diff --git a/.changeset/flat-kids-jump.md b/.changeset/flat-kids-jump.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ec15cc41c36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/flat-kids-jump.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/plugin-commands-deploy": minor
+"@pnpm/directory-fetcher": minor
+---
+
+Apply `publishConfig` for workspace packages on directory fetch. Enables a publishable ("exportable") `package.json` on deployment [#6693](https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/issues/6693).
diff --git a/fetching/directory-fetcher/package.json b/fetching/directory-fetcher/package.json
index ba9bbc456d7..a7706f2acf0 100644
--- a/fetching/directory-fetcher/package.json
+++ b/fetching/directory-fetcher/package.json
@@ -34,9 +34,13 @@
     "@pnpm/logger": "^5.0.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@pnpm/exportable-manifest": "workspace:*",
     "@pnpm/fetcher-base": "workspace:*",
     "@pnpm/read-project-manifest": "workspace:*",
     "@pnpm/resolver-base": "workspace:*",
+    "@pnpm/types": "workspace:*",
+    "@pnpm/write-project-manifest": "workspace:*",
+    "fast-deep-equal": "^3.1.3",
     "npm-packlist": "^5.1.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/fetching/directory-fetcher/src/index.ts b/fetching/directory-fetcher/src/index.ts
index 0edbb38af60..edf12162eb9 100644
--- a/fetching/directory-fetcher/src/index.ts
+++ b/fetching/directory-fetcher/src/index.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 import { promises as fs, type Stats } from 'fs'
 import path from 'path'
+import { createExportableManifest } from '@pnpm/exportable-manifest'
 import type { DirectoryFetcher, DirectoryFetcherOptions } from '@pnpm/fetcher-base'
 import { logger } from '@pnpm/logger'
 import { safeReadProjectManifestOnly } from '@pnpm/read-project-manifest'
+import type { ProjectManifest } from '@pnpm/types'
+import { writeProjectManifest } from '@pnpm/write-project-manifest'
+import equal from 'fast-deep-equal'
 import packlist from 'npm-packlist'
 
 const directoryFetcherLogger = logger('directory-fetcher')
@@ -47,11 +51,8 @@ async function fetchAllFilesFromDir (
   opts: FetchFromDirOpts
 ) {
   const filesIndex = await _fetchAllFilesFromDir(readFileStat, dir)
+  const manifest = await safeReadProjectManifestAndMakeExportable(dir, filesIndex) ?? {}
   if (opts.manifest) {
-    // In a regular pnpm workspace it will probably never happen that a dependency has no package.json file.
-    // Safe read was added to support the Bit workspace in which the components have no package.json files.
-    // Related PR in Bit: https://github.com/teambit/bit/pull/5251
-    const manifest = await safeReadProjectManifestOnly(dir) ?? {}
     opts.manifest.resolve(manifest as any) // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
   }
   return {
@@ -128,11 +129,8 @@ async function fetchPackageFilesFromDir (
 ) {
   const files = await packlist({ path: dir })
   const filesIndex: Record<string, string> = Object.fromEntries(files.map((file) => [file, path.join(dir, file)]))
+  const manifest = await safeReadProjectManifestAndMakeExportable(dir, filesIndex) ?? {}
   if (opts.manifest) {
-    // In a regular pnpm workspace it will probably never happen that a dependency has no package.json file.
-    // Safe read was added to support the Bit workspace in which the components have no package.json files.
-    // Related PR in Bit: https://github.com/teambit/bit/pull/5251
-    const manifest = await safeReadProjectManifestOnly(dir) ?? {}
     opts.manifest.resolve(manifest as any) // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
   }
   return {
@@ -141,3 +139,20 @@ async function fetchPackageFilesFromDir (
     packageImportMethod: 'hardlink' as const,
   }
 }
+
+async function safeReadProjectManifestAndMakeExportable (
+  dir: string,
+  filesIndex: Record<string, string>
+): Promise<ProjectManifest | null> {
+  const manifest = await safeReadProjectManifestOnly(dir)
+  // In a regular pnpm workspace it will probably never happen that a dependency has no package.json file.
+  // Safe read was added to support the Bit workspace in which the components have no package.json files.
+  // Related PR in Bit: https://github.com/teambit/bit/pull/5251
+  if (!manifest) return null
+  const exportableManifest = await createExportableManifest(dir, manifest)
+  if (equal(manifest, exportableManifest)) return manifest
+  const manifestPathOverride = path.join(dir, 'node_modules/.pnpm/package.json')
+  await writeProjectManifest(manifestPathOverride, exportableManifest)
+  filesIndex['package.json'] = manifestPathOverride
+  return manifest
+}
diff --git a/fetching/directory-fetcher/test/fixtures/exportable-manifest/package.json b/fetching/directory-fetcher/test/fixtures/exportable-manifest/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e08d267ac44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fetching/directory-fetcher/test/fixtures/exportable-manifest/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "name": "exportable",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "main": "src/index.ts",
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "main": "dist/index.js"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/fetching/directory-fetcher/test/index.ts b/fetching/directory-fetcher/test/index.ts
index 440b06db850..1a7b3df38c6 100644
--- a/fetching/directory-fetcher/test/index.ts
+++ b/fetching/directory-fetcher/test/index.ts
@@ -157,3 +157,24 @@ describe('fetch resolves symlinked files to their real locations', () => {
     expect(fetchResult.filesIndex['src/index.js']).toBe(path.resolve('src/index.js'))
   })
 })
+
+test('fetch should return exportable manifest', async () => {
+  process.chdir(f.find('exportable-manifest'))
+  const fetcher = createDirectoryFetcher()
+
+  // eslint-disable-next-line
+  const fetchResult = await fetcher.directory({} as any, {
+    directory: '.',
+    type: 'directory',
+  }, {
+    lockfileDir: process.cwd(),
+  })
+
+  expect(fetchResult.filesIndex['package.json']).not.toBe(path.resolve('package.json'))
+
+  expect(JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(fetchResult.filesIndex['package.json'], 'utf8'))).toStrictEqual({
+    name: 'exportable',
+    version: '1.0.0',
+    main: 'dist/index.js',
+  })
+})
diff --git a/fetching/directory-fetcher/tsconfig.json b/fetching/directory-fetcher/tsconfig.json
index a95636e8c76..4d2530bbf50 100644
--- a/fetching/directory-fetcher/tsconfig.json
+++ b/fetching/directory-fetcher/tsconfig.json
@@ -12,9 +12,18 @@
     {
       "path": "../../__utils__/test-fixtures"
     },
+    {
+      "path": "../../packages/types"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../pkg-manifest/exportable-manifest"
+    },
     {
       "path": "../../pkg-manifest/read-project-manifest"
     },
+    {
+      "path": "../../pkg-manifest/write-project-manifest"
+    },
     {
       "path": "../../resolving/resolver-base"
     },
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index a4c37c33331..c9cbb1d34db 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -1459,6 +1459,9 @@ importers:
 
   fetching/directory-fetcher:
     dependencies:
+      '@pnpm/exportable-manifest':
+        specifier: workspace:*
+        version: link:../../pkg-manifest/exportable-manifest
       '@pnpm/fetcher-base':
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../fetcher-base
@@ -1471,6 +1474,15 @@ importers:
       '@pnpm/resolver-base':
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../../resolving/resolver-base
+      '@pnpm/types':
+        specifier: workspace:*
+        version: link:../../packages/types
+      '@pnpm/write-project-manifest':
+        specifier: workspace:*
+        version: link:../../pkg-manifest/write-project-manifest
+      fast-deep-equal:
+        specifier: ^3.1.3
+        version: 3.1.3
       npm-packlist:
         specifier: ^5.1.3
         version: 5.1.3
@@ -4698,6 +4710,18 @@ importers:
       '@pnpm/registry-mock':
         specifier: 3.11.0
         version: 3.11.0(typanion@3.14.0)
+      '@types/cross-spawn':
+        specifier: ^6.0.2
+        version: 6.0.2
+      cross-spawn:
+        specifier: ^7.0.3
+        version: 7.0.3
+      load-json-file:
+        specifier: ^6.2.0
+        version: 6.2.0
+      write-yaml-file:
+        specifier: ^5.0.0
+        version: 5.0.0
 
   releasing/plugin-commands-publishing:
     dependencies:
diff --git a/releasing/plugin-commands-deploy/package.json b/releasing/plugin-commands-deploy/package.json
index c5b558690a4..24b760987df 100644
--- a/releasing/plugin-commands-deploy/package.json
+++ b/releasing/plugin-commands-deploy/package.json
@@ -39,7 +39,11 @@
     "@pnpm/lockfile-types": "workspace:*",
     "@pnpm/plugin-commands-deploy": "workspace:*",
     "@pnpm/prepare": "workspace:*",
-    "@pnpm/registry-mock": "3.11.0"
+    "@pnpm/registry-mock": "3.11.0",
+    "@types/cross-spawn": "^6.0.2",
+    "cross-spawn": "^7.0.3",
+    "load-json-file": "^6.2.0",
+    "write-yaml-file": "^5.0.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@pnpm/cli-utils": "workspace:*",
diff --git a/releasing/plugin-commands-deploy/test/deploy.test.ts b/releasing/plugin-commands-deploy/test/deploy.test.ts
index 76ec91c9a7b..638ef8f2dac 100644
--- a/releasing/plugin-commands-deploy/test/deploy.test.ts
+++ b/releasing/plugin-commands-deploy/test/deploy.test.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,15 @@ import path from 'path'
 import { deploy } from '@pnpm/plugin-commands-deploy'
 import { assertProject } from '@pnpm/assert-project'
 import { preparePackages } from '@pnpm/prepare'
+import { REGISTRY_MOCK_PORT } from '@pnpm/registry-mock'
 import { readProjects } from '@pnpm/filter-workspace-packages'
+import crossSpawn from 'cross-spawn'
+import { sync as loadJsonFile } from 'load-json-file'
+import writeYamlFile from 'write-yaml-file'
 import { DEFAULT_OPTS } from './utils'
 
+const pnpmBin = path.join(__dirname, '../../../pnpm/bin/pnpm.cjs')
+
 test('deploy', async () => {
   preparePackages([
     {
@@ -20,6 +26,10 @@ test('deploy', async () => {
         'project-3': 'workspace:*',
         'is-negative': '1.0.0',
       },
+      main: 'local-file-1.js',
+      publishConfig: {
+        main: 'publish-file-1.js',
+      },
     },
     {
       name: 'project-2',
@@ -29,6 +39,10 @@ test('deploy', async () => {
         'project-3': 'workspace:*',
         'is-odd': '1.0.0',
       },
+      main: 'local-file-2.js',
+      publishConfig: {
+        main: 'publish-file-2.js',
+      },
     },
     {
       name: 'project-3',
@@ -46,6 +60,10 @@ test('deploy', async () => {
     fs.writeFileSync(`${name}/index.js`, '', 'utf8')
   })
 
+  await writeYamlFile('pnpm-workspace.yaml', { packages: ['*'] })
+  crossSpawn.sync(pnpmBin, ['install', '--ignore-scripts', '--store-dir=../store', `--registry=http://localhost:${REGISTRY_MOCK_PORT}`])
+  fs.rmSync('pnpm-lock.yaml')
+
   const { allProjects, selectedProjectsGraph } = await readProjects(process.cwd(), [{ namePattern: 'project-1' }])
 
   await deploy.handler({
@@ -73,6 +91,26 @@ test('deploy', async () => {
   expect(fs.existsSync('deploy/node_modules/.pnpm/file+project-3/node_modules/project-3/index.js')).toBeTruthy()
   expect(fs.existsSync('deploy/node_modules/.pnpm/file+project-3/node_modules/project-3/test.js')).toBeFalsy()
   expect(fs.existsSync('pnpm-lock.yaml')).toBeFalsy() // no changes to the lockfile are written
+  const project1Manifest = loadJsonFile('deploy/package.json')
+  expect(project1Manifest).toMatchObject({
+    name: 'project-1',
+    main: 'publish-file-1.js',
+    dependencies: {
+      'is-positive': '1.0.0',
+      'project-2': '2.0.0',
+    },
+  })
+  expect(project1Manifest).not.toHaveProperty('publishConfig')
+  const project2Manifest = loadJsonFile('deploy/node_modules/.pnpm/file+project-2/node_modules/project-2/package.json')
+  expect(project2Manifest).toMatchObject({
+    name: 'project-2',
+    main: 'publish-file-2.js',
+    dependencies: {
+      'project-3': '2.0.0',
+      'is-odd': '1.0.0',
+    },
+  })
+  expect(project2Manifest).not.toHaveProperty('publishConfig')
 })
 
 test('deploy with dedupePeerDependents=true ignores the value of dedupePeerDependents', async () => {