diff --git a/packages/autocomplete-js/src/__tests__/render.test.ts b/packages/autocomplete-js/src/__tests__/render.test.ts
index e3b86667d..c9b858a46 100644
--- a/packages/autocomplete-js/src/__tests__/render.test.ts
+++ b/packages/autocomplete-js/src/__tests__/render.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import {
   createElement as preactCreateElement,
   Fragment,
   Fragment as PreactFragment,
-  render,
+  render as preactRender,
 } from 'preact';
 
 import { autocomplete } from '../autocomplete';
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ describe('render', () => {
         ];
       },
       render({ createElement }, root) {
-        render(createElement('div', null, 'testSource'), root);
+        preactRender(createElement('div', null, 'testSource'), root);
       },
     });
 
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ describe('render', () => {
         expect(panelContainer.querySelector<HTMLElement>('.aa-Panel')).toBe(
           root
         );
-        render(createElement('div', null, 'testSource'), root);
+        preactRender(createElement('div', null, 'testSource'), root);
       },
     });
   });
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ describe('render', () => {
           completion: null,
         });
 
-        render(createElement('div', null, 'testSource'), root);
+        preactRender(createElement('div', null, 'testSource'), root);
       },
     });
 
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ describe('render', () => {
           }),
         });
 
-        render(createElement('div', null, 'testSource'), root);
+        preactRender(createElement('div', null, 'testSource'), root);
       },
     });
 
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ describe('render', () => {
           }),
         ]);
 
-        render(createElement('div', null, 'testSource'), root);
+        preactRender(createElement('div', null, 'testSource'), root);
       },
     });
 
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ describe('render', () => {
             },
           })
         );
-        render(createElement('div', null, 'testSource'), root);
+        preactRender(createElement('div', null, 'testSource'), root);
       },
     });
 
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ describe('render', () => {
       },
       render({ createElement }, root) {
         expect(createElement).toBe(preactCreateElement);
-        render(createElement('div', null, 'testSource'), root);
+        preactRender(createElement('div', null, 'testSource'), root);
       },
     });
   });
@@ -455,11 +455,56 @@ describe('render', () => {
       },
       render({ createElement, Fragment }, root) {
         expect(Fragment).toBe(PreactFragment);
-        render(createElement(Fragment, null, 'testSource'), root);
+        preactRender(createElement(Fragment, null, 'testSource'), root);
       },
     });
   });
 
+  test('provides a default render', async () => {
+    const container = document.createElement('div');
+    const panelContainer = document.createElement('div');
+
+    document.body.appendChild(panelContainer);
+    autocomplete<{ label: string }>({
+      container,
+      panelContainer,
+      initialState: {
+        isOpen: true,
+      },
+      getSources() {
+        return [
+          {
+            sourceId: 'testSource',
+            getItems() {
+              return [{ label: '1' }];
+            },
+            templates: {
+              item({ item }) {
+                return item.label;
+              },
+            },
+          },
+        ];
+      },
+      render({ children, render }, root) {
+        expect(render).toBe(preactRender);
+        render(children, root);
+      },
+    });
+
+    const input = container.querySelector<HTMLInputElement>('.aa-Input');
+
+    fireEvent.input(input, { target: { value: 'a' } });
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(
+        panelContainer.querySelector<HTMLElement>('.aa-Panel')
+      ).toBeInTheDocument();
+
+      expect(panelContainer).toHaveTextContent('1');
+    });
+  });
+
   test('retrieves the custom createElement from the renderer', () => {
     const container = document.createElement('div');
     const panelContainer = document.createElement('div');
@@ -489,7 +534,7 @@ describe('render', () => {
       },
       render({ createElement }, root) {
         expect(createElement).toBe(mockCreateElement);
-        render(createElement('div', null, 'testSource'), root);
+        preactRender(createElement('div', null, 'testSource'), root);
       },
       renderer: {
         createElement: mockCreateElement,
@@ -527,7 +572,7 @@ describe('render', () => {
       },
       render({ createElement, Fragment }, root) {
         expect(Fragment).toBe(CustomFragment);
-        render(createElement(Fragment, null, 'testSource'), root);
+        preactRender(createElement(Fragment, null, 'testSource'), root);
       },
       renderer: {
         createElement: preactCreateElement,
diff --git a/packages/autocomplete-js/src/render.tsx b/packages/autocomplete-js/src/render.tsx
index 3c1767746..fc1353700 100644
--- a/packages/autocomplete-js/src/render.tsx
+++ b/packages/autocomplete-js/src/render.tsx
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 import {
   AutocompleteApi as AutocompleteCoreApi,
   AutocompleteScopeApi,
+  BaseItem,
 } from '@algolia/autocomplete-core';
-import { BaseItem } from '@algolia/autocomplete-core/src';
+import { render as preactRender } from 'preact';
 
 import {
   AutocompleteClassNames,
@@ -195,6 +196,7 @@ export function renderPanel<TItem extends BaseItem>(
       elements,
       createElement,
       Fragment,
+      render: preactRender,
       components,
       ...autocompleteScopeApi,
     },
diff --git a/packages/autocomplete-js/src/types/AutocompleteRender.ts b/packages/autocomplete-js/src/types/AutocompleteRender.ts
index 46f449ef4..b1545e00b 100644
--- a/packages/autocomplete-js/src/types/AutocompleteRender.ts
+++ b/packages/autocomplete-js/src/types/AutocompleteRender.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import { AutocompleteComponents } from './AutocompleteComponents';
 import { Pragma, PragmaFrag, VNode } from './AutocompleteRenderer';
 import { AutocompleteState } from './AutocompleteState';
 
+import { ComponentChild } from '.';
+
 export type AutocompleteRender<TItem extends BaseItem> = (
   params: AutocompleteScopeApi<TItem> & {
     children: VNode;
@@ -13,6 +15,11 @@ export type AutocompleteRender<TItem extends BaseItem> = (
     components: AutocompleteComponents;
     createElement: Pragma;
     Fragment: PragmaFrag;
+    render: (
+      vnode: ComponentChild,
+      containerNode: Element | Document | ShadowRoot | DocumentFragment,
+      replaceNode?: Element | Text | undefined
+    ) => void;
   },
   root: HTMLElement
 ) => void;
diff --git a/packages/autocomplete-js/src/types/AutocompleteRenderer.ts b/packages/autocomplete-js/src/types/AutocompleteRenderer.ts
index 5504f463b..c8a2431b2 100644
--- a/packages/autocomplete-js/src/types/AutocompleteRenderer.ts
+++ b/packages/autocomplete-js/src/types/AutocompleteRenderer.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ export type Pragma = (
 ) => JSX.Element;
 export type PragmaFrag = any;
 
-type ComponentChild =
+export type ComponentChild =
   | VNode<any>
   | object
   | string