diff --git a/src/module.ts b/src/module.ts
index 370f442ec..c8f298cb8 100644
--- a/src/module.ts
+++ b/src/module.ts
@@ -346,27 +346,30 @@ export default defineNuxtModule<ModuleOptions>({
     })
 
     // Register user global components
-    const globalComponents = resolve(nuxt.options.srcDir, 'components/content')
-    const dirStat = await fs.promises.stat(globalComponents).catch(() => null)
-    if (dirStat && dirStat.isDirectory()) {
-      logger.success('Using `~/components/content` for components in Markdown')
-      nuxt.hook('components:dirs', (dirs) => {
-        // Unshift to make it before ~/components
-        dirs.unshift({
-          path: globalComponents,
-          global: true,
-          pathPrefix: false,
-          prefix: ''
+    for (const layer of nuxt.options._layers) {
+      const srcDir = layer.config.srcDir
+      const globalComponents = resolve(srcDir, 'components/content')
+      const dirStat = await fs.promises.stat(globalComponents).catch(() => null)
+      if (dirStat && dirStat.isDirectory()) {
+        if (nuxt.options._layers.length === 1) {
+          logger.success('Using `~/components/content` for components in Markdown')
+        }
+        nuxt.hook('components:dirs', (dirs) => {
+          dirs.unshift({
+            path: globalComponents,
+            global: true,
+            pathPrefix: false,
+            prefix: ''
+          })
         })
-      })
-    } else {
-      const componentsDir = resolve(nuxt.options.srcDir, 'components/')
-      const componentsDirStat = await fs.promises.stat(componentsDir).catch(() => null)
-
-      if (componentsDirStat && componentsDirStat.isDirectory()) {
-        // TODO: watch for file creation and tell Nuxt to restart
-        // Not possible for now since directories are hard-coded: https://github.com/nuxt/framework/blob/5b63ae8ad54eeb3cb49479da8f32eacc1a743ca0/packages/nuxi/src/commands/dev.ts#L94
-        logger.info('Please create `~/components/content` and restart the Nuxt server to use components in Markdown')
+      } else if (nuxt.options._layers.length === 1) {
+        const componentsDir = resolve(srcDir, 'components/')
+        const componentsDirStat = await fs.promises.stat(componentsDir).catch(() => null)
+        if (componentsDirStat && componentsDirStat.isDirectory()) {
+          // TODO: watch for file creation and tell Nuxt to restart
+          // Not possible for now since directories are hard-coded: https://github.com/nuxt/framework/blob/5b63ae8ad54eeb3cb49479da8f32eacc1a743ca0/packages/nuxi/src/commands/dev.ts#L94
+          logger.info('Please create `~/components/content` and restart the Nuxt server to use components in Markdown')
+        }
       }
     }