diff --git a/packages/vuetify/src/components/VList/VList.tsx b/packages/vuetify/src/components/VList/VList.tsx
index 0749c1d298b..f2ef70e6ce6 100644
--- a/packages/vuetify/src/components/VList/VList.tsx
+++ b/packages/vuetify/src/components/VList/VList.tsx
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ export const VList = genericComponent<new <T>() => {
     const { dimensionStyles } = useDimension(props)
     const { elevationClasses } = useElevation(props)
     const { roundedClasses } = useRounded(props)
-    const { open, select } = useNested(props)
+    const { open, select, getPath } = useNested(props)
     const lineClasses = computed(() => props.lines ? `v-list--${props.lines}-line` : undefined)
     const activeColor = toRef(props, 'activeColor')
     const color = toRef(props, 'color')
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ export const VList = genericComponent<new <T>() => {
       open,
       select,
       focus,
+      getPath,
     }
   },
 })
diff --git a/packages/vuetify/src/components/VList/__tests__/VList.spec.cy.tsx b/packages/vuetify/src/components/VList/__tests__/VList.spec.cy.tsx
index 26f646b42de..8cb4c41fa9b 100644
--- a/packages/vuetify/src/components/VList/__tests__/VList.spec.cy.tsx
+++ b/packages/vuetify/src/components/VList/__tests__/VList.spec.cy.tsx
@@ -229,4 +229,82 @@ describe('VList', () => {
 
     cy.get('.v-list-item').eq(1).should('not.have.class', 'v-list-item--active')
   })
+
+  it('should open selected items on mount', () => {
+    const items = [
+      {
+        title: 'Foo',
+        subtitle: 'Bar',
+        value: 'foo',
+      },
+      {
+        title: 'Group',
+        value: 'group',
+        children: [
+          {
+            title: 'Child',
+            subtitle: 'Subtitle',
+            value: 'child',
+            children: [
+              {
+                title: 'Another Child',
+                value: 'another_child',
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    ]
+
+    const wrapper = mountFunction((
+      <CenteredGrid width="200px">
+        <VList items={items} selected={['another_child']} openOnMount="selected" />
+      </CenteredGrid>
+    ))
+
+    wrapper.get('.v-list-item')
+      .should('have.length', 4)
+      .contains('Another Child')
+      .should('be.visible')
+  })
+
+  it('should open all items on mount', () => {
+    const items = [
+      {
+        title: 'Foo',
+        subtitle: 'Bar',
+        value: 'foo',
+        children: [
+          {
+            title: 'First',
+            value: 'first',
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+      {
+        title: 'Group',
+        value: 'group',
+        children: [
+          {
+            title: 'Second',
+            value: 'second',
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    ]
+
+    const wrapper = mountFunction((
+      <CenteredGrid width="200px">
+        <VList items={items} openOnMount="all" />
+      </CenteredGrid>
+    ))
+
+    wrapper.get('.v-list-item')
+      .should('have.length', 4)
+      .contains('First')
+      .should('be.visible')
+      .get('.v-list-item')
+      .contains('Second')
+      .should('be.visible')
+  })
 })
diff --git a/packages/vuetify/src/composables/nested/nested.ts b/packages/vuetify/src/composables/nested/nested.ts
index b96b61a0442..6d7b02ebe6f 100644
--- a/packages/vuetify/src/composables/nested/nested.ts
+++ b/packages/vuetify/src/composables/nested/nested.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { useProxiedModel } from '@/composables/proxiedModel'
 import { getCurrentInstance, getUid, propsFactory } from '@/util'
-import { computed, inject, onBeforeUnmount, provide, ref, toRaw } from 'vue'
+import { computed, inject, onBeforeUnmount, onMounted, provide, ref, toRaw } from 'vue'
 import { listOpenStrategy, multipleOpenStrategy, singleOpenStrategy } from './openStrategies'
 import {
   classicSelectStrategy,
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export interface NestedProps {
   openStrategy: OpenStrategyProp | undefined
   selected: unknown[] | undefined
   opened: unknown[] | undefined
+  openOnMount?: 'selected' | 'all'
   mandatory: boolean
   'onUpdate:selected': ((val: unknown[]) => void) | undefined
   'onUpdate:opened': ((val: unknown[]) => void) | undefined
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ type NestedProvide = {
     open: (id: unknown, value: boolean, event?: Event) => void
     select: (id: unknown, value: boolean, event?: Event) => void
     openOnSelect: (id: unknown, value: boolean, event?: Event) => void
+    getPath: (id: unknown) => unknown[]
   }
 }
 
@@ -60,6 +62,7 @@ export const emptyNested: NestedProvide = {
     opened: ref(new Set()),
     selected: ref(new Map()),
     selectedValues: ref([]),
+    getPath: () => [],
   },
 }
 
@@ -69,6 +72,9 @@ export const makeNestedProps = propsFactory({
   opened: Array as PropType<unknown[]>,
   selected: Array as PropType<unknown[]>,
   mandatory: Boolean,
+  openOnMount: {
+    type: String as PropType<'selected' | 'all'>,
+  },
 }, 'nested')
 
 export const useNested = (props: NestedProps) => {
@@ -126,6 +132,21 @@ export const useNested = (props: NestedProps) => {
     return path
   }
 
+  onMounted(() => {
+    if (props.openOnMount === 'all') {
+      opened.value = new Set(children.value.keys())
+    } else if (props.openOnMount === 'selected') {
+      const newOpened = new Set(opened.value)
+      for (const key of selected.value.keys()) {
+        const path = getPath(key).slice(0, -1)
+        for (const parent of path) {
+          newOpened.add(parent)
+        }
+      }
+      opened.value = newOpened
+    }
+  })
+
   const vm = getCurrentInstance('nested')
 
   const nested: NestedProvide = {
@@ -206,6 +227,7 @@ export const useNested = (props: NestedProps) => {
       },
       children,
       parents,
+      getPath,
     },
   }