diff --git a/packages/remix/src/generators/application/application.impl.spec.ts b/packages/remix/src/generators/application/application.impl.spec.ts
index 75d8ed5cad92d5..f9b0d2576758ab 100644
--- a/packages/remix/src/generators/application/application.impl.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/remix/src/generators/application/application.impl.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import 'nx/src/internal-testing-utils/mock-project-graph';
 
-import { joinPathFragments, readJson, type Tree } from '@nx/devkit';
+import { joinPathFragments, readJson, readNxJson, type Tree } from '@nx/devkit';
 import * as devkit from '@nx/devkit';
 import { ProjectNameAndRootFormat } from '@nx/devkit/src/generators/project-name-and-root-utils';
 import { createTreeWithEmptyWorkspace } from '@nx/devkit/testing';
@@ -129,6 +129,14 @@ describe('Remix Application', () => {
         expectTargetsToBeCorrect(tree, '.');
 
         expect(tree.read('e2e/cypress.config.ts', 'utf-8')).toMatchSnapshot();
+        expect(readNxJson(tree).targetDefaults['e2e-ci--**/*'])
+          .toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+          {
+            "dependsOn": [
+              "^build",
+            ],
+          }
+        `);
       });
     });
 
@@ -148,6 +156,14 @@ describe('Remix Application', () => {
       expectTargetsToBeCorrect(tree, '.');
 
       expect(tree.read('e2e/playwright.config.ts', 'utf-8')).toMatchSnapshot();
+      expect(readNxJson(tree).targetDefaults['e2e-ci--**/*'])
+        .toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+          {
+            "dependsOn": [
+              "^build",
+            ],
+          }
+        `);
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/remix/src/generators/application/lib/add-e2e.ts b/packages/remix/src/generators/application/lib/add-e2e.ts
index 6f5fec99e607c4..43283705b7b02f 100644
--- a/packages/remix/src/generators/application/lib/add-e2e.ts
+++ b/packages/remix/src/generators/application/lib/add-e2e.ts
@@ -6,11 +6,19 @@ import {
   updateProjectConfiguration,
   ensurePackage,
   getPackageManagerCommand,
+  readNxJson,
 } from '@nx/devkit';
 import { type NormalizedSchema } from './normalize-options';
 import { getPackageVersion } from '../../../utils/versions';
+import { findPluginForConfigFile } from '@nx/devkit/src/utils/find-plugin-for-config-file';
+import { addE2eCiTargetDefaults } from '@nx/devkit/src/generators/target-defaults-utils';
 
 export async function addE2E(tree: Tree, options: NormalizedSchema) {
+  const hasRemixPlugin = readNxJson(tree).plugins?.find((p) =>
+    typeof p === 'string'
+      ? p === '@nx/remix/plugin'
+      : p.plugin === '@nx/remix/plugin'
+  );
   if (options.e2eTestRunner === 'cypress') {
     const { configurationGenerator } = ensurePackage<
       typeof import('@nx/cypress')
@@ -25,7 +33,7 @@ export async function addE2E(tree: Tree, options: NormalizedSchema) {
       implicitDependencies: [options.projectName],
     });
 
-    return await configurationGenerator(tree, {
+    const e2eTask = await configurationGenerator(tree, {
       project: options.e2eProjectName,
       directory: 'src',
       skipFormat: true,
@@ -33,6 +41,40 @@ export async function addE2E(tree: Tree, options: NormalizedSchema) {
       baseUrl: options.e2eWebServerAddress,
       addPlugin: options.addPlugin,
     });
+
+    if (
+      options.addPlugin ||
+      readNxJson(tree).plugins?.find((p) =>
+        typeof p === 'string'
+          ? p === '@nx/cypress/plugin'
+          : p.plugin === '@nx/cypress/plugin'
+      )
+    ) {
+      let buildTarget = '^build';
+      if (hasRemixPlugin) {
+        const matchingPlugin = await findPluginForConfigFile(
+          tree,
+          `@nx/remix/plugin`,
+          joinPathFragments(options.projectRoot, 'remix.config.js')
+        );
+        if (matchingPlugin && typeof matchingPlugin !== 'string') {
+          buildTarget = `^${
+            (matchingPlugin.options as any)?.buildTargetName ?? 'build'
+          }`;
+        }
+      }
+      await addE2eCiTargetDefaults(
+        tree,
+        '@nx/cypress/plugin',
+        buildTarget,
+        joinPathFragments(
+          options.e2eProjectRoot,
+          `cypress.config.${options.js ? 'js' : 'ts'}`
+        )
+      );
+    }
+
+    return e2eTask;
   } else if (options.e2eTestRunner === 'playwright') {
     const { configurationGenerator } = ensurePackage<
       typeof import('@nx/playwright')
@@ -47,7 +89,7 @@ export async function addE2E(tree: Tree, options: NormalizedSchema) {
       implicitDependencies: [options.projectName],
     });
 
-    return configurationGenerator(tree, {
+    const e2eTask = await configurationGenerator(tree, {
       project: options.e2eProjectName,
       skipFormat: true,
       skipPackageJson: false,
@@ -62,6 +104,37 @@ export async function addE2E(tree: Tree, options: NormalizedSchema) {
       rootProject: options.rootProject,
       addPlugin: options.addPlugin,
     });
+
+    if (
+      options.addPlugin ||
+      readNxJson(tree).plugins?.find((p) =>
+        typeof p === 'string'
+          ? p === '@nx/playwright/plugin'
+          : p.plugin === '@nx/playwright/plugin'
+      )
+    ) {
+      let buildTarget = '^build';
+      if (hasRemixPlugin) {
+        const matchingPlugin = await findPluginForConfigFile(
+          tree,
+          `@nx/remix/plugin`,
+          joinPathFragments(options.projectRoot, 'remix.config.js')
+        );
+        if (matchingPlugin && typeof matchingPlugin !== 'string') {
+          buildTarget = `^${
+            (matchingPlugin.options as any)?.buildTargetName ?? 'build'
+          }`;
+        }
+      }
+      await addE2eCiTargetDefaults(
+        tree,
+        '@nx/playwright/plugin',
+        buildTarget,
+        joinPathFragments(options.e2eProjectRoot, `playwright.config.ts`)
+      );
+    }
+
+    return e2eTask;
   } else {
     return () => {};
   }