diff --git a/docs/content/1.docs/2.guide/2.directory-structure/1.composables.md b/docs/content/1.docs/2.guide/2.directory-structure/1.composables.md
index bd7e9f5153a..465c192964c 100644
--- a/docs/content/1.docs/2.guide/2.directory-structure/1.composables.md
+++ b/docs/content/1.docs/2.guide/2.directory-structure/1.composables.md
@@ -82,10 +82,11 @@ composables
  | - index.ts // scanned
  | - useFoo.ts // scanned
  | - nested
+ | --- index.ts // scanned
  | --- utils.ts // not scanned
 ```
 
-Only `composables/index.ts` and `composables/useFoo.ts` would be searched for imports.
+Only `composables/index.ts`, `composables/useFoo.ts` and `composables/nested/index.ts` would be searched for imports.
 
 To get auto imports working for nested modules, you could either re-export them (recommended) or configure the scanner to include nested directories:
 
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/imports/module.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/imports/module.ts
index a26d941de1d..01f1c6731bb 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/imports/module.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/imports/module.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ export default defineNuxtModule<Partial<ImportsOptions>>({
     let composablesDirs: string[] = []
     for (const layer of nuxt.options._layers) {
       composablesDirs.push(resolve(layer.config.srcDir, 'composables'))
+      composablesDirs.push(resolve(layer.config.srcDir, 'composables/*/index.{ts,js,mjs,mts}'))
       composablesDirs.push(resolve(layer.config.srcDir, 'utils'))
+      composablesDirs.push(resolve(layer.config.srcDir, 'utils/*/index.{ts,js,mjs,mts}'))
       for (const dir of (layer.config.imports?.dirs ?? [])) {
         if (!dir) {
           continue