diff --git a/Classes/Domain/NodeCreation/NodeCreationElements.php b/Classes/Domain/NodeCreation/NodeCreationElements.php
index 8148c2112f..b89d29ac58 100644
--- a/Classes/Domain/NodeCreation/NodeCreationElements.php
+++ b/Classes/Domain/NodeCreation/NodeCreationElements.php
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@
  *           type: string
  *           ui:
  *             showInCreationDialog: true
+ *       references:
+ *         myReferences:
+ *           ui:
+ *             showInCreationDialog: true
  *
  * @implements \IteratorAggregate<string, mixed>
  * @internal Especially the constructor and the serialized data
diff --git a/Classes/Infrastructure/ContentRepository/CreationDialog/CreationDialogNodeTypePostprocessor.php b/Classes/Infrastructure/ContentRepository/CreationDialog/CreationDialogNodeTypePostprocessor.php
index d0edd45d52..3d92d1de50 100644
--- a/Classes/Infrastructure/ContentRepository/CreationDialog/CreationDialogNodeTypePostprocessor.php
+++ b/Classes/Infrastructure/ContentRepository/CreationDialog/CreationDialogNodeTypePostprocessor.php
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\NodeType\NodeType;
 use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\NodeType\NodeTypePostprocessorInterface;
 use Neos\Flow\Annotations as Flow;
+use Neos\Neos\Ui\Domain\NodeCreation\NodeCreationElements;
 use Neos\Utility\Arrays;
 use Neos\Utility\PositionalArraySorter;
 
@@ -88,10 +89,14 @@ public function process(NodeType $nodeType, array &$configuration, array $option
     {
         $creationDialogElements = $configuration['ui']['creationDialog']['elements'] ?? [];
 
-        if (!empty($configuration['properties'] ?? null)) {
+        if (!empty($configuration['properties'])) {
             $creationDialogElements = $this->promotePropertiesIntoCreationDialog($configuration['properties'], $creationDialogElements);
         }
 
+        if (!empty($configuration['references'])) {
+            $creationDialogElements = $this->promoteReferencesIntoCreationDialog($configuration['references'], $creationDialogElements);
+        }
+
         $this->mergeDefaultCreationDialogElementEditors($creationDialogElements);
 
         if ($creationDialogElements !== []) {
@@ -224,4 +229,74 @@ private function promotePropertyIntoCreationDialog(string $propertyName, array $
         $convertedConfiguration['ui']['editorOptions'] = $editorOptions;
         return $convertedConfiguration;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @param array<string, mixed> $references
+     * @param array<string, mixed> $explicitCreationDialogElements
+     * @return array<string, mixed>
+     */
+    private function promoteReferencesIntoCreationDialog(array $references, array $explicitCreationDialogElements): array
+    {
+        foreach ($references as $referenceName => $referenceConfiguration) {
+            if (
+                !isset($referenceConfiguration['ui']['showInCreationDialog'])
+                || $referenceConfiguration['ui']['showInCreationDialog'] !== true
+            ) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            $creationDialogElement = $this->promoteReferenceIntoCreationDialog($referenceConfiguration);
+            if (isset($explicitCreationDialogElements[$referenceName])) {
+                $creationDialogElement = Arrays::arrayMergeRecursiveOverrule(
+                    $creationDialogElement,
+                    $explicitCreationDialogElements[$referenceName]
+                );
+            }
+            $explicitCreationDialogElements[$referenceName] = $creationDialogElement;
+        }
+        return $explicitCreationDialogElements;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Converts a NodeType reference configuration to the corresponding creationDialog "element" configuration
+     *
+     * @param array<string,mixed> $referenceConfiguration
+     * @return array<string,mixed>
+     */
+    private function promoteReferenceIntoCreationDialog(array $referenceConfiguration): array
+    {
+        $maxAllowedItems = $referenceConfiguration['constraints']['maxItems'] ?? null;
+        $referenceMagicType = $maxAllowedItems === 1 ? 'reference' : 'references';
+        /**
+         * For references, we add this magic type to the elements configuration {@see NodeCreationElements}
+         */
+        $convertedConfiguration = [
+            'type' => $referenceMagicType,
+        ];
+        if (isset($referenceConfiguration['ui']['label'])) {
+            $convertedConfiguration['ui']['label'] = $referenceConfiguration['ui']['label'];
+        }
+        if (isset($referenceConfiguration['defaultValue'])) {
+            $convertedConfiguration['defaultValue'] = $referenceConfiguration['defaultValue'];
+        }
+        if (isset($referenceConfiguration['ui']['help'])) {
+            $convertedConfiguration['ui']['help'] = $referenceConfiguration['ui']['help'];
+        }
+        if (isset($referenceConfiguration['ui']['inspector']['position'])) {
+            $convertedConfiguration['position'] = $referenceConfiguration['ui']['inspector']['position'];
+        }
+        if (isset($referenceConfiguration['ui']['inspector']['hidden'])) {
+            $convertedConfiguration['ui']['hidden'] = $referenceConfiguration['ui']['inspector']['hidden'];
+        }
+        /**
+         * the editor will be set based on the type above via {@see self::mergeDefaultCreationDialogElementEditors}
+         */
+        if (isset($referenceConfiguration['ui']['inspector']['editor'])) {
+            $convertedConfiguration['ui']['editor'] = $referenceConfiguration['ui']['inspector']['editor'];
+        }
+        if (isset($referenceConfiguration['ui']['inspector']['editorOptions'])) {
+            $convertedConfiguration['ui']['editorOptions'] = $referenceConfiguration['ui']['inspector']['editorOptions'];
+        }
+        return $convertedConfiguration;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Tests/Unit/CreationDialogNodeTypePostprocessorTest.php b/Tests/Unit/CreationDialogNodeTypePostprocessorTest.php
index d09de2d2bc..b5f19d3ced 100644
--- a/Tests/Unit/CreationDialogNodeTypePostprocessorTest.php
+++ b/Tests/Unit/CreationDialogNodeTypePostprocessorTest.php
@@ -7,9 +7,72 @@
 use Neos\Flow\Tests\UnitTestCase;
 use Neos\Neos\NodeTypePostprocessor\DefaultPropertyEditorPostprocessor;
 use Neos\Neos\Ui\Infrastructure\ContentRepository\CreationDialog\CreationDialogNodeTypePostprocessor;
+use Symfony\Component\Yaml\Yaml;
 
 class CreationDialogNodeTypePostprocessorTest extends UnitTestCase
 {
+    public function examples(): iterable
+    {
+        yield 'multiple references' => [
+            'nodeTypeDefinition' => <<<'YAML'
+            references:
+              someReferences:
+                ui:
+                  showInCreationDialog: true
+            YAML,
+            'expectedCreationDialog' => <<<'YAML'
+            elements:
+              someReferences:
+                type: references
+                ui:
+                  editor: ReferencesEditor
+            YAML
+        ];
+
+        yield 'singular reference' => [
+            'nodeTypeDefinition' => <<<'YAML'
+            references:
+              someReference:
+                constraints:
+                  maxItems: 1
+                ui:
+                  showInCreationDialog: true
+            YAML,
+            'expectedCreationDialog' => <<<'YAML'
+            elements:
+              someReference:
+                type: reference
+                ui:
+                  editor: SingularReferenceEditor
+            YAML
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     * @dataProvider examples
+     */
+    public function processExamples(string $nodeTypeDefinition, string $expectedCreationDialog)
+    {
+        $configuration = array_merge([
+            'references' => [],
+            'properties' => []
+        ], Yaml::parse($nodeTypeDefinition));
+
+        $dataTypesDefaultConfiguration = [
+            'reference' => [
+                'editor' => 'SingularReferenceEditor',
+            ],
+            'references' => [
+                'editor' => 'ReferencesEditor',
+            ],
+        ];
+
+        $result = $this->processConfigurationFully($configuration, $dataTypesDefaultConfiguration, []);
+
+        self::assertEquals(Yaml::parse($expectedCreationDialog), $result['ui']['creationDialog'] ?? null);
+    }
+
     /**
      * promoted elements (showInCreationDialog: true)
      *