diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-2/package.json b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-2/package.json
index 04c1fadeb65e..5fdafe207bda 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-2/package.json
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-2/package.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "solidstart-2",
   "version": "0.0.0",
-  "//": "In the build script, the instrument.server.ts file is copied to the .output/server dir. Ideally, this is done in the SDK.",
+  "//": "Sentry is initialized from server/plugins/sentry.ts, a Nitro plugin. Build-time instrumentation means there is no `--import` preload and nothing to copy into .output.",
   "scripts": {
     "clean": "pnpx rimraf node_modules pnpm-lock.yaml .nitro .output",
-    "build": "vite build && cp src/instrument.server.ts .output/server/instrument.server.mjs",
+    "build": "vite build",
     "preview": "HOST=localhost PORT=3030 vite preview",
-    "start:import": "HOST=localhost PORT=3030 node --import ./.output/server/instrument.server.mjs .output/server/index.mjs",
+    "start": "HOST=localhost PORT=3030 node .output/server/index.mjs",
     "test:prod": "TEST_ENV=production playwright test",
     "test:build": "pnpm install && pnpm build",
     "test:assert": "pnpm test:prod"
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     "@sentry-internal/test-utils": "link:../../../test-utils",
     "@solidjs/meta": "^0.29.4",
     "@solidjs/router": "^1.0.0",
-    "@solidjs/start": "2.0.0-rc.6",
+    "@solidjs/start": "2.0.0",
     "@solidjs/testing-library": "^0.8.10",
     "@testing-library/jest-dom": "^6.4.2",
     "@testing-library/user-event": "^14.5.2",
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-2/playwright.config.mjs b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-2/playwright.config.mjs
index ee2ee42980b8..b52ff06a5105 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-2/playwright.config.mjs
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-2/playwright.config.mjs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { getPlaywrightConfig } from '@sentry-internal/test-utils';
 
 const config = getPlaywrightConfig({
-  startCommand: 'pnpm start:import',
+  startCommand: 'pnpm start',
   port: 3030,
 });
 
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-2/server/plugins/sentry.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-2/server/plugins/sentry.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..afb4cc632949
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-2/server/plugins/sentry.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import * as Sentry from '@sentry/solidstart';
+import { definePlugin } from 'nitro';
+
+// Runs once at server startup. Build-time instrumentation means no `--import` preload is needed.
+export default definePlugin(() => {
+  Sentry.init({
+    traceLifecycle: 'static',
+    dsn: process.env.E2E_TEST_DSN,
+    environment: 'qa', // dynamic sampling bias to keep transactions
+    tracesSampleRate: 1.0, //  Capture 100% of the transactions
+    tunnel: 'http://localhost:3031/', // proxy server
+    debug: !!process.env.DEBUG,
+  });
+});
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-2/src/instrument.server.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-2/src/instrument.server.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index d89f2566f8be..000000000000
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-2/src/instrument.server.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-import * as Sentry from '@sentry/solidstart';
-
-Sentry.init({
-  traceLifecycle: 'static',
-  dsn: process.env.E2E_TEST_DSN,
-  environment: 'qa', // dynamic sampling bias to keep transactions
-  tracesSampleRate: 1.0, //  Capture 100% of the transactions
-  tunnel: 'http://localhost:3031/', // proxy server
-  debug: !!process.env.DEBUG,
-});
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-2/tsconfig.json b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-2/tsconfig.json
index 950c6e08e1ac..3dcf7bfb7398 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-2/tsconfig.json
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-2/tsconfig.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "compilerOptions": {
     "target": "ESNext",
     "module": "ESNext",
-    "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "moduleResolution": "bundler",
     "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
     "esModuleInterop": true,
     "jsx": "preserve",
diff --git a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-2/vite.config.ts b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-2/vite.config.ts
index cd48af8a04db..d3ffd97997a9 100644
--- a/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-2/vite.config.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/e2e-tests/test-applications/solidstart-2/vite.config.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { sentrySolidStart } from '@sentry/solidstart/vite';
 import { solidStart } from '@solidjs/start/config';
 import { nitro } from 'nitro/vite';
 import { defineConfig } from 'vite';
@@ -8,6 +9,13 @@ export default defineConfig({
       appRoot: './src',
       middleware: './src/middleware.ts',
     }),
-    nitro(),
+    sentrySolidStart({
+      org: process.env.E2E_TEST_SENTRY_ORG_SLUG,
+      project: process.env.E2E_TEST_SENTRY_PROJECT,
+      authToken: process.env.E2E_TEST_AUTH_TOKEN,
+      debug: true,
+    }),
+    // `serverDir` defaults to `false`, which skips plugin scanning entirely.
+    nitro({ serverDir: './server' }),
   ],
 });