diff --git a/packages/webpack5/src/configuration/base.ts b/packages/webpack5/src/configuration/base.ts
index db3cb003a..9d5270369 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/src/configuration/base.ts
+++ b/packages/webpack5/src/configuration/base.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { BundleAnalyzerPlugin } from 'webpack-bundle-analyzer';
 import TerserPlugin from 'terser-webpack-plugin';
 
 import { getProjectFilePath, getProjectTSConfigPath } from '../helpers/project';
+import { RuntimePackageJSONPlugin } from '../plugins/RuntimePackageJSONPlugin';
 import { getDependencyVersion, hasDependency } from '../helpers/dependencies';
 import { PlatformSuffixPlugin } from '../plugins/PlatformSuffixPlugin';
 import { applyFileReplacements } from '../helpers/fileReplacements';
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ import { addCopyRule, applyCopyRules } from '../helpers/copyRules';
 import { WatchStatePlugin } from '../plugins/WatchStatePlugin';
 import { applyDotEnvPlugin } from '../helpers/dotEnv';
 import { env as _env, IWebpackEnv } from '../index';
-import { getValue } from '../helpers/config';
+import { getValue, getValueFallbacks } from '../helpers/config';
 import { getIPS } from '../helpers/host';
 import {
 	getAvailablePlatforms,
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ export default function (config: Config, env: IWebpackEnv = _env): Config {
 	// package.json is generated by the CLI with runtime options
 	// this ensures it's not included in the bundle, but rather
 	// resolved at runtime
-	config.externals(['package.json', '~/package.json']);
+	// config.externals(['package.json', '~/package.json']);
 
 	// disable marking built-in node modules as external
 	// since they are not available at runtime and
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ export default function (config: Config, env: IWebpackEnv = _env): Config {
 		const sourceMapAbsolutePath = getProjectFilePath(
 			`./${
 				env.buildPath ?? 'platforms'
-			}/${platform}-sourceMaps/[file].map[query]`,
+			}/${platform}-sourceMaps/[file].map[query]`
 		);
 		const sourceMapRelativePath = relative(outputPath, sourceMapAbsolutePath);
 		config.output.sourceMapFilename(sourceMapRelativePath);
@@ -273,7 +274,7 @@ export default function (config: Config, env: IWebpackEnv = _env): Config {
 	const configFile = tsConfigPath
 		? {
 				configFile: tsConfigPath,
-			}
+		  }
 		: undefined;
 
 	// set up ts support
@@ -353,7 +354,7 @@ export default function (config: Config, env: IWebpackEnv = _env): Config {
 									const extPath = resolve(baseDir, platformRequest);
 
 									try {
-										return require.resolve(platformRequest, {
+										return (require as NodeRequire).resolve(platformRequest, {
 											paths: [baseDir],
 										});
 									} catch {}
@@ -452,7 +453,7 @@ export default function (config: Config, env: IWebpackEnv = _env): Config {
 			 * +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 			 */
 			/System.import\(\) is deprecated/,
-		]),
+		])
 	);
 
 	// todo: refine defaults
@@ -494,6 +495,14 @@ export default function (config: Config, env: IWebpackEnv = _env): Config {
 
 	applyCopyRules(config);
 
+	// Emit a package.json file to be used at runtime containing the runtime options for the app
+	config.plugin('RuntimePackageJSONPlugin').use(RuntimePackageJSONPlugin, [
+		{
+			...getValue<Record<string, any>>('.', {}),
+			...getValue<Record<string, any>>(platform, {}),
+		},
+	]);
+
 	config.plugin('WatchStatePlugin').use(WatchStatePlugin);
 
 	config.when(env.hmr, (config) => {
diff --git a/packages/webpack5/src/helpers/config.ts b/packages/webpack5/src/helpers/config.ts
index 9c9281683..f386ac049 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/src/helpers/config.ts
+++ b/packages/webpack5/src/helpers/config.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 import { warnOnce } from './log';
 import { env } from '../index';
 
+interface IPartialProjectConfigService {
+	readConfig(projectDir?: string): Record<string, any>;
+	getValue<T = any>(key: string, defaultValue?: any): T;
+}
+
 function getCLILib() {
 	if (!env.nativescriptLibPath) {
 		if (typeof env.nativescriptLibPath !== 'boolean') {
@@ -34,9 +39,35 @@ export function getValue<T = any>(key: string, defaultValue?: any): T {
 		return defaultValue;
 	}
 
-	return (
-		lib.projectConfigService as {
-			getValue(key: string, defaultValue?: any): T;
-		}
-	).getValue(key, defaultValue);
+	if (key === '.') {
+		return (
+			lib.projectConfigService as IPartialProjectConfigService
+		).readConfig() as T;
+	}
+
+	return (lib.projectConfigService as IPartialProjectConfigService).getValue(
+		key,
+		defaultValue
+	);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Utility to get a value from multiple keys in the nativescript.config.ts file, until one is found, or return a default value.
+ *
+ * @param keys a list of keys to try to get the value from
+ * @param defaultValue The fallback value if none of the keys are set in the config.
+ * @returns
+ */
+export function getValueFallbacks<T = any>(
+	keys: string[],
+	defaultValue?: any
+): T {
+	for (const key of keys) {
+		const value = getValue<T>(key);
+		if (value) {
+			return value;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return defaultValue;
 }
diff --git a/packages/webpack5/src/plugins/RuntimePackageJSONPlugin.ts b/packages/webpack5/src/plugins/RuntimePackageJSONPlugin.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cad75896d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/webpack5/src/plugins/RuntimePackageJSONPlugin.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import webpack from 'webpack';
+
+const id = 'RuntimePackageJSONPlugin';
+
+/**
+ * The platform suffix plugin will try to resolve files with a platform specifier (suffix)
+ * falling back to the non-platform-specific version.
+ *
+ * For example:
+ *   import something from './something.js'
+ *
+ *   will first look for './something.<platform>.js'
+ *   and if not found look for './something.js'
+ *
+ */
+export class RuntimePackageJSONPlugin {
+	constructor(private additionalContents: Record<string, any>) {}
+
+	apply(compiler: webpack.Compiler) {
+		compiler.hooks.compilation.tap(id, (compilation) => {
+			compilation.assets['package.json'] = new webpack.sources.RawSource(
+				JSON.stringify(
+					Object.assign({}, this.additionalContents, { main: 'bundle' }),
+					null,
+					2
+				)
+			);
+		});
+	}
+}