diff --git a/packages/app/meta.js b/packages/app/meta.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..527b1c77e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/app/meta.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+const { resolve } = require('path')
+
+module.exports = {
+  appDir: resolve(__dirname, 'dist')
+}
diff --git a/packages/app/package.json b/packages/app/package.json
index a6766c6e9d..a27e327d43 100644
--- a/packages/app/package.json
+++ b/packages/app/package.json
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@
   "repository": "nuxt/framework",
   "license": "MIT",
   "main": "./dist/index.js",
+  "module": "./dist/index.js",
   "files": [
-    "dist"
+    "dist",
+    "meta.js"
   ],
   "scripts": {
     "build": "jiti ../../scripts/build .",
diff --git a/packages/app/src/index.js b/packages/app/src/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a33240b654
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/app/src/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from './index.ts'
diff --git a/packages/nuxt3/src/nuxt.ts b/packages/nuxt3/src/nuxt.ts
index d7f3621140..c16e9d6130 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt3/src/nuxt.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt3/src/nuxt.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { dirname } from 'path'
 import Hookable from 'hookable'
 import { loadNuxtConfig, LoadNuxtConfigOptions, Nuxt, NuxtOptions, installModule } from '@nuxt/kit'
 import { initNitro } from './nitro'
@@ -52,8 +51,8 @@ export async function loadNuxt (loadOpts: LoadNuxtOptions = {}): Promise<Nuxt> {
   })
 
   // Temp
-  // @ts-ignore
-  options.appDir = dirname(require.resolve('@nuxt/app'))
+  const { appDir } = await import('@nuxt/app/meta')
+  options.appDir = appDir
   options._majorVersion = 3
 
   const nuxt = createNuxt(options)