diff --git a/packages/plugins/.npmrc b/packages/plugins/.npmrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..43c97e719a5a82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/plugins/.npmrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+package-lock=false
diff --git a/plugins/README.md b/packages/plugins/README.md
similarity index 92%
rename from plugins/README.md
rename to packages/plugins/README.md
index a67e9e250b7a11..d1ffe9e13098d9 100644
--- a/plugins/README.md
+++ b/packages/plugins/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,14 @@
-# Plugins
+# @wordpress/plugins
+
+Plugins module for WordPress.
+
+## Installation
+
+Install the module
+
+```bash
+npm install @wordpress/plugins --save
+```
 
 ### Plugins API
 
diff --git a/packages/plugins/package.json b/packages/plugins/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..12f797c91a0256
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/plugins/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{
+	"name": "@wordpress/plugins",
+	"version": "1.0.0-alpha.1",
+	"description": "Plugins module for WordPress",
+	"author": "The WordPress Contributors",
+	"license": "GPL-2.0-or-later",
+	"keywords": [
+		"wordpress",
+		"plugins"
+	],
+	"homepage": "https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/tree/master/packages/plugins/README.md",
+	"repository": {
+		"type": "git",
+		"url": "https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg.git"
+	},
+	"bugs": {
+		"url": "https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues"
+	},
+	"main": "build/index.js",
+	"module": "build-module/index.js",
+	"dependencies": {
+		"@wordpress/element": "^1.0.0-alpha.1",
+		"@wordpress/hooks": "1.1.6",
+		"lodash": "4.17.5"
+	},
+	"publishConfig": {
+		"access": "public"
+	}
+}
diff --git a/plugins/api/index.js b/packages/plugins/src/api/index.js
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/api/index.js
rename to packages/plugins/src/api/index.js
diff --git a/plugins/api/test/index.js b/packages/plugins/src/api/test/index.js
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/api/test/index.js
rename to packages/plugins/src/api/test/index.js
diff --git a/plugins/components/index.js b/packages/plugins/src/components/index.js
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/components/index.js
rename to packages/plugins/src/components/index.js
diff --git a/plugins/components/plugin-area/index.js b/packages/plugins/src/components/plugin-area/index.js
similarity index 96%
rename from plugins/components/plugin-area/index.js
rename to packages/plugins/src/components/plugin-area/index.js
index 4bfd74176991f9..1beeccc5317de7 100644
--- a/plugins/components/plugin-area/index.js
+++ b/packages/plugins/src/components/plugin-area/index.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { map } from 'lodash';
 /**
  * WordPress dependencies
  */
-import { Component } from '@wordpress/element';
+import { Component, createElement } from '@wordpress/element';
 import { addAction, removeAction } from '@wordpress/hooks';
 
 /**
diff --git a/plugins/components/plugin-context/index.js b/packages/plugins/src/components/plugin-context/index.js
similarity index 90%
rename from plugins/components/plugin-context/index.js
rename to packages/plugins/src/components/plugin-context/index.js
index 3bf3030780bc70..f640dd0b66f183 100644
--- a/plugins/components/plugin-context/index.js
+++ b/packages/plugins/src/components/plugin-context/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /**
  * WordPress dependencies
  */
-import { createContext, createHigherOrderComponent } from '@wordpress/element';
+import { createContext, createHigherOrderComponent, createElement } from '@wordpress/element';
 
 const { Consumer, Provider } = createContext( {
 	name: null,
diff --git a/plugins/index.js b/packages/plugins/src/index.js
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/index.js
rename to packages/plugins/src/index.js
diff --git a/test/unit/jest.config.json b/test/unit/jest.config.json
index 26da40931049f3..b95f7e0037a9a1 100644
--- a/test/unit/jest.config.json
+++ b/test/unit/jest.config.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
 	"rootDir": "../../",
 	"collectCoverageFrom": [
-		"(blocks|components|editor|utils|edit-post|viewport|plugins|core-blocks|nux)/**/*.js",
+		"(blocks|components|editor|utils|edit-post|viewport|core-blocks|nux)/**/*.js",
 		"packages/**/*.js"
 	],
 	"moduleNameMapper": {
-		"@wordpress\\/(blocks|components|editor|utils|edit-post|viewport|plugins|core-data|core-blocks|nux)$": "$1",
-		"@wordpress\\/(api-request|blob|core-data|data|date|dom|deprecated|element|postcss-themes)$": "packages/$1/src"
+		"@wordpress\\/(blocks|components|editor|utils|edit-post|viewport|core-data|core-blocks|nux)$": "$1",
+		"@wordpress\\/(api-request|blob|core-data|data|date|dom|deprecated|element|plugins|postcss-themes)$": "packages/$1/src"
 	},
 	"preset": "@wordpress/jest-preset-default",
 	"setupFiles": [
diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.js
index 11761125e28139..47240d523c0a78 100644
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ b/webpack.config.js
@@ -142,21 +142,21 @@ const entryPointNames = [
 	'editor',
 	'utils',
 	'viewport',
-	'plugins',
 	'edit-post',
 	'core-blocks',
 	'nux',
 ];
 
 const gutenbergPackages = [
+	'api-request',
 	'blob',
+	'core-data',
 	'data',
 	'date',
 	'deprecated',
 	'dom',
 	'element',
-	'api-request',
-	'core-data',
+	'plugins',
 ];
 
 const wordPressPackages = [