diff --git a/packages/common/module-utils/configurable-module.builder.ts b/packages/common/module-utils/configurable-module.builder.ts
index 0e3f1318f20..7b93f3dd26f 100644
--- a/packages/common/module-utils/configurable-module.builder.ts
+++ b/packages/common/module-utils/configurable-module.builder.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
 } from './interfaces';
 import { ConfigurableModuleHost } from './interfaces/configurable-module-host.interface';
 import { generateOptionsInjectionToken } from './utils/generate-options-injection-token.util';
+import { getInjectionProviders } from './utils/get-injection-providers.util';
 
 /**
  * @publicApi
@@ -269,6 +270,15 @@ export class ConfigurableModuleBuilder<
         options: ConfigurableModuleAsyncOptions<ModuleOptions>,
       ): Provider[] {
         if (options.useExisting || options.useFactory) {
+          if (options.inject && options.provideInjectionTokensFrom) {
+            return [
+              this.createAsyncOptionsProvider(options),
+              ...getInjectionProviders(
+                options.provideInjectionTokensFrom,
+                options.inject,
+              ),
+            ];
+          }
           return [this.createAsyncOptionsProvider(options)];
         }
         return [
diff --git a/packages/common/module-utils/interfaces/configurable-module-async-options.interface.ts b/packages/common/module-utils/interfaces/configurable-module-async-options.interface.ts
index a45ecceebbc..ed1ec628813 100644
--- a/packages/common/module-utils/interfaces/configurable-module-async-options.interface.ts
+++ b/packages/common/module-utils/interfaces/configurable-module-async-options.interface.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-import { FactoryProvider, ModuleMetadata, Type } from '../../interfaces';
+import {
+  FactoryProvider,
+  ModuleMetadata,
+  Provider,
+  Type,
+} from '../../interfaces';
 import { DEFAULT_FACTORY_CLASS_METHOD_KEY } from '../constants';
 
 /**
@@ -48,4 +53,10 @@ export interface ConfigurableModuleAsyncOptions<
    * Dependencies that a Factory may inject.
    */
   inject?: FactoryProvider['inject'];
+  /**
+   * List of parent module's providers that will be filtered to only provide necessary
+   * providers for the 'inject' array
+   * useful to pass options to nested async modules
+   */
+  provideInjectionTokensFrom?: Provider[];
 }
diff --git a/packages/common/module-utils/utils/get-injection-providers.util.ts b/packages/common/module-utils/utils/get-injection-providers.util.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..26743580b30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/common/module-utils/utils/get-injection-providers.util.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import {
+  InjectionToken,
+  Provider,
+  FactoryProvider,
+  OptionalFactoryDependency,
+} from '../../interfaces';
+
+/**
+ * check if x is OptionalFactoryDependency, based on prototype presence
+ * (to avoid classes with a static 'token' field)
+ * @param x
+ * @returns x is OptionalFactoryDependency
+ */
+function isOptionalFactoryDependency(
+  x: InjectionToken | OptionalFactoryDependency,
+): x is OptionalFactoryDependency {
+  return !!((x as any)?.token && !(x as any)?.prototype);
+}
+
+const mapInjectToTokens = (t: InjectionToken | OptionalFactoryDependency) =>
+  isOptionalFactoryDependency(t) ? t.token : t;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @param providers List of a module's providers
+ * @param tokens Injection tokens needed for a useFactory function (usually the module's options' token)
+ * @returns All the providers needed for the tokens' injection (searched recursively)
+ */
+export function getInjectionProviders(
+  providers: Provider[],
+  tokens: FactoryProvider['inject'],
+): Provider[] {
+  const result: Provider[] = [];
+  let search: InjectionToken[] = tokens.map(mapInjectToTokens);
+  while (search.length > 0) {
+    const match = (providers ?? []).filter(
+      p =>
+        !result.includes(p) && // this prevents circular loops and duplication
+        (search.includes(p as any) || search.includes((p as any)?.provide)),
+    );
+    result.push(...match);
+    // get injection tokens of the matched providers, if any
+    search = match
+      .filter(p => (p as any)?.inject)
+      .map(p => (p as FactoryProvider).inject)
+      .flat()
+      .map(mapInjectToTokens);
+  }
+  return result;
+}
diff --git a/packages/common/test/module-utils/configurable-module.builder.spec.ts b/packages/common/test/module-utils/configurable-module.builder.spec.ts
index 3d36232718a..3cca9a33f90 100644
--- a/packages/common/test/module-utils/configurable-module.builder.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/common/test/module-utils/configurable-module.builder.spec.ts
@@ -77,15 +77,41 @@ describe('ConfigurableModuleBuilder', () => {
         )
         .build();
 
+      const provideInjectionTokensFrom: Provider[] = [
+        {
+          provide: 'a',
+          useFactory: () => {},
+          inject: ['b'],
+        },
+        {
+          provide: 'b',
+          useFactory: () => {},
+          inject: ['x'],
+        },
+        {
+          provide: 'c',
+          useFactory: () => {},
+          inject: ['y'],
+        },
+      ];
       const definition = ConfigurableModuleClass.forFeatureAsync({
         useFactory: () => {},
+        inject: ['a'],
+        provideInjectionTokensFrom,
         isGlobal: true,
         extraProviders: ['test' as any],
       });
 
       expect(definition.global).to.equal(true);
-      expect(definition.providers).to.have.length(3);
+      expect(definition.providers).to.have.length(5);
+      console.log(definition.providers);
       expect(definition.providers).to.deep.contain('test');
+      expect(definition.providers).to.include.members(
+        provideInjectionTokensFrom.slice(0, 2),
+      );
+      expect(definition.providers).not.to.include(
+        provideInjectionTokensFrom[2],
+      );
       expect(MODULE_OPTIONS_TOKEN).to.equal('RANDOM_TEST_MODULE_OPTIONS');
       expect((definition.providers[0] as any).provide).to.equal(
         'RANDOM_TEST_MODULE_OPTIONS',
diff --git a/packages/common/test/module-utils/utils/get-injection-providers.util.spec.ts b/packages/common/test/module-utils/utils/get-injection-providers.util.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fa9d29fce39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/common/test/module-utils/utils/get-injection-providers.util.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import { expect } from 'chai';
+import { Provider } from '../../../interfaces';
+import { getInjectionProviders } from '../../../module-utils/utils/get-injection-providers.util';
+
+describe('getInjectionProviders', () => {
+  it('should take only required providers', () => {
+    class C {
+      static token = 'a';
+    }
+    const p: Provider[] = [
+      {
+        provide: 'a',
+        useValue: 'a',
+      },
+      {
+        provide: 'b',
+        useValue: 'b',
+      },
+      C,
+      {
+        provide: 'd',
+        useFactory: (c, b) => [c, b],
+        inject: [
+          C,
+          {
+            token: 'b',
+            optional: true,
+          },
+          'x',
+        ],
+      },
+      {
+        provide: 'e',
+        useFactory: (d, b) => [d, b],
+        inject: ['d', 'b'],
+      },
+      {
+        provide: 'f',
+        useValue: 'f',
+      },
+    ];
+    // should not include 'a' and 'f'
+    const expected = p.slice(1, -1);
+    const result = getInjectionProviders(p, ['e']);
+    expect(result).to.have.length(expected.length);
+    expect(result).to.have.members(expected);
+    expect(result).not.to.have.members([p[0], p[5]]);
+  });
+});