diff --git a/change/@fluentui-react-nav-preview-8415b62b-8398-424c-9b31-d1ee026e9b99.json b/change/@fluentui-react-nav-preview-8415b62b-8398-424c-9b31-d1ee026e9b99.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..605d4f75d05ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/change/@fluentui-react-nav-preview-8415b62b-8398-424c-9b31-d1ee026e9b99.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "type": "minor",
+  "comment": "Scaffolds SplitNavItem",
+  "packageName": "@fluentui/react-nav-preview",
+  "email": "matejera@microsoft.com",
+  "dependentChangeType": "patch"
+}
diff --git a/packages/react-components/react-nav-preview/library/etc/react-nav-preview.api.md b/packages/react-components/react-nav-preview/library/etc/react-nav-preview.api.md
index 88aea57efec56..18e875c7569cb 100644
--- a/packages/react-components/react-nav-preview/library/etc/react-nav-preview.api.md
+++ b/packages/react-components/react-nav-preview/library/etc/react-nav-preview.api.md
@@ -381,6 +381,26 @@ export const renderNavSubItem_unstable: (state: NavSubItemState) => JSX.Element;
 // @public
 export const renderNavSubItemGroup_unstable: (state: NavSubItemGroupState) => JSX.Element | null;
 
+// @public
+export const renderSplitNavItem_unstable: (state: SplitNavItemState) => JSX.Element;
+
+// @public
+export const SplitNavItem: ForwardRefComponent<SplitNavItemProps>;
+
+// @public (undocumented)
+export const splitNavItemClassNames: SlotClassNames<SplitNavItemSlots>;
+
+// @public
+export type SplitNavItemProps = ComponentProps<SplitNavItemSlots> & {};
+
+// @public (undocumented)
+export type SplitNavItemSlots = {
+    root: Slot<'div'>;
+};
+
+// @public
+export type SplitNavItemState = ComponentState<SplitNavItemSlots>;
+
 // @public
 export const useAppItem_unstable: (props: AppItemProps, ref: React_2.Ref<HTMLButtonElement | HTMLAnchorElement>) => AppItemState;
 
@@ -471,6 +491,12 @@ export const useNavSubItemGroupStyles_unstable: (state: NavSubItemGroupState) =>
 // @public
 export const useNavSubItemStyles_unstable: (state: NavSubItemState) => NavSubItemState;
 
+// @public
+export const useSplitNavItem_unstable: (props: SplitNavItemProps, ref: React_2.Ref<HTMLDivElement>) => SplitNavItemState;
+
+// @public
+export const useSplitNavItemStyles_unstable: (state: SplitNavItemState) => SplitNavItemState;
+
 // (No @packageDocumentation comment for this package)
 
 ```
diff --git a/packages/react-components/react-nav-preview/library/src/SplitNavItem.ts b/packages/react-components/react-nav-preview/library/src/SplitNavItem.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..bbfa6494448f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-components/react-nav-preview/library/src/SplitNavItem.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from './components/SplitNavItem/index';
diff --git a/packages/react-components/react-nav-preview/library/src/components/SplitNavItem/SplitNavItem.test.tsx b/packages/react-components/react-nav-preview/library/src/components/SplitNavItem/SplitNavItem.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..99e7e7ea47dba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-components/react-nav-preview/library/src/components/SplitNavItem/SplitNavItem.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import * as React from 'react';
+import { render } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { isConformant } from '../../testing/isConformant';
+import { SplitNavItem } from './SplitNavItem';
+
+describe('SplitNavItem', () => {
+  isConformant({
+    Component: SplitNavItem,
+    displayName: 'SplitNavItem',
+  });
+
+  // TODO add more tests here, and create visual regression tests in /apps/vr-tests
+
+  it('renders a default state', () => {
+    const result = render(<SplitNavItem>Default SplitNavItem</SplitNavItem>);
+    expect(result.container).toMatchSnapshot();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/react-components/react-nav-preview/library/src/components/SplitNavItem/SplitNavItem.tsx b/packages/react-components/react-nav-preview/library/src/components/SplitNavItem/SplitNavItem.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..fc7fcb5f7640c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-components/react-nav-preview/library/src/components/SplitNavItem/SplitNavItem.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import * as React from 'react';
+import type { ForwardRefComponent } from '@fluentui/react-utilities';
+import { useSplitNavItem_unstable } from './useSplitNavItem';
+import { renderSplitNavItem_unstable } from './renderSplitNavItem';
+import { useSplitNavItemStyles_unstable } from './useSplitNavItemStyles.styles';
+import type { SplitNavItemProps } from './SplitNavItem.types';
+
+/**
+ * SplitNavItem component - TODO: add more docs
+ */
+export const SplitNavItem: ForwardRefComponent<SplitNavItemProps> = React.forwardRef((props, ref) => {
+  const state = useSplitNavItem_unstable(props, ref);
+
+  useSplitNavItemStyles_unstable(state);
+
+  /**
+   * @see https://github.com/microsoft/fluentui/blob/master/docs/react-v9/contributing/rfcs/react-components/convergence/custom-styling.md
+   *
+   * TODO: 💡 once package will become stable (PR which will be part of promoting PREVIEW package to STABLE),
+   *      - uncomment this line
+   *      - update types {@link file://./../../../../../../../packages/react-components/react-shared-contexts/library/src/CustomStyleHooksContext/CustomStyleHooksContext.ts#CustomStyleHooksContextValue}
+   *      - verify that custom global style override works for your component
+   */
+  // useCustomStyleHook_unstable('useSplitNavItemStyles_unstable')(state);
+
+  return renderSplitNavItem_unstable(state);
+});
+
+SplitNavItem.displayName = 'SplitNavItem';
diff --git a/packages/react-components/react-nav-preview/library/src/components/SplitNavItem/SplitNavItem.types.ts b/packages/react-components/react-nav-preview/library/src/components/SplitNavItem/SplitNavItem.types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8251c28d98ec0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-components/react-nav-preview/library/src/components/SplitNavItem/SplitNavItem.types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import type { ComponentProps, ComponentState, Slot } from '@fluentui/react-utilities';
+
+export type SplitNavItemSlots = {
+  root: Slot<'div'>;
+};
+
+/**
+ * SplitNavItem Props
+ */
+export type SplitNavItemProps = ComponentProps<SplitNavItemSlots> & {};
+
+/**
+ * State used in rendering SplitNavItem
+ */
+export type SplitNavItemState = ComponentState<SplitNavItemSlots>;
+// TODO: Remove semicolon from previous line, uncomment next line, and provide union of props to pick from SplitNavItemProps.
+// & Required<Pick<SplitNavItemProps, 'propName'>>
diff --git a/packages/react-components/react-nav-preview/library/src/components/SplitNavItem/__snapshots__/SplitNavItem.test.tsx.snap b/packages/react-components/react-nav-preview/library/src/components/SplitNavItem/__snapshots__/SplitNavItem.test.tsx.snap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7c8a75e7d8391
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-components/react-nav-preview/library/src/components/SplitNavItem/__snapshots__/SplitNavItem.test.tsx.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
+
+exports[`SplitNavItem renders a default state 1`] = `
+<div>
+  <div
+    class="fui-SplitNavItem"
+  >
+    Default SplitNavItem
+  </div>
+</div>
+`;
diff --git a/packages/react-components/react-nav-preview/library/src/components/SplitNavItem/index.ts b/packages/react-components/react-nav-preview/library/src/components/SplitNavItem/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..24c36db83805e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-components/react-nav-preview/library/src/components/SplitNavItem/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+export * from './SplitNavItem';
+export * from './SplitNavItem.types';
+export * from './renderSplitNavItem';
+export * from './useSplitNavItem';
+export * from './useSplitNavItemStyles.styles';
diff --git a/packages/react-components/react-nav-preview/library/src/components/SplitNavItem/renderSplitNavItem.tsx b/packages/react-components/react-nav-preview/library/src/components/SplitNavItem/renderSplitNavItem.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..01ea2b7b9e956
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-components/react-nav-preview/library/src/components/SplitNavItem/renderSplitNavItem.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/** @jsxRuntime automatic */
+/** @jsxImportSource @fluentui/react-jsx-runtime */
+
+import { assertSlots } from '@fluentui/react-utilities';
+import type { SplitNavItemState, SplitNavItemSlots } from './SplitNavItem.types';
+
+/**
+ * Render the final JSX of SplitNavItem
+ */
+export const renderSplitNavItem_unstable = (state: SplitNavItemState) => {
+  assertSlots<SplitNavItemSlots>(state);
+
+  // TODO Add additional slots in the appropriate place
+  return <state.root />;
+};
diff --git a/packages/react-components/react-nav-preview/library/src/components/SplitNavItem/useSplitNavItem.ts b/packages/react-components/react-nav-preview/library/src/components/SplitNavItem/useSplitNavItem.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..66d80112a6f7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-components/react-nav-preview/library/src/components/SplitNavItem/useSplitNavItem.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import * as React from 'react';
+import { getIntrinsicElementProps, slot } from '@fluentui/react-utilities';
+import type { SplitNavItemProps, SplitNavItemState } from './SplitNavItem.types';
+
+/**
+ * Create the state required to render SplitNavItem.
+ *
+ * The returned state can be modified with hooks such as useSplitNavItemStyles_unstable,
+ * before being passed to renderSplitNavItem_unstable.
+ *
+ * @param props - props from this instance of SplitNavItem
+ * @param ref - reference to root HTMLDivElement of SplitNavItem
+ */
+export const useSplitNavItem_unstable = (
+  props: SplitNavItemProps,
+  ref: React.Ref<HTMLDivElement>,
+): SplitNavItemState => {
+  return {
+    // TODO add appropriate props/defaults
+    components: {
+      // TODO add each slot's element type or component
+      root: 'div',
+    },
+    // TODO add appropriate slots, for example:
+    // mySlot: resolveShorthand(props.mySlot),
+    root: slot.always(
+      getIntrinsicElementProps('div', {
+        ref,
+        ...props,
+      }),
+      { elementType: 'div' },
+    ),
+  };
+};
diff --git a/packages/react-components/react-nav-preview/library/src/components/SplitNavItem/useSplitNavItemStyles.styles.ts b/packages/react-components/react-nav-preview/library/src/components/SplitNavItem/useSplitNavItemStyles.styles.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..651ee88bda8cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-components/react-nav-preview/library/src/components/SplitNavItem/useSplitNavItemStyles.styles.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import { makeStyles, mergeClasses } from '@griffel/react';
+import type { SlotClassNames } from '@fluentui/react-utilities';
+import type { SplitNavItemSlots, SplitNavItemState } from './SplitNavItem.types';
+
+export const splitNavItemClassNames: SlotClassNames<SplitNavItemSlots> = {
+  root: 'fui-SplitNavItem',
+  // TODO: add class names for all slots on SplitNavItemSlots.
+  // Should be of the form `<slotName>: 'fui-SplitNavItem__<slotName>`
+};
+
+/**
+ * Styles for the root slot
+ */
+const useStyles = makeStyles({
+  root: {
+    // TODO Add default styles for the root element
+  },
+
+  // TODO add additional classes for different states and/or slots
+});
+
+/**
+ * Apply styling to the SplitNavItem slots based on the state
+ */
+export const useSplitNavItemStyles_unstable = (state: SplitNavItemState): SplitNavItemState => {
+  'use no memo';
+
+  const styles = useStyles();
+  state.root.className = mergeClasses(splitNavItemClassNames.root, styles.root, state.root.className);
+
+  // TODO Add class names to slots, for example:
+  // state.mySlot.className = mergeClasses(styles.mySlot, state.mySlot.className);
+
+  return state;
+};
diff --git a/packages/react-components/react-nav-preview/library/src/index.ts b/packages/react-components/react-nav-preview/library/src/index.ts
index 9553e114fb735..843555cbcbd1b 100644
--- a/packages/react-components/react-nav-preview/library/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/react-components/react-nav-preview/library/src/index.ts
@@ -113,3 +113,11 @@ export {
   useAppItemStaticStyles_unstable,
   useAppItemStatic_unstable,
 } from './AppItemStatic';
+export type { SplitNavItemProps, SplitNavItemSlots, SplitNavItemState } from './SplitNavItem';
+export {
+  SplitNavItem,
+  renderSplitNavItem_unstable,
+  splitNavItemClassNames,
+  useSplitNavItemStyles_unstable,
+  useSplitNavItem_unstable,
+} from './SplitNavItem';