diff --git a/.changeset/perfect-pears-care.md b/.changeset/perfect-pears-care.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..13db9ad0c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/perfect-pears-care.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-techdocs-backend': patch
+'@backstage/plugin-techdocs-node': patch
+---
+
+Added support for using a default `mkdocs.yml` configuration file when none is provided
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/DocsBuilder/builder.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/DocsBuilder/builder.ts
index 09eee1fc12..2ae1462ad9 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/DocsBuilder/builder.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/DocsBuilder/builder.ts
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ export class DocsBuilder {
       etag: newEtag,
       logger: this.logger,
       logStream: this.logStream,
+      entity: this.entity,
     });
 
     // Remove Prepared directory since it is no longer needed.
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-node/api-report.md b/plugins/techdocs-node/api-report.md
index e27b406478..253f1c29fa 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-node/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-node/api-report.md
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ export type GeneratorRunOptions = {
   etag?: string;
   logger: Logger;
   logStream?: Writable;
+  entity: Entity;
 };
 
 // @public
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/generate/__fixtures__/mkdocs_default.yml b/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/generate/__fixtures__/mkdocs_default.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f6d2b01ce4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/generate/__fixtures__/mkdocs_default.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+site_name: Test site name
+docs_dir: docs
+plugins:
+  - techdocs-core
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/generate/helpers.test.ts b/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/generate/helpers.test.ts
index e894b0602e..fb21643e46 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/generate/helpers.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/generate/helpers.test.ts
@@ -42,12 +42,16 @@ const mockEntity = {
   kind: 'TestKind',
   metadata: {
     name: 'testName',
+    title: 'Test site name',
   },
 };
 
 const mkdocsYml = fs.readFileSync(
   resolvePath(__filename, '../__fixtures__/mkdocs.yml'),
 );
+const mkdocsDefaultYml = fs.readFileSync(
+  resolvePath(__filename, '../__fixtures__/mkdocs_default.yml'),
+);
 const mkdocsYmlWithExtensions = fs.readFileSync(
   resolvePath(__filename, '../__fixtures__/mkdocs_with_extensions.yml'),
 );
@@ -518,7 +522,10 @@ describe('helpers', () => {
     it('returns expected contents when .yml file is present', async () => {
       const key = path.join(inputDir, 'mkdocs.yml');
       mockFs({ [key]: mkdocsYml });
-      const { path: mkdocsPath, content } = await getMkdocsYml(inputDir);
+      const { path: mkdocsPath, content } = await getMkdocsYml(
+        inputDir,
+        mockEntity,
+      );
 
       expect(mkdocsPath).toBe(key);
       expect(content).toBe(mkdocsYml.toString());
@@ -527,15 +534,29 @@ describe('helpers', () => {
     it('returns expected contents when .yaml file is present', async () => {
       const key = path.join(inputDir, 'mkdocs.yaml');
       mockFs({ [key]: mkdocsYml });
-      const { path: mkdocsPath, content } = await getMkdocsYml(inputDir);
+      const { path: mkdocsPath, content } = await getMkdocsYml(
+        inputDir,
+        mockEntity,
+      );
       expect(mkdocsPath).toBe(key);
       expect(content).toBe(mkdocsYml.toString());
     });
 
-    it('throws when neither .yml nor .yaml file is present', async () => {
+    it('returns expected contents when default file is present', async () => {
+      const key = path.join(inputDir, 'mkdocs.yml');
+      mockFs({ [key]: mkdocsDefaultYml });
+      const { path: mkdocsPath, content } = await getMkdocsYml(
+        inputDir,
+        mockEntity,
+      );
+      expect(mkdocsPath).toBe(key);
+      expect(content).toBe(mkdocsDefaultYml.toString());
+    });
+
+    it('throws when neither .yml nor .yaml nor default file is present', async () => {
       const invalidInputDir = resolvePath(__filename);
-      await expect(getMkdocsYml(invalidInputDir)).rejects.toThrow(
-        /Could not read MkDocs YAML config file mkdocs.yml or mkdocs.yaml for validation/,
+      await expect(getMkdocsYml(invalidInputDir, mockEntity)).rejects.toThrow(
+        /Could not read MkDocs YAML config file mkdocs.yml or mkdocs.yaml or default for validation/,
       );
     });
   });
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/generate/helpers.ts b/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/generate/helpers.ts
index 50db0eb86a..ebb72c420c 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/generate/helpers.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/generate/helpers.ts
@@ -159,22 +159,43 @@ export const MKDOCS_SCHEMA = DEFAULT_SCHEMA.extend([
  */
 export const getMkdocsYml = async (
   inputDir: string,
+  entity: Entity,
 ): Promise<{ path: string; content: string }> => {
   let mkdocsYmlPath: string;
   let mkdocsYmlFileString: string;
   try {
     mkdocsYmlPath = path.join(inputDir, 'mkdocs.yaml');
-    mkdocsYmlFileString = await fs.readFile(mkdocsYmlPath, 'utf8');
-  } catch {
-    try {
-      mkdocsYmlPath = path.join(inputDir, 'mkdocs.yml');
+    if (await fs.pathExists(mkdocsYmlPath)) {
       mkdocsYmlFileString = await fs.readFile(mkdocsYmlPath, 'utf8');
-    } catch (error) {
-      throw new ForwardedError(
-        'Could not read MkDocs YAML config file mkdocs.yml or mkdocs.yaml for validation',
-        error,
-      );
+      return {
+        path: mkdocsYmlPath,
+        content: mkdocsYmlFileString,
+      };
     }
+
+    mkdocsYmlPath = path.join(inputDir, 'mkdocs.yml');
+    if (await fs.pathExists(mkdocsYmlPath)) {
+      mkdocsYmlFileString = await fs.readFile(mkdocsYmlPath, 'utf8');
+      return {
+        path: mkdocsYmlPath,
+        content: mkdocsYmlFileString,
+      };
+    }
+
+    // No mkdocs file, use default
+    const defaultMkdocsContent =
+      `site_name: ${entity.metadata.title ?? entity.metadata.name}\n` +
+      'docs_dir: docs\n' +
+      'plugins:\n' +
+      '  - techdocs-core\n';
+
+    await fs.writeFile(mkdocsYmlPath, defaultMkdocsContent);
+    mkdocsYmlFileString = await fs.readFile(mkdocsYmlPath, 'utf8');
+  } catch (error) {
+    throw new ForwardedError(
+      'Could not read MkDocs YAML config file mkdocs.yml or mkdocs.yaml or default for validation',
+      error,
+    );
   }
 
   return {
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/generate/techdocs.ts b/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/generate/techdocs.ts
index 9bbc58ebdc..45b2f9689e 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/generate/techdocs.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/generate/techdocs.ts
@@ -96,10 +96,14 @@ export class TechdocsGenerator implements GeneratorBase {
       etag,
       logger: childLogger,
       logStream,
+      entity,
     } = options;
 
     // Do some updates to mkdocs.yml before generating docs e.g. adding repo_url
-    const { path: mkdocsYmlPath, content } = await getMkdocsYml(inputDir);
+    const { path: mkdocsYmlPath, content } = await getMkdocsYml(
+      inputDir,
+      entity,
+    );
 
     // validate the docs_dir first
     const docsDir = await validateMkdocsYaml(inputDir, content);
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/generate/types.ts b/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/generate/types.ts
index 2b2bbb21c9..26c26f4410 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/generate/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/generate/types.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ export type GeneratorRunOptions = {
   etag?: string;
   logger: Logger;
   logStream?: Writable;
+  entity: Entity;
 };
 
 /**