diff --git a/.changeset/long-impalas-burn.md b/.changeset/long-impalas-burn.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ef70f65f78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/long-impalas-burn.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/repo-tools': minor
+---
+
+The `package-docs` command will now automatically use a `typedoc.json` file if one exists at the root of your project.
diff --git a/packages/repo-tools/src/commands/package-docs/command.ts b/packages/repo-tools/src/commands/package-docs/command.ts
index 174a1d949d..28255193f0 100644
--- a/packages/repo-tools/src/commands/package-docs/command.ts
+++ b/packages/repo-tools/src/commands/package-docs/command.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import { mkdirp } from 'fs-extra';
 import { PackageDocsCache } from './Cache';
 import { Lockfile } from '@backstage/cli-node';
 import { glob } from 'glob';
+import { existsSync } from 'fs';
 
 const limit = pLimit(8);
 
@@ -220,6 +221,9 @@ export default async function packageDocs(paths: string[] = [], opts: any) {
       ...HIGHLIGHT_LANGUAGES.flatMap(e => ['--highlightLanguages', e]),
       '--out',
       cliPaths.resolveTargetRoot('type-docs'),
+      ...(existsSync(cliPaths.resolveTargetRoot('typedoc.json'))
+        ? ['--options', cliPaths.resolveTargetRoot('typedoc.json')]
+        : []),
     ].join(' '),
     {
       cwd: cliPaths.targetRoot,
diff --git a/typedoc.json b/typedoc.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..608b95a515
--- /dev/null
+++ b/typedoc.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://typedoc.org/schema.json",
+  "name": "Backstage",
+  "navigationLinks": {
+    "Docs": "https://backstage.io/docs",
+    "Github": "https://github.com/backstage/backstage"
+  }
+}