diff --git a/.changeset/bright-deers-return.md b/.changeset/bright-deers-return.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..db68c37bc82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/bright-deers-return.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/plugin-commands-script-runners": minor
+"@pnpm/types": minor
+"pnpm": minor
+---
+
+New setting supported in the `package.json` that is in the root of the workspace: `pnpm.requiredScripts`. Scripts listed in this array will be required in each project of the worksapce. Otherwise, `pnpm -r run <script name>` will fail [#5569](https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/issues/5569).
diff --git a/exec/plugin-commands-script-runners/src/runRecursive.ts b/exec/plugin-commands-script-runners/src/runRecursive.ts
index 506880dba3a..96b6d9c413d 100644
--- a/exec/plugin-commands-script-runners/src/runRecursive.ts
+++ b/exec/plugin-commands-script-runners/src/runRecursive.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export type RecursiveRunOpts = Pick<Config,
 | 'enablePrePostScripts'
 | 'unsafePerm'
 | 'rawConfig'
+| 'rootProjectManifest'
 | 'scriptsPrependNodePath'
 | 'scriptShell'
 | 'shellEmulator'
@@ -57,6 +58,18 @@ export async function runRecursive (
   const existsPnp = existsInDir.bind(null, '.pnp.cjs')
   const workspacePnpPath = opts.workspaceDir && await existsPnp(opts.workspaceDir)
 
+  const requiredScripts = opts.rootProjectManifest?.pnpm?.requiredScripts ?? []
+  if (requiredScripts.includes(scriptName)) {
+    const missingScriptPackages: string[] = packageChunks
+      .flat()
+      .map((prefix) => opts.selectedProjectsGraph[prefix])
+      .filter((pkg) => !pkg.package.manifest.scripts?.[scriptName])
+      .map((pkg) => pkg.package.manifest.name ?? pkg.package.dir)
+    if (missingScriptPackages.length) {
+      throw new PnpmError('RECURSIVE_RUN_NO_SCRIPT', `Missing script "${scriptName}" in packages: ${missingScriptPackages.join(', ')}`)
+    }
+  }
+
   for (const chunk of packageChunks) {
     await Promise.all(chunk.map(async (prefix: string) =>
       limitRun(async () => {
diff --git a/exec/plugin-commands-script-runners/test/runRecursive.ts b/exec/plugin-commands-script-runners/test/runRecursive.ts
index ee4f0ac199d..6db7e513ff4 100644
--- a/exec/plugin-commands-script-runners/test/runRecursive.ts
+++ b/exec/plugin-commands-script-runners/test/runRecursive.ts
@@ -784,3 +784,51 @@ test('`pnpm run -r` should avoid infinite recursion', async () => {
   expect(outputs1).toStrictEqual(['project-2'])
   expect(outputs2).toStrictEqual(['project-3'])
 })
+
+test('`pnpm recursive run` should fail when no script in package with requiredScripts', async () => {
+  preparePackages([
+    {
+      name: 'project-1',
+      version: '1.0.0',
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'project-2',
+      version: '1.0.0',
+      scripts: {
+        build: 'echo 2',
+      },
+      dependencies: {
+        'project-1': '1',
+      },
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'project-3',
+      version: '1.0.0',
+      dependencies: {
+        'project-1': '1',
+      },
+    },
+  ])
+
+  let err!: PnpmError
+  try {
+    await run.handler({
+      ...DEFAULT_OPTS,
+      ...await readProjects(process.cwd(), [{ namePattern: '*' }]),
+      dir: process.cwd(),
+      recursive: true,
+      rootProjectManifest: {
+        name: 'test-workspaces',
+        private: true,
+        pnpm: {
+          requiredScripts: ['build'],
+        },
+      },
+      workspaceDir: process.cwd(),
+    }, ['build'])
+  } catch (_err: any) { // eslint-disable-line
+    err = _err
+  }
+  expect(err.message).toContain('Missing script "build" in packages: project-1, project-3')
+  expect(err.code).toBe('ERR_PNPM_RECURSIVE_RUN_NO_SCRIPT')
+})
diff --git a/packages/types/src/package.ts b/packages/types/src/package.ts
index 1a1254fd0f9..4592e2d974b 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/package.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/package.ts
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ export type ProjectManifest = BaseManifest & {
     auditConfig?: {
       ignoreCves?: string[]
     }
+    requiredScripts?: string[]
   }
   private?: boolean
   resolutions?: Record<string, string>