diff --git a/.changeset/pretty-jeans-smell.md b/.changeset/pretty-jeans-smell.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9092a53deb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/pretty-jeans-smell.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-lighthouse-backend': patch
+---
+
+Added support for the [new backend system](https://backstage.io/docs/backend-system/)
diff --git a/packages/backend-next/package.json b/packages/backend-next/package.json
index e33db57f00..a0ff5b6384 100644
--- a/packages/backend-next/package.json
+++ b/packages/backend-next/package.json
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
     "@backstage/plugin-devtools-backend": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/plugin-entity-feedback-backend": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-backend": "workspace:^",
+    "@backstage/plugin-lighthouse-backend": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/plugin-linguist-backend": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/plugin-permission-backend": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/plugin-permission-common": "workspace:^",
diff --git a/packages/backend-next/src/index.ts b/packages/backend-next/src/index.ts
index e03e03af38..fa7561e211 100644
--- a/packages/backend-next/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-next/src/index.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import { linguistPlugin } from '@backstage/plugin-linguist-backend';
 import { devtoolsPlugin } from '@backstage/plugin-devtools-backend';
 import { TaskScheduleDefinition } from '@backstage/backend-tasks';
 import { adrPlugin } from '@backstage/plugin-adr-backend';
+import { lighthousePlugin } from '@backstage/plugin-lighthouse-backend';
 
 const backend = createBackend();
 
@@ -94,6 +95,9 @@ backend.add(searchModuleExploreCollator());
 // Kubernetes
 backend.add(kubernetesPlugin());
 
+// Lighthouse
+backend.add(lighthousePlugin());
+
 // Permissions
 backend.add(permissionPlugin());
 backend.add(permissionModuleAllowAllPolicy());
diff --git a/plugins/lighthouse-backend/README.md b/plugins/lighthouse-backend/README.md
index 2c648754b3..28845d3c73 100644
--- a/plugins/lighthouse-backend/README.md
+++ b/plugins/lighthouse-backend/README.md
@@ -58,6 +58,21 @@ export default async function createPlugin(env: PluginEnvironment) {
 +  await lighthouse(lighthouseEnv)
 ```
 
+#### New Backend System
+
+The Lighthouse backend plugin has support for the [new backend system](https://backstage.io/docs/backend-system/), here's how you can set that up:
+
+In your `packages/backend/src/index.ts` make the following changes:
+
+```diff
+  import { createBackend } from '@backstage/backend-defaults';
++ import { lighthousePlugin } from '@backstage/plugin-lighthouse-backend';
+  const backend = createBackend();
+  // ... other feature additions
++ backend.add(lighthousePlugin());
+  backend.start();
+```
+
 ## Configuration
 
 You can define how often and when the scheduler should run the audits:
diff --git a/plugins/lighthouse-backend/api-report.md b/plugins/lighthouse-backend/api-report.md
index b8c028f3dc..5d9d948cf4 100644
--- a/plugins/lighthouse-backend/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/lighthouse-backend/api-report.md
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 > Do not edit this file. It is a report generated by [API Extractor](https://api-extractor.com/).
 
 ```ts
-import { CatalogClient } from '@backstage/catalog-client';
+import { BackendFeature } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
+import { CatalogApi } from '@backstage/catalog-client';
 import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 import { Logger } from 'winston';
 import { PluginTaskScheduler } from '@backstage/backend-tasks';
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ import { TokenManager } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 // @public (undocumented)
 export interface CreateLighthouseSchedulerOptions {
   // (undocumented)
-  catalogClient: CatalogClient;
+  catalogClient: CatalogApi;
   // (undocumented)
   config: Config;
   // (undocumented)
@@ -28,5 +29,8 @@ export function createScheduler(
   options: CreateLighthouseSchedulerOptions,
 ): Promise<void>;
 
+// @public
+export const lighthousePlugin: () => BackendFeature;
+
 // (No @packageDocumentation comment for this package)
 ```
diff --git a/plugins/lighthouse-backend/package.json b/plugins/lighthouse-backend/package.json
index 03a5c6e0fc..07e24f2984 100644
--- a/plugins/lighthouse-backend/package.json
+++ b/plugins/lighthouse-backend/package.json
@@ -39,10 +39,12 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@backstage/backend-common": "workspace:^",
+    "@backstage/backend-plugin-api": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/backend-tasks": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/catalog-client": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/catalog-model": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/config": "workspace:^",
+    "@backstage/plugin-catalog-node": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/plugin-lighthouse-common": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/types": "workspace:^",
     "winston": "^3.2.1"
diff --git a/plugins/lighthouse-backend/src/index.ts b/plugins/lighthouse-backend/src/index.ts
index ee878b9214..5773beed56 100644
--- a/plugins/lighthouse-backend/src/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/lighthouse-backend/src/index.ts
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-export * from './service/plugin';
+export * from './service/createScheduler';
+export { lighthousePlugin } from './plugin';
diff --git a/plugins/lighthouse-backend/src/plugin.ts b/plugins/lighthouse-backend/src/plugin.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7acbd45634
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/lighthouse-backend/src/plugin.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { loggerToWinstonLogger } from '@backstage/backend-common';
+import {
+  createBackendPlugin,
+  coreServices,
+} from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
+import { catalogServiceRef } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-node/alpha';
+
+import { createScheduler } from './service/createScheduler';
+
+/**
+ * Lighthouse backend plugin
+ *
+ * @public
+ */
+export const lighthousePlugin = createBackendPlugin({
+  pluginId: 'lighthouse',
+  register(env) {
+    env.registerInit({
+      deps: {
+        catalogClient: catalogServiceRef,
+        config: coreServices.config,
+        logger: coreServices.logger,
+        scheduler: coreServices.scheduler,
+        tokenManager: coreServices.tokenManager,
+      },
+      async init({ catalogClient, config, logger, scheduler, tokenManager }) {
+        const winstonLogger = loggerToWinstonLogger(logger);
+
+        await createScheduler({
+          catalogClient,
+          config,
+          logger: winstonLogger,
+          scheduler,
+          tokenManager,
+        });
+      },
+    });
+  },
+});
diff --git a/plugins/lighthouse-backend/src/service/plugin.ts b/plugins/lighthouse-backend/src/service/createScheduler.ts
similarity index 97%
rename from plugins/lighthouse-backend/src/service/plugin.ts
rename to plugins/lighthouse-backend/src/service/createScheduler.ts
index 089f20f4ed..498e459a09 100644
--- a/plugins/lighthouse-backend/src/service/plugin.ts
+++ b/plugins/lighthouse-backend/src/service/createScheduler.ts
@@ -16,10 +16,7 @@
 
 import { Logger } from 'winston';
 import { PluginTaskScheduler } from '@backstage/backend-tasks';
-import {
-  CATALOG_FILTER_EXISTS,
-  CatalogClient,
-} from '@backstage/catalog-client';
+import { CATALOG_FILTER_EXISTS, CatalogApi } from '@backstage/catalog-client';
 import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 import { LighthouseRestApi } from '@backstage/plugin-lighthouse-common';
 import { stringifyEntityRef } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
@@ -31,7 +28,7 @@ export interface CreateLighthouseSchedulerOptions {
   logger: Logger;
   config: Config;
   scheduler?: PluginTaskScheduler;
-  catalogClient: CatalogClient;
+  catalogClient: CatalogApi;
   tokenManager: TokenManager;
 }
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 52a770e2b8..42dad513bc 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7688,11 +7688,13 @@ __metadata:
   resolution: "@backstage/plugin-lighthouse-backend@workspace:plugins/lighthouse-backend"
   dependencies:
     "@backstage/backend-common": "workspace:^"
+    "@backstage/backend-plugin-api": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/backend-tasks": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/catalog-client": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/catalog-model": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/cli": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/config": "workspace:^"
+    "@backstage/plugin-catalog-node": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/plugin-lighthouse-common": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/types": "workspace:^"
     winston: ^3.2.1
@@ -24977,6 +24979,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@backstage/plugin-devtools-backend": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/plugin-entity-feedback-backend": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-backend": "workspace:^"
+    "@backstage/plugin-lighthouse-backend": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/plugin-linguist-backend": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/plugin-permission-backend": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/plugin-permission-common": "workspace:^"