diff --git a/build-logic/src/main/kotlin/vb.base-conventions.gradle.kts b/build-logic/src/main/kotlin/vb.base-conventions.gradle.kts
index 377b40a1..0d4094c9 100644
--- a/build-logic/src/main/kotlin/vb.base-conventions.gradle.kts
+++ b/build-logic/src/main/kotlin/vb.base-conventions.gradle.kts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ plugins {
 tasks {
     // Variable replacements
     processResources {
-        filesMatching(listOf("plugin.yml", "fabric.mod.json")) {
+        filesMatching(listOf("plugin.yml", "META-INF/sponge_plugins.json", "fabric.mod.json")) {
             expand("version" to project.version, "description" to project.description, "url" to "https://viaversion.com/backwards")
         }
     }
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ tasks {
 java {
     javaTarget(17)
     withSourcesJar()
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index f32152e1..f5f6243f 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ val main = setOf(
     projects.viabackwardsCommon,
     projects.viabackwardsBukkit,
     projects.viabackwardsVelocity,
+    projects.viabackwardsSponge,
     projects.viabackwardsFabric
 ).map { it.dependencyProject }
 
diff --git a/settings.gradle.kts b/settings.gradle.kts
index c6d9406c..312d288c 100644
--- a/settings.gradle.kts
+++ b/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ includeBuild("build-logic")
 setupViaSubproject("common")
 setupViaSubproject("bukkit")
 setupViaSubproject("velocity")
+setupViaSubproject("sponge")
 setupViaSubproject("fabric")
 
 setupSubproject("viabackwards") {
diff --git a/sponge/src/main/resources/META-INF/sponge_plugins.json b/sponge/src/main/resources/META-INF/sponge_plugins.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3490a648
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sponge/src/main/resources/META-INF/sponge_plugins.json
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+{
+  "loader": {
+    "name": "java_plain",
+    "version": "1.0"
+  },
+  "license": "GNU GPLv3",
+  "global": {
+    "version": "${version}",
+    "links": {
+      "source": "https://github.com/ViaVersion/ViaBackwards",
+      "issues": "https://github.com/ViaVersion/ViaBackwards/issues"
+    },
+    "contributors": [
+      {
+        "name": "Matsv",
+        "description": "Maintainer"
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "kennytv",
+        "description": "Maintainer"
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "Gerrygames",
+        "description": "Contributor"
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "creeper123123321",
+        "description": "Contributor"
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "ForceUpdate1",
+        "description": "Contributor"
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "EnZaXD",
+        "description": "Maintainer"
+      }
+    ],
+    "dependencies": [
+      {
+        "id": "spongeapi",
+        "version": "8.0.0"
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "viasponge",
+        "version": "1.1.0"
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "viaversion",
+        "version": "[5.0.4-SNAPSHOT,)"
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  "plugins": [
+    {
+      "id": "viabackwards",
+      "name": "ViaBackwards",
+      "entrypoint": "com.viaversion.sponge.util.DummyEntrypoint",
+      "description": "${description}"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/universal/build.gradle.kts b/universal/build.gradle.kts
index b33b8178..3dbd030c 100644
--- a/universal/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/universal/build.gradle.kts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ dependencies {
     api(projects.viabackwardsBukkit)
     api(projects.viabackwardsVelocity)
     api(projects.viabackwardsFabric)
+    api(projects.viabackwardsSponge)
 }
 
 tasks {