diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c6754268744c0e..a0c66ad37cae37 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ dist.stats.json
 bower_components
 node_modules
 temp
+tmp
 lib
 lib-amd
 lib-commonjs
diff --git a/.verdaccio/config.yml b/.verdaccio/config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..2e2fae63e4858a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.verdaccio/config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# 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:
+  # scoped packages
+  '@*/*':
+    access: $all
+    publish: $all
+    unpublish: $all
+
+    # if package is not available locally, proxy requests to npm registry
+    proxy: npmjs
+
+  '**':
+    # give all users (including non-authenticated users) full access
+    # because it is a local registry
+    access: $all
+    publish: $all
+    unpublish: $all
+
+    # if package is not available locally, proxy requests to npm registry
+    proxy: npmjs
+
+# log settings
+log:
+  type: stdout
+  format: pretty
+  level: warn
+
+publish:
+  allow_offline: true # set offline to true to allow publish offline
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 56c1d431ef683e..3dcdd713c571bc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -379,5 +379,8 @@
     "swc-loader": "^0.2.3",
     "prettier": "2.8.8",
     "puppeteer": "19.6.0"
+  },
+  "nx": {
+    "includedScripts": []
   }
 }
diff --git a/project.json b/project.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..70d7985272dd61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/project.json
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+  "name": "@fluentui/fluentui-repo",
+  "$schema": "node_modules/nx/schemas/project-schema.json",
+  "targets": {
+    "prepare-local-registry": {
+      "command": "node ./tools/workspace-plugin/scripts/install-verdaccio"
+    },
+    "local-registry": {
+      "executor": "@nx/js:verdaccio",
+      "options": {
+        "port": 4873,
+        "config": ".verdaccio/config.yml",
+        "storage": "tmp/local-registry/storage"
+      },
+      "dependsOn": ["prepare-local-registry"]
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tools/workspace-plugin/scripts/install-verdaccio.js b/tools/workspace-plugin/scripts/install-verdaccio.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..608ee38bf19adb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/workspace-plugin/scripts/install-verdaccio.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// @ts-check
+const { output, workspaceRoot, getPackageManagerCommand } = require('@nx/devkit');
+const { execSync } = require('child_process');
+
+main();
+
+function main() {
+  output.logSingleLine('Preparing verdaccio...');
+
+  try {
+    require.resolve('verdaccio');
+    output.logSingleLine('Verdaccio already installed...✅');
+  } catch {
+    output.logSingleLine('Installing verdaccio...');
+    const pm = getPackageManagerCommand();
+    const cmd = `${pm} add -DW verdaccio@5 --ignore-scripts`;
+    execSync(cmd, { stdio: 'inherit', cwd: workspaceRoot });
+  }
+
+  output.logSingleLine('Verdaccio ready to start');
+}