diff --git a/api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/ProxyServer.java b/api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/ProxyServer.java
index 069cfd66b..63904e4c0 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/ProxyServer.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/ProxyServer.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package net.md_5.bungee.api;
 
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.plugin.PluginManager;
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
+import java.io.File;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -221,4 +222,11 @@ public abstract class ProxyServer
      * @return the console command sender of this proxy
      */
     public abstract CommandSender getConsole();
+
+    /**
+     * Return the folder used to load plugins from.
+     *
+     * @return the folder used to load plugin
+     */
+    public abstract File getPluginsFolder();
 }
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/plugin/Plugin.java b/api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/plugin/Plugin.java
index ce3158551..38fe3f6fe 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/plugin/Plugin.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/plugin/Plugin.java
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package net.md_5.bungee.api.plugin;
 
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import lombok.Getter;
+import net.md_5.bungee.api.ProxyServer;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.config.ConfigurationAdapter;
 
 /**
@@ -12,6 +15,8 @@ public class Plugin
 
     @Getter
     private PluginDescription description;
+    @Getter
+    private ProxyServer proxy;
 
     /**
      * Called when the plugin has just been loaded. Most of the proxy will not
@@ -36,13 +41,38 @@ public class Plugin
     {
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Gets the data folder where this plugin may store arbitrary data. It will
+     * be a child of {@link ProxyServer#getPluginsFolder()}.
+     *
+     * @return the data folder of this plugin
+     */
+    public final File getDataFolder()
+    {
+        return new File( getProxy().getPluginsFolder(), getDescription().getName() );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get a resource from within this plugins jar or container. Care must be
+     * taken to close the returned stream.
+     *
+     * @param name the full path name of this resource
+     * @return the stream for getting this resource, or null if it does not
+     * exist
+     */
+    public final InputStream getResourceAsStream(String name)
+    {
+        return getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream( name );
+    }
+
     /**
      * Called by the loader to initialize the fields in this plugin.
      *
      * @param description the description that describes this plugin
      */
-    final void init(PluginDescription description)
+    final void init(ProxyServer proxy, PluginDescription description)
     {
+        this.proxy = proxy;
         this.description = description;
     }
 }
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/plugin/PluginManager.java b/api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/plugin/PluginManager.java
index 772c04904..967280108 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/plugin/PluginManager.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/plugin/PluginManager.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import java.util.jar.JarEntry;
 import java.util.jar.JarFile;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.ChatColor;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.CommandSender;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.ProxyServer;
@@ -24,11 +25,14 @@ import org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml;
  * Class to manage bridging between plugin duties and implementation duties, for
  * example event handling and plugin management.
  */
+@RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class PluginManager
 {
 
     private static final Pattern argsSplit = Pattern.compile( " " );
     /*========================================================================*/
+    private final ProxyServer proxy;
+    /*========================================================================*/
     private final Yaml yaml = new Yaml();
     private final EventBus eventBus = new EventBus();
     private final Map<String, Plugin> plugins = new HashMap<>();
@@ -176,7 +180,7 @@ public class PluginManager
                 Class<?> main = loader.loadClass( desc.getMain() );
                 Plugin plugin = (Plugin) main.getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance();
 
-                plugin.init( desc );
+                plugin.init( proxy, desc );
                 plugins.put( desc.getName(), plugin );
                 plugin.onLoad();
                 ProxyServer.getInstance().getLogger().log( Level.INFO, "Loaded plugin {0} version {1} by {2}", new Object[]
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/BungeeCord.java b/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/BungeeCord.java
index 7a417bfc1..f97d9f3d9 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/BungeeCord.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/BungeeCord.java
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public class BungeeCord extends ProxyServer
      * Plugin manager.
      */
     @Getter
-    public final PluginManager pluginManager = new PluginManager();
+    public final PluginManager pluginManager = new PluginManager(this);
     @Getter
     @Setter
     private ReconnectHandler reconnectHandler;
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ public class BungeeCord extends ProxyServer
     @Setter
     private ConfigurationAdapter configurationAdapter = new YamlConfig();
     private final Collection<String> pluginChannels = new HashSet<>();
+    @Getter
+    private final File pluginsFolder = new File( "plugins" );
 
     
     {
@@ -168,9 +170,8 @@ public class BungeeCord extends ProxyServer
     @Override
     public void start() throws IOException
     {
-        File plugins = new File( "plugins" );
-        plugins.mkdir();
-        pluginManager.loadPlugins( plugins );
+        pluginsFolder.mkdir();
+        pluginManager.loadPlugins( pluginsFolder );
         config.load();
         if ( reconnectHandler == null )
         {