diff --git a/assets/chezmoi.io/docs/reference/templates/functions/toYamlWithIndent.md b/assets/chezmoi.io/docs/reference/templates/functions/toYamlWithIndent.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..45556e5f807
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/chezmoi.io/docs/reference/templates/functions/toYamlWithIndent.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# `toYamlWithIndent` *spaces* *value*
+
+`toYamlWithIndent` returns the YAML representation of *value* with an indent of
+*spaces* spaces.
+
+!!! example
+
+    ```
+    {{ dict "key" (dict "subKey" "value") | toYamlWithIndent 2 }}
+    ```
diff --git a/assets/chezmoi.io/mkdocs.yml b/assets/chezmoi.io/mkdocs.yml
index 31a9df256d9..1755c73e8b7 100644
--- a/assets/chezmoi.io/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/assets/chezmoi.io/mkdocs.yml
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ nav:
       - toPrettyJson: reference/templates/functions/toPrettyJson.md
       - toToml: reference/templates/functions/toToml.md
       - toYaml: reference/templates/functions/toYaml.md
+      - toYamlWithIndent: reference/templates/functions/toYamlWithIndent.md
     - GitHub functions:
       - reference/templates/github-functions/index.md
       - gitHubKeys: reference/templates/github-functions/gitHubKeys.md
diff --git a/internal/cmd/config.go b/internal/cmd/config.go
index b1a512a9493..9dcd4072102 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/config.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/config.go
@@ -491,6 +491,7 @@ func newConfig(options ...configOption) (*Config, error) {
 		"toPrettyJson":                 c.toPrettyJsonTemplateFunc,
 		"toToml":                       c.toTomlTemplateFunc,
 		"toYaml":                       c.toYamlTemplateFunc,
+		"toYamlWithIndent":             c.toYamlWithIndentTemplateFunc,
 		"vault":                        c.vaultTemplateFunc,
 	} {
 		c.addTemplateFunc(key, value)
diff --git a/internal/cmd/templatefuncs.go b/internal/cmd/templatefuncs.go
index 998cbf0d40b..903778cbcfe 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/templatefuncs.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/templatefuncs.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/bradenhilton/mozillainstallhash"
 	"github.com/itchyny/gojq"
 	"gopkg.in/ini.v1"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 	"howett.net/plist"
 
 	"github.com/twpayne/chezmoi/v2/internal/chezmoi"
@@ -553,6 +554,16 @@ func (c *Config) toYamlTemplateFunc(data any) string {
 	return string(yaml)
 }
 
+func (c *Config) toYamlWithIndentTemplateFunc(spaces int, data any) string {
+	var builder strings.Builder
+	encoder := yaml.NewEncoder(&builder)
+	encoder.SetIndent(spaces)
+	if err := encoder.Encode(data); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return builder.String()
+}
+
 func fileInfoToMap(fileInfo fs.FileInfo) map[string]any {
 	return map[string]any{
 		"name":    fileInfo.Name(),
diff --git a/internal/cmd/testdata/scripts/templatefuncs.txtar b/internal/cmd/testdata/scripts/templatefuncs.txtar
index bbfd45d00b5..81a315e4a0a 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/testdata/scripts/templatefuncs.txtar
+++ b/internal/cmd/testdata/scripts/templatefuncs.txtar
@@ -191,6 +191,12 @@ stdout '^value2$'
 exec chezmoi execute-template '{{ dict "key" "value" | toYaml }}'
 stdout '^key: value$'
 
+# test toYamlWithIndent template function
+exec chezmoi execute-template '{{ dict "key" (dict "nestedKey" "value") | toYamlWithIndent 2 }}'
+cmp stdout golden/toYamlWithIndent2.yaml
+exec chezmoi execute-template '{{ dict "key" (dict "nestedKey" "value") | toYamlWithIndent 4 }}'
+cmp stdout golden/toYamlWithIndent4.yaml
+
 # test that the overridden splitList function's output is compatible with quoteList
 exec chezmoi execute-template '{{ "a b" | splitList " " | quoteList }}'
 stdout '["a" "b"]'
@@ -285,6 +291,12 @@ subkey = subvalue
         "b": "&"
     }
 }
+-- golden/toYamlWithIndent2.yaml --
+key:
+  nestedKey: value
+-- golden/toYamlWithIndent4.yaml --
+key:
+    nestedKey: value
 -- home/user/.include --
 # contents of .include
 -- home/user/.local/share/chezmoi/.chezmoitemplates/template --