diff --git a/packages/angular/src/generators/application/application.spec.ts b/packages/angular/src/generators/application/application.spec.ts
index aa9de783ae8ddf..c5722cfc4b6b3b 100644
--- a/packages/angular/src/generators/application/application.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/src/generators/application/application.spec.ts
@@ -128,6 +128,23 @@ describe('app', () => {
       expect(tsconfigE2E).toMatchSnapshot('e2e tsconfig.json');
     });
 
+    it('should setup playwright', async () => {
+      await generateApp(appTree, 'playwright-app', {
+        e2eTestRunner: E2eTestRunner.Playwright,
+      });
+
+      expect(
+        appTree.exists('apps/playwright-app-e2e/playwright.config.ts')
+      ).toBeTruthy();
+      expect(
+        appTree.exists('apps/playwright-app-e2e/src/example.spec.ts')
+      ).toBeTruthy();
+      expect(
+        readProjectConfiguration(appTree, 'playwright-app-e2e')?.targets?.e2e
+          ?.executor
+      ).toEqual('@nx/playwright:playwright');
+    });
+
     it('should setup jest with serializers', async () => {
       await generateApp(appTree);
 
@@ -869,6 +886,18 @@ describe('app', () => {
       const project = readProjectConfiguration(appTree, 'my-app');
       expect(project.targets.build.options['outputPath']).toBe('dist/my-app');
     });
+
+    it('should generate playwright with root project', async () => {
+      await generateApp(appTree, 'root-app', {
+        e2eTestRunner: E2eTestRunner.Playwright,
+        rootProject: true,
+      });
+      expect(
+        readProjectConfiguration(appTree, 'e2e').targets.e2e.executor
+      ).toEqual('@nx/playwright:playwright');
+      expect(appTree.exists('e2e/playwright.config.ts')).toBeTruthy();
+      expect(appTree.exists('e2e/src/example.spec.ts')).toBeTruthy();
+    });
   });
 
   it('should error correctly when Angular version does not support standalone', async () => {
diff --git a/packages/angular/src/generators/application/lib/add-e2e.ts b/packages/angular/src/generators/application/lib/add-e2e.ts
index 7e60957d8eb543..45ac1931610a89 100644
--- a/packages/angular/src/generators/application/lib/add-e2e.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/src/generators/application/lib/add-e2e.ts
@@ -2,12 +2,15 @@ import { cypressProjectGenerator } from '@nx/cypress';
 import type { Tree } from '@nx/devkit';
 import {
   addDependenciesToPackageJson,
+  addProjectConfiguration,
+  joinPathFragments,
   readProjectConfiguration,
   updateProjectConfiguration,
 } from '@nx/devkit';
 import { nxVersion } from '../../../utils/versions';
 import type { NormalizedSchema } from './normalized-schema';
 import { removeScaffoldedE2e } from './remove-scaffolded-e2e';
+import { configurationGenerator } from '@nx/playwright';
 
 export async function addE2e(tree: Tree, options: NormalizedSchema) {
   removeScaffoldedE2e(tree, options, options.ngCliSchematicE2ERoot);
@@ -25,6 +28,20 @@ export async function addE2e(tree: Tree, options: NormalizedSchema) {
       skipPackageJson: options.skipPackageJson,
       skipFormat: true,
     });
+  } else if (options.e2eTestRunner === 'playwright') {
+    addProjectConfiguration(tree, options.e2eProjectName, {
+      root: options.e2eProjectRoot,
+      sourceRoot: joinPathFragments(options.e2eProjectRoot, 'src'),
+      targets: {},
+      implicitDependencies: [options.name],
+    });
+    await configurationGenerator(tree, {
+      project: options.e2eProjectName,
+      skipFormat: true,
+      skipPackageJson: options.skipPackageJson,
+      directory: 'src',
+      js: false,
+    });
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/angular/src/utils/test-runners.ts b/packages/angular/src/utils/test-runners.ts
index f0950951f3ef1b..642a233683ef5d 100644
--- a/packages/angular/src/utils/test-runners.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/src/utils/test-runners.ts
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ export enum UnitTestRunner {
 
 export enum E2eTestRunner {
   Cypress = 'cypress',
+  Playwright = 'playwright',
   None = 'none',
 }
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/generators/configuration/configuration.ts b/packages/playwright/src/generators/configuration/configuration.ts
index a0c04a8cbd2c97..e1772d50badea6 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/generators/configuration/configuration.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/generators/configuration/configuration.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ function addE2eTarget(tree: Tree, options: ConfigurationGeneratorSchema) {
     throw new Error(`Project ${options.project} already has an e2e target.
 Rename or remove the existing e2e target.`);
   }
+  projectConfig.targets ??= {};
   projectConfig.targets.e2e = {
     executor: '@nx/playwright:playwright',
     options: {},
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/index.ts b/packages/playwright/src/index.ts
index 8b96dbdf4ae12a..d404de56a7403e 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/index.ts
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ export {
   playwrightExecutor,
   PlaywrightExecutorSchema,
 } from './executors/playwright/playwright';
+export { initGenerator } from './generators/init/init';
+export { configurationGenerator } from './generators/configuration/configuration';