diff --git a/.changeset/afraid-foxes-provide.md b/.changeset/afraid-foxes-provide.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e02702b895
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/afraid-foxes-provide.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-sonarqube': patch
+---
+
+Additional export added in order to bind SonarQubeClient to its apiref
diff --git a/plugins/sonarqube/api-report.md b/plugins/sonarqube/api-report.md
index 31e98a0f4a..f77c66ac59 100644
--- a/plugins/sonarqube/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/sonarqube/api-report.md
@@ -6,8 +6,12 @@
 /// <reference types="react" />
 
 import { BackstagePlugin } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
+import { DiscoveryApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+import { FindingSummary } from '@backstage/plugin-sonarqube-react';
+import { IdentityApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import { InfoCardVariants } from '@backstage/core-components';
+import { SonarQubeApi } from '@backstage/plugin-sonarqube-react';
 
 // @public (undocumented)
 export type DuplicationRating = {
@@ -38,6 +42,29 @@ export const SonarQubeCard: (props: {
   duplicationRatings?: DuplicationRating[];
 }) => JSX.Element;
 
+// @alpha (undocumented)
+export class SonarQubeClient implements SonarQubeApi {
+  constructor({
+    discoveryApi,
+    identityApi,
+  }: {
+    discoveryApi: DiscoveryApi;
+    identityApi: IdentityApi;
+  });
+  // (undocumented)
+  discoveryApi: DiscoveryApi;
+  // (undocumented)
+  getFindingSummary({
+    componentKey,
+    projectInstance,
+  }?: {
+    componentKey?: string;
+    projectInstance?: string;
+  }): Promise<FindingSummary | undefined>;
+  // (undocumented)
+  identityApi: IdentityApi;
+}
+
 // @public (undocumented)
 export type SonarQubeContentPageProps = {
   title?: string;
diff --git a/plugins/sonarqube/package.json b/plugins/sonarqube/package.json
index 80b8622fc1..ae37737b94 100644
--- a/plugins/sonarqube/package.json
+++ b/plugins/sonarqube/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public",
     "main": "dist/index.esm.js",
-    "types": "dist/index.d.ts"
+    "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
+    "alphaTypes": "dist/index.alpha.d.ts"
   },
   "backstage": {
     "role": "frontend-plugin"
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@
     "sonarcloud"
   ],
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "backstage-cli package build",
+    "build": "backstage-cli package build --experimental-type-build",
     "start": "backstage-cli package start",
     "lint": "backstage-cli package lint",
     "test": "backstage-cli package test",
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@
   },
   "files": [
     "dist",
+    "alpha",
     "config.d.ts"
   ],
   "configSchema": "config.d.ts"
diff --git a/plugins/sonarqube/src/api/SonarQubeClient.ts b/plugins/sonarqube/src/api/SonarQubeClient.ts
index cf893ccef5..f742fe026f 100644
--- a/plugins/sonarqube/src/api/SonarQubeClient.ts
+++ b/plugins/sonarqube/src/api/SonarQubeClient.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
 import { InstanceUrlWrapper, FindingsWrapper } from './types';
 import { DiscoveryApi, IdentityApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 
+/** @alpha */
 export class SonarQubeClient implements SonarQubeApi {
   discoveryApi: DiscoveryApi;
   identityApi: IdentityApi;
diff --git a/plugins/sonarqube/src/index.ts b/plugins/sonarqube/src/index.ts
index 30f6351d4d..93648caeb5 100644
--- a/plugins/sonarqube/src/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/sonarqube/src/index.ts
@@ -21,5 +21,6 @@
  * @packageDocumentation
  */
 
+export * from './api';
 export * from './components';
 export * from './plugin';