diff --git a/packages/backend/package.json b/packages/backend/package.json
index bf7793e33d..2e57282a07 100644
--- a/packages/backend/package.json
+++ b/packages/backend/package.json
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     "@backstage/plugin-identity-backend": "^0.1.1-alpha.13",
     "@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend": "^0.1.1-alpha.13",
     "@backstage/plugin-sentry-backend": "^0.1.1-alpha.13",
+    "@backstage/plugin-techdocs-backend": "^0.1.1-alpha.13",
     "dockerode": "^3.2.0",
     "express": "^4.17.1",
     "knex": "^0.21.1",
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/index.ts b/packages/backend/src/index.ts
index 3246c5f6f5..6841758be8 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/index.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import catalog from './plugins/catalog';
 import identity from './plugins/identity';
 import scaffolder from './plugins/scaffolder';
 import sentry from './plugins/sentry';
+import techdocs from './plugins/techdocs';
 import { PluginEnvironment } from './types';
 
 function makeCreateEnv(loadedConfigs: AppConfig[]) {
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ async function main() {
   const scaffolderEnv = useHotMemoize(module, () => createEnv('scaffolder'));
   const authEnv = useHotMemoize(module, () => createEnv('auth'));
   const identityEnv = useHotMemoize(module, () => createEnv('identity'));
+  const techdocsEnv = useHotMemoize(module, () => createEnv('techdocs'));
 
   const service = createServiceBuilder(module)
     .loadConfig(configReader)
@@ -73,7 +75,8 @@ async function main() {
       await sentry(getRootLogger().child({ type: 'plugin', plugin: 'sentry' })),
     )
     .addRouter('/auth', await auth(authEnv))
-    .addRouter('/identity', await identity(identityEnv));
+    .addRouter('/identity', await identity(identityEnv))
+    .addRouter('/techdocs', await techdocs(techdocsEnv));
 
   await service.start().catch(err => {
     console.log(err);
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/plugins/techdocs.ts b/packages/backend/src/plugins/techdocs.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0d03bfabab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/src/plugins/techdocs.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * 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 { createRouter } from '@backstage/plugin-techdocs-backend';
+import { PluginEnvironment } from '../types';
+
+export default async function createPlugin({ logger }: PluginEnvironment) {
+  return await createRouter({ logger });
+}
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/.eslintrc.js b/plugins/techdocs-backend/.eslintrc.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..16a033dbc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/.eslintrc.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module.exports = {
+  extends: [require.resolve('@backstage/cli/config/eslint.backend')],
+};
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/README.md b/plugins/techdocs-backend/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ad98d07f95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# techdocs-backend
+
+This is the backend part of the techdocs plugin.
+
+## Getting Started
+
+This backend plugin can be started in a standalone mode from directly in this package
+with `yarn start`. However, it will have limited functionality and that process is
+most convenient when developing the catalog backend plugin itself.
+
+To evaluate the catalog and have a greater amount of functionality available, instead do
+
+```bash
+# in one terminal window, run this from from the very root of the Backstage project
+cd packages/backend
+yarn start
+```
+
+## Links
+
+- (Frontend part of the plugin)[https://github.com/spotify/backstage/tree/master/plugins/techdocs]
+- (The Backstage homepage)[https://backstage.io]
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/package.json b/plugins/techdocs-backend/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0ccae9a6f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{
+  "name": "@backstage/plugin-techdocs-backend",
+  "version": "0.1.1-alpha.13",
+  "main": "src/index.ts",
+  "types": "src/index.ts",
+  "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "private": false,
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "access": "public",
+    "main": "dist/index.cjs.js",
+    "types": "dist/index.d.ts"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "start": "backstage-cli backend:dev",
+    "build": "backstage-cli backend:build",
+    "lint": "backstage-cli lint",
+    "test": "backstage-cli test",
+    "prepack": "backstage-cli prepack",
+    "postpack": "backstage-cli postpack",
+    "clean": "backstage-cli clean"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@backstage/backend-common": "^0.1.1-alpha.12",
+    "@types/express": "^4.17.6",
+    "express": "^4.17.1",
+    "express-promise-router": "^3.0.3",
+    "knex": "^0.21.1",
+    "winston": "^3.2.1"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@backstage/cli": "^0.1.1-alpha.12",
+    "supertest": "^4.0.2"
+  },
+  "files": [
+    "dist"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/index.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7612c392a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+export * from './service/router';
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/router.test.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/router.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f4dbb706fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/router.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * 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 { getVoidLogger } from '@backstage/backend-common';
+import express from 'express';
+import request from 'supertest';
+import { createRouter } from './router';
+
+describe('createRouter', () => {
+  let app: express.Express;
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    const router = await createRouter({
+      logger: getVoidLogger(),
+    });
+    app = express().use(router);
+  });
+
+  describe('GET /', () => {
+    it('does not explode', async () => {
+      const response = await request(app).get('/');
+
+      expect(response.status).toEqual(200);
+      expect(response.text).toEqual('Hello TechDocs Backend');
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/router.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/router.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7c91dd4ef7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/router.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * 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 { Logger } from 'winston';
+import Router from 'express-promise-router';
+import express from 'express';
+import Knex from 'knex';
+
+type RouterOptions = {
+  logger: Logger;
+  database?: Knex; // TODO: Make database required when we're implementing database stuff.
+};
+
+export async function createRouter({}: RouterOptions): Promise<express.Router> {
+  const router = Router();
+
+  router.get('/', (_, res) => {
+    res.status(200).send('Hello TechDocs Backend');
+  });
+
+  return router;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/standaloneServer.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/standaloneServer.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09acfc9e27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/standaloneServer.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * 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 { createServiceBuilder } from '@backstage/backend-common';
+import { Server } from 'http';
+import { Logger } from 'winston';
+import { createRouter } from './router';
+
+export interface ServerOptions {
+  port: number;
+  enableCors: boolean;
+  logger: Logger;
+}
+
+export async function startStandaloneServer(
+  options: ServerOptions,
+): Promise<Server> {
+  const logger = options.logger.child({ service: 'techdocs-backend' });
+
+  logger.debug('Creating application...');
+
+  logger.debug('Starting application server...');
+  const router = await createRouter({ logger });
+  const service = createServiceBuilder(module)
+    .enableCors({ origin: 'http://localhost:3000' })
+    .addRouter('/techdocs', router);
+  return await service.start().catch(err => {
+    logger.error(err);
+    process.exit(1);
+  });
+}
+
+module.hot?.accept();