diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/core/nitro.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/core/nitro.ts
index 479df8b67c..6c6d4c9364 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/core/nitro.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/core/nitro.ts
@@ -503,11 +503,7 @@ export async function initNitro (nuxt: Nuxt & { _nitro?: Nitro }) {
       for (const route of ['/200.html', '/404.html']) {
         routes.add(route)
       }
-      if (nuxt.options.ssr) {
-        if (nitro.options.prerender.crawlLinks) {
-          routes.add('/')
-        }
-      } else {
+      if (!nuxt.options.ssr) {
         routes.add('/index.html')
       }
     })
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/pages/module.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/pages/module.ts
index 735b13703b..2a14be7ec9 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/pages/module.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/pages/module.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { mkdir, readFile } from 'node:fs/promises'
 import { addBuildPlugin, addComponent, addPlugin, addTemplate, addTypeTemplate, addVitePlugin, addWebpackPlugin, defineNuxtModule, findPath, logger, resolvePath, updateTemplates, useNitro } from '@nuxt/kit'
 import { dirname, join, relative, resolve } from 'pathe'
 import { genImport, genObjectFromRawEntries, genString } from 'knitwork'
+import { joinURL } from 'ufo'
 import type { Nuxt, NuxtApp, NuxtPage } from 'nuxt/schema'
 import { createRoutesContext } from 'unplugin-vue-router'
 import { resolveOptions } from 'unplugin-vue-router/options'
@@ -18,6 +19,8 @@ import type { PageMetaPluginOptions } from './plugins/page-meta'
 import { PageMetaPlugin } from './plugins/page-meta'
 import { RouteInjectionPlugin } from './plugins/route-injection'
 
+const OPTIONAL_PARAM_RE = /^\/?:.*(?:\?|\(\.\*\)\*)$/
+
 export default defineNuxtModule({
   meta: {
     name: 'pages',
@@ -264,6 +267,61 @@ export default defineNuxtModule({
       }
     })
 
+    // Record all pages for use in prerendering
+    const prerenderRoutes = new Set<string>()
+
+    function processPages (pages: NuxtPage[], currentPath = '/') {
+      for (const page of pages) {
+        // Add root of optional dynamic paths and catchalls
+        if (OPTIONAL_PARAM_RE.test(page.path) && !page.children?.length) {
+          prerenderRoutes.add(currentPath)
+        }
+
+        // Skip dynamic paths
+        if (page.path.includes(':')) { continue }
+
+        const route = joinURL(currentPath, page.path)
+        prerenderRoutes.add(route)
+
+        if (page.children) {
+          processPages(page.children, route)
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    nuxt.hook('pages:extend', (pages) => {
+      if (nuxt.options.dev) { return }
+
+      prerenderRoutes.clear()
+      processPages(pages)
+    })
+
+    // For static sites with ssr: false with crawl, prerender all routes
+    nuxt.hook('nitro:init', (nitro) => {
+      if (nuxt.options.dev || !nitro.options.static || nuxt.options.router.options.hashMode || !nitro.options.prerender.crawlLinks) { return }
+
+      // Only hint the first route when `ssr: true` and no routes are provided
+      if (nuxt.options.ssr) {
+        nitro.hooks.hook('prerender:routes', (routes) => {
+          if ([...routes].every(r => r.endsWith('.html'))) {
+            const [firstPage] = [...prerenderRoutes].sort()
+            if (firstPage) {
+              routes.add(firstPage)
+            }
+          }
+        })
+        return
+      }
+
+      // Prerender all non-dynamic page routes when generating `ssr: false` app
+      nuxt.hook('nitro:build:before', (nitro) => {
+        for (const route of nitro.options.prerender.routes || []) {
+          prerenderRoutes.add(route)
+        }
+        nitro.options.prerender.routes = Array.from(prerenderRoutes)
+      })
+    })
+
     nuxt.hook('imports:extend', (imports) => {
       imports.push(
         { name: 'definePageMeta', as: 'definePageMeta', from: resolve(runtimeDir, 'composables') },