diff --git a/core/config/schema/core.entity.schema.yml b/core/config/schema/core.entity.schema.yml
index 448bb14c95..71aece6e00 100644
--- a/core/config/schema/core.entity.schema.yml
+++ b/core/config/schema/core.entity.schema.yml
@@ -271,6 +271,9 @@ field.widget.settings.machine_name:
     disable_on_edit:
       type: boolean
       label: 'Disable the machine name after initial creation'
+    standalone:
+      type: boolean
+      label: 'Keep the machine name live preview as its own form element'
     replace_pattern:
       type: string
       label: 'A regular expression (without delimiters) matching disallowed characters in the machine name'
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldWidget/MachineNameWidget.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldWidget/MachineNameWidget.php
index ca8b1825ac..4b7524e640 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldWidget/MachineNameWidget.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldWidget/MachineNameWidget.php
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ public static function defaultSettings() {
     return [
       'source_field' => '',
       'disable_on_edit' => TRUE,
+      'standalone' => FALSE,
       'replace_pattern' => '[^a-z0-9_]+',
       'replace' => '_',
     ] + parent::defaultSettings();
@@ -112,6 +113,12 @@ public function settingsForm(array $form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
       '#default_value' => $this->getSetting('disable_on_edit'),
       '#description' => $this->t('Disable the machine name after the content has been saved for the first time.'),
     ];
+    $element['standalone'] = [
+      '#type' => 'checkbox',
+      '#title' => $this->t('Standalone'),
+      '#default_value' => $this->getSetting('disable_on_edit'),
+      '#description' => $this->t('Keep the machine name live preview as its own form element, separated from the source field.'),
+    ];
     $element['replace_pattern'] = [
       '#type' => 'textfield',
       '#title' => $this->t('Replace pattern'),
@@ -141,6 +148,7 @@ public function settingsSummary() {
     if (!empty($this->getSetting('source_field')) && isset($field_definitions[$this->getSetting('source_field')])) {
       $summary[] = $this->t('Source field: @source_field', ['@source_field' => $field_definitions[$this->getSetting('source_field')]->getLabel()]);
       $summary[] = $this->t('Disable on edit: @disable_on_edit', ['@disable_on_edit' => $this->getSetting('disable_on_edit') ? $this->t('Yes') : $this->t('No')]);
+      $summary[] = $this->t('Standalone: @standalone', ['@standalone' => $this->getSetting('standalone') ? $this->t('Yes') : $this->t('No')]);
       $summary[] = $this->t('Replace pattern: @replace_pattern', ['@replace_pattern' => $this->getSetting('replace_pattern')]);
       $summary[] = $this->t('Replace character: @replace', ['@replace' => $this->getSetting('replace')]);
     }
@@ -169,6 +177,7 @@ public function formElement(FieldItemListInterface $items, $delta, array $elemen
         // the 'UniqueField' constraint on the field that uses this widget.
         'exists' => [$this, 'existsCallback'],
         'label' => $this->fieldDefinition->getLabel(),
+        'standalone' => $this->getSetting('standalone'),
         'replace_pattern' => $this->getSetting('replace_pattern'),
         'replace' => $this->getSetting('replace'),
       ],