diff --git a/lib/build.js b/lib/build.js
index 7eb425cf11..f548c28d75 100644
--- a/lib/build.js
+++ b/lib/build.js
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ export async function build () {
     }
   }
   debug(`App root: ${this.srcDir}`)
-  debug(`Generating .nuxt/${this.options.build.buildNamespace ? (this.options.build.buildNamespace + '/') : ''} files...`)
+  debug(`Generating ${this.buildDir} files...`)
   // Create .nuxt/, .nuxt/components and .nuxt/dist folders
   await remove(r(this.buildDir))
   await mkdirp(r(this.buildDir, 'components'))
diff --git a/lib/module.js b/lib/module.js
index 142c7b7b85..4bd726d085 100755
--- a/lib/module.js
+++ b/lib/module.js
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class Module {
     const {dst} = this.addTemplate(template)
     // Add to nuxt plugins
     this.options.plugins.push({
-      src: '~/.nuxt/' + dst,
+      src: path.join(this.nuxt.buildDir, dst),
       ssr: template.ssr
     })
   }
diff --git a/lib/nuxt.js b/lib/nuxt.js
index 39bc7448d2..64fb633b1b 100644
--- a/lib/nuxt.js
+++ b/lib/nuxt.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class Nuxt {
   constructor (options = {}) {
     const defaults = {
       dev: true,
+      buildDir: '.nuxt',
       env: {},
       head: {
         meta: [],
@@ -61,9 +62,6 @@ class Nuxt {
       watchers: {
         webpack: {},
         chokidar: {}
-      },
-      build: {
-        buildNamespace: null
       }
     }
     // Sanitization
@@ -79,8 +77,7 @@ class Nuxt {
     // Explicit srcDir, rootDir and buildDir
     this.dir = (typeof options.rootDir === 'string' && options.rootDir ? options.rootDir : process.cwd())
     this.srcDir = (typeof options.srcDir === 'string' && options.srcDir ? resolve(this.dir, options.srcDir) : this.dir)
-    this.buildDir = (typeof options.build.buildNamespace === 'string' && options.build.buildNamespace)
-                    ? resolve(this.dir, '.nuxt', options.build.buildNamespace) : resolve(this.dir, '.nuxt')
+    this.buildDir = join(this.dir, options.buildDir)
     options.rootDir = this.dir
     options.srcDir = this.srcDir
     options.buildDir = this.buildDir
diff --git a/test/module.test.js b/test/module.test.js
index 7938b317f8..d03cce264f 100755
--- a/test/module.test.js
+++ b/test/module.test.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ test('Vendor', async t => {
 })
 
 test('Plugin', async t => {
-  t.true(nuxt.options.plugins[0].src.startsWith('~/.nuxt/basic.reverse'), 'plugin added to config')
+  t.true(nuxt.options.plugins[0].src.includes('fixtures/module/.nuxt/basic.reverse.'), 'plugin added to config')
   const { html } = await nuxt.renderRoute('/')
   t.true(html.includes('<h1>TXUN</h1>'), 'plugin works')
 })