diff --git a/core/core/src/configuration.ts b/core/core/src/configuration.ts
index 268eebbb9..f25115a6f 100644
--- a/core/core/src/configuration.ts
+++ b/core/core/src/configuration.ts
@@ -121,6 +121,18 @@ export type PagesOnlyRoutes = Record<
   }
 >;
 
+export interface SitemapConfigPage {
+  priority: number;
+}
+export interface SitemapConfig {
+  outputFolder: string;
+  pages?: {
+    home: SitemapConfigPage;
+    index: SitemapConfigPage;
+    doc: SitemapConfigPage;
+  };
+}
+
 /**
  * global configuration used at build time
  * stored in a file named main.js/main.ts
@@ -163,7 +175,7 @@ export interface BuildConfiguration {
   /**
    * if false, disable automatic sitemap generation
    */
-  siteMap?: boolean;
+  siteMap?: SitemapConfig;
 
   /**
    * instrumentation configuration
@@ -364,7 +376,20 @@ export const convertConfig = (config: RunConfiguration): RunConfiguration => {
 
 export const defaultBuildConfig: BuildConfiguration = {
   siteRoot: '/',
-  siteMap: true,
+  siteMap: {
+    outputFolder: 'public/',
+    pages: {
+      home: {
+        priority: 1,
+      },
+      index: {
+        priority: 0.8,
+      },
+      doc: {
+        priority: 0.5,
+      },
+    },
+  },
   categories: ['author', 'tags'],
   ignore: [
     'readme.md',
diff --git a/core/store/src/serialization/sitemap.ts b/core/store/src/serialization/sitemap.ts
index c51fbf4bd..6ce4b8013 100644
--- a/core/store/src/serialization/sitemap.ts
+++ b/core/store/src/serialization/sitemap.ts
@@ -8,18 +8,19 @@ import {
 } from '../create-pages';
 
 export const getSiteMap = (store: Store): string => {
+  const config = store.config.siteMap;
   const pages: { path?: string; priority: number }[] = [];
   //home page
   const { path } = getIndexPage(store) || {};
-  pages.push({ path, priority: 1 });
+  pages.push({ path, priority: config?.pages?.home.priority || 1 });
   const homePages = getHomePages(store);
   homePages.forEach(({ path }: DocHomePagesPath) => {
-    pages.push({ path, priority: 0.8 });
+    pages.push({ path, priority: config?.pages?.index.priority || 1 });
   });
 
   const docPages = getDocPages(store);
   docPages.forEach(({ path }: DocPagesPath) => {
-    pages.push({ path, priority: 0.5 });
+    pages.push({ path, priority: config?.pages?.doc.priority || 1 });
   });
 
   const sitemap = `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
diff --git a/integrations/gatsby-theme-stories/src/gatsby-node.ts b/integrations/gatsby-theme-stories/src/gatsby-node.ts
index 39f8b3516..713c3bb44 100644
--- a/integrations/gatsby-theme-stories/src/gatsby-node.ts
+++ b/integrations/gatsby-theme-stories/src/gatsby-node.ts
@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@ export const createPagesStatefully = async (
       );
       if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production' && store.config.siteMap) {
         const sitemap = getSiteMap(store);
-        const sitemapname = sysPath.join(
+        const sitemapname = sysPath.resolve(
           process.cwd(),
-          'public',
+          store.config.siteMap.outputFolder,
           'sitemap.xml',
         );
         fs.writeFileSync(sitemapname, sitemap, 'utf8');
diff --git a/integrations/nextjs-plugin/src/build.ts b/integrations/nextjs-plugin/src/build.ts
index 469f45bde..9d6fef979 100644
--- a/integrations/nextjs-plugin/src/build.ts
+++ b/integrations/nextjs-plugin/src/build.ts
@@ -47,8 +47,9 @@ module.exports = ({
           const store: Store = loadStore(loadingStore, true);
           if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production' && store.config.siteMap) {
             const sitemap = getSiteMap(store);
-            const sitemapname = path.join(
-              path.resolve(config.staticFolder as string, '..'),
+            const sitemapname = path.resolve(
+              store.config.siteMap.outputFolder,
+              './',
               'sitemap.xml',
             );
             fs.writeFileSync(sitemapname, sitemap, 'utf8');