diff --git a/.changeset/heavy-kids-heal.md b/.changeset/heavy-kids-heal.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..41a1f5824d8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/heavy-kids-heal.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'astro': minor
+---
+
+Expose the manifest to plugins via the astro:ssr-manifest virtual module
diff --git a/packages/astro/client-base.d.ts b/packages/astro/client-base.d.ts
index 33ff9cef7c99..5e03583bbb07 100644
--- a/packages/astro/client-base.d.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/client-base.d.ts
@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@ declare module '*.mdx' {
 	export default load;
 }
 
+declare module 'astro:ssr-manifest' {
+	export const manifest: import('./dist/@types/astro').SSRManifest;
+}
+
 // Everything below are Vite's types (apart from image types, which are in `client.d.ts`)
 
 // CSS modules
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/build/plugins/plugin-ssr.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/build/plugins/plugin-ssr.ts
index a49544659adb..9bf7a059f9d1 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/build/plugins/plugin-ssr.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/build/plugins/plugin-ssr.ts
@@ -38,10 +38,12 @@ export function vitePluginSSR(internals: BuildInternals, adapter: AstroAdapter):
 				return `import * as adapter from '${adapter.serverEntrypoint}';
 import * as _main from '${pagesVirtualModuleId}';
 import { deserializeManifest as _deserializeManifest } from 'astro/app';
+import { _privateSetManifestDontUseThis } from 'astro:ssr-manifest';
 const _manifest = Object.assign(_deserializeManifest('${manifestReplace}'), {
 	pageMap: _main.pageMap,
 	renderers: _main.renderers
 });
+_privateSetManifestDontUseThis(_manifest);
 const _args = ${adapter.args ? JSON.stringify(adapter.args) : 'undefined'};
 export * from '${pagesVirtualModuleId}';
 ${
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/create-vite.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/create-vite.ts
index ca4df426e27a..2b540a8486af 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/create-vite.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/create-vite.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import markdownVitePlugin from '../vite-plugin-markdown/index.js';
 import astroScannerPlugin from '../vite-plugin-scanner/index.js';
 import astroScriptsPlugin from '../vite-plugin-scripts/index.js';
 import astroScriptsPageSSRPlugin from '../vite-plugin-scripts/page-ssr.js';
+import { vitePluginSSRManifest } from '../vite-plugin-ssr-manifest/index.js';
 
 interface CreateViteOptions {
 	settings: AstroSettings;
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ export async function createVite(
 			astroContentVirtualModPlugin({ settings }),
 			astroContentImportPlugin({ fs, settings }),
 			astroContentAssetPropagationPlugin({ mode }),
+			vitePluginSSRManifest(),
 			settings.config.experimental.assets ? [astroAssetsPlugin({ settings, logging, mode })] : [],
 		],
 		publicDir: fileURLToPath(settings.config.publicDir),
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-astro-server/plugin.ts b/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-astro-server/plugin.ts
index 9fd2a164583f..b15f98fa8b74 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-astro-server/plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-astro-server/plugin.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ export default function createVitePluginAstroServer({
 						handle: baseMiddleware(settings, logging),
 					});
 				}
-				viteServer.middlewares.use(async (req, res) => {
+				// Note that this function has a name so other middleware can find it.
+				viteServer.middlewares.use(async function astroDevHandler(req, res) {
 					if (req.url === undefined || !req.method) {
 						res.writeHead(500, 'Incomplete request');
 						res.end();
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-ssr-manifest/index.ts b/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-ssr-manifest/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a6cb94915b0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-ssr-manifest/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+
+import type { Plugin as VitePlugin } from 'vite';
+
+const manifestVirtualModuleId = 'astro:ssr-manifest';
+const resolvedManifestVirtualModuleId = '\0' + manifestVirtualModuleId;
+
+export function vitePluginSSRManifest(): VitePlugin {
+	return {
+		name: '@astrojs/vite-plugin-astro-ssr-manifest',
+		enforce: 'post',
+		resolveId(id, parent) {
+			if(id === manifestVirtualModuleId) {
+				return resolvedManifestVirtualModuleId;
+			}
+		},
+		load(id) {
+			if (id === resolvedManifestVirtualModuleId) {
+				return `export let manifest = {};
+export function _privateSetManifestDontUseThis(ssrManifest) {
+  manifest = ssrManifest;
+}`;
+			}
+			return void 0;
+		},
+	};
+}
diff --git a/packages/astro/test/fixtures/ssr-manifest/package.json b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/ssr-manifest/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..95e82614f10c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/ssr-manifest/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "name": "@test/ssr-manifest",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "private": true,
+  "dependencies": {
+    "astro": "workspace:*"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/astro/test/fixtures/ssr-manifest/src/pages/index.astro b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/ssr-manifest/src/pages/index.astro
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f189e711c19a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/ssr-manifest/src/pages/index.astro
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+---
+import { manifest } from 'astro:ssr-manifest';
+---
+<html>
+	<head>
+		<title>Testing</title>
+		<style>
+			body {
+				background: green;
+			}
+		</style>
+	</head>
+	<body>
+		<h1>Testing</h1>
+		<div id="assets" set:html={JSON.stringify([...manifest.assets])}></div>
+	</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/packages/astro/test/ssr-manifest.test.js b/packages/astro/test/ssr-manifest.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cb24e02eacdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/astro/test/ssr-manifest.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+
+import { expect } from 'chai';
+import { loadFixture } from './test-utils.js';
+import testAdapter from './test-adapter.js';
+import * as cheerio from 'cheerio';
+
+describe('astro:ssr-manifest', () => {
+	/** @type {import('./test-utils').Fixture} */
+	let fixture;
+
+	before(async () => {
+		fixture = await loadFixture({
+			root: './fixtures/ssr-manifest/',
+			output: 'server',
+			adapter: testAdapter(),
+		});
+		await fixture.build();
+	});
+
+	it('works', async () => {
+		const app = await fixture.loadTestAdapterApp();
+		const request = new Request('http://example.com/');
+		const response = await app.render(request);
+		const html = await response.text();
+
+		const $ = cheerio.load(html);
+		expect($('#assets').text()).to.equal('["/_astro/index.1bad7273.css"]');
+
+	});
+});
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index ee70ec1a18de..5fd3f986dc1d 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -2410,6 +2410,12 @@ importers:
     dependencies:
       astro: link:../../..
 
+  packages/astro/test/fixtures/ssr-manifest:
+    specifiers:
+      astro: workspace:*
+    dependencies:
+      astro: link:../../..
+
   packages/astro/test/fixtures/ssr-markdown:
     specifiers:
       astro: workspace:*