diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a979241c6..7074a3086 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ Only a curated list of the [vast amount](http://geoserver.org/release/stable/) o
 - cog
 - importer
 - imagepyramid
+- graticules
 
 Advanced ACL system is available through the project [GeoServer ACL](https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver-acl) which offers the same capacities as GeoFence.
 
diff --git a/src/apps/geoserver/webui/src/main/java/org/geoserver/cloud/autoconfigure/web/extension/ExtensionsAutoConfiguration.java b/src/apps/geoserver/webui/src/main/java/org/geoserver/cloud/autoconfigure/web/extension/ExtensionsAutoConfiguration.java
index ef2bd3dab..3ca3a79b3 100644
--- a/src/apps/geoserver/webui/src/main/java/org/geoserver/cloud/autoconfigure/web/extension/ExtensionsAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/apps/geoserver/webui/src/main/java/org/geoserver/cloud/autoconfigure/web/extension/ExtensionsAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@
  */
 package org.geoserver.cloud.autoconfigure.web.extension;
 
+import org.geoserver.cloud.autoconfigure.web.extension.graticule.GraticuleAutoConfiguration;
 import org.geoserver.cloud.autoconfigure.web.extension.importer.ImporterAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
 
 @Configuration
 @Import({
-    ImporterAutoConfiguration.class //
+    ImporterAutoConfiguration.class, //
+    GraticuleAutoConfiguration.class
 })
 public class ExtensionsAutoConfiguration {}
diff --git a/src/apps/geoserver/webui/src/main/java/org/geoserver/cloud/autoconfigure/web/extension/graticule/GraticuleAutoConfiguration.java b/src/apps/geoserver/webui/src/main/java/org/geoserver/cloud/autoconfigure/web/extension/graticule/GraticuleAutoConfiguration.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f6aed1b0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/apps/geoserver/webui/src/main/java/org/geoserver/cloud/autoconfigure/web/extension/graticule/GraticuleAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ * (c) 2024 Open Source Geospatial Foundation - all rights reserved This code is licensed under the
+ * GPL 2.0 license, available at the root application directory.
+ */
+package org.geoserver.cloud.autoconfigure.web.extension.graticule;
+
+import org.geoserver.cloud.config.factory.FilteringXmlBeanDefinitionReader;
+import org.geotools.data.graticule.GraticuleDataStoreFactory;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnClass;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.ImportResource;
+
+/** Auto configuration to enable the graticule customized store panel. */
+@Configuration
+@ConditionalOnClass(GraticuleDataStoreFactory.class)
+@ImportResource( //
+        reader = FilteringXmlBeanDefinitionReader.class, //
+        locations = {"jar:gs-graticule-.*!/applicationContext.xml"})
+public class GraticuleAutoConfiguration {}
diff --git a/src/apps/geoserver/webui/src/test/java/org/geoserver/cloud/autoconfigure/web/extension/graticule/GraticuleAutoConfigurationTest.java b/src/apps/geoserver/webui/src/test/java/org/geoserver/cloud/autoconfigure/web/extension/graticule/GraticuleAutoConfigurationTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7e382746a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/apps/geoserver/webui/src/test/java/org/geoserver/cloud/autoconfigure/web/extension/graticule/GraticuleAutoConfigurationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * (c) 2024 Open Source Geospatial Foundation - all rights reserved This code is licensed under the
+ * GPL 2.0 license, available at the root application directory.
+ */
+package org.geoserver.cloud.autoconfigure.web.extension.graticule;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import org.geoserver.web.data.resource.DataStorePanelInfo;
+import org.geoserver.web.data.store.graticule.GraticuleStoreEditPanel;
+import org.geotools.data.graticule.GraticuleDataStoreFactory;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfigurations;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.runner.ApplicationContextRunner;
+
+/**
+ * Test suite for {@link GraticuleAutoConfiguration}
+ *
+ * @since 1.8
+ */
+class GraticuleAutoConfigurationTest {
+
+    private final ApplicationContextRunner contextRunner =
+            new ApplicationContextRunner()
+                    .withConfiguration(AutoConfigurations.of(GraticuleAutoConfiguration.class));
+
+    @Test
+    void test_enabled() {
+
+        contextRunner.run(
+                context -> {
+                    assertThat(context)
+                            .hasBean("graticuleStorePanel")
+                            .getBean("graticuleStorePanel")
+                            .isInstanceOf(DataStorePanelInfo.class);
+
+                    assertThat(context.getBean("graticuleStorePanel", DataStorePanelInfo.class))
+                            .hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue(
+                                    "factoryClass", GraticuleDataStoreFactory.class);
+
+                    assertThat(context.getBean("graticuleStorePanel", DataStorePanelInfo.class))
+                            .hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue(
+                                    "componentClass", GraticuleStoreEditPanel.class);
+                });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/pom.xml b/src/pom.xml
index 7192160ae..0f06a995b 100644
--- a/src/pom.xml
+++ b/src/pom.xml
@@ -652,6 +652,21 @@
           </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.geoserver.community</groupId>
+        <artifactId>gs-graticule</artifactId>
+        <version>${gs.community.version}</version>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>org.apache.wicket</groupId>
+            <artifactId>wicket-core</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>org.geoserver.web</groupId>
+            <artifactId>gs-web-core</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
+      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <!--- Override  old aws version without support for "IAM roles for service accounts" -->
         <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
diff --git a/src/starters/vector-formats/pom.xml b/src/starters/vector-formats/pom.xml
index a50a29e43..a296236f3 100644
--- a/src/starters/vector-formats/pom.xml
+++ b/src/starters/vector-formats/pom.xml
@@ -38,5 +38,9 @@
       <groupId>org.geoserver.extension</groupId>
       <artifactId>gs-feature-pregeneralized</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.geoserver.community</groupId>
+      <artifactId>gs-graticule</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>