diff --git a/packages/grafana-runtime/src/index.ts b/packages/grafana-runtime/src/index.ts
index 6e1104c92c2..d9ff32a39c0 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-runtime/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-runtime/src/index.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,13 @@
 export * from './services';
 export * from './config';
 export * from './analytics/types';
-export { loadPluginCss, SystemJS, type PluginCssOptions } from './utils/plugin';
+export {
+  loadPluginCss,
+  SystemJS,
+  type PluginCssOptions,
+  setPluginImportUtils,
+  getPluginImportUtils,
+} from './utils/plugin';
 export { reportMetaAnalytics, reportInteraction, reportPageview, reportExperimentView } from './analytics/utils';
 export { featureEnabled } from './utils/licensing';
 export { logInfo, logDebug, logWarning, logError } from './utils/logging';
diff --git a/packages/grafana-runtime/src/utils/plugin.ts b/packages/grafana-runtime/src/utils/plugin.ts
index 9a5363e3f07..a1024229a9c 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-runtime/src/utils/plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-runtime/src/utils/plugin.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // @ts-ignore
 import System from 'systemjs/dist/system.js';
 
+import { PanelPlugin } from '@grafana/data';
+
 import { config } from '../config';
 
 // @ts-ignore
@@ -32,3 +34,26 @@ export function loadPluginCss(options: PluginCssOptions): Promise<any> {
   const theme = config.bootData.user.lightTheme ? options.light : options.dark;
   return SystemJS.import(`${theme}!css`);
 }
+
+interface PluginImportUtils {
+  importPanelPlugin: (id: string) => Promise<PanelPlugin>;
+  getPanelPluginFromCache: (id: string) => PanelPlugin | undefined;
+}
+
+let pluginImportUtils: PluginImportUtils | undefined;
+
+export function setPluginImportUtils(utils: PluginImportUtils) {
+  if (pluginImportUtils) {
+    throw new Error('pluginImportUtils should only be set once, when Grafana is starting.');
+  }
+
+  pluginImportUtils = utils;
+}
+
+export function getPluginImportUtils(): PluginImportUtils {
+  if (!pluginImportUtils) {
+    throw new Error('pluginImportUtils can only be used after Grafana instance has started.');
+  }
+
+  return pluginImportUtils;
+}
diff --git a/public/app/app.ts b/public/app/app.ts
index 1463dccfad7..560a1ae2165 100644
--- a/public/app/app.ts
+++ b/public/app/app.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import {
   setLocationSrv,
   setQueryRunnerFactory,
   setRunRequest,
+  setPluginImportUtils,
 } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { setPanelDataErrorView } from '@grafana/runtime/src/components/PanelDataErrorView';
 import { setPanelRenderer } from '@grafana/runtime/src/components/PanelRenderer';
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ import { getTimeSrv } from './features/dashboard/services/TimeSrv';
 import { PanelDataErrorView } from './features/panel/components/PanelDataErrorView';
 import { PanelRenderer } from './features/panel/components/PanelRenderer';
 import { DatasourceSrv } from './features/plugins/datasource_srv';
+import { importPanelPlugin, syncGetPanelPlugin } from './features/plugins/importPanelPlugin';
 import { preloadPlugins } from './features/plugins/pluginPreloader';
 import { QueryRunner } from './features/query/state/QueryRunner';
 import { runRequest } from './features/query/state/runRequest';
@@ -145,6 +147,12 @@ export class GrafanaApp {
       // Provide runRequest implementation to packages, @grafana/scenes in particular
       setRunRequest(runRequest);
 
+      // Privide plugin import utils to packages, @grafana/scenes in particular
+      setPluginImportUtils({
+        importPanelPlugin,
+        getPanelPluginFromCache: syncGetPanelPlugin,
+      });
+
       locationUtil.initialize({
         config,
         getTimeRangeForUrl: getTimeSrv().timeRangeForUrl,