diff --git a/docs/3.api/6.advanced/1.hooks.md b/docs/3.api/6.advanced/1.hooks.md
index 79dcc6e963..b0f407f1f9 100644
--- a/docs/3.api/6.advanced/1.hooks.md
+++ b/docs/3.api/6.advanced/1.hooks.md
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ Hook                     | Arguments                  | Description
 `builder:generateApp`    | `options`                  | Called before generating the app.
 `builder:watch`          | `event, path`              | Called at build time in development when the watcher spots a change to a file or directory in the project.
 `pages:extend`           | `pages`                    | Called after pages routes are resolved.
+`pages:routerOptions`   | `{ files: Array<{ path: string, optional?: boolean }> }` | Called when resolving `router.options` files.
 `server:devHandler`      | `handler`                  | Called when the dev middleware is being registered on the Nitro dev server.
 `imports:sources`        | `presets`                  | Called at setup allowing modules to extend sources.
 `imports:extend`         | `imports`                  | Called at setup allowing modules to extend imports.
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/pages/module.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/pages/module.ts
index ed25eeb0cf..95c256a438 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/pages/module.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/pages/module.ts
@@ -26,11 +26,27 @@ export default defineNuxtModule({
   },
   async setup (_options, nuxt) {
     const useExperimentalTypedPages = nuxt.options.experimental.typedPages
-
+    const runtimeDir = resolve(distDir, 'pages/runtime')
     const pagesDirs = nuxt.options._layers.map(
       layer => resolve(layer.config.srcDir, (layer.config.rootDir === nuxt.options.rootDir ? nuxt.options : layer.config).dir?.pages || 'pages')
     )
 
+    async function resolveRouterOptions () {
+      const context = {
+        files: [] as Array<{ path: string, optional?: boolean }>
+      }
+      // Add default options
+      context.files.push({ path: resolve(runtimeDir, 'router.options'), optional: true })
+
+      await Promise.all(nuxt.options._layers.map(async layer => {
+        const path = await findPath(resolve(layer.config.srcDir, 'app/router.options'))
+        if (path) { context.files.push({ path }) }
+      }))
+
+      await nuxt.callHook('pages:routerOptions', context)
+      return context.files
+    }
+
     // Disable module (and use universal router) if pages dir do not exists or user has disabled it
     const isNonEmptyDir = (dir: string) => existsSync(dir) && readdirSync(dir).length
     const userPreference = nuxt.options.pages
@@ -38,7 +54,8 @@ export default defineNuxtModule({
       if (typeof userPreference === 'boolean') {
         return userPreference
       }
-      if (nuxt.options._layers.some(layer => existsSync(resolve(layer.config.srcDir, 'app/router.options.ts')))) {
+      const routerOptionsFiles = await resolveRouterOptions()
+      if (routerOptionsFiles.filter(p => !p.optional).length > 0) {
         return true
       }
       if (pagesDirs.some(dir => isNonEmptyDir(dir))) {
@@ -176,8 +193,6 @@ export default defineNuxtModule({
       })
     }
 
-    const runtimeDir = resolve(distDir, 'pages/runtime')
-
     // Add $router types
     nuxt.hook('prepare:types', ({ references }) => {
       references.push({ types: useExperimentalTypedPages ? 'vue-router/auto' : 'vue-router' })
@@ -392,18 +407,13 @@ export default defineNuxtModule({
       filename: 'router.options.mjs',
       getContents: async () => {
         // Scan and register app/router.options files
-        const routerOptionsFiles = (await Promise.all(nuxt.options._layers.map(
-          async layer => await findPath(resolve(layer.config.srcDir, 'app/router.options'))
-        ))).filter(Boolean) as string[]
-
-        // Add default options
-        routerOptionsFiles.push(resolve(runtimeDir, 'router.options'))
+        const routerOptionsFiles = await resolveRouterOptions()
 
         const configRouterOptions = genObjectFromRawEntries(Object.entries(nuxt.options.router.options)
           .map(([key, value]) => [key, genString(value as string)]))
 
         return [
-          ...routerOptionsFiles.map((file, index) => genImport(file, `routerOptions${index}`)),
+          ...routerOptionsFiles.map((file, index) => genImport(file.path, `routerOptions${index}`)),
           `const configRouterOptions = ${configRouterOptions}`,
           'export default {',
           '...configRouterOptions,',
diff --git a/packages/schema/src/types/hooks.ts b/packages/schema/src/types/hooks.ts
index e6e7fad28d..1a562d750a 100644
--- a/packages/schema/src/types/hooks.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/src/types/hooks.ts
@@ -170,6 +170,17 @@ export interface NuxtHooks {
    */
   'pages:extend': (pages: NuxtPage[]) => HookResult
 
+  /**
+   * Called when resolving `app/router.options` files. It allows modifying the detected router options files
+   * and adding new ones.
+   *
+   * Adding a router options file will switch on page-based routing, unless `optional` is set, in which case
+   * it will only apply when page-based routing is already enabled.
+   * @param context An object with `files` containing an array of router options files.
+   * @returns Promise
+   */
+  'pages:routerOptions': (context: { files: Array<{ path: string, optional?: boolean }> }) => HookResult
+
   /**
    * Called when the dev middleware is being registered on the Nitro dev server.
    * @param handler the Vite or Webpack event handler
@@ -335,11 +346,11 @@ export interface NuxtHooks {
    * @returns Promise
    */
   'webpack:config': (webpackConfigs: Configuration[]) => HookResult
-   /**
-    * Allows to read the resolved webpack config
-    * @param webpackConfigs Configs objects to be pushed to the compiler
-    * @returns Promise
-    */
+  /**
+   * Allows to read the resolved webpack config
+   * @param webpackConfigs Configs objects to be pushed to the compiler
+   * @returns Promise
+   */
   'webpack:configResolved': (webpackConfigs: Readonly<Configuration>[]) => HookResult
   /**
    * Called right before compilation.