diff --git a/plugins/graphql/package.json b/plugins/graphql/package.json
index 564f69084d..5ed22253c3 100644
--- a/plugins/graphql/package.json
+++ b/plugins/graphql/package.json
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
     "supertest": "^4.0.2"
   },
   "files": [
-    "dist"
+    "dist",
+    "schema.gql"
   ]
 }
diff --git a/plugins/graphql/src/schema.gql b/plugins/graphql/schema.gql
similarity index 100%
rename from plugins/graphql/src/schema.gql
rename to plugins/graphql/schema.gql
diff --git a/plugins/graphql/src/service/router.ts b/plugins/graphql/src/service/router.ts
index 09ab5270b7..69e2394f11 100644
--- a/plugins/graphql/src/service/router.ts
+++ b/plugins/graphql/src/service/router.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ import fs from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
 import { ApolloServer } from 'apollo-server-express';
 
+const schemaPath = path.resolve(
+  require.resolve('@backstage/plugin-graphql-backend/package.json'),
+  '../schema.gql',
+);
+
 export interface RouterOptions {
   logger: Logger;
 }
@@ -29,10 +34,7 @@ export interface RouterOptions {
 export async function createRouter(
   options: RouterOptions,
 ): Promise<express.Router> {
-  const typeDefs = await fs.promises.readFile(
-    path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'schema.gql'),
-    'utf-8',
-  );
+  const typeDefs = await fs.promises.readFile(schemaPath, 'utf-8');
 
   const server = new ApolloServer({ typeDefs, logger: options.logger });
   const router = Router();