diff --git a/runners/gradle-plugin/api/gradle-plugin.api b/runners/gradle-plugin/api/gradle-plugin.api
index b082f22b86..d7d38d2f0d 100644
--- a/runners/gradle-plugin/api/gradle-plugin.api
+++ b/runners/gradle-plugin/api/gradle-plugin.api
@@ -174,6 +174,11 @@ public final class org/jetbrains/dokka/gradle/SourceSetKotlinGistConfigurationKt
 	public static final fun configureWithKotlinSourceSet (Lorg/jetbrains/dokka/gradle/GradleDokkaSourceSetBuilder;Lorg/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinSourceSet;)V
 }
 
+public final class org/jetbrains/dokka/gradle/internal/AbstractDokkaTaskExtensionsKt {
+	public static final fun buildJsonConfiguration (Lorg/jetbrains/dokka/gradle/AbstractDokkaTask;Z)Ljava/lang/String;
+	public static synthetic fun buildJsonConfiguration$default (Lorg/jetbrains/dokka/gradle/AbstractDokkaTask;ZILjava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/String;
+}
+
 public final class org/jetbrains/dokka/gradle/kotlin/KotlinClasspathUtilsKt {
 	public static final fun isHMPPEnabled (Lorg/gradle/api/Project;)Z
 }
diff --git a/runners/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/dokka/gradle/internal/AbstractDokkaTaskExtensions.kt b/runners/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/dokka/gradle/internal/AbstractDokkaTaskExtensions.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ba1f45055f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runners/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/dokka/gradle/internal/AbstractDokkaTaskExtensions.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package org.jetbrains.dokka.gradle.internal
+
+import org.jetbrains.dokka.InternalDokkaApi
+import org.jetbrains.dokka.gradle.AbstractDokkaTask
+import org.jetbrains.dokka.toPrettyJsonString
+import org.jetbrains.dokka.DokkaConfiguration
+import org.jetbrains.dokka.toCompactJsonString
+
+/**
+ * Serializes [DokkaConfiguration] of this [AbstractDokkaTask] as json
+ *
+ * Should be used for short-term debugging only, no guarantees are given for the support of this API.
+ *
+ * Better alternative should be introduced as part of [#2873](https://github.com/Kotlin/dokka/issues/2873).
+ */
+@InternalDokkaApi
+fun AbstractDokkaTask.buildJsonConfiguration(prettyPrint: Boolean = true): String {
+    val configuration = this.buildDokkaConfiguration()
+    return if (prettyPrint) {
+        configuration.toPrettyJsonString()
+    } else {
+        configuration.toCompactJsonString()
+    }
+}