diff --git a/src/node/plugin.ts b/src/node/plugin.ts
index a34c2027f..061523a0c 100644
--- a/src/node/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/node/plugin.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import * as express from "express"
 import * as fs from "fs"
 import * as path from "path"
 import * as semver from "semver"
-import * as pluginapi from "../../typings/plugin"
+import * as pluginapi from "../../typings/pluginapi"
 import { version } from "./constants"
 import * as util from "./util"
 const fsp = fs.promises
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ interface Application extends pluginapi.Application {
 }
 
 /**
- * PluginAPI implements the plugin API described in typings/plugin.d.ts
+ * PluginAPI implements the plugin API described in typings/pluginapi.d.ts
  * Please see that file for details.
  */
 export class PluginAPI {
diff --git a/test/test-plugin/src/index.ts b/test/test-plugin/src/index.ts
index 94bf73b80..bc37d7c05 100644
--- a/test/test-plugin/src/index.ts
+++ b/test/test-plugin/src/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import * as express from "express"
 import * as path from "path"
-import * as pluginapi from "../../../typings/plugin"
+import * as pluginapi from "../../../typings/pluginapi"
 
 export function init(config: pluginapi.PluginConfig) {
   config.logger.debug("test-plugin loaded!")
diff --git a/typings/plugin.d.ts b/typings/pluginapi.d.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from typings/plugin.d.ts
rename to typings/pluginapi.d.ts