+      render() {
+        return h('span', 'real implementation')
+      }
+    }
+
+    const Comp = {
+      render() {
+        return h(HelloComp)
+      }
+    }
+
+    const wrapper = mount(Comp, {
+      global: {
+        stubs: {
+          Hello: Hello
+        }
+      }
+    })
+
+    expect(created).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(wrapper.html()).toBe(
+      '<div id="root"><div id="msg">Hello world</div></div>'
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('stubs using inline components', () => {
+    const Foo = {
+      name: 'Foo',
+      render() {
+        return h('p')
+      }
+    }
+    const Bar = {
+      name: 'Bar',
+      render() {
+        return h('p')
+      }
+    }
+    const Component: ComponentOptions = {
+      render() {
+        return h(() => [h(Foo), h(Bar)])
+      }
+    }
+
+    const wrapper = mount(Component, {
+      global: {
+        stubs: {
+          Foo: {
+            template: '<span />'
+          },
+          Bar: {
+            render() {
+              return h('div')
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    })
+
+    expect(wrapper.html()).toBe('<span></span><div></div>')
+  })
+
+  it('stubs a component with a kabeb-case name', () => {
+    const FooBar = {
+      name: 'foo-bar',
+      render: () => h('span', 'real foobar')
+    }
+    const Comp = {
+      render: () => h(FooBar)
+    }
+    const wrapper = mount(Comp, {
+      global: {
+        stubs: {
+          FooBar: true
+        }
+      }
+    })
+
+    expect(wrapper.html()).toBe('<foo-bar-stub></foo-bar-stub>')
+  })
+
+  it('stubs a component with a PascalCase name', () => {
+    const FooBar = {
+      name: 'FooBar',
+      render: () => h('span', 'real foobar')
+    }
+    const Comp = {
+      render: () => h(FooBar)
+    }
+    const wrapper = mount(Comp, {
+      global: {
+        stubs: {
+          'foo-bar': true
+        }
+      }
+    })
+
+    expect(wrapper.html()).toBe('<foobar-stub></foobar-stub>')
+  })
+
+  it('stubs a component with registered with strange casing', () => {
+    const FooBar = {
+      name: 'fooBar',
+      render: () => h('span', 'real foobar')
+    }
+    const Comp = {
+      render: () => h(FooBar)
+    }
+    const wrapper = mount(Comp, {
+      global: {
+        stubs: {
+          fooBar: true
+        }
+      }
+    })
+
+    expect(wrapper.html()).toBe('<foobar-stub></foobar-stub>')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 784402de1..8566d68e4 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1067,6 +1067,26 @@
     "@types/yargs" "^15.0.0"
     chalk "^3.0.0"
 
+"@rollup/plugin-node-resolve@^7.1.3":
+  version "7.1.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@rollup/plugin-node-resolve/-/plugin-node-resolve-7.1.3.tgz#80de384edfbd7bfc9101164910f86078151a3eca"
+  integrity sha512-RxtSL3XmdTAE2byxekYLnx+98kEUOrPHF/KRVjLH+DEIHy6kjIw7YINQzn+NXiH/NTrQLAwYs0GWB+csWygA9Q==
+  dependencies:
+    "@rollup/pluginutils" "^3.0.8"
+    "@types/resolve" "0.0.8"
+    builtin-modules "^3.1.0"
+    is-module "^1.0.0"
+    resolve "^1.14.2"
+
+"@rollup/pluginutils@^3.0.8":
+  version "3.0.9"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@rollup/pluginutils/-/pluginutils-3.0.9.tgz#aa6adca2c45e5a1b950103a999e3cddfe49fd775"
+  integrity sha512-TLZavlfPAZYI7v33wQh4mTP6zojne14yok3DNSLcjoG/Hirxfkonn6icP5rrNWRn8nZsirJBFFpijVOJzkUHDg==
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/estree" "0.0.39"
+    estree-walker "^1.0.1"
+    micromatch "^4.0.2"
+
 "@samverschueren/stream-to-observable@^0.3.0":
   version "0.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@samverschueren/stream-to-observable/-/stream-to-observable-0.3.0.tgz#ecdf48d532c58ea477acfcab80348424f8d0662f"
@@ -1124,6 +1144,11 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/estree/-/estree-0.0.42.tgz#8d0c1f480339efedb3e46070e22dd63e0430dd11"
   integrity sha512-K1DPVvnBCPxzD+G51/cxVIoc2X8uUVl1zpJeE6iKcgHMj4+tbat5Xu4TjV7v2QSDbIeAfLi2hIk+u2+s0MlpUQ==
 
+"@types/estree@0.0.39":
+  version "0.0.39"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/estree/-/estree-0.0.39.tgz#e177e699ee1b8c22d23174caaa7422644389509f"
+  integrity sha512-EYNwp3bU+98cpU4lAWYYL7Zz+2gryWH1qbdDTidVd6hkiR6weksdbMadyXKXNPEkQFhXM+hVO9ZygomHXp+AIw==
+
 "@types/istanbul-lib-coverage@*", "@types/istanbul-lib-coverage@^2.0.0", "@types/istanbul-lib-coverage@^2.0.1":
   version "2.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/istanbul-lib-coverage/-/istanbul-lib-coverage-2.0.1.tgz#42995b446db9a48a11a07ec083499a860e9138ff"
@@ -1151,6 +1176,11 @@
   dependencies:
     jest-diff "^24.3.0"
 
+"@types/lodash@^4.14.149":
+  version "4.14.149"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/lodash/-/lodash-4.14.149.tgz#1342d63d948c6062838fbf961012f74d4e638440"
+  integrity sha512-ijGqzZt/b7BfzcK9vTrS6MFljQRPn5BFWOx8oE0GYxribu6uV+aA9zZuXI1zc/etK9E8nrgdoF2+LgUw7+9tJQ==
+
 "@types/node@*":
   version "13.7.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-13.7.4.tgz#76c3cb3a12909510f52e5dc04a6298cdf9504ffd"
@@ -1161,6 +1191,13 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/parse-json/-/parse-json-4.0.0.tgz#2f8bb441434d163b35fb8ffdccd7138927ffb8c0"
   integrity sha512-//oorEZjL6sbPcKUaCdIGlIUeH26mgzimjBB77G6XRgnDl/L5wOnpyBGRe/Mmf5CVW3PwEBE1NjiMZ/ssFh4wA==
 
+"@types/resolve@0.0.8":
+  version "0.0.8"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/resolve/-/resolve-0.0.8.tgz#f26074d238e02659e323ce1a13d041eee280e194"
+  integrity sha512-auApPaJf3NPfe18hSoJkp8EbZzer2ISk7o8mCC3M9he/a04+gbMF97NkpD2S8riMGvm4BMRI59/SZQSaLTKpsQ==
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/node" "*"
+
 "@types/stack-utils@^1.0.1":
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/stack-utils/-/stack-utils-1.0.1.tgz#0a851d3bd96498fa25c33ab7278ed3bd65f06c3e"
@@ -1620,6 +1657,11 @@ buffer-from@1.x, buffer-from@^1.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/buffer-from/-/buffer-from-1.1.1.tgz#32713bc028f75c02fdb710d7c7bcec1f2c6070ef"
   integrity sha512-MQcXEUbCKtEo7bhqEs6560Hyd4XaovZlO/k9V3hjVUF/zwW7KBVdSK4gIt/bzwS9MbR5qob+F5jusZsb0YQK2A==
 
+builtin-modules@^3.1.0:
+  version "3.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/builtin-modules/-/builtin-modules-3.1.0.tgz#aad97c15131eb76b65b50ef208e7584cd76a7484"
+  integrity sha512-k0KL0aWZuBt2lrxrcASWDfwOLMnodeQjodT/1SxEQAXsHANgo6ZC/VEaSEHCXt7aSTZ4/4H5LKa+tBXmW7Vtvw==
+
 cache-base@^1.0.1:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cache-base/-/cache-base-1.0.1.tgz#0a7f46416831c8b662ee36fe4e7c59d76f666ab2"
@@ -2124,6 +2166,11 @@ estree-walker@^0.8.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/estree-walker/-/estree-walker-0.8.1.tgz#6230ce2ec9a5cb03888afcaf295f97d90aa52b79"
   integrity sha512-H6cJORkqvrNziu0KX2hqOMAlA2CiuAxHeGJXSIoKA/KLv229Dw806J3II6mKTm5xiDX1At1EXCfsOQPB+tMB+g==
 
+estree-walker@^1.0.1:
+  version "1.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/estree-walker/-/estree-walker-1.0.1.tgz#31bc5d612c96b704106b477e6dd5d8aa138cb700"
+  integrity sha512-1fMXF3YP4pZZVozF8j/ZLfvnR8NSIljt56UhbZ5PeeDmmGHpgpdwQt7ITlGvYaQukCvuBRMLEiKiYC+oeIg4cg==
+
 esutils@^2.0.2:
   version "2.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esutils/-/esutils-2.0.3.tgz#74d2eb4de0b8da1293711910d50775b9b710ef64"
@@ -2735,6 +2782,11 @@ is-generator-fn@^2.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-generator-fn/-/is-generator-fn-2.1.0.tgz#7d140adc389aaf3011a8f2a2a4cfa6faadffb118"
   integrity sha512-cTIB4yPYL/Grw0EaSzASzg6bBy9gqCofvWN8okThAYIxKJZC+udlRAmGbM0XLeniEJSs8uEgHPGuHSe1XsOLSQ==
 
+is-module@^1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-module/-/is-module-1.0.0.tgz#3258fb69f78c14d5b815d664336b4cffb6441591"
+  integrity sha1-Mlj7afeMFNW4FdZkM2tM/7ZEFZE=
+
 is-number@^3.0.0:
   version "3.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-number/-/is-number-3.0.0.tgz#24fd6201a4782cf50561c810276afc7d12d71195"
@@ -4307,7 +4359,7 @@ resolve@1.1.7:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/resolve/-/resolve-1.1.7.tgz#203114d82ad2c5ed9e8e0411b3932875e889e97b"
   integrity sha1-IDEU2CrSxe2ejgQRs5ModeiJ6Xs=
 
-resolve@1.15.1, resolve@1.x, resolve@^1.3.2:
+resolve@1.15.1, resolve@1.x, resolve@^1.14.2, resolve@^1.3.2:
   version "1.15.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/resolve/-/resolve-1.15.1.tgz#27bdcdeffeaf2d6244b95bb0f9f4b4653451f3e8"
   integrity sha512-84oo6ZTtoTUpjgNEr5SJyzQhzL72gaRodsSfyxC/AXRvwu0Yse9H8eF9IpGo7b8YetZhlI6v7ZQ6bKBFV/6S7w==