diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index b765cfccc..f7685f1e7 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -17,17 +17,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/StackExchange/dnscontrol/nameservers"
 	"github.com/StackExchange/dnscontrol/normalize"
 	"github.com/StackExchange/dnscontrol/providers"
+	_ "github.com/StackExchange/dnscontrol/providers/_all"
 	"github.com/StackExchange/dnscontrol/providers/config"
-
-	//Define all known providers here. They should each register themselves with the providers package via init function.
-	_ "github.com/StackExchange/dnscontrol/providers/activedir"
-	_ "github.com/StackExchange/dnscontrol/providers/bind"
-	_ "github.com/StackExchange/dnscontrol/providers/cloudflare"
-	_ "github.com/StackExchange/dnscontrol/providers/gandi"
-	_ "github.com/StackExchange/dnscontrol/providers/google"
-	_ "github.com/StackExchange/dnscontrol/providers/namecheap"
-	_ "github.com/StackExchange/dnscontrol/providers/namedotcom"
-	_ "github.com/StackExchange/dnscontrol/providers/route53"
 )
 
 //go:generate go run build/generate/generate.go
diff --git a/providers/_all/all.go b/providers/_all/all.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..78e80d540
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/_all/all.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+//Package all is simply a container to reference all known provider implementations for easy import into other packages
+package all
+
+import (
+	//Define all known providers here. They should each register themselves with the providers package via init function.
+	_ "github.com/StackExchange/dnscontrol/providers/activedir"
+	_ "github.com/StackExchange/dnscontrol/providers/bind"
+	_ "github.com/StackExchange/dnscontrol/providers/cloudflare"
+	_ "github.com/StackExchange/dnscontrol/providers/gandi"
+	_ "github.com/StackExchange/dnscontrol/providers/google"
+	_ "github.com/StackExchange/dnscontrol/providers/namecheap"
+	_ "github.com/StackExchange/dnscontrol/providers/namedotcom"
+	_ "github.com/StackExchange/dnscontrol/providers/route53"
+)