diff --git a/public/app/features/plugins/plugin_loader.ts b/public/app/features/plugins/plugin_loader.ts
index 13325e9ddb0..2c6804e9f3d 100644
--- a/public/app/features/plugins/plugin_loader.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/plugins/plugin_loader.ts
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ exposeToPlugin('react-router-dom', reactRouter);
 exposeToPlugin('prismjs', prismjs);
 exposeToPlugin('slate', slate);
 exposeToPlugin('slate-react', slateReact);
+exposeToPlugin('@grafana/slate-react', slateReact); // for backwards compatibility with older plugins
 exposeToPlugin('slate-plain-serializer', slatePlain);
 exposeToPlugin('react', react);
 exposeToPlugin('react-dom', reactDom);