diff --git a/modules/build/src/main/scala/scala/build/Build.scala b/modules/build/src/main/scala/scala/build/Build.scala
index 3caf358329..b9fc5f7b1c 100644
--- a/modules/build/src/main/scala/scala/build/Build.scala
+++ b/modules/build/src/main/scala/scala/build/Build.scala
@@ -919,6 +919,9 @@ object Build {
     val semanticDbSourceRoot =
       options.scalaOptions.semanticDbOptions.semanticDbSourceRoot.getOrElse(inputs.workspace)
 
+    val sourceGenerators =
+      options.sourceGeneratorOptions.configs.values.toList.filter(_.command.nonEmpty)
+
     val scalaCompilerParamsOpt = artifacts.scalaOpt match {
       case Some(scalaArtifacts) =>
         val params = value(options.scalaParams).getOrElse {
@@ -1056,7 +1059,8 @@ object Build {
       resourceDirs = sources.resourceDirs,
       scope = scope,
       javaHomeOpt = Option(options.javaHomeLocation().value),
-      javacOptions = javacOptions.toList
+      javacOptions = javacOptions.toList,
+      generators = Some(sourceGenerators).filter(_.nonEmpty)
     )
     project
   }
diff --git a/modules/build/src/main/scala/scala/build/Project.scala b/modules/build/src/main/scala/scala/build/Project.scala
index f6d793be82..5cbb3299a7 100644
--- a/modules/build/src/main/scala/scala/build/Project.scala
+++ b/modules/build/src/main/scala/scala/build/Project.scala
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets
 import java.nio.file.Path
 import java.util.Arrays
 
-import scala.build.options.{ScalacOpt, Scope, ShadowingSeq}
+import scala.build.options.{ScalacOpt, Scope, ShadowingSeq, SourceGeneratorConfig}
 
 final case class Project(
   workspace: os.Path,
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ final case class Project(
   resourceDirs: Seq[os.Path],
   javaHomeOpt: Option[os.Path],
   scope: Scope,
-  javacOptions: List[String]
+  javacOptions: List[String],
+  generators: Option[List[SourceGeneratorConfig]]
 ) {
 
   import Project._
@@ -50,6 +51,10 @@ final case class Project(
         bridgeJars = scalaCompiler0.bridgeJarsOpt.map(_.map(_.toNIO).toList)
       )
     }
+
+    val sourceGenerators: Option[List[BloopConfig.SourceGenerator]] =
+      generators.map(_.map(bloopSourceGenerator(_, workspace)))
+
     baseBloopProject(
       projectName,
       directory.toNIO,
@@ -65,7 +70,8 @@ final case class Project(
         platform = Some(platform),
         `scala` = scalaConfigOpt,
         java = Some(BloopConfig.Java(javacOptions)),
-        resolution = resolution
+        resolution = resolution,
+        sourceGenerators = sourceGenerators
       )
   }
 
@@ -231,4 +237,24 @@ object Project {
       setup = None,
       bridgeJars = None
     )
+
+  private def bloopSourceGenerator(
+    config: SourceGeneratorConfig,
+    currentDir: os.Path
+  ): BloopConfig.SourceGenerator = {
+    val sourcesGlobs =
+      BloopConfig.SourcesGlobs(
+        directory = config.inputDir.getOrElse(currentDir).toNIO,
+        walkDepth = None, // TODO: should this be added to config?
+        includes = config.glob.map(g => s"glob:$g"),
+        excludes = Nil // TODO: should this be added to config?
+      )
+
+    BloopConfig.SourceGenerator(
+      sourcesGlobs = List(sourcesGlobs),
+      outputDirectory = config.outputDir.getOrElse(currentDir).toNIO,
+      command = config.command,
+      unmanagedInputs = config.unmanaged.map(_.toNIO)
+    )
+  }
 }
diff --git a/modules/build/src/main/scala/scala/build/preprocessing/DirectivesPreprocessor.scala b/modules/build/src/main/scala/scala/build/preprocessing/DirectivesPreprocessor.scala
index 15bde02c3b..dd7d40e482 100644
--- a/modules/build/src/main/scala/scala/build/preprocessing/DirectivesPreprocessor.scala
+++ b/modules/build/src/main/scala/scala/build/preprocessing/DirectivesPreprocessor.scala
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package scala.build.preprocessing
 import scala.build.EitherCps.{either, value}
-import scala.build.Logger
 import scala.build.Ops.*
 import scala.build.directives.{
   HasBuildOptions,
@@ -26,6 +25,7 @@ import scala.build.options.{
 import scala.build.preprocessing.directives.DirectivesPreprocessingUtils.*
 import scala.build.preprocessing.directives.PartiallyProcessedDirectives.*
 import scala.build.preprocessing.directives.*
+import scala.build.{Logger, Named}
 
 case class DirectivesPreprocessor(
   path: Either[String, os.Path],
@@ -136,19 +136,22 @@ case class DirectivesPreprocessor(
           logger.experimentalWarning(scopedDirective.directive.toString, FeatureType.Directive)
         handler.handleValues(scopedDirective, logger)
 
+    def excludeNamed(key: String): String =
+      Named.fromKey(key).value
+
     val handlersMap = handlers
       .flatMap { handler =>
         handler.keys.flatMap(_.nameAliases).map(k => k -> handleValues(handler))
       }
       .toMap
 
-    val unused = directives.filter(d => !handlersMap.contains(d.key))
+    val unused = directives.filter(d => !handlersMap.contains(excludeNamed(d.key)))
 
     val res = directives
       .iterator
       .flatMap {
         case d @ StrictDirective(k, _, _, _) =>
-          handlersMap.get(k).iterator.map(_(ScopedDirective(d, path, cwd), logger))
+          handlersMap.get(excludeNamed(k)).iterator.map(_(ScopedDirective(d, path, cwd), logger))
       }
       .toVector
       .flatMap {
diff --git a/modules/build/src/main/scala/scala/build/preprocessing/directives/DirectivesPreprocessingUtils.scala b/modules/build/src/main/scala/scala/build/preprocessing/directives/DirectivesPreprocessingUtils.scala
index e3ed9ba4da..95a9b007de 100644
--- a/modules/build/src/main/scala/scala/build/preprocessing/directives/DirectivesPreprocessingUtils.scala
+++ b/modules/build/src/main/scala/scala/build/preprocessing/directives/DirectivesPreprocessingUtils.scala
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ object DirectivesPreprocessingUtils {
       directives.ScalaJs.handler,
       directives.ScalaNative.handler,
       directives.ScalaVersion.handler,
+      directives.SourceGenerator.handler,
       directives.Sources.handler,
       directives.Tests.handler
     ).map(_.mapE(_.buildOptions))
diff --git a/modules/core/src/main/scala/scala/build/errors/UnnamedKeyError.scala b/modules/core/src/main/scala/scala/build/errors/UnnamedKeyError.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a5cd8078de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/core/src/main/scala/scala/build/errors/UnnamedKeyError.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package scala.build.errors
+
+import scala.build.Position
+
+final class UnnamedKeyError(val key: String)
+    extends BuildException(s"Expected key $key to be named")
diff --git a/modules/directives/src/main/scala/scala/build/directives/DirectiveValueParser.scala b/modules/directives/src/main/scala/scala/build/directives/DirectiveValueParser.scala
index 866653ecaa..c9db3cbc43 100644
--- a/modules/directives/src/main/scala/scala/build/directives/DirectiveValueParser.scala
+++ b/modules/directives/src/main/scala/scala/build/directives/DirectiveValueParser.scala
@@ -3,17 +3,11 @@ package scala.build.directives
 import com.virtuslab.using_directives.custom.model.{BooleanValue, EmptyValue, StringValue, Value}
 
 import scala.build.Positioned.apply
-import scala.build.errors.{
-  BuildException,
-  CompositeBuildException,
-  MalformedDirectiveError,
-  ToolkitDirectiveMissingVersionError,
-  UsingDirectiveValueNumError,
-  UsingDirectiveWrongValueTypeError
-}
+import scala.build.errors.*
 import scala.build.preprocessing.ScopePath
 import scala.build.preprocessing.directives.DirectiveUtil
-import scala.build.{Position, Positioned}
+import scala.build.{Named, Position, Positioned}
+import scala.util.NotGiven
 
 abstract class DirectiveValueParser[+T] {
   def parse(
@@ -191,4 +185,16 @@ object DirectiveValueParser {
       else Left(CompositeBuildException(errors))
   }
 
+  given [T](using
+    underlying: DirectiveValueParser[T],
+    // TODO: nested named directives are currently not supported
+    notNested: NotGiven[T <:< Named[_]]
+  ): DirectiveValueParser[Named[T]] = {
+    (key, values, scopePath, path) =>
+      for {
+        named <- Right(Named.fromKey(key))
+        name  <- named.name.toRight(UnnamedKeyError(key))
+        res   <- underlying.parse(named.value, values.filter(!_.isEmpty), scopePath, path)
+      } yield Named(name, res)
+  }
 }
diff --git a/modules/directives/src/main/scala/scala/build/errors/NotADirectoryError.scala b/modules/directives/src/main/scala/scala/build/errors/NotADirectoryError.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2d0eafdb6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/directives/src/main/scala/scala/build/errors/NotADirectoryError.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package scala.build.errors
+
+import scala.build.Position
+
+class NotADirectoryError(path: String, positions: Seq[Position])
+    extends BuildException(
+      message = s"Expected a directory at '$path'".stripMargin,
+      positions = positions
+    )
diff --git a/modules/directives/src/main/scala/scala/build/errors/NotAFileError.scala b/modules/directives/src/main/scala/scala/build/errors/NotAFileError.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6776948da9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/directives/src/main/scala/scala/build/errors/NotAFileError.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package scala.build.errors
+
+import scala.build.Position
+
+class NotAFileError(path: String, positions: Seq[Position])
+    extends BuildException(
+      message = s"Expected a file at '$path'".stripMargin,
+      positions = positions
+    )
diff --git a/modules/directives/src/main/scala/scala/build/preprocessing/directives/DirectiveHandler.scala b/modules/directives/src/main/scala/scala/build/preprocessing/directives/DirectiveHandler.scala
index 40d782cb3c..714eb98419 100644
--- a/modules/directives/src/main/scala/scala/build/preprocessing/directives/DirectiveHandler.scala
+++ b/modules/directives/src/main/scala/scala/build/preprocessing/directives/DirectiveHandler.scala
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import com.virtuslab.using_directives.custom.model.{EmptyValue, Value}
 
 import java.util.Locale
 
-import scala.build.Logger
 import scala.build.Ops.*
 import scala.build.directives.*
 import scala.build.errors.{
@@ -16,6 +15,7 @@ import scala.build.errors.{
   UsingDirectiveWrongValueTypeError
 }
 import scala.build.preprocessing.Scoped
+import scala.build.{Logger, Named}
 import scala.cli.commands.SpecificationLevel
 import scala.deriving.*
 import scala.quoted.{_, given}
@@ -105,8 +105,11 @@ object DirectiveHandler {
         w.init.mkString :: pascalCaseSplit(w.last :: tail)
     }
 
+  private def excludeNamed(s: String): String =
+    Named.fromKey(s).value
+
   def normalizeName(s: String): String = {
-    val elems = s.split('-')
+    val elems = excludeNamed(s).split('-')
     (elems.head +: elems.tail.map(_.capitalize)).mkString
   }
 
diff --git a/modules/directives/src/main/scala/scala/build/preprocessing/directives/SourceGenerator.scala b/modules/directives/src/main/scala/scala/build/preprocessing/directives/SourceGenerator.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f9f94256a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/directives/src/main/scala/scala/build/preprocessing/directives/SourceGenerator.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+package scala.build.preprocessing.directives
+
+import java.nio.file.Paths
+
+import scala.build.EitherCps.{either, value}
+import scala.build.Ops.*
+import scala.build.directives.*
+import scala.build.errors.{
+  BuildException,
+  CompositeBuildException,
+  NotADirectoryError,
+  NotAFileError,
+  WrongSourcePathError
+}
+import scala.build.options.{
+  BuildOptions,
+  InternalOptions,
+  SourceGeneratorConfig,
+  SourceGeneratorOptions
+}
+import scala.build.preprocessing.ScopePath
+import scala.build.{Named, Positioned}
+import scala.cli.commands.SpecificationLevel
+import scala.util.Try
+
+@DirectiveGroupName("Source generators")
+@DirectivePrefix("sourceGenerator.")
+@DirectiveExamples("//> using sourceGenerator.[hello].input ${.}/in")
+@DirectiveExamples("//> using sourceGenerator.[hello].output ${.}/out")
+@DirectiveExamples("//> using sourceGenerator.[hello].glob *.txt")
+@DirectiveExamples("//> using sourceGenerator.[hello].command python ${.}/gen/hello.py")
+@DirectiveExamples("//> using sourceGenerator.[hello].unmanaged ${.}/gen/hello.py")
+@DirectiveUsage(
+  """using sourceGenerator.[name].input <directory>
+    |using sourceGenerator.[name].output <directory>
+    |using sourceGenerator.[name].glob <globs>
+    |using sourceGenerator.[name].command <command>
+    |using sourceGenerator.[name].unmanaged <files>
+    |""".stripMargin,
+  """`//> using sourceGenerator.[`_name_`].input` _directory_
+    |
+    |`//> using sourceGenerator.[`_name_`].output` _directory_
+    |
+    |`//> using sourceGenerator.[`_name_`].glob` _glob_
+    |
+    |`//> using sourceGenerator.[`_name_`].globs` _glob1_ _glob2_ …
+    |
+    |`//> using sourceGenerator.[`_name_`].command` _command_
+    |
+    |`//> using sourceGenerator.[`_name_`].unmanaged` _file_
+    |
+    |`//> using sourceGenerator.[`_name_`].unmanaged` _file1_ _file2_ …
+    |
+    |""".stripMargin
+)
+@DirectiveDescription("Configure source generators")
+@DirectiveLevel(SpecificationLevel.EXPERIMENTAL)
+final case class SourceGenerator(
+  command: Named[List[String]] = Named.none(Nil),
+  input: Named[DirectiveValueParser.WithScopePath[Option[Positioned[String]]]] =
+    Named.none(DirectiveValueParser.WithScopePath.empty(None)),
+  output: Named[DirectiveValueParser.WithScopePath[Option[Positioned[String]]]] =
+    Named.none(DirectiveValueParser.WithScopePath.empty(None)),
+  @DirectiveName("globs")
+  glob: Named[List[String]] = Named.none(Nil),
+  unmanaged: Named[DirectiveValueParser.WithScopePath[List[Positioned[String]]]] =
+    Named.none(DirectiveValueParser.WithScopePath.empty(Nil))
+) extends HasBuildOptions {
+
+  private def resolve(cwd: ScopePath, s: Positioned[String]): Either[BuildException, os.Path] =
+    for {
+      root <- Directive.osRoot(cwd, s.positions.headOption)
+      res <- Try(os.Path(s.value, root)).toEither
+        .left.map(new WrongSourcePathError(s.value, _, s.positions))
+    } yield res
+
+  private def resolveDir(
+    path: DirectiveValueParser.WithScopePath[Option[Positioned[String]]]
+  ): Either[BuildException, Option[os.Path]] =
+    path.value.map { s =>
+      resolve(path.scopePath, s)
+        .filterOrElse(os.isDir(_), new NotADirectoryError(s.value, s.positions))
+    }.sequence
+
+  private def resolveFiles(
+    path: DirectiveValueParser.WithScopePath[List[Positioned[String]]]
+  ): Either[BuildException, List[os.Path]] =
+    path.value.map { s =>
+      resolve(path.scopePath, s)
+        .filterOrElse(os.isFile(_), new NotAFileError(s.value, s.positions))
+    }.sequence
+      .left.map(CompositeBuildException(_))
+      .map(_.toList)
+
+  def buildOptions: Either[BuildException, BuildOptions] = either {
+    val configs =
+      Seq[Named[SourceGeneratorConfig]](
+        command.map(v => SourceGeneratorConfig(command = v)),
+        input.map(v => SourceGeneratorConfig(inputDir = value(resolveDir(v)))),
+        output.map(v => SourceGeneratorConfig(outputDir = value(resolveDir(v)))),
+        glob.map(v => SourceGeneratorConfig(glob = v)),
+        unmanaged.map(v => SourceGeneratorConfig(unmanaged = value(resolveFiles(v))))
+      ).flatten.toMap
+
+    val options =
+      BuildOptions(sourceGeneratorOptions = SourceGeneratorOptions(configs = configs))
+
+    options
+  }
+}
+
+object SourceGenerator {
+  val handler: DirectiveHandler[SourceGenerator] = DirectiveHandler.derive
+}
diff --git a/modules/options/src/main/scala/scala/build/Named.scala b/modules/options/src/main/scala/scala/build/Named.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..af157a2e5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/options/src/main/scala/scala/build/Named.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package scala.build
+
+import scala.util.matching.Regex
+
+final case class Named[+T](
+  name: Option[String],
+  value: T
+) {
+  def map[U](f: T => U): Named[U] =
+    copy(value = f(value))
+
+  def entry: Option[(String, T)] =
+    name.map(n => n -> value)
+}
+
+object Named {
+  private val NameRegex: Regex = "^\\[\\w+\\]$".r
+
+  def apply[T](name: String, value: T): Named[T] = Named(Some(name), value)
+
+  def none[T](value: T): Named[T] =
+    Named(None, value)
+
+  given [T]: Conversion[Named[T], IterableOnce[(String, T)]] =
+    named => named.entry
+
+  def fromKey(key: String): Named[String] = {
+    val parts = key.split('.')
+    val name  = parts.find(NameRegex.matches)
+    val rest  = parts.filterNot(name.contains)
+
+    Named(name, rest.mkString("."))
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/options/src/main/scala/scala/build/options/SourceGeneratorConfig.scala b/modules/options/src/main/scala/scala/build/options/SourceGeneratorConfig.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..632b7f727b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/options/src/main/scala/scala/build/options/SourceGeneratorConfig.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package scala.build.options
+
+final case class SourceGeneratorConfig(
+  inputDir: Option[os.Path] = None,
+  outputDir: Option[os.Path] = None,
+  unmanaged: List[os.Path] = Nil,
+  glob: List[String] = Nil,
+  command: List[String] = Nil
+)
+
+object SourceGeneratorConfig {
+  implicit val monoid: ConfigMonoid[SourceGeneratorConfig] = ConfigMonoid.derive
+}
diff --git a/modules/options/src/main/scala/scala/build/options/SourceGeneratorOptions.scala b/modules/options/src/main/scala/scala/build/options/SourceGeneratorOptions.scala
index fca0cf7967..79776eb487 100644
--- a/modules/options/src/main/scala/scala/build/options/SourceGeneratorOptions.scala
+++ b/modules/options/src/main/scala/scala/build/options/SourceGeneratorOptions.scala
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ package scala.build.options
 final case class SourceGeneratorOptions(
   useBuildInfo: Option[Boolean] = None,
   projectVersion: Option[String] = None,
-  computeVersion: Option[ComputeVersion] = None
+  computeVersion: Option[ComputeVersion] = None,
+  configs: Map[String, SourceGeneratorConfig] = Map.empty
 )
 
 object SourceGeneratorOptions {
diff --git a/modules/options/src/test/scala/scala/build/options/ConfigMonoidTest.scala b/modules/options/src/test/scala/scala/build/options/ConfigMonoidTest.scala
index e32581f772..54576e2364 100644
--- a/modules/options/src/test/scala/scala/build/options/ConfigMonoidTest.scala
+++ b/modules/options/src/test/scala/scala/build/options/ConfigMonoidTest.scala
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ package scala.build.options
 case class Inner(
   foo: Boolean = false,
   bar: Seq[String] = Nil,
-  baz: Set[Double] = Set()
+  baz: Set[Double] = Set(),
+  qux: Map[String, Boolean] = Map()
 )
 
 object Inner {
@@ -54,4 +55,16 @@ class ConfigMonoidTest extends munit.FunSuite {
     assertEquals(Outer.monoid.orElse(outer2, outer1).name, Some("o2"))
 
   }
+
+  test("Merging maps") {
+    val inner1 = Inner(qux = Map("k1" -> false, "k3" -> true))
+    val inner2 = Inner(qux = Map("k2" -> true, "k3" -> false))
+
+    assertEquals(Map("k1" -> false, "k3" -> true), Inner.monoid.orElse(inner1, Inner()).qux)
+    assertEquals(Map("k2" -> true, "k3" -> false), Inner.monoid.orElse(inner2, Inner()).qux)
+    assertEquals(
+      Map("k1" -> false, "k2" -> true, "k3" -> true),
+      Inner.monoid.orElse(inner1, inner2).qux
+    )
+  }
 }
diff --git a/website/docs/reference/directives.md b/website/docs/reference/directives.md
index 15ae1ab8c4..08ae30dcf4 100644
--- a/website/docs/reference/directives.md
+++ b/website/docs/reference/directives.md
@@ -416,6 +416,37 @@ Add Scala.js options
 #### Examples
 `//> using jsModuleKind common`
 
+### Source generators
+
+Configure source generators
+
+`//> using sourceGenerator.[`_name_`].input` _directory_
+
+`//> using sourceGenerator.[`_name_`].output` _directory_
+
+`//> using sourceGenerator.[`_name_`].glob` _glob_
+
+`//> using sourceGenerator.[`_name_`].globs` _glob1_ _glob2_ …
+
+`//> using sourceGenerator.[`_name_`].command` _command_
+
+`//> using sourceGenerator.[`_name_`].unmanaged` _file_
+
+`//> using sourceGenerator.[`_name_`].unmanaged` _file1_ _file2_ …
+
+
+
+#### Examples
+`//> using sourceGenerator.[hello].input ${.}/in`
+
+`//> using sourceGenerator.[hello].output ${.}/out`
+
+`//> using sourceGenerator.[hello].glob *.txt`
+
+`//> using sourceGenerator.[hello].command python ${.}/gen/hello.py`
+
+`//> using sourceGenerator.[hello].unmanaged ${.}/gen/hello.py`
+
 ### Test framework
 
 Set the test framework