diff --git a/.eslintrc.yaml b/.eslintrc.yaml
index edb20bfe1..2036b6e0e 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.yaml
+++ b/.eslintrc.yaml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ rules:
     [error, { alphabetize: { order: "asc" }, groups: [["builtin", "external", "internal"], "parent", "sibling"] }]
   no-async-promise-executor: off
   # This isn't a real module, just types, which apparently doesn't resolve.
-  import/no-unresolved: [error, { ignore: ["express-serve-static-core"] }]
+  import/no-unresolved: [error, { ignore: ["express-serve-static-core", "code-server"] }]
 
 settings:
   # Does not work with CommonJS unfortunately.
diff --git a/src/node/plugin.ts b/src/node/plugin.ts
index 2c0519ac1..33047e826 100644
--- a/src/node/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/node/plugin.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,21 @@ import { version } from "./constants"
 import * as util from "./util"
 const fsp = fs.promises
 
+/**
+ * Inject code-server when `require`d. This is required because the API provides
+ * more than just types so these need to be provided at run-time.
+ */
+const originalLoad = require("module")._load
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+require("module")._load = function (request: string, parent: object, isMain: boolean): any {
+  if (request === "code-server") {
+    return {
+      field,
+    }
+  }
+  return originalLoad.apply(this, [request, parent, isMain])
+}
+
 interface Plugin extends pluginapi.Plugin {
   /**
    * These fields are populated from the plugin's package.json
diff --git a/test/test-plugin/src/index.ts b/test/test-plugin/src/index.ts
index fb1869447..7d14a7bc6 100644
--- a/test/test-plugin/src/index.ts
+++ b/test/test-plugin/src/index.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
+import * as cs from "code-server"
 import * as express from "express"
 import * as fspath from "path"
-import * as pluginapi from "../../../typings/pluginapi"
 
-export const plugin: pluginapi.Plugin = {
+export const plugin: cs.Plugin = {
   displayName: "Test Plugin",
   routerPath: "/test-plugin",
   homepageURL: "https://example.com",
diff --git a/test/test-plugin/tsconfig.json b/test/test-plugin/tsconfig.json
index 0956ead88..5afea81bf 100644
--- a/test/test-plugin/tsconfig.json
+++ b/test/test-plugin/tsconfig.json
@@ -42,8 +42,10 @@
 
     /* Module Resolution Options */
     // "moduleResolution": "node",            /* Specify module resolution strategy: 'node' (Node.js) or 'classic' (TypeScript pre-1.6). */
-    // "baseUrl": "./",                       /* Base directory to resolve non-absolute module names. */
-    // "paths": {},                           /* A series of entries which re-map imports to lookup locations relative to the 'baseUrl'. */
+    "baseUrl": "./" /* Base directory to resolve non-absolute module names. */,
+    "paths": {
+      "code-server": ["../../typings/pluginapi"]
+    } /* A series of entries which re-map imports to lookup locations relative to the 'baseUrl'. */,
     // "rootDirs": [],                        /* List of root folders whose combined content represents the structure of the project at runtime. */
     // "typeRoots": [],                       /* List of folders to include type definitions from. */
     // "types": [],                           /* Type declaration files to be included in compilation. */
diff --git a/typings/pluginapi.d.ts b/typings/pluginapi.d.ts
index 06ce35fb4..f9b07602b 100644
--- a/typings/pluginapi.d.ts
+++ b/typings/pluginapi.d.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /**
  * This file describes the code-server plugin API for adding new applications.
  */
-import { Logger } from "@coder/logger"
+import { field, Logger } from "@coder/logger"
 import * as express from "express"
 
 /**
@@ -78,6 +78,13 @@ import * as express from "express"
  * ]
  */
 
+/**
+ * Use to add a field to a log.
+ *
+ * Re-exported so plugins don't have to import duplicate copies of the logger.
+ */
+export { field }
+
 /**
  * Your plugin module must have a top level export "plugin" that implements this interface.
  *