diff --git a/server/build/webpack.js b/server/build/webpack.js
index 0f90a8b75bb76..c8f67f27222ff 100644
--- a/server/build/webpack.js
+++ b/server/build/webpack.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import DynamicEntryPlugin from './plugins/dynamic-entry-plugin'
 export default async function createCompiler (dir, { hotReload = false } = {}) {
   dir = resolve(dir)
 
-  const entries = await glob('+(pages|api)/**/*.js', { cwd: dir })
+  const entries = await glob('!(node_modules|static)/**/*.js', { cwd: dir })
 
   const entry = {}
   const defaultEntries = hotReload ? ['webpack/hot/dev-server'] : []
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ export default async function createCompiler (dir, { hotReload = false } = {}) {
   }
 
   const nextPagesDir = join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'pages')
-  const nextApiDir = join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'api')
 
   const errorEntry = join('bundles', 'pages', '_error.js')
   const defaultErrorPath = join(nextPagesDir, '_error.js')
@@ -57,10 +56,7 @@ export default async function createCompiler (dir, { hotReload = false } = {}) {
   const loaders = [{
     test: /\.js$/,
     loader: 'emit-file-loader',
-    include: [dir, nextPagesDir, nextApiDir],
-    exclude (str) {
-      return /node_modules/.test(str) && str.indexOf(nextPagesDir) !== 0 && str.indexOf(nextApiDir) !== 0
-    },
+    exclude: /node_modules/,
     query: {
       name: 'dist/[path][name].[ext]'
     }
@@ -68,15 +64,12 @@ export default async function createCompiler (dir, { hotReload = false } = {}) {
   .concat(hotReload ? [{
     test: /\.js$/,
     loader: 'hot-self-accept-loader',
-    include: [join(dir, 'pages'), join(dir, 'api')]
+    exclude: /node_modules/
   }] : [])
   .concat([{
     test: /\.js$/,
     loader: 'babel',
-    include: [dir, nextPagesDir, nextApiDir],
-    exclude (str) {
-      return /node_modules/.test(str) && str.indexOf(nextPagesDir) !== 0 && str.indexOf(nextApiDir) !== 0
-    },
+    exclude: /node_modules/,
     query: {
       presets: ['es2015', 'react'],
       plugins: [
diff --git a/server/index.js b/server/index.js
index ecbf95e96b44f..a5558bdd14315 100644
--- a/server/index.js
+++ b/server/index.js
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import Router from './router'
 import { render, renderAPI, renderJSON, errorToJSON } from './render'
 import HotReloader from './hot-reloader'
 import { resolveFromList } from './resolve'
+import requireModule from './require'
+import glob from 'glob-promise'
 
 export default class Server {
   constructor ({ dir = '.', dev = false, hotReload = false }) {
@@ -23,6 +25,19 @@ export default class Server {
       })
     })
 
+    // @TODO: workaround delay between server starting and webpack transpiling plugins
+    // and emitting them in the final dir
+    setTimeout(() => { this.getRoutes(); console.log('loaded routes') }, 10000)
+  }
+
+  async getRoutes () {
+    const plugins = await glob('plugins/**/*.js')
+    for (const p of plugins) {
+      const plugin = await requireModule(join(this.dir, '.next', 'dist', p).replace(/\\/g, '/'))
+      if (plugin.default) {
+        plugin.default(this.addRoute.bind(this))
+      }
+    }
     this.defineRoutes()
   }
 
@@ -39,6 +54,11 @@ export default class Server {
     })
   }
 
+  addRoute (path, fn, method = 'GET') {
+    const { dir, dev } = this
+    this.router.add(method.toUpperCase(), path, async (req, res, params) => fn(req.url, { req, res, params }, { dir, dev }))
+  }
+
   defineRoutes () {
     this.router.get('/_next/:path+', async (req, res, params) => {
       const p = join(__dirname, '..', 'client', ...(params.path || []))
@@ -50,10 +70,6 @@ export default class Server {
       await this.serveStatic(req, res, p)
     })
 
-    this.router.get('/api/:path+', async (req, res, params) => {
-      await this.renderAPI(req, res, params)
-    })
-
     this.router.get('/:path+.json', async (req, res) => {
       await this.renderJSON(req, res)
     })