diff --git a/lib/rules/template-no-empty-headings.js b/lib/rules/template-no-empty-headings.js
index 8443e3f198..e3a516eccb 100644
--- a/lib/rules/template-no-empty-headings.js
+++ b/lib/rules/template-no-empty-headings.js
@@ -19,7 +19,15 @@ function isComponent(node) {
     return false;
   }
   const tag = node.tag;
-  return /^[A-Z]/.test(tag) || tag.includes('::');
+  // PascalCase (<MyComponent>), namespaced (<Foo::Bar>), this.-prefixed
+  // (<this.Component>), arg-prefixed (<@component>), or dot-path (<ns.Widget>)
+  return (
+    /^[A-Z]/.test(tag) ||
+    tag.includes('::') ||
+    tag.startsWith('this.') ||
+    tag.startsWith('@') ||
+    tag.includes('.')
+  );
 }
 
 function isTextEmpty(text) {
diff --git a/tests/lib/rules/template-no-empty-headings.js b/tests/lib/rules/template-no-empty-headings.js
index 4d1a911fb4..cce6b806da 100644
--- a/tests/lib/rules/template-no-empty-headings.js
+++ b/tests/lib/rules/template-no-empty-headings.js
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ ruleTester.run('template-no-empty-headings', rule, {
     '<template><h2><div><span>{{@title}}</span></div></h2></template>',
     '<template><h2><span>Some text{{@title}}</span></h2></template>',
     '<template><h2><span><div></div>{{@title}}</span></h2></template>',
+
+    // Non-PascalCase component forms count as accessible content
+    '<template><h1><this.Heading /></h1></template>',
+    '<template><h2><@heading /></h2></template>',
+    '<template><h3><ns.Heading /></h3></template>',
   ],
   invalid: [
     {