diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-list-appender/index.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-list-appender/index.js
index 4c65ead6b4e62c..0c17d57261ca80 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-list-appender/index.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-list-appender/index.js
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ export default function BlockListAppender( {
 	CustomAppender,
 	className,
 	tagName: TagName = 'div',
+	isDefaultAppender,
 } ) {
 	const isDragOver = useSelect(
 		( select ) => {
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ export default function BlockListAppender( {
 			tabIndex={ -1 }
 			className={ clsx( 'block-list-appender wp-block', className, {
 				'is-drag-over': isDragOver,
+				'is-default-appender': isDefaultAppender,
 			} ) }
 			// Needed in case the whole editor is content editable (for multi
 			// selection). It fixes an edge case where ArrowDown and ArrowRight
diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-list/content.scss b/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-list/content.scss
index 27ff20f00bfb9c..4895ee76c56e2a 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-list/content.scss
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-list/content.scss
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ _::-webkit-full-page-media, _:future, :root [data-has-multi-selection="true"] .b
 	}
 }
 
-.block-editor-block-list__block:not(.is-selected):not(.has-child-selected) .block-editor-default-block-appender {
+.block-editor-block-list__block:not(.is-selected):not(.has-child-selected) .block-list-appender:not(.is-default-appender) .block-editor-default-block-appender {
 	display: none;
 
 	.block-editor-inserter__toggle {
@@ -371,6 +371,10 @@ _::-webkit-full-page-media, _:future, :root [data-has-multi-selection="true"] .b
 	}
 }
 
+.block-editor-block-list__block .block-list-appender.is-default-appender .block-editor-default-block-appender {
+	height: fit-content;
+}
+
 .block-editor-block-list__block .block-editor-block-list__block-html-textarea {
 	display: block;
 	margin: 0;
diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-list/index.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-list/index.js
index 5e759a82bf8dd7..1d93242bbe2c99 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-list/index.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-list/index.js
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import { getDefaultBlockName } from '@wordpress/blocks';
  */
 import BlockListBlock from './block';
 import BlockListAppender from '../block-list-appender';
+import DefaultBlockAppender from '../inner-blocks/default-block-appender';
 import { useInBetweenInserter } from './use-in-between-inserter';
 import { store as blockEditorStore } from '../../store';
 import { LayoutProvider, defaultLayout } from './layout';
@@ -297,6 +298,9 @@ function Items( {
 					tagName={ __experimentalAppenderTagName }
 					rootClientId={ rootClientId }
 					CustomAppender={ CustomAppender }
+					isDefaultAppender={
+						CustomAppender === DefaultBlockAppender
+					}
 				/>
 			) }
 		</LayoutProvider>