diff --git a/cypress/e2e/smoke/0-smoke-tests/index-page.cypress.js b/cypress/e2e/smoke/0-smoke-tests/index-page.cypress.js
index 5de33e60cd..93d987f925 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/smoke/0-smoke-tests/index-page.cypress.js
+++ b/cypress/e2e/smoke/0-smoke-tests/index-page.cypress.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ describe('smoke test', () => {
   it('GOV.UK Frontend fonts loaded', () => {
     waitForApplication('/')
 
-    const fontUrl = '/plugin-assets/govuk-frontend/govuk/assets/fonts/bold-b542beb274-v2.woff2'
+    const fontUrl = `/plugin-assets/govuk-frontend${Cypress.env('frontendAssetsFolder')}/fonts/bold-b542beb274-v2.woff2`
 
     cy.task('log', 'Requesting govuk-frontend font')
     cy.request(`/${fontUrl}`, { retryOnStatusCodeFailure: true })
diff --git a/cypress/events/index.js b/cypress/events/index.js
index 5c7bb6379c..9f0e73f866 100644
--- a/cypress/events/index.js
+++ b/cypress/events/index.js
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ module.exports = function setupNodeEvents (on, config) {
     config.env.packageFolder = path.join(config.env.projectFolder, 'node_modules', 'govuk-prototype-kit')
   }
 
+  if ('govuk-frontend' in dependencies) {
+    const frontEndConfigFile = path.join(config.env.projectFolder, 'node_modules', 'govuk-frontend', 'govuk-prototype-kit.config.json')
+    config.env.frontendAssetsFolder = fse.readJsonSync(frontEndConfigFile).assets.find(asset => !asset.split(path.sep).pop().includes('.'))
+  }
+
   const waitUntilAppRestarts = (timeout = 20000) => waitOn({
     delay: 3000,
     resources: [config.baseUrl],
diff --git a/lib/manage-prototype-handlers.js b/lib/manage-prototype-handlers.js
index b6defcc838..dd8c9f7ee5 100644
--- a/lib/manage-prototype-handlers.js
+++ b/lib/manage-prototype-handlers.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const { doubleCsrf } = require('csrf-csrf')
 const config = require('./config')
 const plugins = require('./plugins/plugins')
 const { exec } = require('./exec')
-const { prototypeAppScripts } = require('./utils')
+const { prototypeAppScripts, getScriptsAndAssetsConfig, getInternalGovukFrontendDir } = require('./utils')
 const { projectDir, packageDir, appViewsDir } = require('./utils/paths')
 const nunjucksConfiguration = require('./nunjucks/nunjucksConfiguration')
 const syncChanges = require('./sync-changes')
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ function postPasswordHandler (req, res) {
   const password = config.getConfig().password
   const submittedPassword = req.body.password
   const providedUrl = req.body.returnURL
-  const processedRedirectUrl = (!providedUrl || providedUrl.startsWith('/manage-prototype/password')) ? '/' : providedUrl
+  const processedRedirectUrl = (!providedUrl || providedUrl.startsWith(`${contextPath}/password`)) ? '/' : providedUrl
 
   if (submittedPassword === password) {
     // see lib/middleware/authentication.js for explanation
@@ -115,10 +115,26 @@ function postPasswordHandler (req, res) {
     })
     res.redirect(processedRedirectUrl)
   } else {
-    res.redirect('/manage-prototype/password?error=wrong-password&returnURL=' + encodeURIComponent(processedRedirectUrl))
+    res.redirect(`${contextPath}/password?error=wrong-password&returnURL=` + encodeURIComponent(processedRedirectUrl))
   }
 }
 
+function managePluginsMiddleware (req, res, next) {
+  const { scripts: frontEndScripts } = getScriptsAndAssetsConfig(getInternalGovukFrontendDir())
+  const { scripts: kitScripts } = getScriptsAndAssetsConfig(packageDir)
+  res.locals.managePlugins = {
+    scripts: [
+      ...frontEndScripts.map((script) => {
+        return { src: `${contextPath}/dependencies/govuk-frontend${script.src || script}`, type: script.type }
+      }),
+      ...kitScripts.map((script) => {
+        return { src: `${contextPath}/dependencies/govuk-prototype-kit${script.src || script}`, type: script.type }
+      })
+    ]
+  }
+  next()
+}
+
 // Middleware to ensure the routes specified below will render the manage-prototype-not-available
 // view when the prototype is not running in development
 function developmentOnlyMiddleware (req, res, next) {
@@ -728,6 +744,7 @@ async function postPluginsModeHandler (req, res) {
 
 module.exports = {
   contextPath,
+  managePluginsMiddleware,
   setKitRestarted,
   csrfProtection: [doubleCsrfProtection, csrfErrorHandler],
   getPageLoadedHandler,
diff --git a/lib/manage-prototype-routes.js b/lib/manage-prototype-routes.js
index 5ad9460d12..c77a18d2c3 100644
--- a/lib/manage-prototype-routes.js
+++ b/lib/manage-prototype-routes.js
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
+// core dependencies
+const path = require('path')
+
 // npm dependencies
 const express = require('express')
 
 const {
   contextPath,
+  managePluginsMiddleware,
   setKitRestarted,
   csrfProtection,
   getPageLoadedHandler,
@@ -26,11 +30,31 @@ const {
   pluginCacheMiddleware,
   postPluginsHandler
 } = require('./manage-prototype-handlers')
-const path = require('path')
-const { getInternalGovukFrontendDir } = require('./utils')
+
+const { getInternalGovukFrontendDir, getScriptsAndAssetsConfig } = require('./utils')
+const { packageDir } = require('./utils/paths')
 
 const router = require('../index').requests.setupRouter(contextPath)
 
+router.use(managePluginsMiddleware)
+
+function getAssetUrls (pluginDir) {
+  const { scripts, assets } = getScriptsAndAssetsConfig(pluginDir)
+
+  return [
+    ...assets,
+    ...scripts.map(script => script.src || script)
+  ]
+}
+
+getAssetUrls(getInternalGovukFrontendDir()).forEach(url => {
+  router.use(`/dependencies/govuk-frontend${url}`, express.static(path.join(getInternalGovukFrontendDir(), url)))
+})
+
+getAssetUrls(packageDir).forEach(url => {
+  router.use(`/dependencies/govuk-prototype-kit${url}`, express.static(path.join(packageDir, url)))
+})
+
 router.get('/csrf-token', getCsrfTokenHandler)
 
 // Indicates page has loaded
@@ -79,15 +103,6 @@ router.post('/plugins/:mode', postPluginsModeMiddleware)
 
 router.post('/plugins/:mode', csrfProtection, postPluginsModeHandler)
 
-const partialGovukFrontendUrls = [
-  'govuk/assets',
-  'govuk/all.js',
-  'govuk-prototype-kit/init.js'
-]
-partialGovukFrontendUrls.forEach(url => {
-  router.use(`/dependencies/govuk-frontend/${url}`, express.static(path.join(getInternalGovukFrontendDir(), url)))
-})
-
 setKitRestarted(true)
 
 module.exports = router
diff --git a/lib/nunjucks/views/manage-prototype/scripts.njk b/lib/nunjucks/views/manage-prototype/scripts.njk
index 92673dbc78..9fc2b3a1c7 100644
--- a/lib/nunjucks/views/manage-prototype/scripts.njk
+++ b/lib/nunjucks/views/manage-prototype/scripts.njk
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
-<script src="/manage-prototype/dependencies/govuk-frontend/govuk/all.js"></script>
-<script src="/manage-prototype/dependencies/govuk-frontend/govuk-prototype-kit/init.js"></script>
-<script src="/plugin-assets/govuk-prototype-kit/lib/assets/javascripts/kit.js"></script>
+{% for scriptConfig in managePlugins.scripts %}
+  {% if scriptConfig.type|length %}
+    <script type="{{scriptConfig.type}}" src="{{scriptConfig.src}}"></script>
+  {% else %}
+    <script src="{{scriptConfig.src}}"></script>
+  {% endif %}
+{% endfor %}
+
diff --git a/lib/utils/index.js b/lib/utils/index.js
index 594172d3ec..71cfa4c05d 100644
--- a/lib/utils/index.js
+++ b/lib/utils/index.js
@@ -264,6 +264,23 @@ function getInternalGovukFrontendDir () {
   return internalGovukFrontendDir
 }
 
+function getScriptsAndAssetsConfig (pluginDir) {
+  let {
+    assets = [],
+    scripts = []
+  } = fse.readJsonSync(path.join(pluginDir, 'govuk-prototype-kit.config.json'))
+
+  if (!Array.isArray(assets)) {
+    assets = [assets]
+  }
+
+  if (!Array.isArray(scripts)) {
+    scripts = [scripts]
+  }
+
+  return { assets, scripts }
+}
+
 function sortByObjectKey (key) {
   return function (a, b) {
     if (a[key] > b[key]) {
@@ -291,5 +308,6 @@ module.exports = {
   searchAndReplaceFiles,
   recursiveDirectoryContentsSync,
   getInternalGovukFrontendDir,
+  getScriptsAndAssetsConfig,
   sortByObjectKey
 }