diff --git a/build.config.ts b/build.config.ts
index f498d78420..a981cf04fb 100644
--- a/build.config.ts
+++ b/build.config.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ export default defineBuildConfig({
   name: "nitro",
   entries: [
     "src/index",
+    "src/config",
     "src/cli/cli",
     { input: "src/runtime/", outDir: "dist/runtime", format: "esm" },
   ],
diff --git a/config.d.ts b/config.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0fe54cfd87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from "./dist/config";
diff --git a/docs/content/1.guide/1.configuration.md b/docs/content/1.guide/1.configuration.md
index 113e5e1803..deebbf16b0 100644
--- a/docs/content/1.guide/1.configuration.md
+++ b/docs/content/1.guide/1.configuration.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ If you are using [Nuxt](https://nuxt.com), use the `nitro` option in your Nuxt c
 
 ::code-group
 ```ts [nitro.config.ts]
-import { defineNitroConfig } from 'nitropack'
+import { defineNitroConfig } from 'nitropack/config'
 
 export default defineNitroConfig({
   // Nitro options
diff --git a/docs/content/1.guide/3.routing.md b/docs/content/1.guide/3.routing.md
index ee14c9b86d..4871c1ac41 100644
--- a/docs/content/1.guide/3.routing.md
+++ b/docs/content/1.guide/3.routing.md
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ When `cache` option is set, handlers matching pattern will be automatically wrap
 
 ::code-group
 ```ts [nitro.config.ts]
-import { defineNitroConfig } from 'nitropack'
+import { defineNitroConfig } from 'nitropack/config'
 
 export default defineNitroConfig({
   routeRules: {
diff --git a/docs/content/1.guide/4.storage.md b/docs/content/1.guide/4.storage.md
index 0e4ecd9d6f..b42eb3bf2b 100644
--- a/docs/content/1.guide/4.storage.md
+++ b/docs/content/1.guide/4.storage.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ You can mount storage drivers using the `storage` option:
 
 ::code-group
 ```ts [nitro.config.ts]
-import { defineNitroConfig } from 'nitropack'
+import { defineNitroConfig } from 'nitropack/config'
 
 export default defineNitroConfig({
   storage: {
diff --git a/docs/content/1.guide/5.cache.md b/docs/content/1.guide/5.cache.md
index d3e18de76a..e04bf81e2b 100644
--- a/docs/content/1.guide/5.cache.md
+++ b/docs/content/1.guide/5.cache.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ To overwrite the production storage, set the `cache` mountpoint using the `stora
 
 ::code-group
 ```ts [nitro.config.ts]
-import { defineNitroConfig } from "nitropack";
+import { defineNitroConfig } from "nitropack/config";
 
 export default defineNitroConfig({
   storage: {
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ Cache all the blog routes for 1 hour with `stale-while-revalidate` behavior:
 
 ::code-group
 ```ts [nitro.config.ts]
-import { defineNitroConfig } from "nitropack";
+import { defineNitroConfig } from "nitropack/config";
 
 export default defineNitroConfig({
   routeRules: {
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ If we want to use a custom storage mountpoint, we can use the `base` option. Let
 
 ::code-group
 ```ts [nitro.config.ts]
-import { defineNitroConfig } from "nitropack";
+import { defineNitroConfig } from "nitropack/config";
 
 export default defineNitroConfig({
   storage: {
diff --git a/docs/content/1.guide/6.assets.md b/docs/content/1.guide/6.assets.md
index c7ecd0094c..34d02f7020 100644
--- a/docs/content/1.guide/6.assets.md
+++ b/docs/content/1.guide/6.assets.md
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ In order to add assets from a custom directory, path will need to be defined in
 
 ::code-group
 ```js [nitro.config.ts]
-import { defineNitroConfig } from 'nitropack'
+import { defineNitroConfig } from 'nitropack/config'
 
 export default defineNitroConfig({
   serverAssets: [{
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ export default defineEventHandler(async () => {
 
 ::code-group
 ```js [nitro.config.ts]
-import { defineNitroConfig } from 'nitropack'
+import { defineNitroConfig } from 'nitropack/config'
 
 export default defineNitroConfig({
   serverAssets: [{
diff --git a/docs/content/1.guide/7.plugins.md b/docs/content/1.guide/7.plugins.md
index 20ff253a05..040151c3b4 100644
--- a/docs/content/1.guide/7.plugins.md
+++ b/docs/content/1.guide/7.plugins.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ If you have plugins in another directory, you can use the `plugins` option:
 
 ::code-group
 ```ts [nitro.config.ts]
-import { defineNitroConfig } from 'nitropack'
+import { defineNitroConfig } from 'nitropack/config'
 
 export default defineNitroConfig({
   plugins: ['my-plugins/hello.ts']
diff --git a/docs/content/2.deploy/0.index.md b/docs/content/2.deploy/0.index.md
index d8b7472d12..96ca27c50e 100644
--- a/docs/content/2.deploy/0.index.md
+++ b/docs/content/2.deploy/0.index.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ NITRO_PRESET=aws-lambda nitro build
 **Example:** Using [nitro.config.ts](/config/)
 
 ```ts
-import { defineNitroConfig } from "nitropack";
+import { defineNitroConfig } from "nitropack/config";
 
 export default defineNitroConfig({
   preset: 'node-server'
diff --git a/docs/content/3.config.md b/docs/content/3.config.md
index 4d23befb3c..402883708e 100644
--- a/docs/content/3.config.md
+++ b/docs/content/3.config.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ In order to customize Nitro's behavior, we create a file named `nitro.config.ts`
 
 ::code-group
 ```ts [nitro.config.ts]
-import { defineNitroConfig } from "nitropack";
+import { defineNitroConfig } from "nitropack/config";
 
 export default defineNitroConfig({
   // options
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ Path to a custom runtime error handler. Replacing nitro's built-in error page.
 **Example:**
 
 ```js [nitro.config]
-import { defineNitroConfig } from "nitropack";
+import { defineNitroConfig } from "nitropack/config";
 
 export default defineNitroConfig({
   errorHandler: "~/error",
diff --git a/examples/api-routes/nitro.config.ts b/examples/api-routes/nitro.config.ts
index 0d2ca51b59..c19a01864d 100644
--- a/examples/api-routes/nitro.config.ts
+++ b/examples/api-routes/nitro.config.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-import { defineNitroConfig } from "nitropack";
+import { defineNitroConfig } from "nitropack/config";
 
 export default defineNitroConfig({});
diff --git a/examples/auto-imports/nitro.config.ts b/examples/auto-imports/nitro.config.ts
index 0d2ca51b59..c19a01864d 100644
--- a/examples/auto-imports/nitro.config.ts
+++ b/examples/auto-imports/nitro.config.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-import { defineNitroConfig } from "nitropack";
+import { defineNitroConfig } from "nitropack/config";
 
 export default defineNitroConfig({});
diff --git a/examples/cached-handler/nitro.config.ts b/examples/cached-handler/nitro.config.ts
index 0d2ca51b59..c19a01864d 100644
--- a/examples/cached-handler/nitro.config.ts
+++ b/examples/cached-handler/nitro.config.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-import { defineNitroConfig } from "nitropack";
+import { defineNitroConfig } from "nitropack/config";
 
 export default defineNitroConfig({});
diff --git a/examples/custom-error-handler/nitro.config.ts b/examples/custom-error-handler/nitro.config.ts
index ba0adbda20..758b26de41 100644
--- a/examples/custom-error-handler/nitro.config.ts
+++ b/examples/custom-error-handler/nitro.config.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { defineNitroConfig } from "nitropack";
+import { defineNitroConfig } from "nitropack/config";
 import errorHandler from "./error";
 
 export default defineNitroConfig({
diff --git a/examples/hello-world/nitro.config.ts b/examples/hello-world/nitro.config.ts
index 0d2ca51b59..c19a01864d 100644
--- a/examples/hello-world/nitro.config.ts
+++ b/examples/hello-world/nitro.config.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-import { defineNitroConfig } from "nitropack";
+import { defineNitroConfig } from "nitropack/config";
 
 export default defineNitroConfig({});
diff --git a/examples/middleware/nitro.config.ts b/examples/middleware/nitro.config.ts
index 0d2ca51b59..c19a01864d 100644
--- a/examples/middleware/nitro.config.ts
+++ b/examples/middleware/nitro.config.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-import { defineNitroConfig } from "nitropack";
+import { defineNitroConfig } from "nitropack/config";
 
 export default defineNitroConfig({});
diff --git a/examples/plugins/nitro.config.ts b/examples/plugins/nitro.config.ts
index 05e210f7fe..95ae3dedf4 100644
--- a/examples/plugins/nitro.config.ts
+++ b/examples/plugins/nitro.config.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { defineNitroConfig } from "nitropack";
+import { defineNitroConfig } from "nitropack/config";
 
 export default defineNitroConfig({
   plugins: ["~/plugins/test"],
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 59176e5e54..363a0cac89 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
       "types": "./dist/index.d.ts",
       "import": "./dist/index.mjs"
     },
+    "./config": {
+      "types": "./dist/config.d.ts",
+      "import": "./dist/config.mjs"
+    },
     "./cli": "./dist/cli.mjs",
     "./runtime/*": "./dist/runtime/*.mjs",
     "./dist/runtime/*": "./dist/runtime/*.mjs",
@@ -22,7 +26,8 @@
     "nitropack": "./dist/cli.mjs"
   },
   "files": [
-    "dist"
+    "dist",
+    "*.d.ts"
   ],
   "scripts": {
     "build": "unbuild",
diff --git a/playground/nitro.config.ts b/playground/nitro.config.ts
index 8185335729..c19a01864d 100644
--- a/playground/nitro.config.ts
+++ b/playground/nitro.config.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-import { defineNitroConfig } from "../src";
+import { defineNitroConfig } from "nitropack/config";
 
 export default defineNitroConfig({});
diff --git a/playground/tsconfig.json b/playground/tsconfig.json
index a0e3fbad2e..cc5f8fe766 100644
--- a/playground/tsconfig.json
+++ b/playground/tsconfig.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   "compilerOptions": {
     "paths": {
       "nitropack": ["../src/index"],
+      "nitropack/config": ["../src/config"],
       "#internal/nitro": ["../src/runtime/index"],
       "#internal/nitro/*": ["../src/runtime/*"]
     }
diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4e018f494e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import type { NitroConfig } from "./types";
+
+export function defineNitroConfig(config: NitroConfig): NitroConfig {
+  return config;
+}
diff --git a/src/options.ts b/src/options.ts
index f7e337f3b9..95bd8d6979 100644
--- a/src/options.ts
+++ b/src/options.ts
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ export async function loadOptions(
 
   // Load configuration and preset
   configOverrides = klona(configOverrides);
+  globalThis.defineNitroConfig = globalThis.defineNitroConfig || ((c) => c);
   const { config, layers } = await loadConfig({
     name: "nitro",
     cwd: configOverrides.rootDir,
@@ -128,6 +129,12 @@ export async function loadOptions(
       preset: detectTarget() || "node-server",
     },
     defaults: NitroDefaults,
+    jitiOptions: {
+      alias: {
+        nitropack: "nitropack/config",
+        "nitropack/config": "nitropack/config",
+      },
+    },
     resolve(id: string) {
       const presets = _PRESETS as any as Map<string, NitroConfig>;
       let matchedPreset = presets[camelCase(id)] || presets[id];
@@ -369,6 +376,9 @@ export async function loadOptions(
   return options;
 }
 
+/**
+ * @deprecated Please import `defineNitroConfig` from nitropack/config instead
+ */
 export function defineNitroConfig(config: NitroConfig): NitroConfig {
   return config;
 }
diff --git a/test/fixture/nitro.config.ts b/test/fixture/nitro.config.ts
index f461934ae0..22e8c62a0b 100644
--- a/test/fixture/nitro.config.ts
+++ b/test/fixture/nitro.config.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { defineNitroConfig } from "../../src";
+import { defineNitroConfig } from "../../src/config";
 
 export default defineNitroConfig({
   compressPublicAssets: true,
diff --git a/test/fixture/types.ts b/test/fixture/types.ts
index 9aaaab49c6..8c655e7224 100644
--- a/test/fixture/types.ts
+++ b/test/fixture/types.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { expectTypeOf } from "expect-type";
 import { describe, it } from "vitest";
 import { $Fetch } from "../..";
-import { defineNitroConfig } from "../../src/options";
+import { defineNitroConfig } from "../../src/config";
 
 interface TestResponse {
   message: string;
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 2702dafafc..029b104a21 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     "resolveJsonModule": true,
     "paths": {
       "nitropack": ["./src/index"],
+      "nitropack/config": ["./src/config"],
       "#internal/nitro": ["./src/runtime/index"],
       "#internal/nitro/*": ["./src/runtime/*"]
     }