diff --git a/packages/@glimmer-workspace/integration-tests/test/debug-render-tree-test.ts b/packages/@glimmer-workspace/integration-tests/test/debug-render-tree-test.ts
index 430a6d5b39..b5a962d0a7 100644
--- a/packages/@glimmer-workspace/integration-tests/test/debug-render-tree-test.ts
+++ b/packages/@glimmer-workspace/integration-tests/test/debug-render-tree-test.ts
@@ -253,6 +253,54 @@ class DebugRenderTreeTest extends RenderTest {
     ]);
   }
 
+  @test 'in-element in tree'() {
+    this.registerComponent('Glimmer', 'HiWorld', 'Hi World');
+    this.registerComponent(
+      'Glimmer',
+      'HelloWorld',
+      '{{#in-element this.destinationElement}}<HiWorld />{{/in-element}}',
+      class extends GlimmerishComponent {
+        get destinationElement() {
+          return document.getElementById('target');
+        }
+      }
+    );
+
+    this.render(`<div id='target'></div><HelloWorld @arg="first"/>`);
+
+    this.assertRenderTree([
+      {
+        type: 'component',
+        name: 'HelloWorld',
+        args: { positional: [], named: { arg: 'first' } },
+        instance: (instance: GlimmerishComponent) => instance.args['arg'] === 'first',
+        template: '(unknown template module)',
+        bounds: this.nodeBounds(this.element.firstChild!.nextSibling),
+        children: [
+          {
+            type: 'keyword',
+            name: 'in-element',
+            args: { positional: [this.element.firstChild], named: {} },
+            instance: (instance: GlimmerishComponent) => instance === null,
+            template: null,
+            bounds: this.nodeBounds(this.element.firstChild!.firstChild, this.element),
+            children: [
+              {
+                type: 'component',
+                name: 'HiWorld',
+                args: { positional: [], named: {} },
+                instance: (instance: GlimmerishComponent) => instance,
+                template: '(unknown template module)',
+                bounds: this.nodeBounds(this.element.firstChild!.firstChild),
+                children: [],
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    ]);
+  }
+
   @test 'getDebugCustomRenderTree works'() {
     let bucket1 = {};
     let instance1 = {};
@@ -441,12 +489,12 @@ class DebugRenderTreeTest extends RenderTest {
     assert.deepEqual(this.delegate.getCapturedRenderTree(), [], 'there was no output');
   }
 
-  nodeBounds(_node: SimpleNode | null): CapturedBounds {
+  nodeBounds(_node: SimpleNode | null, parent?: SimpleNode): CapturedBounds {
     let node = expect(_node, 'BUG: Expected node');
 
     return {
       parentElement: expect(
-        node.parentNode,
+        parent || node.parentNode,
         'BUG: detached node'
       ) as unknown as SimpleNode as SimpleElement,
       firstNode: node as unknown as SimpleNode,
@@ -502,7 +550,7 @@ class DebugRenderTreeTest extends RenderTest {
         this.assertRenderNode(actualNode, expected, `${actualNode.type}:${actualNode.name}`);
       });
     } else {
-      this.assert.deepEqual(actual, [], path);
+      this.assert.deepEqual(actual, expectedNodes, path);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/@glimmer/interfaces/lib/runtime/debug-render-tree.d.ts b/packages/@glimmer/interfaces/lib/runtime/debug-render-tree.d.ts
index f9f8ae5943..a2edcedce5 100644
--- a/packages/@glimmer/interfaces/lib/runtime/debug-render-tree.d.ts
+++ b/packages/@glimmer/interfaces/lib/runtime/debug-render-tree.d.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import type { SimpleElement, SimpleNode } from '@simple-dom/interface';
 import type { Bounds } from '../dom/bounds.js';
 import type { Arguments, CapturedArguments } from './arguments.js';
 
-export type RenderNodeType = 'outlet' | 'engine' | 'route-template' | 'component';
+export type RenderNodeType = 'outlet' | 'engine' | 'route-template' | 'component' | 'keyword';
 
 export interface RenderNode {
   type: RenderNodeType;
diff --git a/packages/@glimmer/node/lib/serialize-builder.ts b/packages/@glimmer/node/lib/serialize-builder.ts
index e161956c36..baa8c1dacc 100644
--- a/packages/@glimmer/node/lib/serialize-builder.ts
+++ b/packages/@glimmer/node/lib/serialize-builder.ts
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ class SerializeBuilder extends NewElementBuilder implements ElementBuilder {
     element: SimpleElement,
     cursorId: string,
     insertBefore: Maybe<SimpleNode> = null
-  ): Nullable<RemoteLiveBlock> {
+  ): RemoteLiveBlock {
     let { dom } = this;
     let script = dom.createElement('script');
     script.setAttribute('glmr', cursorId);
diff --git a/packages/@glimmer/runtime/lib/vm/element-builder.ts b/packages/@glimmer/runtime/lib/vm/element-builder.ts
index e4e6d30012..6fb49b907a 100644
--- a/packages/@glimmer/runtime/lib/vm/element-builder.ts
+++ b/packages/@glimmer/runtime/lib/vm/element-builder.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type {
   AttrNamespace,
   Bounds,
+  CapturedArguments,
   Cursor,
   CursorStackSymbol,
   ElementBuilder,
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ import type {
   Maybe,
   ModifierInstance,
   Nullable,
+  Reference,
   SimpleComment,
   SimpleDocumentFragment,
   SimpleElement,
@@ -20,6 +22,7 @@ import type {
   UpdatableBlock,
 } from '@glimmer/interfaces';
 import { destroy, registerDestructor } from '@glimmer/destroyable';
+import { createConstRef } from '@glimmer/reference';
 import { assert, expect, Stack } from '@glimmer/util';
 
 import type { DynamicAttribute } from './attributes/dynamic';
@@ -100,7 +103,6 @@ export class NewElementBuilder implements ElementBuilder {
 
   constructor(env: Environment, parentNode: SimpleElement, nextSibling: Nullable<SimpleNode>) {
     this.pushElement(parentNode, nextSibling);
-
     this.env = env;
     this.dom = env.getAppendOperations();
     this.updateOperations = env.getDOM();
@@ -214,15 +216,31 @@ export class NewElementBuilder implements ElementBuilder {
     element: SimpleElement,
     guid: string,
     insertBefore: Maybe<SimpleNode>
-  ): Nullable<RemoteLiveBlock> {
-    return this.__pushRemoteElement(element, guid, insertBefore);
+  ): RemoteLiveBlock {
+    const block = this.__pushRemoteElement(element, guid, insertBefore);
+    if (this.env.debugRenderTree) {
+      const namedArgs: Record<string, Reference> = {};
+      if (insertBefore) {
+        namedArgs['insertBefore'] = createConstRef(insertBefore, false);
+      }
+      this.env.debugRenderTree.create(block, {
+        type: 'keyword',
+        name: 'in-element',
+        args: {
+          named: namedArgs,
+          positional: [createConstRef(element, false)],
+        } as CapturedArguments,
+        instance: null,
+      });
+    }
+    return block;
   }
 
   __pushRemoteElement(
     element: SimpleElement,
     _guid: string,
     insertBefore: Maybe<SimpleNode>
-  ): Nullable<RemoteLiveBlock> {
+  ): RemoteLiveBlock {
     this.pushElement(element, insertBefore);
 
     if (insertBefore === undefined) {
@@ -236,12 +254,20 @@ export class NewElementBuilder implements ElementBuilder {
     return this.pushLiveBlock(block, true);
   }
 
-  popRemoteElement() {
-    this.popBlock();
+  popRemoteElement(): void {
+    const block = this.popBlock();
     this.popElement();
+    const parentElement = this.element;
+    if (this.env.debugRenderTree) {
+      this.env.debugRenderTree?.didRender(block, {
+        parentElement: () => parentElement,
+        firstNode: () => block.firstNode(),
+        lastNode: () => block.lastNode(),
+      });
+    }
   }
 
-  protected pushElement(element: SimpleElement, nextSibling: Maybe<SimpleNode> = null) {
+  protected pushElement(element: SimpleElement, nextSibling: Maybe<SimpleNode> = null): void {
     this[CURSOR_STACK].push(new CursorImpl(element, nextSibling));
   }
 
@@ -268,7 +294,7 @@ export class NewElementBuilder implements ElementBuilder {
     return element;
   }
 
-  willCloseElement() {
+  willCloseElement(): void {
     this.block().closeElement();
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/@glimmer/runtime/lib/vm/rehydrate-builder.ts b/packages/@glimmer/runtime/lib/vm/rehydrate-builder.ts
index dbb91bd300..66501924e4 100644
--- a/packages/@glimmer/runtime/lib/vm/rehydrate-builder.ts
+++ b/packages/@glimmer/runtime/lib/vm/rehydrate-builder.ts
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ export class RehydrateBuilder extends NewElementBuilder implements ElementBuilde
     element: SimpleElement,
     cursorId: string,
     insertBefore: Maybe<SimpleNode>
-  ): Nullable<RemoteLiveBlock> {
+  ): RemoteLiveBlock {
     const marker = this.getMarker(castToBrowser(element, 'HTML'), cursorId);
 
     assert(