diff --git a/plugins/base/src/main/kotlin/DokkaBase.kt b/plugins/base/src/main/kotlin/DokkaBase.kt
index 5a7164d1d4..d84207a5a5 100644
--- a/plugins/base/src/main/kotlin/DokkaBase.kt
+++ b/plugins/base/src/main/kotlin/DokkaBase.kt
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ class DokkaBase : DokkaPlugin() {
     }
 
     val sourcesetDependencyAppender by extending {
-        htmlPreprocessors providing ::SourcesetDependencyAppender order { after(rootCreator) } applyIf { !delayTemplateSubstitution }
+        htmlPreprocessors providing ::SourcesetDependencyAppender order { after(rootCreator) }
     }
 
     val resolveLinkConsumer by extending {
diff --git a/plugins/base/src/main/kotlin/renderers/html/htmlPreprocessors.kt b/plugins/base/src/main/kotlin/renderers/html/htmlPreprocessors.kt
index c5a92009fe..92f7324c44 100644
--- a/plugins/base/src/main/kotlin/renderers/html/htmlPreprocessors.kt
+++ b/plugins/base/src/main/kotlin/renderers/html/htmlPreprocessors.kt
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import org.jetbrains.dokka.base.DokkaBase
 import org.jetbrains.dokka.base.DokkaBaseConfiguration
 import org.jetbrains.dokka.base.renderers.sourceSets
 import org.jetbrains.dokka.base.templating.AddToSearch
+import org.jetbrains.dokka.base.templating.AddToSourcesetDependencies
+import org.jetbrains.dokka.base.templating.toJsonString
 import org.jetbrains.dokka.links.DRI
 import org.jetbrains.dokka.model.*
 import org.jetbrains.dokka.pages.*
@@ -169,15 +171,15 @@ class SourcesetDependencyAppender(val context: DokkaContext) : PageTransformer {
             it.sourceSetID to it.dependentSourceSets
         }.toMap()
 
-        fun createDependenciesJson(): String = "sourceset_dependencies = '{${
-            dependenciesMap.entries.joinToString(", ") {
-                "\"${it.key}\": [${
-                    it.value.joinToString(",") {
-                        "\"$it\""
+        fun createDependenciesJson(): String =
+            dependenciesMap.map { (key, values) -> key.toString() to values.map { it.toString() } }.toMap()
+                .let { content ->
+                    if (context.configuration.delayTemplateSubstitution) {
+                        toJsonString(AddToSourcesetDependencies(context.configuration.moduleName, content))
+                    } else {
+                        "sourceset_dependencies='${toJsonString(content)}'"
                     }
-                }]"
-            }
-        }}'"
+                }
 
         val deps = RendererSpecificResourcePage(
             name = name,
diff --git a/plugins/base/src/main/kotlin/templating/AddToSourcesetDependencies.kt b/plugins/base/src/main/kotlin/templating/AddToSourcesetDependencies.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f1680b78f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/base/src/main/kotlin/templating/AddToSourcesetDependencies.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+package org.jetbrains.dokka.base.templating
+
+data class AddToSourcesetDependencies(val moduleName: String, val content: Map<String, List<String>>) : Command
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diff --git a/plugins/templating/src/main/kotlin/templates/SourcesetDependencyProcessingStrategy.kt b/plugins/templating/src/main/kotlin/templates/SourcesetDependencyProcessingStrategy.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..11bbc39a75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/templating/src/main/kotlin/templates/SourcesetDependencyProcessingStrategy.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package templates
+
+import org.jetbrains.dokka.base.templating.AddToSourcesetDependencies
+import org.jetbrains.dokka.base.templating.parseJson
+import org.jetbrains.dokka.base.templating.toJsonString
+import org.jetbrains.dokka.plugability.DokkaContext
+import org.jetbrains.dokka.templates.TemplateProcessingStrategy
+import java.io.File
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap
+
+private typealias Entry = Map<String, List<String>>
+
+class SourcesetDependencyProcessingStrategy(val context: DokkaContext) : TemplateProcessingStrategy {
+    private val fileName = "sourceset_dependencies.js"
+    private val fragments = ConcurrentHashMap<String, Entry>()
+
+    override fun finish(output: File) {
+        if (fragments.isNotEmpty()) {
+            val content = fragments.values.fold(emptyMap<String, List<String>>()) { acc, e -> acc + e }
+                .let { "sourceset_dependencies = '${toJsonString(it)}'" }
+            output.resolve("scripts").mkdirs()
+            output.resolve("scripts/$fileName").writeText(content)
+        }
+    }
+
+    override fun process(input: File, output: File): Boolean =
+        input.takeIf { it.name == fileName }
+            ?.runCatching { parseJson<AddToSourcesetDependencies>(input.readText()) }
+            ?.getOrNull()
+            ?.also { (moduleName, content) ->
+                fragments += (moduleName to content)
+            } != null
+}
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diff --git a/plugins/templating/src/main/kotlin/templates/TemplatingPlugin.kt b/plugins/templating/src/main/kotlin/templates/TemplatingPlugin.kt
index 546a044338..562b12c6f5 100644
--- a/plugins/templating/src/main/kotlin/templates/TemplatingPlugin.kt
+++ b/plugins/templating/src/main/kotlin/templates/TemplatingPlugin.kt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package org.jetbrains.dokka.templates
 import org.jetbrains.dokka.allModulesPage.templates.NavigationSearchTemplateStrategy
 import org.jetbrains.dokka.allModulesPage.templates.PagesSearchTemplateStrategy
 import org.jetbrains.dokka.plugability.DokkaPlugin
+import templates.SourcesetDependencyProcessingStrategy
 
 class TemplatingPlugin : DokkaPlugin() {
 
@@ -32,6 +33,12 @@ class TemplatingPlugin : DokkaPlugin() {
         }
     }
 
+    val sourcesetDependencyProcessingStrategy by extending {
+        templateProcessingStrategy providing ::SourcesetDependencyProcessingStrategy order {
+            before(fallbackProcessingStrategy)
+        }
+    }
+
     val pagesSearchTemplateStrategy by extending {
         templateProcessingStrategy providing ::PagesSearchTemplateStrategy order {
             before(fallbackProcessingStrategy)