diff --git a/packages/build/package.json b/packages/build/package.json
index 45e69db347..af2683084a 100644
--- a/packages/build/package.json
+++ b/packages/build/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@
       "./extensions/prisma": "./src/extensions/prisma.ts",
       "./extensions/audioWaveform": "./src/extensions/audioWaveform.ts",
       "./extensions/typescript": "./src/extensions/typescript.ts",
-      "./extensions/puppeteer": "./src/extensions/puppeteer.ts"
+      "./extensions/puppeteer": "./src/extensions/puppeteer.ts",
+      "./extensions/playwright": "./src/extensions/playwright.ts"
     },
     "sourceDialects": [
       "@triggerdotdev/source"
@@ -57,6 +58,9 @@
       ],
       "extensions/puppeteer": [
         "dist/commonjs/extensions/puppeteer.d.ts"
+      ],
+      "extensions/playwright": [
+        "dist/commonjs/extensions/playwright.d.ts"
       ]
     }
   },
@@ -173,6 +177,17 @@
         "types": "./dist/commonjs/extensions/puppeteer.d.ts",
         "default": "./dist/commonjs/extensions/puppeteer.js"
       }
+    },
+    "./extensions/playwright": {
+      "import": {
+        "@triggerdotdev/source": "./src/extensions/playwright.ts",
+        "types": "./dist/esm/extensions/playwright.d.ts",
+        "default": "./dist/esm/extensions/playwright.js"
+      },
+      "require": {
+        "types": "./dist/commonjs/extensions/playwright.d.ts",
+        "default": "./dist/commonjs/extensions/playwright.js"
+      }
     }
   },
   "main": "./dist/commonjs/index.js",
diff --git a/packages/build/src/extensions/playwright.ts b/packages/build/src/extensions/playwright.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bad52a1e39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/build/src/extensions/playwright.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+import type { BuildContext, BuildExtension } from "@trigger.dev/core/v3/build";
+
+type PlaywrightBrowser = "chromium" | "firefox" | "webkit";
+
+interface PlaywrightExtensionOptions {
+  /**
+   * Browsers to install. Select only needed browsers to optimize build time and size.
+   * @default ["chromium"]
+   */
+  browsers?: PlaywrightBrowser[];
+
+  /**
+   * Whether to support non-headless mode.
+   * @default true
+   */
+  headless?: boolean;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Creates a Playwright extension for trigger.dev
+ * @param options Configuration options
+ */
+export function playwright(options: PlaywrightExtensionOptions = {}) {
+  return new PlaywrightExtension(options);
+}
+
+class PlaywrightExtension implements BuildExtension {
+  public readonly name = "PlaywrightExtension";
+  private readonly options: Required<PlaywrightExtensionOptions>;
+
+  constructor({ browsers = ["chromium"], headless = true }: PlaywrightExtensionOptions = {}) {
+    if (browsers && browsers.length === 0) {
+      throw new Error("At least one browser must be specified");
+    }
+    this.options = { browsers, headless };
+  }
+
+  onBuildComplete(context: BuildContext) {
+    if (context.target === "dev") return;
+
+    context.logger.debug(
+      `Adding ${this.name} to the build with browsers: ${this.options.browsers.join(", ")}`
+    );
+
+    const instructions: string[] = [
+      // Base dependencies
+      `RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+        curl \
+        unzip \
+        jq \
+        grep \
+        sed \
+        npm \
+        && apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*`,
+
+      // Install Playwright globally
+      `RUN npm install -g playwright`,
+    ];
+
+    // Browser-specific dependencies
+    const chromiumDeps = [
+      "libnspr4",
+      "libatk1.0-0",
+      "libatk-bridge2.0-0",
+      "libatspi2.0-0",
+      "libasound2",
+      "libnss3",
+      "libxcomposite1",
+      "libxdamage1",
+      "libxfixes3",
+      "libxrandr2",
+      "libgbm1",
+      "libxkbcommon0",
+    ];
+
+    const firefoxDeps = [
+      "libgtk-3.0",
+      "libgtk-4-1",
+      "libgtk-4-common",
+      "libgtk-4-dev",
+      "libgtk-4-doc",
+      "libasound2",
+    ];
+
+    const webkitDeps = [
+      "libenchant-2-2",
+      "libgl1",
+      "libgles2",
+      "libgstreamer-gl1.0-0",
+      "libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0",
+      "libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0",
+      "libharfbuzz-icu0",
+      "libhyphen0",
+      "libicu72",
+      "libjpeg-dev",
+      "libopenjp2-7",
+      "libopus0",
+      "libpng-dev",
+      "libsecret-1-0",
+      "libvpx7",
+      "libwebp7",
+      "libwoff1",
+      "libx11-6",
+      "libxcomposite1",
+      "libxdamage1",
+      "libxrender1",
+      "libxt6",
+      "libgtk-4-1",
+      "libgraphene-1.0-0",
+      "libxslt1.1",
+      "libevent-2.1-7",
+      "libmanette-0.2-0",
+      "libwebpdemux2",
+      "libwebpmux3",
+      "libatomic1",
+      "libavif15",
+      "libx264-dev",
+      "flite",
+      "libatk1.0-0",
+      "libatk-bridge2.0-0",
+    ];
+
+    const deps = [];
+    if (this.options.browsers.includes("chromium")) deps.push(...chromiumDeps);
+    if (this.options.browsers.includes("firefox")) deps.push(...firefoxDeps);
+    if (this.options.browsers.includes("webkit")) deps.push(...webkitDeps);
+
+    const uniqueDeps = [...new Set(deps)];
+
+    if (uniqueDeps.length > 0) {
+      instructions.push(
+        `RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ${uniqueDeps.join(" ")} \
+        && apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*`
+      );
+    }
+
+    // Setup Playwright browsers
+    instructions.push(`RUN mkdir -p /ms-playwright`);
+    instructions.push(`RUN npx playwright install --dry-run > /tmp/browser-info.txt`);
+
+    this.options.browsers.forEach((browser) => {
+      const browserType = browser === "chromium" ? "chromium-headless-shell" : browser;
+
+      instructions.push(
+        `RUN grep -A5 "browser: ${browserType}" /tmp/browser-info.txt > /tmp/${browser}-info.txt`,
+
+        `RUN INSTALL_DIR=$(grep "Install location:" /tmp/${browser}-info.txt | cut -d':' -f2- | xargs) && \
+          DIR_NAME=$(basename "$INSTALL_DIR") && \
+          MS_DIR="/ms-playwright/$DIR_NAME" && \
+          mkdir -p "$MS_DIR"`,
+
+        `RUN DOWNLOAD_URL=$(grep "Download url:" /tmp/${browser}-info.txt | cut -d':' -f2- | xargs | sed "s/mac-arm64/linux/g" | sed "s/mac-15-arm64/ubuntu-20.04/g") && \
+          echo "Downloading ${browser} from $DOWNLOAD_URL" && \
+          curl -L -o /tmp/${browser}.zip "$DOWNLOAD_URL" && \
+          unzip -q /tmp/${browser}.zip -d "/ms-playwright/$(basename $(grep "Install location:" /tmp/${browser}-info.txt | cut -d':' -f2- | xargs))" && \
+          chmod -R +x "/ms-playwright/$(basename $(grep "Install location:" /tmp/${browser}-info.txt | cut -d':' -f2- | xargs))" && \
+          rm /tmp/${browser}.zip`
+      );
+    });
+
+    // Environment variables
+    const envVars: Record<string, string> = {
+      PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH: "/ms-playwright",
+      PLAYWRIGHT_SKIP_BROWSER_DOWNLOAD: "1",
+      PLAYWRIGHT_SKIP_BROWSER_VALIDATION: "1",
+    };
+
+    if (!this.options.headless) {
+      instructions.push(
+        `RUN echo '#!/bin/sh' > /usr/local/bin/xvfb-exec`,
+        `RUN echo 'Xvfb :99 -screen 0 1024x768x24 &' >> /usr/local/bin/xvfb-exec`,
+        `RUN echo 'exec "$@"' >> /usr/local/bin/xvfb-exec`,
+        `RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/xvfb-exec`
+      );
+
+      envVars.DISPLAY = ":99";
+    }
+
+    context.addLayer({
+      id: "playwright",
+      image: {
+        instructions,
+      },
+      deploy: {
+        env: envVars,
+        override: true,
+      },
+    });
+  }
+}
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index d3e027be59..66face8fa7 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -1898,6 +1898,9 @@ importers:
       pg:
         specifier: ^8.11.5
         version: 8.11.5
+      playwright:
+        specifier: ^1.50.1
+        version: 1.50.1
       puppeteer:
         specifier: ^23.4.0
         version: 23.4.0(typescript@5.5.4)
@@ -27003,6 +27006,22 @@ packages:
     engines: {node: '>=16'}
     hasBin: true
 
+  /playwright-core@1.50.1:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-ra9fsNWayuYumt+NiM069M6OkcRb1FZSK8bgi66AtpFoWkg2+y0bJSNmkFrWhMbEBbVKC/EruAHH3g0zmtwGmQ==}
+    engines: {node: '>=18'}
+    hasBin: true
+    dev: false
+
+  /playwright@1.50.1:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-G8rwsOQJ63XG6BbKj2w5rHeavFjy5zynBA9zsJMMtBoe/Uf757oG12NXz6e6OirF7RCrTVAKFXbLmn1RbL7Qaw==}
+    engines: {node: '>=18'}
+    hasBin: true
+    dependencies:
+      playwright-core: 1.50.1
+    optionalDependencies:
+      fsevents: 2.3.2
+    dev: false
+
   /polite-json@5.0.0:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-OLS/0XeUAcE8a2fdwemNja+udKgXNnY6yKVIXqAD2zVRx1KvY6Ato/rZ2vdzbxqYwPW0u6SCNC/bAMPNzpzxbw==}
     engines: {node: ^14.17.0 || ^16.13.0 || >=18.0.0}
diff --git a/references/v3-catalog/package.json b/references/v3-catalog/package.json
index 52732b334e..0c59dbb86b 100644
--- a/references/v3-catalog/package.json
+++ b/references/v3-catalog/package.json
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
     "msw": "^2.2.1",
     "openai": "^4.47.0",
     "pg": "^8.11.5",
+    "playwright": "^1.50.1",
     "puppeteer": "^23.4.0",
     "react": "19.0.0-rc.0",
     "react-email": "^3.0.1",
diff --git a/references/v3-catalog/src/trigger/playwrightTask.ts b/references/v3-catalog/src/trigger/playwrightTask.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2f6dd8192e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/references/v3-catalog/src/trigger/playwrightTask.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import { logger, task } from "@trigger.dev/sdk/v3";
+import { chromium } from "playwright";
+
+/**
+ * Example task demonstrating Playwright browser automation with Trigger.dev
+ *
+ * To use other browsers (firefox, webkit):
+ * 1. Import them from playwright: `import { chromium, firefox, webkit } from "playwright";`
+ * 2. Add them to the browserType array: `for (const browserType of [chromium, firefox, webkit])`
+ * 3. Configure the playwright extension in your project:
+ *    ```
+ *    // In your build configuration
+ *    import { playwright } from "@trigger.dev/core/v3/build";
+ *
+ *    extensions: [
+ *      playwright({ browsers: ["chromium", "firefox", "webkit"] })
+ *    ]
+ *    ```
+ */
+export const playwrightTestTask = task({
+  id: "playwright-test",
+  retry: {
+    maxAttempts: 1,
+  },
+  run: async () => {
+    logger.log("Starting Playwright automation task");
+
+    for (const browserType of [chromium]) {
+      const prefix = (msg: string) => `[${browserType.name()}]: ${msg}`;
+
+      const browser = await browserType.launch();
+      logger.log(prefix("Browser launched"));
+
+      const page = await browser.newPage();
+      logger.log(prefix("New page created"));
+
+      await page.goto("https://google.com");
+      logger.log(prefix("Navigated to google.com"));
+
+      const screenshot = await page.screenshot({ path: "screenshot.png" });
+      logger.log(prefix("Screenshot taken"), { size: screenshot.byteLength });
+
+      await browser.close();
+      logger.log(prefix("Browser closed"));
+    }
+  },
+});
diff --git a/references/v3-catalog/trigger.config.ts b/references/v3-catalog/trigger.config.ts
index 9a24160445..ff82ad1a72 100644
--- a/references/v3-catalog/trigger.config.ts
+++ b/references/v3-catalog/trigger.config.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { esbuildPlugin } from "@trigger.dev/build";
 import { audioWaveform } from "@trigger.dev/build/extensions/audioWaveform";
 import { ffmpeg, syncEnvVars } from "@trigger.dev/build/extensions/core";
 import { puppeteer } from "@trigger.dev/build/extensions/puppeteer";
+import { playwright } from "@trigger.dev/build/extensions/playwright";
 import { prismaExtension } from "@trigger.dev/build/extensions/prisma";
 import { emitDecoratorMetadata } from "@trigger.dev/build/extensions/typescript";
 import { defineConfig } from "@trigger.dev/sdk/v3";
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
         }));
       }),
       puppeteer(),
+      playwright(),
     ],
     external: ["re2"],
   },