diff --git a/packages/node/src/generators/application/application.legacy.spec.ts b/packages/node/src/generators/application/application.legacy.spec.ts
index 9a56a513d9f22..21044e90c13f4 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/generators/application/application.legacy.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/generators/application/application.legacy.spec.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ describe('node app generator (legacy)', () => {
             "my-node-app/src/assets",
           ],
           "compiler": "tsc",
+          "generatePackageJson": true,
           "main": "my-node-app/src/main.ts",
           "outputPath": "dist/my-node-app",
           "target": "node",
diff --git a/packages/node/src/generators/application/application.spec.ts b/packages/node/src/generators/application/application.spec.ts
index d41ede16d3084..50482703ca2c8 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/generators/application/application.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/generators/application/application.spec.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,30 @@ describe('app', () => {
           },
         }
       `);
+      expect(tree.read(`my-node-app/webpack.config.js`, 'utf-8'))
+        .toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+        "const { NxAppWebpackPlugin } = require('@nx/webpack/app-plugin');
+        const { join } = require('path');
+
+        module.exports = {
+          output: {
+            path: join(__dirname, '../dist/my-node-app'),
+          },
+          plugins: [
+            new NxAppWebpackPlugin({
+              target: 'node',
+              compiler: 'tsc',
+              main: './src/main.ts',
+              tsConfig: './tsconfig.app.json',
+              assets: ['./src/assets'],
+              optimization: false,
+              outputHashing: 'none',
+              generatePackageJson: true,
+            }),
+          ],
+        };
+        "
+      `);
       expect(() =>
         readProjectConfiguration(tree, 'my-node-app-e2e')
       ).not.toThrow();
diff --git a/packages/node/src/generators/application/application.ts b/packages/node/src/generators/application/application.ts
index b889224c70d9f..541b1d8517c97 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/generators/application/application.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/generators/application/application.ts
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ function getWebpackBuildConfig(
         options.appProjectRoot,
         'webpack.config.js'
       ),
+      generatePackageJson: true,
     },
     configurations: {
       development: {},
diff --git a/packages/node/src/generators/application/files/common/webpack.config.js__tmpl__ b/packages/node/src/generators/application/files/common/webpack.config.js__tmpl__
index e913fff9c264a..052c7a86d19ee 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/generators/application/files/common/webpack.config.js__tmpl__
+++ b/packages/node/src/generators/application/files/common/webpack.config.js__tmpl__
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ module.exports = {
       assets: <%- JSON.stringify(webpackPluginOptions.assets) %>,
       optimization: false,
       outputHashing: 'none',
+      generatePackageJson: true,
     })
   ],
 };