diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.Common/Api/APISubsetContainer.cs b/BizHawk.Client.Common/Api/APISubsetContainer.cs
index 50c9a89306..e911754846 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.Common/Api/APISubsetContainer.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.Common/Api/APISubsetContainer.cs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 
 namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 {
-	public sealed class APISubsetContainer : IApiContainer
+	public class APISubsetContainer : IApiContainer
 	{
 		public Dictionary<Type, IExternalApi> Libraries { get; set; }
 
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/Api/ApiContainer.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/Api/ApiContainer.cs
index 67ae26a448..39437d60d2 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/Api/ApiContainer.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/Api/ApiContainer.cs
@@ -1,33 +1,18 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Reflection;
-using System.Linq;
 
-using BizHawk.Client.ApiHawk;
 using BizHawk.Client.Common;
 
 namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 {
-	public sealed class ApiContainer : IApiContainer
+	public sealed class ApiContainer : APISubsetContainer
 	{
-		public IComm Comm => (IComm)Libraries[typeof(CommApi)];
-		public IEmu Emu => (IEmu)Libraries[typeof(EmuApi)];
-		public IGameInfo GameInfo => (IGameInfo)Libraries[typeof(GameInfoApi)];
-		public IGui Gui => (IGui)Libraries[typeof(GuiApi)];
-		public IInput Input => (IInput)Libraries[typeof(InputApi)];
-		public IJoypad Joypad => (IJoypad)Libraries[typeof(JoypadApi)];
-		public IMem Mem => (IMem)Libraries[typeof(MemApi)];
-		public IMemEvents MemEvents => (IMemEvents)Libraries[typeof(MemEventsApi)];
-		public IMemorySaveState MemorySaveState => (IMemorySaveState)Libraries[typeof(MemorySaveStateApi)];
-		public IInputMovie Movie => (IInputMovie)Libraries[typeof(MovieApi)];
-		public ISaveState SaveState => (ISaveState)Libraries[typeof(SaveStateApi)];
-		public ISql Sql => (ISql)Libraries[typeof(SqlApi)];
-		public ITool Tool => (ITool)Libraries[typeof(ToolApi)];
-		public IUserData UserData => (IUserData)Libraries[typeof(UserDataApi)];
-		public Dictionary<Type, IExternalApi> Libraries { get; set; }
-		public ApiContainer(Dictionary<Type, IExternalApi> libs)
-		{
-			Libraries = libs;
-		}
+		public IComm Comm => (IComm) Libraries[typeof(CommApi)];
+		public IGui Gui => (IGui) Libraries[typeof(GuiApi)];
+		public IInput Input => (IInput) Libraries[typeof(InputApi)];
+		public ISaveState SaveState => (ISaveState) Libraries[typeof(SaveStateApi)];
+		public ITool Tool => (ITool) Libraries[typeof(ToolApi)];
+
+		public ApiContainer(Dictionary<Type, IExternalApi> libs) : base(libs) {}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk.csproj b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk.csproj
index 9295779bce..0dd94a0568 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk.csproj
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk.csproj
@@ -917,6 +917,7 @@
     <Compile Include="tools\HexEditor\HexFind.Designer.cs">
       <DependentUpon>HexFind.cs</DependentUpon>
     </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="tools\Lua\Libraries\DelegatingLuaLibraryEmu.cs" />
     <Compile Include="tools\Lua\Libraries\EmuLuaLibrary.Client.cs" />
     <Compile Include="tools\Lua\Libraries\EmuLuaLibrary.Communication.cs" />
     <Compile Include="tools\Lua\Libraries\EmuLuaLibrary.Console.cs" />
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Libraries/DelegatingLuaLibraryEmu.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Libraries/DelegatingLuaLibraryEmu.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..25c9a00605
--- /dev/null
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Libraries/DelegatingLuaLibraryEmu.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+using System;
+
+using NLua;
+
+using BizHawk.Client.Common;
+
+namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
+{
+	/// <summary>As <see cref="DelegatingLuaLibrary"/>, but also includes EmuHawk APIs via a <see cref="APIContainer"/>.</summary>
+	public abstract class DelegatingLuaLibraryEmu : DelegatingLuaLibrary
+	{
+		protected DelegatingLuaLibraryEmu(Lua lua) : base(lua) {}
+
+		protected DelegatingLuaLibraryEmu(Lua lua, Action<string> logOutputCallback) : base(lua, logOutputCallback) {}
+
+		public new ApiContainer APIs { protected get; set; }
+	}
+}
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Libraries/EmuLuaLibrary.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Libraries/EmuLuaLibrary.cs
index f89149e2ae..d4be3dfe35 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Libraries/EmuLuaLibrary.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Libraries/EmuLuaLibrary.cs
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 		public EmuLuaLibrary(IEmulatorServiceProvider serviceProvider)
 			: this()
 		{
-			static APISubsetContainer InitApiHawkContainerInstance(IEmulatorServiceProvider sp, Action<string> logCallback)
+			static ApiContainer InitApiHawkContainerInstance(IEmulatorServiceProvider sp, Action<string> logCallback)
 			{
 				var ctorParamTypes = new[] { typeof(Action<string>) };
 				var ctorParams = new object[] { logCallback };
 				var libDict = new Dictionary<Type, IExternalApi>();
-				foreach (var api in Assembly.Load("BizHawk.Client.ApiHawk").GetTypes()
-					.Concat(Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(APISubsetContainer)).GetTypes())
+				foreach (var api in Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(EmuApi)).GetTypes()
+					.Concat(Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(ToolApi)).GetTypes())
 					.Where(t => t.IsSealed && typeof(IExternalApi).IsAssignableFrom(t) && ServiceInjector.IsAvailable(sp, t)))
 				{
 					var ctorWithParams = api.GetConstructor(ctorParamTypes);
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 					ServiceInjector.UpdateServices(sp, instance);
 					libDict.Add(api, instance);
 				}
-				return ApiHawkContainerInstance = new APISubsetContainer(libDict);
+				return ApiHawkContainerInstance = new ApiContainer(libDict);
 			}
 
 			LuaWait = new AutoResetEvent(false);
@@ -73,8 +73,11 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 					instance.LuaRegister(lib, Docs);
 					instance.LogOutputCallback = ConsoleLuaLibrary.LogOutput;
 					ServiceInjector.UpdateServices(serviceProvider, instance);
-					if (instance is DelegatingLuaLibrary dlgInstance)
-						dlgInstance.APIs = ApiHawkContainerInstance ?? InitApiHawkContainerInstance(serviceProvider, ConsoleLuaLibrary.LogOutput);
+
+					ApiHawkContainerInstance ??= InitApiHawkContainerInstance(serviceProvider, ConsoleLuaLibrary.LogOutput);
+					if (instance is DelegatingLuaLibraryEmu dlgInstanceEmu) dlgInstanceEmu.APIs = ApiHawkContainerInstance; // this is necessary as the property has the `new` modifier
+					else if (instance is DelegatingLuaLibrary dlgInstance) dlgInstance.APIs = ApiHawkContainerInstance;
+
 					Libraries.Add(lib, instance);
 				}
 			}
@@ -98,7 +101,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 		}
 
 		/// <remarks>lazily instantiated</remarks>
-		private static APISubsetContainer ApiHawkContainerInstance;
+		private static ApiContainer ApiHawkContainerInstance;
 
 		private Lua _lua = new Lua();
 		private Lua _currThread;