diff --git a/packages/gatsby-plugin-gatsby-cloud/src/__tests__/create-site-config.js b/packages/gatsby-plugin-gatsby-cloud/src/__tests__/create-site-config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2b4db649280f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/gatsby-plugin-gatsby-cloud/src/__tests__/create-site-config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import createSiteConfig from "../create-site-config"
+import * as fs from "fs-extra"
+
+jest.mock(`fs-extra`, () => {
+  return {
+    writeJSON: jest.fn(),
+  }
+})
+
+describe(`create-site-config`, () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    fs.writeJSON.mockClear()
+  })
+
+  it(`should generate a site-config file with pathPrefix null`, async () => {
+    await createSiteConfig(
+      {
+        pathPrefix: ``,
+        publicFolder: file => `public/${file}`,
+      },
+      {}
+    )
+
+    expect(fs.writeJSON).toBeCalledTimes(1)
+    expect(fs.writeJSON.mock.calls[0][0]).toBe(`public/_gatsby-config.json`)
+    expect(fs.writeJSON.mock.calls[0][1]).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+      Object {
+        "pathPrefix": null,
+      }
+    `)
+  })
+
+  it(`should generate a site-config file with pathPrefix set`, async () => {
+    await createSiteConfig(
+      {
+        pathPrefix: `/nested`,
+        publicFolder: file => `public/${file}`,
+      },
+      {}
+    )
+
+    expect(fs.writeJSON).toBeCalledTimes(1)
+    expect(fs.writeJSON.mock.calls[0][0]).toBe(`public/_gatsby-config.json`)
+    expect(fs.writeJSON.mock.calls[0][1]).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+      Object {
+        "pathPrefix": "/nested",
+      }
+    `)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-plugin-gatsby-cloud/src/constants.js b/packages/gatsby-plugin-gatsby-cloud/src/constants.js
index 281c23c4de92c..c0a66db906e56 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-plugin-gatsby-cloud/src/constants.js
+++ b/packages/gatsby-plugin-gatsby-cloud/src/constants.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export const BUILD_CSS_STAGE = `build-css`
 export const HEADERS_FILENAME = `_headers.json`
 export const REDIRECTS_FILENAME = `_redirects.json`
 export const PUBLIC_FUNCTIONS_FILENAME = `_functions.json`
+export const SITE_CONFIG_FILENAME = `_gatsby-config.json`
 export const CACHE_FUNCTIONS_FILENAME = `manifest.json`
 
 export const DEFAULT_OPTIONS = {
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-plugin-gatsby-cloud/src/create-site-config.js b/packages/gatsby-plugin-gatsby-cloud/src/create-site-config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..778e2711af2bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/gatsby-plugin-gatsby-cloud/src/create-site-config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import * as fs from "fs-extra"
+import { SITE_CONFIG_FILENAME } from "./constants"
+
+/*
+ *  @deprecated TODO(v5): Will be Remove in V5 since we're now sending config over IPC
+ *  see https://github.com/gatsbyjs/gatsby/pull/34411/files#:~:text=process.send(%7B,%7D)
+ */
+export default async function createSiteConfig(pluginData, _pluginOptions) {
+  const { publicFolder } = pluginData
+  const siteConfig = {
+    pathPrefix: pluginData.pathPrefix ? pluginData.pathPrefix : null,
+  }
+
+  return fs.writeJSON(publicFolder(SITE_CONFIG_FILENAME), siteConfig)
+}
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-plugin-gatsby-cloud/src/gatsby-node.js b/packages/gatsby-plugin-gatsby-cloud/src/gatsby-node.js
index 879016546d989..2cae64980f707 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-plugin-gatsby-cloud/src/gatsby-node.js
+++ b/packages/gatsby-plugin-gatsby-cloud/src/gatsby-node.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import makePluginData from "./plugin-data"
 import buildHeadersProgram from "./build-headers-program"
 import copyFunctionsManifest from "./copy-functions-manifest"
 import createRedirects from "./create-redirects"
+import createSiteConfig from "./create-site-config"
 import { DEFAULT_OPTIONS, BUILD_HTML_STAGE, BUILD_CSS_STAGE } from "./constants"
 import { emitRoutes, emitFileNodes } from "./ipc"
 
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ exports.onPostBuild = async ({ store, getNodesByType }, userPluginOptions) => {
   await Promise.all([
     ensureEmittingFileNodesFinished,
     buildHeadersProgram(pluginData, pluginOptions),
+    createSiteConfig(pluginData, pluginOptions),
     createRedirects(pluginData, redirects, rewrites),
     copyFunctionsManifest(pluginData),
   ])