diff --git a/.changeset/tender-carpets-cry.md b/.changeset/tender-carpets-cry.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a3d275fe33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tender-carpets-cry.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder': minor
+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend': minor
+---
+
+Added the ability to support running of templates that are not in the `default` namespace
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/Router.tsx b/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/Router.tsx
index 172a21234a..60dc5ed474 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/Router.tsx
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/Router.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import React, { ComponentType } from 'react';
+import React, { ComponentType, useEffect } from 'react';
 import { Routes, Route, useOutlet, Navigate, useParams } from 'react-router';
 import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { TemplateEntityV1beta3 } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-common';
@@ -101,10 +101,20 @@ export const Router = (props: RouterProps) => {
         ),
     ),
   ];
-
+  /**
+   * This component can be deleted once the older routes have been deprecated.
+   */
   const RedirectingComponent = () => {
     const { templateName } = useParams();
     const newLink = useRouteRef(selectedTemplateRouteRef);
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+    useEffect(
+      () =>
+        console.warn(
+          'The route /template/:templateName is deprecated, please use the new /template/:namespace/:templateName route instead',
+        ),
+      [],
+    );
     return <Navigate to={newLink({ namespace: 'default', templateName })} />;
   };
 
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder/src/routes.ts b/plugins/scaffolder/src/routes.ts
index dbc54bb22c..8d6875e351 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder/src/routes.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder/src/routes.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ export const rootRouteRef = createRouteRef({
   id: 'scaffolder',
 });
 
+/**
+ * @deprecated This is the old template route, can be deleted before next major release
+ */
 export const legacySelectedTemplateRouteRef = createSubRouteRef({
   id: 'scaffolder/legacy/selected-template',
   parent: rootRouteRef,