diff --git a/packages/nuxi/src/commands/build.ts b/packages/nuxi/src/commands/build.ts
index da19795a5fc5..9ac44668d8fb 100644
--- a/packages/nuxi/src/commands/build.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxi/src/commands/build.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ export default defineNuxtCommand({
         cwd: rootDir,
         fileName: args.dotenv
       },
+      defaults: {
+        experimental: {
+          payloadExtraction: args.prerender ? true : undefined
+        }
+      },
       overrides: {
         _generate: args.prerender
       }
diff --git a/packages/schema/src/config/experimental.ts b/packages/schema/src/config/experimental.ts
index df78027ee195..c7096ca04ab9 100644
--- a/packages/schema/src/config/experimental.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/src/config/experimental.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,15 @@ export default defineUntypedSchema({
     /**
      * When this option is enabled (by default) payload of pages generated with `nuxt generate` are extracted
      */
-    payloadExtraction: true,
+    payloadExtraction: {
+      async $resolve(enabled, get) {
+        enabled = enabled ?? false
+        if (enabled) {
+          console.warn('Using experimental payload extraction for full-static output. You can opt-out by setting `experimental.payloadExtraction` to `false`.')
+        }
+        return enabled
+      }
+    },
 
     /** Enable cross-origin prefetch using the Speculation Rules API. */
     crossOriginPrefetch: false,
diff --git a/test/fixtures/basic/nuxt.config.ts b/test/fixtures/basic/nuxt.config.ts
index 65664c7d7158..b7d6bad0ed9d 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/basic/nuxt.config.ts
+++ b/test/fixtures/basic/nuxt.config.ts
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ export default defineNuxtConfig({
   experimental: {
     inlineSSRStyles: id => !!id && !id.includes('assets.vue'),
     reactivityTransform: true,
-    treeshakeClientOnly: true
+    treeshakeClientOnly: true,
+    payloadExtraction: true
   },
   appConfig: {
     fromNuxtConfig: true,