diff --git a/.verdaccio/config.yml b/.verdaccio/config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a007fe82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.verdaccio/config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# path to a directory with all packages
+storage: ../tmp/local-registry/storage
+
+# a list of other known repositories we can talk to
+uplinks:
+  npmjs:
+    url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
+    maxage: 60m
+
+packages:
+  '**':
+    # give all users (including non-authenticated users) full access
+    # because it is a local registry
+    access: $all
+    publish: $all
+    unpublish: $all
+
+    # if package is not available locally, proxy requests to npm registry
+    proxy: npmjs
+
+# log settings
+logs:
+  type: stdout
+  format: pretty
+  level: warn
+
+publish:
+  allow_offline: true # set offline to true to allow publish offline
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 48a29a24..845667bd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@
     "nx": "18.2.4",
     "prettier": "^2.6.2",
     "typescript": "~5.4.2",
+    "verdaccio": "^5.0.4",
     "vite": "~5.0.0",
     "vitest": "^1.3.1"
+  },
+  "nx": {
+    "includedScripts": []
   }
 }
diff --git a/project.json b/project.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..74475435
--- /dev/null
+++ b/project.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "name": "@nx-verdaccio-e2e-setup/source",
+  "$schema": "node_modules/nx/schemas/project-schema.json",
+  "targets": {
+    "local-registry": {
+      "executor": "@nx/js:verdaccio",
+      "options": {
+        "port": 4873,
+        "config": ".verdaccio/config.yml",
+        "storage": "tmp/local-registry/storage"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}