diff --git a/.changeset/two-jars-melt.md b/.changeset/two-jars-melt.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d6f0166885
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/two-jars-melt.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-techdocs-backend': minor
+'@backstage/plugin-techdocs-node': minor
+---
+
+Expose an extension point to set a custom build strategy and move `DocsBuildStrategy` and `ShouldBuildParameters` types to `@backstage/plugin-techdocs-node`
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/api-report.md b/plugins/techdocs-backend/api-report.md
index b8974e6d4f..6e2fbc4c53 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-backend/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/api-report.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { CatalogApi } from '@backstage/catalog-client';
 import { CatalogClient } from '@backstage/catalog-client';
 import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 import { DefaultTechDocsCollatorFactory as DefaultTechDocsCollatorFactory_2 } from '@backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-techdocs';
-import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+import { DocsBuildStrategy } from '@backstage/plugin-techdocs-node';
 import express from 'express';
 import { GeneratorBuilder } from '@backstage/plugin-techdocs-node';
 import { Knex } from 'knex';
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { PluginCacheManager } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { PluginEndpointDiscovery } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { PreparerBuilder } from '@backstage/plugin-techdocs-node';
 import { PublisherBase } from '@backstage/plugin-techdocs-node';
+import { ShouldBuildParameters } from '@backstage/plugin-techdocs-node';
 import type { TechDocsCollatorFactoryOptions as TechDocsCollatorFactoryOptions_2 } from '@backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-techdocs';
 import { TechDocsDocument } from '@backstage/plugin-techdocs-node';
 import { TokenManager } from '@backstage/backend-common';
@@ -48,11 +49,7 @@ export class DefaultTechDocsCollator {
 // @public @deprecated (undocumented)
 export const DefaultTechDocsCollatorFactory: typeof DefaultTechDocsCollatorFactory_2;
 
-// @public
-export interface DocsBuildStrategy {
-  // (undocumented)
-  shouldBuild(params: ShouldBuildParameters): Promise<boolean>;
-}
+export { DocsBuildStrategy };
 
 // @public
 export type OutOfTheBoxDeploymentOptions = {
@@ -86,10 +83,7 @@ export type RouterOptions =
   | RecommendedDeploymentOptions
   | OutOfTheBoxDeploymentOptions;
 
-// @public
-export type ShouldBuildParameters = {
-  entity: Entity;
-};
+export { ShouldBuildParameters };
 
 // @public @deprecated (undocumented)
 export type TechDocsCollatorFactoryOptions = TechDocsCollatorFactoryOptions_2;
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/index.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/index.ts
index dc5d87d1b3..cf70db39e8 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/index.ts
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ export type {
   RouterOptions,
   RecommendedDeploymentOptions,
   OutOfTheBoxDeploymentOptions,
-  DocsBuildStrategy,
-  ShouldBuildParameters,
 } from './service';
 
 export {
@@ -41,6 +39,10 @@ export type {
 /**
  * @deprecated Use directly from @backstage/plugin-techdocs-node
  */
-export type { TechDocsDocument } from '@backstage/plugin-techdocs-node';
+export type {
+  DocsBuildStrategy,
+  ShouldBuildParameters,
+  TechDocsDocument,
+} from '@backstage/plugin-techdocs-node';
 
 export * from '@backstage/plugin-techdocs-node';
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/plugin.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/plugin.ts
index 745370b67a..2dcde1a975 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/plugin.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/plugin.ts
@@ -25,9 +25,11 @@ import {
 } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 
 import {
+  DocsBuildStrategy,
   Preparers,
   Generators,
   Publisher,
+  techdocsBuildStrategyExtensionPoint,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-techdocs-node';
 import Docker from 'dockerode';
 import { createRouter } from '@backstage/plugin-techdocs-backend';
@@ -39,6 +41,16 @@ import { createRouter } from '@backstage/plugin-techdocs-backend';
 export const techdocsPlugin = createBackendPlugin({
   pluginId: 'techdocs',
   register(env) {
+    let docsBuildStrategy: DocsBuildStrategy | undefined;
+    env.registerExtensionPoint(techdocsBuildStrategyExtensionPoint, {
+      setBuildStrategy(buildStrategy: DocsBuildStrategy) {
+        if (docsBuildStrategy) {
+          throw new Error('DocsBuildStrategy may only be set once');
+        }
+        docsBuildStrategy = buildStrategy;
+      },
+    });
+
     env.registerInit({
       deps: {
         config: coreServices.rootConfig,
@@ -82,6 +94,7 @@ export const techdocsPlugin = createBackendPlugin({
           await createRouter({
             logger: winstonLogger,
             cache: cacheManager,
+            docsBuildStrategy,
             preparers,
             generators,
             publisher,
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/DocsBuildStrategy.test.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/DefaultDocsBuildStrategy.test.ts
similarity index 96%
rename from plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/DocsBuildStrategy.test.ts
rename to plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/DefaultDocsBuildStrategy.test.ts
index 84bd960f8f..7868135b08 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/DocsBuildStrategy.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/DefaultDocsBuildStrategy.test.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { DefaultDocsBuildStrategy } from './DocsBuildStrategy';
+import { DefaultDocsBuildStrategy } from './DefaultDocsBuildStrategy';
 import { ConfigReader } from '@backstage/config';
 
 const MockedConfigReader = ConfigReader as jest.MockedClass<
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/DocsBuildStrategy.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/DefaultDocsBuildStrategy.ts
similarity index 66%
rename from plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/DocsBuildStrategy.ts
rename to plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/DefaultDocsBuildStrategy.ts
index 42a16234f9..fe0f5206ba 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/DocsBuildStrategy.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/DefaultDocsBuildStrategy.ts
@@ -13,28 +13,13 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
+import {
+  DocsBuildStrategy,
+  ShouldBuildParameters,
+} from '@backstage/plugin-techdocs-node';
 
-/**
- * Parameters passed to the shouldBuild method on the DocsBuildStrategy interface
- *
- * @public
- */
-export type ShouldBuildParameters = {
-  entity: Entity;
-};
-
-/**
- * A strategy for when to build TechDocs locally, and when to skip building TechDocs (allowing for an external build)
- *
- * @public
- */
-export interface DocsBuildStrategy {
-  shouldBuild(params: ShouldBuildParameters): Promise<boolean>;
-}
-
-export class DefaultDocsBuildStrategy {
+export class DefaultDocsBuildStrategy implements DocsBuildStrategy {
   private readonly config: Config;
 
   private constructor(config: Config) {
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/index.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/index.ts
index 7355a34e32..0065e33a2a 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/index.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,3 @@ export type {
   RecommendedDeploymentOptions,
   OutOfTheBoxDeploymentOptions,
 } from './router';
-export type {
-  DocsBuildStrategy,
-  ShouldBuildParameters,
-} from './DocsBuildStrategy';
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/router.test.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/router.test.ts
index 0c049c00f2..224a87cb43 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/router.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/router.test.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import {
 } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { ConfigReader } from '@backstage/config';
 import {
+  DocsBuildStrategy,
   GeneratorBuilder,
   PreparerBuilder,
   PublisherBase,
@@ -32,7 +33,6 @@ import { DocsSynchronizer, DocsSynchronizerSyncOpts } from './DocsSynchronizer';
 import { CachedEntityLoader } from './CachedEntityLoader';
 import { createEventStream, createRouter, RouterOptions } from './router';
 import { TechDocsCache } from '../cache';
-import { DocsBuildStrategy } from './DocsBuildStrategy';
 
 jest.mock('@backstage/catalog-client');
 jest.mock('@backstage/config');
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/router.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/router.ts
index 855d8b02f4..734c1f40de 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/router.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/service/router.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { stringifyEntityRef } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 import { NotFoundError } from '@backstage/errors';
 import {
+  DocsBuildStrategy,
   GeneratorBuilder,
   getLocationForEntity,
   PreparerBuilder,
@@ -34,10 +35,7 @@ import { ScmIntegrations } from '@backstage/integration';
 import { DocsSynchronizer, DocsSynchronizerSyncOpts } from './DocsSynchronizer';
 import { createCacheMiddleware, TechDocsCache } from '../cache';
 import { CachedEntityLoader } from './CachedEntityLoader';
-import {
-  DefaultDocsBuildStrategy,
-  DocsBuildStrategy,
-} from './DocsBuildStrategy';
+import { DefaultDocsBuildStrategy } from './DefaultDocsBuildStrategy';
 import * as winston from 'winston';
 import { PassThrough } from 'stream';
 
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-node/api-report.md b/plugins/techdocs-node/api-report.md
index 656db6ae36..843190ceb8 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-node/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-node/api-report.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 import { ContainerRunner } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import express from 'express';
+import { ExtensionPoint } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import { IndexableDocument } from '@backstage/plugin-search-common';
 import { Logger } from 'winston';
 import { PluginEndpointDiscovery } from '@backstage/backend-common';
@@ -24,6 +25,12 @@ export class DirectoryPreparer implements PreparerBase {
   shouldCleanPreparedDirectory(): boolean;
 }
 
+// @public
+export interface DocsBuildStrategy {
+  // (undocumented)
+  shouldBuild(params: ShouldBuildParameters): Promise<boolean>;
+}
+
 // @public
 export type ETag = string;
 
@@ -226,9 +233,23 @@ export type ReadinessResponse = {
 // @public
 export type RemoteProtocol = 'url' | 'dir';
 
+// @public
+export type ShouldBuildParameters = {
+  entity: Entity;
+};
+
 // @public
 export type SupportedGeneratorKey = 'techdocs' | string;
 
+// @public
+export interface TechdocsBuildStrategyExtensionPoint {
+  // (undocumented)
+  setBuildStrategy(buildStrategy: DocsBuildStrategy): void;
+}
+
+// @public
+export const techdocsBuildStrategyExtensionPoint: ExtensionPoint<TechdocsBuildStrategyExtensionPoint>;
+
 // @public
 export interface TechDocsDocument extends IndexableDocument {
   kind: string;
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-node/package.json b/plugins/techdocs-node/package.json
index 4ec11fde71..6258e7b9a3 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-node/package.json
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-node/package.json
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
     "@azure/identity": "^3.2.1",
     "@azure/storage-blob": "^12.5.0",
     "@backstage/backend-common": "workspace:^",
+    "@backstage/backend-plugin-api": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/catalog-model": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/config": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/errors": "workspace:^",
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-node/src/extensions.ts b/plugins/techdocs-node/src/extensions.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0de6fa1e27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-node/src/extensions.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * 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 { createExtensionPoint } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
+import { DocsBuildStrategy } from './techdocsTypes';
+
+/**
+ * Extension point type for setting a custom build strategy.
+ *
+ * @public
+ */
+export interface TechdocsBuildStrategyExtensionPoint {
+  setBuildStrategy(buildStrategy: DocsBuildStrategy): void;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Extension point for setting a custom build strategy.
+ *
+ * @public
+ */
+export const techdocsBuildStrategyExtensionPoint =
+  createExtensionPoint<TechdocsBuildStrategyExtensionPoint>({
+    id: 'techdocs.buildStrategy',
+  });
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-node/src/index.ts b/plugins/techdocs-node/src/index.ts
index a2acf84611..0c4b5bb67f 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-node/src/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-node/src/index.ts
@@ -23,3 +23,7 @@
 export * from './stages';
 export * from './helpers';
 export * from './techdocsTypes';
+export {
+  techdocsBuildStrategyExtensionPoint,
+  type TechdocsBuildStrategyExtensionPoint,
+} from './extensions';
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-node/src/techdocsTypes.ts b/plugins/techdocs-node/src/techdocsTypes.ts
index 77436b35d5..6fc3ffc65f 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-node/src/techdocsTypes.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-node/src/techdocsTypes.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { IndexableDocument } from '@backstage/plugin-search-common';
 
 /**
@@ -46,3 +47,21 @@ export interface TechDocsDocument extends IndexableDocument {
    */
   path: string;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Parameters passed to the shouldBuild method on the DocsBuildStrategy interface
+ *
+ * @public
+ */
+export type ShouldBuildParameters = {
+  entity: Entity;
+};
+
+/**
+ * A strategy for when to build TechDocs locally, and when to skip building TechDocs (allowing for an external build)
+ *
+ * @public
+ */
+export interface DocsBuildStrategy {
+  shouldBuild(params: ShouldBuildParameters): Promise<boolean>;
+}
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index fd3b9da734..68ae329efc 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -9770,6 +9770,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@azure/identity": ^3.2.1
     "@azure/storage-blob": ^12.5.0
     "@backstage/backend-common": "workspace:^"
+    "@backstage/backend-plugin-api": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/backend-test-utils": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/catalog-model": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/cli": "workspace:^"