diff --git a/packages/uui-box/lib/uui-box.element.ts b/packages/uui-box/lib/uui-box.element.ts
index 74777d2c0..21acf747e 100644
--- a/packages/uui-box/lib/uui-box.element.ts
+++ b/packages/uui-box/lib/uui-box.element.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,18 @@ import { UUITextStyles } from '@umbraco-ui/uui-css/lib';
 import type { InterfaceHeading } from '@umbraco-ui/uui-base/lib';
 import { StaticValue, html, literal, unsafeStatic } from 'lit/static-html.js';
 
+function slotHasContent(target: EventTarget | null): boolean {
+  return target
+    ? (target as HTMLSlotElement).assignedNodes({ flatten: true }).length > 0
+    : false;
+}
+
 /**
- *  A box for grouping elements
+ *  A layout box for grouping elements, as well its possible to append a header, with a headline or other elements to the box.
  *  @element uui-box
  *  @slot headline - headline area, this area is placed within the headline tag which is located inside the header. Use this to ensure the right headline styling.
- *  @slot header - header area, use this for things that is not the headline but located in the header.
+ *  @slot header - header area, use this for things that are not the headline but are located in the header.
+ *  @slot header-actions - right-side of the box header, use this to append some actions that are general for the topic of this box.
  *  @slot - area for the content of the box
  *  @cssprop --uui-box-default-padding - overwrite the box padding
  *
@@ -17,7 +24,7 @@ import { StaticValue, html, literal, unsafeStatic } from 'lit/static-html.js';
 @defineElement('uui-box')
 export class UUIBoxElement extends LitElement {
   /**
-   * Headline for this box, can also be set via the 'box' slot.
+   * Headline for this box, can also be set via the `headline` slot.
    * @type string
    * @attr
    * @default null
@@ -27,7 +34,7 @@ export class UUIBoxElement extends LitElement {
 
   /**
    * Changes the headline variant for accessibility for this box.
-   * Notice this does not change the visual representation of the headline. (Umbraco does only recommend displaying a h5 sizes headline in the UUI-BOX)
+   * Notice this does not change the visual representation of the headline. (Umbraco recommends displaying a h5 size headline in the UUI-BOX)
    * @type {"h1" | "h2" | "h3" | "h4" | "h5" | "h6"}
    * @attr
    * @default "h5"
@@ -47,19 +54,23 @@ export class UUIBoxElement extends LitElement {
   @state()
   private _headlineSlotHasContent = false;
   private _headlineSlotChanged = (e: Event) => {
-    this._headlineSlotHasContent =
-      (e.target as HTMLSlotElement).assignedNodes({ flatten: true }).length > 0;
+    this._headlineSlotHasContent = slotHasContent(e.target);
   };
 
   @state()
   private _headerSlotHasContent = false;
   private _headerSlotChanged = (e: Event) => {
-    this._headerSlotHasContent =
-      (e.target as HTMLSlotElement).assignedNodes({ flatten: true }).length > 0;
+    this._headerSlotHasContent = slotHasContent(e.target);
+  };
+
+  @state()
+  private _headerActionsSlotHasContent = false;
+  private _headerActionsSlotChanged = (e: Event) => {
+    this._headerActionsSlotHasContent = slotHasContent(e.target);
   };
 
   /**
-   * Renders a header with the header-slot, headline and headline-slot within
+   * Renders a header with the `header`-slot, `header-actions`-slot, headline and `headline`-slot within
    * @returns {TemplateResult}
    * @protected
    * @method
@@ -72,6 +83,7 @@ export class UUIBoxElement extends LitElement {
       style=${
         this._headerSlotHasContent ||
         this._headlineSlotHasContent ||
+        this._headerActionsSlotHasContent ||
         this.headline !== null
           ? ''
           : 'display: none'
@@ -88,6 +100,9 @@ export class UUIBoxElement extends LitElement {
         <slot name="headline" @slotchange=${this._headlineSlotChanged}></slot>
       </${this._headlineVariantTag}>
       <slot name="header" @slotchange=${this._headerSlotChanged}></slot>
+      <slot name="header-actions" @slotchange=${
+        this._headerActionsSlotChanged
+      }></slot>
     </div>`;
     /* eslint-enable lit/no-invalid-html, lit/binding-positions */
   }
@@ -110,7 +125,8 @@ export class UUIBoxElement extends LitElement {
       }
 
       #header {
-        display: block;
+        display: flex;
+        column-gap: var(--uui-size-space-5);
         border-bottom: 1px solid var(--uui-color-divider-standalone);
         padding: var(--uui-size-space-4) var(--uui-size-space-5);
       }
@@ -119,6 +135,11 @@ export class UUIBoxElement extends LitElement {
         display: block;
         padding: var(--uui-box-default-padding, var(--uui-size-space-5));
       }
+
+      slot[name='header-actions'] {
+        display: block;
+        margin-left: auto;
+      }
     `,
   ];
 }
diff --git a/packages/uui-box/lib/uui-box.story.ts b/packages/uui-box/lib/uui-box.story.ts
index cb6687743..dc17deaaf 100644
--- a/packages/uui-box/lib/uui-box.story.ts
+++ b/packages/uui-box/lib/uui-box.story.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ export const Slots: Story = () => html`
       >Headline slot</uui-button
     >
     <uui-button slot="header" look="placeholder">Header slot</uui-button>
+    <uui-button slot="header-actions" look="placeholder"
+      >Header actions slot</uui-button
+    >
     <uui-button look="placeholder">Default slot</uui-button>
   </uui-box>
 `;
diff --git a/packages/uui-box/lib/uui-box.test.ts b/packages/uui-box/lib/uui-box.test.ts
index 74f60f09f..2c96ca1a8 100644
--- a/packages/uui-box/lib/uui-box.test.ts
+++ b/packages/uui-box/lib/uui-box.test.ts
@@ -72,6 +72,13 @@ describe('UUIBox', () => {
       expect(slot).to.exist;
     });
 
+    it('renders a header-actions slot', () => {
+      const slot = element.shadowRoot!.querySelector(
+        'slot[name=header-actions'
+      )!;
+      expect(slot).to.exist;
+    });
+
     it('renders specified headline tag when headlineVariant is set', async () => {
       element = await fixture(
         html` <uui-box headline="headline" headline-variant="h2">Main</uui-box>`