diff --git a/.config/typedoc.json b/.config/typedoc.json
index d0186774a..55582c697 100644
--- a/.config/typedoc.json
+++ b/.config/typedoc.json
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     "treatWarningsAsErrors": false,
     "categorizeByGroup": false,
     "categoryOrder": ["Reflections", "Types", "Comments", "*"],
+    "sitemapBaseUrl": "https://typedoc.org/api/",
     "validation": {
         "notExported": true,
         "invalidLink": true,
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0318a7c82..b6d086880 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Unreleased
 
+## Features
+
+-   Added a new `--sitemapBaseUrl` option. When specified, TypeDoc will generate a `sitemap.xml` in your output folder that describes the site, #2480.
+
 ## v0.25.7 (2024-01-08)
 
 ### Bug Fixes
diff --git a/src/lib/output/plugins/SitemapPlugin.ts b/src/lib/output/plugins/SitemapPlugin.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dff37af31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/output/plugins/SitemapPlugin.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+import Path from "path";
+import { Component, RendererComponent } from "../components";
+import { RendererEvent } from "../events";
+import { DefaultTheme } from "../themes/default/DefaultTheme";
+import { Option, writeFile } from "../../utils";
+import { escapeHtml } from "../../utils/html";
+
+@Component({ name: "sitemap" })
+export class SitemapPlugin extends RendererComponent {
+    @Option("sitemapBaseUrl")
+    accessor sitemapBaseUrl!: string;
+
+    override initialize() {
+        this.listenTo(this.owner, RendererEvent.BEGIN, this.onRendererBegin);
+    }
+
+    private onRendererBegin(event: RendererEvent) {
+        if (!(this.owner.theme instanceof DefaultTheme)) {
+            return;
+        }
+        if (event.isDefaultPrevented || !this.sitemapBaseUrl) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        this.owner.preRenderAsyncJobs.push((event) => this.buildSitemap(event));
+    }
+
+    private async buildSitemap(event: RendererEvent) {
+        // cSpell:words lastmod urlset
+        const sitemapXml = Path.join(event.outputDirectory, "sitemap.xml");
+        const lastmod = new Date(this.owner.renderStartTime).toISOString();
+
+        const urls: XmlElementData[] =
+            event.urls?.map((url) => {
+                return {
+                    tag: "url",
+                    children: [
+                        {
+                            tag: "loc",
+                            children: new URL(
+                                url.url,
+                                this.sitemapBaseUrl,
+                            ).toString(),
+                        },
+                        {
+                            tag: "lastmod",
+                            children: lastmod,
+                        },
+                    ],
+                };
+            }) ?? [];
+
+        const sitemap =
+            `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>\n` +
+            stringifyXml({
+                tag: "urlset",
+                attr: { xmlns: "http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" },
+                children: urls,
+            }) +
+            "\n";
+
+        await writeFile(sitemapXml, sitemap);
+    }
+}
+
+interface XmlElementData {
+    attr?: Record<string, string>;
+    tag: string;
+    children: XmlElementData[] | string;
+}
+
+function stringifyXml(xml: XmlElementData, indent = 0) {
+    const parts = ["\t".repeat(indent), "<", xml.tag];
+
+    for (const [key, val] of Object.entries(xml.attr || {})) {
+        parts.push(" ", key, '="', escapeHtml(val), '"');
+    }
+
+    parts.push(">");
+
+    if (typeof xml.children === "string") {
+        parts.push(escapeHtml(xml.children));
+    } else {
+        for (const child of xml.children) {
+            parts.push("\n");
+            parts.push(stringifyXml(child, indent + 1));
+        }
+        parts.push("\n", "\t".repeat(indent));
+    }
+
+    parts.push("</", xml.tag, ">");
+
+    return parts.join("");
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/output/plugins/index.ts b/src/lib/output/plugins/index.ts
index a6fd002ba..62a995442 100644
--- a/src/lib/output/plugins/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/output/plugins/index.ts
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ export { MarkedPlugin } from "../themes/MarkedPlugin";
 export { AssetsPlugin } from "./AssetsPlugin";
 export { JavascriptIndexPlugin } from "./JavascriptIndexPlugin";
 export { NavigationPlugin } from "./NavigationPlugin";
+export { SitemapPlugin } from "./SitemapPlugin";
diff --git a/src/lib/utils/options/declaration.ts b/src/lib/utils/options/declaration.ts
index 6bfb0f880..8317c2340 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils/options/declaration.ts
+++ b/src/lib/utils/options/declaration.ts
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ export interface TypeDocOptionMap {
     cname: string;
     htmlLang: string;
     githubPages: boolean;
+    sitemapBaseUrl: string;
     cacheBust: boolean;
     gaID: string;
     hideGenerator: boolean;
diff --git a/src/lib/utils/options/sources/typedoc.ts b/src/lib/utils/options/sources/typedoc.ts
index 0116d7070..90260a687 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils/options/sources/typedoc.ts
+++ b/src/lib/utils/options/sources/typedoc.ts
@@ -372,6 +372,17 @@ export function addTypeDocOptions(options: Pick<Options, "addDeclaration">) {
         type: ParameterType.Boolean,
         defaultValue: true,
     });
+    options.addDeclaration({
+        name: "sitemapBaseUrl",
+        help: "Specify a base URL to be used in generating a sitemap.xml in our output folder. If not specified, no sitemap will be generated.",
+        validate(value) {
+            if (!/https?:\/\//.test(value)) {
+                throw new Error(
+                    "sitemapBaseUrl must start with http:// or https://",
+                );
+            }
+        },
+    });
     options.addDeclaration({
         name: "htmlLang",
         help: "Sets the lang attribute in the generated html tag.",