diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 7adf3f22b..4a26ba956 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
         "react/http": "^1.5",
         "symfony/console": "^5.4.9",
         "symfony/polyfill-php80": "^1.22",
+        "symfony/polyfill-php81": "^1.26",
         "symfony/process": "^5",
         "symfony/yaml": "^5"
     },
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index db6d70ce2..3042e95e4 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "443f126c4b688aa349d3607009d03a20",
+    "content-hash": "2e4a876ba583ea7b5ddf4bebd46c0262",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "evenement/evenement",
@@ -1739,6 +1739,85 @@
             ],
             "time": "2022-03-04T08:16:47+00:00"
         },
+        {
+            "name": "symfony/polyfill-php81",
+            "version": "v1.26.0",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/symfony/polyfill-php81.git",
+                "reference": "13f6d1271c663dc5ae9fb843a8f16521db7687a1"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/symfony/polyfill-php81/zipball/13f6d1271c663dc5ae9fb843a8f16521db7687a1",
+                "reference": "13f6d1271c663dc5ae9fb843a8f16521db7687a1",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "php": ">=7.1"
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "extra": {
+                "branch-alias": {
+                    "dev-main": "1.26-dev"
+                },
+                "thanks": {
+                    "name": "symfony/polyfill",
+                    "url": "https://github.com/symfony/polyfill"
+                }
+            },
+            "autoload": {
+                "files": [
+                    "bootstrap.php"
+                ],
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "Symfony\\Polyfill\\Php81\\": ""
+                },
+                "classmap": [
+                    "Resources/stubs"
+                ]
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "MIT"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Nicolas Grekas",
+                    "email": "p@tchwork.com"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "Symfony Community",
+                    "homepage": "https://symfony.com/contributors"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "Symfony polyfill backporting some PHP 8.1+ features to lower PHP versions",
+            "homepage": "https://symfony.com",
+            "keywords": [
+                "compatibility",
+                "polyfill",
+                "portable",
+                "shim"
+            ],
+            "support": {
+                "source": "https://github.com/symfony/polyfill-php81/tree/v1.26.0"
+            },
+            "funding": [
+                {
+                    "url": "https://symfony.com/sponsor",
+                    "type": "custom"
+                },
+                {
+                    "url": "https://github.com/fabpot",
+                    "type": "github"
+                },
+                {
+                    "url": "https://tidelift.com/funding/github/packagist/symfony/symfony",
+                    "type": "tidelift"
+                }
+            ],
+            "time": "2022-05-24T11:49:31+00:00"
+        },
         {
             "name": "symfony/process",
             "version": "v5.4.5",
diff --git a/docs/recipe/magento2.md b/docs/recipe/magento2.md
index 00d3f0972..5730f7864 100644
--- a/docs/recipe/magento2.md
+++ b/docs/recipe/magento2.md
@@ -127,10 +127,21 @@ in you deployer script.
 
 
 ### magento_themes
-[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L29)
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L40)
 
 You can also set the themes to run against. By default it'll deploy
 all themes - `add('magento_themes', ['Magento/luma', 'Magento/backend']);`
+If the themes are set as a simple list of strings, then all languages defined in [static_content_locales](/docs/recipe/magento2.md#static_content_locales) are
+compiled for the given themes.
+Alternatively The themes can be defined as an associative array, where the key represents the theme name and
+the key contains the languages for the compilation (for this specific theme)
+Example:
+set('magento_themes', ['Magento/luma']); - Will compile this theme with every language from [static_content_locales](/docs/recipe/magento2.md#static_content_locales)
+set('magento_themes', [
+    'Magento/luma'   => null,                              - Will compile all languages from [static_content_locales](/docs/recipe/magento2.md#static_content_locales) for Magento/luma
+    'Custom/theme'   => 'en_US fr_FR'                      - Will compile only en_US and fr_FR for Custom/theme
+    'Custom/another' => '[static_content_locales](/docs/recipe/magento2.md#static_content_locales) it_IT' - Will compile all languages from [static_content_locales](/docs/recipe/magento2.md#static_content_locales) + it_IT for Custom/another
+]); - Will compile this theme with every language
 
 ```php title="Default value"
 [
@@ -139,8 +150,46 @@ all themes - `add('magento_themes', ['Magento/luma', 'Magento/backend']);`
 ```
 
 
+### static_deploy_options
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L45)
+
+Static content deployment options, e.g. '--no-parent'
+
+
+
+### split_static_deployment
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L48)
+
+Deploy frontend and adminhtml together as default
+
+```php title="Default value"
+false
+```
+
+
+### static_content_locales_backend
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L51)
+
+Use the default languages for the backend as default
+
+```php title="Default value"
+'{{static_content_locales}}'
+```
+
+
+### magento_themes_backend
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L55)
+
+backend themes to deploy. Only used if split_static_deployment=true
+This setting supports the same options/structure as [magento_themes](/docs/recipe/magento2.md#magento_themes)
+
+```php title="Default value"
+['Magento/backend' => null]
+```
+
+
 ### static_content_jobs
-[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L37)
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L61)
 
 Also set the number of conccurent jobs to run. The default is 1
 Update using: `set('static_content_jobs', '1');`
@@ -151,7 +200,7 @@ Update using: `set('static_content_jobs', '1');`
 
 
 ### content_version
-[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L39)
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L63)
 
 
 
@@ -161,7 +210,7 @@ return time();
 
 
 ### magento_dir
-[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L44)
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L68)
 
 Magento directory relative to repository root. Use "." (default) if it is not located in a subdirectory
 
@@ -171,7 +220,7 @@ Magento directory relative to repository root. Use "." (default) if it is not lo
 
 
 ### shared_files
-[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L47)
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L71)
 
 Overrides [shared_files](/docs/recipe/deploy/shared.md#shared_files) from `recipe/deploy/shared.php`.
 
@@ -186,7 +235,7 @@ Overrides [shared_files](/docs/recipe/deploy/shared.md#shared_files) from `recip
 
 
 ### shared_dirs
-[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L51)
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L75)
 
 Overrides [shared_dirs](/docs/recipe/deploy/shared.md#shared_dirs) from `recipe/deploy/shared.php`.
 
@@ -212,7 +261,7 @@ Overrides [shared_dirs](/docs/recipe/deploy/shared.md#shared_dirs) from `recipe/
 
 
 ### writable_dirs
-[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L66)
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L90)
 
 Overrides [writable_dirs](/docs/recipe/deploy/writable.md#writable_dirs) from `recipe/deploy/writable.php`.
 
@@ -230,7 +279,7 @@ Overrides [writable_dirs](/docs/recipe/deploy/writable.md#writable_dirs) from `r
 
 
 ### clear_paths
-[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L73)
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L97)
 
 Overrides [clear_paths](/docs/recipe/deploy/clear_paths.md#clear_paths) from `recipe/deploy/clear_paths.php`.
 
@@ -249,7 +298,7 @@ Overrides [clear_paths](/docs/recipe/deploy/clear_paths.md#clear_paths) from `re
 
 
 ### bin/magento
-[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L82)
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L106)
 
 
 
@@ -259,7 +308,7 @@ Overrides [clear_paths](/docs/recipe/deploy/clear_paths.md#clear_paths) from `re
 
 
 ### magento_version
-[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L84)
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L108)
 
 
 
@@ -272,7 +321,7 @@ return $matches[0] ?? '2.0';
 
 
 ### config_import_needed
-[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L91)
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L115)
 
 
 :::info Autogenerated
@@ -283,7 +332,7 @@ The value of this configuration is autogenerated on access.
 
 
 ### database_upgrade_needed
-[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L105)
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L129)
 
 
 :::info Autogenerated
@@ -294,7 +343,7 @@ The value of this configuration is autogenerated on access.
 
 
 ### enable_zerodowntime
-[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L120)
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L144)
 
 Deploy without setting maintenance mode if possible
 
@@ -304,7 +353,7 @@ true
 
 
 ### artifact_file
-[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L250)
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L328)
 
 The file the artifact is saved to
 
@@ -314,7 +363,7 @@ The file the artifact is saved to
 
 
 ### artifact_dir
-[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L253)
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L331)
 
 The directory the artifact is saved in
 
@@ -324,7 +373,7 @@ The directory the artifact is saved in
 
 
 ### artifact_excludes_file
-[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L257)
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L335)
 
 Points to a file with a list of files to exclude from packaging.
 The format is as with the `tar --exclude-from=[file]` option
@@ -335,7 +384,7 @@ The format is as with the `tar --exclude-from=[file]` option
 
 
 ### build_from_repo
-[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L260)
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L338)
 
 If set to true, the artifact is built from a clean copy of the project repository instead of the current working directory
 
@@ -345,7 +394,7 @@ false
 
 
 ### repository
-[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L263)
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L341)
 
 Overrides [repository](/docs/recipe/common.md#repository) from `recipe/common.php`.
 
@@ -357,7 +406,7 @@ null
 
 
 ### artifact_path
-[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L266)
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L344)
 
 The relative path to the artifact file. If the directory does not exist, it will be created
 
@@ -370,7 +419,7 @@ return get('artifact_dir') . '/' . get('artifact_file');
 
 
 ### bin/tar
-[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L274)
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L352)
 
 The location of the tar command. On MacOS you should have installed gtar, as it supports the required settings
 :::info Autogenerated
@@ -381,14 +430,14 @@ The value of this configuration is autogenerated on access.
 
 
 ### additional_shared_files
-[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L346)
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L424)
 
 Array of shared files that will be added to the default shared_files without overriding
 
 
 
 ### additional_shared_dirs
-[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L348)
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L426)
 
 Array of shared directories that will be added to the default shared_dirs without overriding
 
@@ -398,7 +447,7 @@ Array of shared directories that will be added to the default shared_dirs withou
 ## Tasks
 
 ### magento:compile
-[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L130)
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L154)
 
 Compiles magento di.
 
@@ -410,7 +459,7 @@ e.g.
 
 
 ### magento:deploy:assets
-[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L156)
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L180)
 
 Deploys assets.
 
@@ -436,8 +485,24 @@ in `app/etc/config.php`, e.g.:
 ```
 
 
+### magento:deploy:assets:adminhtml
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L194)
+
+Deploys assets for backend only.
+
+
+
+
+### magento:deploy:assets:frontend
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L199)
+
+Deploys assets for frontend only.
+
+
+
+
 ### magento:sync:content_version
-[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L169)
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L247)
 
 Syncs content version.
 
@@ -445,7 +510,7 @@ Syncs content version.
 
 
 ### magento:maintenance:enable
-[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L179)
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L257)
 
 Enables maintenance mode.
 
@@ -453,7 +518,7 @@ Enables maintenance mode.
 
 
 ### magento:maintenance:disable
-[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L185)
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L263)
 
 Disables maintenance mode.
 
@@ -461,7 +526,7 @@ Disables maintenance mode.
 
 
 ### magento:maintenance:enable-if-needed
-[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L191)
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L269)
 
 Set maintenance mode if needed.
 
@@ -469,7 +534,7 @@ Set maintenance mode if needed.
 
 
 ### magento:config:import
-[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L198)
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L276)
 
 Config Import.
 
@@ -477,7 +542,7 @@ Config Import.
 
 
 ### magento:upgrade:db
-[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L207)
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L285)
 
 Upgrades magento database.
 
@@ -485,7 +550,7 @@ Upgrades magento database.
 
 
 ### magento:cache:flush
-[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L216)
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L294)
 
 Flushes Magento Cache.
 
@@ -493,7 +558,7 @@ Flushes Magento Cache.
 
 
 ### deploy:magento
-[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L221)
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L299)
 
 Magento2 deployment operations.
 
@@ -510,7 +575,7 @@ This task is group task which contains next tasks:
 
 
 ### magento:build
-[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L231)
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L309)
 
 Magento2 build operations.
 
@@ -523,7 +588,7 @@ This task is group task which contains next tasks:
 
 
 ### deploy
-[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L237)
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L315)
 
 Deploys your project.
 
@@ -539,7 +604,7 @@ This task is group task which contains next tasks:
 
 
 ### artifact:package
-[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L285)
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L363)
 
 Packages all relevant files in an artifact.
 
@@ -547,7 +612,7 @@ Packages all relevant files in an artifact.
 
 
 ### artifact:upload
-[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L295)
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L373)
 
 Uploads artifact in release folder for extraction.
 
@@ -555,7 +620,7 @@ Uploads artifact in release folder for extraction.
 
 
 ### artifact:extract
-[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L300)
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L378)
 
 Extracts artifact in release path.
 
@@ -563,7 +628,7 @@ Extracts artifact in release path.
 
 
 ### build:remove-generated
-[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L306)
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L384)
 
 Clears generated files prior to building.
 
@@ -571,7 +636,7 @@ Clears generated files prior to building.
 
 
 ### build:prepare
-[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L311)
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L389)
 
 Prepare local artifact build.
 
@@ -579,7 +644,7 @@ Prepare local artifact build.
 
 
 ### artifact:build
-[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L336)
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L414)
 
 Builds an artifact.
 
@@ -596,7 +661,7 @@ This task is group task which contains next tasks:
 
 
 ### deploy:additional-shared
-[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L352)
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L430)
 
 Adds additional files and dirs to the list of shared files and dirs.
 
@@ -604,7 +669,7 @@ Adds additional files and dirs to the list of shared files and dirs.
 
 
 ### artifact:prepare
-[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L359)
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L437)
 
 Prepares an artifact on the target server.
 
@@ -624,7 +689,7 @@ This task is group task which contains next tasks:
 
 
 ### artifact:finish
-[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L372)
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L450)
 
 Executes the tasks after artifact is released.
 
@@ -639,7 +704,7 @@ This task is group task which contains next tasks:
 
 
 ### artifact:deploy
-[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L380)
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/recipe/magento2.php#L458)
 
 Actually releases the artifact deployment.
 
diff --git a/recipe/magento2.php b/recipe/magento2.php
index 073abc628..cddace645 100644
--- a/recipe/magento2.php
+++ b/recipe/magento2.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 require_once __DIR__ . '/common.php';
 require_once __DIR__ . '/../contrib/cachetool.php';
 
-
+use Deployer\Exception\ConfigurationException;
 use Deployer\Exception\GracefulShutdownException;
 use Deployer\Exception\RunException;
 use Deployer\Host\Host;
@@ -26,10 +26,34 @@
 
 // You can also set the themes to run against. By default it'll deploy
 // all themes - `add('magento_themes', ['Magento/luma', 'Magento/backend']);`
+// If the themes are set as a simple list of strings, then all languages defined in {{static_content_locales}} are
+// compiled for the given themes.
+// Alternatively The themes can be defined as an associative array, where the key represents the theme name and
+// the key contains the languages for the compilation (for this specific theme)
+// Example:
+// set('magento_themes', ['Magento/luma']); - Will compile this theme with every language from {{static_content_locales}}
+// set('magento_themes', [
+//     'Magento/luma'   => null,                              - Will compile all languages from {{static_content_locales}} for Magento/luma
+//     'Custom/theme'   => 'en_US fr_FR'                      - Will compile only en_US and fr_FR for Custom/theme
+//     'Custom/another' => '{{static_content_locales}} it_IT' - Will compile all languages from {{static_content_locales}} + it_IT for Custom/another
+// ]); - Will compile this theme with every language
 set('magento_themes', [
 
 ]);
 
+// Static content deployment options, e.g. '--no-parent'
+set('static_deploy_options', '');
+
+// Deploy frontend and adminhtml together as default
+set('split_static_deployment', false);
+
+// Use the default languages for the backend as default
+set('static_content_locales_backend', '{{static_content_locales}}');
+
+// backend themes to deploy. Only used if split_static_deployment=true
+// This setting supports the same options/structure as {{magento_themes}}
+set('magento_themes_backend', ['Magento/backend' => null]);
+
 // Configuration
 
 // Also set the number of conccurent jobs to run. The default is 1
@@ -154,17 +178,71 @@
 // ```
 desc('Deploys assets');
 task('magento:deploy:assets', function () {
-
     $themesToCompile = '';
-    if (count(get('magento_themes')) > 0) {
+    if (get('split_static_deployment')) {
+        invoke('magento:deploy:assets:adminhtml');
+        invoke('magento:deploy:assets:frontend');
+    } elseif (count(get('magento_themes')) > 0 ) {
         foreach (get('magento_themes') as $theme) {
             $themesToCompile .= ' -t ' . $theme;
         }
+        run("{{bin/php}} {{release_or_current_path}}/bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy --content-version={{content_version}} {{static_deploy_options}} {{static_content_locales}} $themesToCompile -j {{static_content_jobs}}");
     }
+});
+
+desc('Deploys assets for backend only');
+task('magento:deploy:assets:adminhtml', function () {
+    magentoDeployAssetsSplit('backend');
+});
 
-    run("{{bin/php}} {{bin/magento}} setup:static-content:deploy --content-version={{content_version}} {{static_content_locales}} $themesToCompile -j {{static_content_jobs}}");
+desc('Deploys assets for frontend only');
+task('magento:deploy:assets:frontend', function () {
+    magentoDeployAssetsSplit('frontend');
 });
 
+/**
+ * @phpstan-param 'frontend'|'backend' $area
+ *
+ * @throws ConfigurationException
+ */
+function magentoDeployAssetsSplit(string $area)
+{
+    if (!in_array($area, ['frontend', 'backend'], true)) {
+        throw new ConfigurationException("\$area must be either 'frontend' or 'backend', '$area' given");
+    }
+
+    $isFrontend = $area === 'frontend';
+    $suffix = $isFrontend
+        ? ''
+        : '_backend';
+
+    $themesConfig = get("magento_themes$suffix");
+    $defaultLanguages = get("static_content_locales$suffix");
+    $useDefaultLanguages = array_is_list($themesConfig);
+
+    /** @var list<string> $themes */
+    $themes = $useDefaultLanguages
+        ? array_values($themesConfig)
+        : array_keys($themesConfig);
+
+    $staticContentArea = $isFrontend
+        ? 'frontend'
+        : 'adminhtml';
+
+    if ($useDefaultLanguages) {
+        $themes = '-t '.implode(' -t ', $themes);
+
+        run("{{bin/php}} {{release_or_current_path}}/bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy -f --area=$staticContentArea --content-version={{content_version}} {{static_deploy_options}} $defaultLanguages $themes -j {{static_content_jobs}}");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    foreach ($themes as $theme) {
+        $languages = parse($themesConfig[$theme] ?? $defaultLanguages);
+
+        run("{{bin/php}} {{release_or_current_path}}/bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy -f --area=$staticContentArea --content-version={{content_version}} {{static_deploy_options}} $languages -t $theme -j {{static_content_jobs}}");
+    }
+}
+
 desc('Syncs content version');
 task('magento:sync:content_version', function () {
     $timestamp = time();