diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/lukebemish/crochet/internal/CrochetPlugin.java b/src/main/java/dev/lukebemish/crochet/internal/CrochetPlugin.java
index 10d6a62..5f9a822 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev/lukebemish/crochet/internal/CrochetPlugin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/lukebemish/crochet/internal/CrochetPlugin.java
@@ -11,13 +11,12 @@
 import org.gradle.api.attributes.MultipleCandidatesDetails;
 import org.gradle.api.attributes.java.TargetJvmVersion;
 import org.gradle.api.logging.configuration.ShowStacktrace;
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.SourceSetContainer;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 
 public class CrochetPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
-    // TODO: re-implement this stuff
-    public static final String LOCAL_RUNTIME_CONFIGURATION_NAME = "localRuntime";
     public static final String TASK_GRAPH_RUNNER_CONFIGURATION_NAME = "crochetTaskGraphRunnerClasspath";
     public static final String TASK_GRAPH_RUNNER_TOOLS_CONFIGURATION_NAME = "crochetTaskGraphRunnerDependencies";
     public static final String DEV_LAUNCH_CONFIGURATION_NAME = "crochetDevLaunchClasspath";
@@ -87,6 +86,9 @@ public void apply(@NotNull Project project) {
         project.getConfigurations().register(TERMINAL_CONSOLE_APPENDER_CONFIGURATION_NAME);
         project.getDependencies().add(TERMINAL_CONSOLE_APPENDER_CONFIGURATION_NAME, "net.minecrell:terminalconsoleappender:" + Versions.TERMINAL_CONSOLE_APPENDER);
 
+        // configurations
+        setupConventionalConfigurations(project);
+
         var extension = project.getExtensions().create("crochet", CrochetExtension.class, project);
 
         project.getGradle().getSharedServices().registerIfAbsent("taskGraphRunnerDaemon", TaskGraphRunnerService.class, spec -> {
@@ -100,6 +102,21 @@ public void apply(@NotNull Project project) {
         applyDisambiguationRules(project);
     }
 
+    private static void setupConventionalConfigurations(Project project) {
+        var sourceSets = project.getExtensions().getByType(SourceSetContainer.class);
+        sourceSets.configureEach(sourceSet -> {
+            var compileClasspath = project.getConfigurations().getByName(sourceSet.getCompileClasspathConfigurationName());
+            var runtimeClasspath = project.getConfigurations().getByName(sourceSet.getRuntimeClasspathConfigurationName());
+
+            var localRuntime = project.getConfigurations().maybeCreate(sourceSet.getTaskName(null, "localRuntime"));
+            runtimeClasspath.extendsFrom(localRuntime);
+
+            var localImplementation = project.getConfigurations().maybeCreate(sourceSet.getTaskName(null, "localImplementation"));
+            compileClasspath.extendsFrom(localImplementation);
+            runtimeClasspath.extendsFrom(localImplementation);
+        });
+    }
+
     private static void applyDisambiguationRules(Project project) {
         project.getDependencies().attributesSchema(attributesSchema -> {
             attributesSchema.attribute(DISTRIBUTION_ATTRIBUTE).getDisambiguationRules().add(DistributionDisambiguationRule.class);
diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/lukebemish/crochet/model/FabricInstallation.java b/src/main/java/dev/lukebemish/crochet/model/FabricInstallation.java
index c4b0c83..da78e12 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev/lukebemish/crochet/model/FabricInstallation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/lukebemish/crochet/model/FabricInstallation.java
@@ -709,6 +709,10 @@ private void forFeatureShared(SourceSet sourceSet, Action<FabricSourceSetDepende
         var modLocalRuntime = project.getConfigurations().maybeCreate(sourceSet.getTaskName("mod", "localRuntime"));
         modLocalRuntime.fromDependencyCollector(dependencies.getModLocalRuntime());
         modRuntimeClasspath.extendsFrom(modLocalRuntime);
+        var modLocalImplementation = project.getConfigurations().maybeCreate(sourceSet.getTaskName("mod", "localImplementation"));
+        modLocalImplementation.fromDependencyCollector(dependencies.getModLocalImplementation());
+        modCompileClasspath.extendsFrom(modLocalImplementation);
+        modRuntimeClasspath.extendsFrom(modLocalImplementation);
         var modImplementation = project.getConfigurations().maybeCreate(sourceSet.getTaskName("mod", "implementation"));
         modImplementation.fromDependencyCollector(dependencies.getModImplementation());
         modCompileClasspath.extendsFrom(modImplementation);
diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/lukebemish/crochet/model/FabricSourceSetDependencies.java b/src/main/java/dev/lukebemish/crochet/model/FabricSourceSetDependencies.java
index e87a1bd..a54de2d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev/lukebemish/crochet/model/FabricSourceSetDependencies.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/lukebemish/crochet/model/FabricSourceSetDependencies.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ public abstract class FabricSourceSetDependencies implements Dependencies {
     public abstract DependencyCollector getModCompileOnlyApi();
     public abstract DependencyCollector getModRuntimeOnly();
     public abstract DependencyCollector getModLocalRuntime();
+    public abstract DependencyCollector getModLocalImplementation();
     public abstract DependencyCollector getModImplementation();
     public abstract DependencyCollector getModApi();
 }