diff --git a/dev/Code/Framework/AzToolsFramework/AzToolsFramework/Component/EditorComponentAPIComponent.cpp b/dev/Code/Framework/AzToolsFramework/AzToolsFramework/Component/EditorComponentAPIComponent.cpp
index b0d3712ab0..aeb777990e 100644
--- a/dev/Code/Framework/AzToolsFramework/AzToolsFramework/Component/EditorComponentAPIComponent.cpp
+++ b/dev/Code/Framework/AzToolsFramework/AzToolsFramework/Component/EditorComponentAPIComponent.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ namespace AzToolsFramework
         {
             if (auto serializeContext = azrtti_cast<AZ::SerializeContext*>(context))
             {
-                serializeContext->Class<EditorComponentAPIComponent>();
+                serializeContext->Class<EditorComponentAPIComponent, AZ::Component>();
 
                 serializeContext->RegisterGenericType<AZStd::vector<AZ::EntityComponentIdPair>>();
             }