diff --git a/src/wrapper/clap.rs b/src/wrapper/clap.rs
index 747974f2..cc86a2dc 100644
--- a/src/wrapper/clap.rs
+++ b/src/wrapper/clap.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
-use crate::ClapPlugin;
+mod factory;
 
 /// Re-export for the wrapper.
-pub use ::clap_sys::entry::clap_plugin_entry;
-pub use ::clap_sys::version::CLAP_VERSION;
+pub use self::factory::Factory;
+pub use clap_sys::entry::clap_plugin_entry;
+pub use clap_sys::plugin_factory::CLAP_PLUGIN_FACTORY_ID;
+pub use clap_sys::version::CLAP_VERSION;
+pub use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 
 /// Export a CLAP plugin from this library using the provided plugin type.
 #[macro_export]
@@ -12,6 +15,15 @@ macro_rules! nih_export_clap {
         // `$plugin_ty`, so we need to generate the function inside of this macro
         #[doc(hidden)]
         mod clap {
+            // Because `$plugin_ty` is likely defined in the enclosing scope
+            use super::*;
+
+            // We don't use generics inside of statics, so this lazy_static is used as kind of an
+            // escape hatch
+            ::nih_plug::wrapper::clap::lazy_static! {
+                static ref factory: ::nih_plug::wrapper::clap::Factory<$plugin_ty> = ::nih_plug::wrapper::clap::Factory::default();
+            }
+
             // We don't need any special initialization or deinitialization handling
             pub fn init(_plugin_path: *const ::std::os::raw::c_char) -> bool {
                 nih_log!("clap::init()");
@@ -26,11 +38,16 @@ macro_rules! nih_export_clap {
             pub fn get_factory(
                 factory_id: *const ::std::os::raw::c_char,
             ) -> *const ::std::ffi::c_void {
-                nih_log!("clap::get_factory({:?})", unsafe {
-                    ::std::ffi::CStr::from_ptr(factory_id)
-                });
-
-                std::ptr::null()
+                if !factory_id.is_null()
+                    && unsafe { ::std::ffi::CStr::from_ptr(factory_id) }
+                        == unsafe { ::std::ffi::CStr::from_ptr(
+                            ::nih_plug::wrapper::clap::CLAP_PLUGIN_FACTORY_ID,
+                        ) }
+                {
+                    &(*factory).clap_plugin_factory() as *const _ as *const ::std::ffi::c_void
+                } else {
+                    std::ptr::null()
+                }
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/wrapper/clap/factory.rs b/src/wrapper/clap/factory.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..be9e75f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/wrapper/clap/factory.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+use clap_sys::plugin_factory::clap_plugin_factory;
+use std::marker::PhantomData;
+use std::mem;
+
+use crate::ClapPlugin;
+
+/// The plugin's factory. Initialized using a lazy_static from the entry poiunt's `get_factory()`
+/// function. From this point onwards we don't need to generate code with macros anymore.
+#[doc(hidden)]
+pub struct Factory<P: ClapPlugin> {
+    /// The type will be used for constructing plugin instances later.
+    _phantom: PhantomData<P>,
+}
+
+impl<P: ClapPlugin> Default for Factory<P> {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            _phantom: PhantomData,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<P: ClapPlugin> Factory<P> {
+    pub fn clap_plugin_factory(&self) -> clap_plugin_factory {
+        clap_plugin_factory {
+            get_plugin_count: todo!(),
+            get_plugin_descriptor: todo!(),
+            create_plugin: todo!(),
+        }
+    }
+}