diff --git a/src/Program.spec.ts b/src/Program.spec.ts
index 08f49eac2..831800787 100644
--- a/src/Program.spec.ts
+++ b/src/Program.spec.ts
@@ -1717,6 +1717,51 @@ describe('Program', () => {
 
     describe('transpile', () => {
 
+        it('detects and transpiles files added between beforeProgramTranspile and afterProgramTranspile', async () => {
+            program.setFile('source/main.bs', trim`
+                sub main()
+                    print "hello world"
+                end sub
+            `);
+            program.plugins.add({
+                name: 'TestPlugin',
+                beforeFileTranspile: (event) => {
+                    if (isBrsFile(event.file)) {
+                        //add lib1
+                        if (event.outputPath.endsWith('main.brs')) {
+                            event.program.setFile('source/lib1.bs', `
+                                sub lib1()
+                                end sub
+                            `);
+                        }
+                        //add lib2 (this should happen during the next cycle of "catch missing files" cycle
+                        if (event.outputPath.endsWith('main.brs')) {
+                            //add another file
+                            event.program.setFile('source/lib2.bs', `
+                                sub lib2()
+                                end sub
+                            `);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            });
+            await program.transpile([], stagingFolderPath);
+            //our new files should exist
+            expect(
+                fsExtra.readFileSync(`${stagingFolderPath}/source/lib1.brs`).toString()
+            ).to.eql(trim`
+                sub lib1()
+                end sub
+            `);
+            //our changes should be there
+            expect(
+                fsExtra.readFileSync(`${stagingFolderPath}/source/lib2.brs`).toString()
+            ).to.eql(trim`
+                sub lib2()
+                end sub
+            `);
+        });
+
         it('sets needsTranspiled=true when there is at least one edit', async () => {
             program.setFile('source/main.brs', trim`
                 sub main()
diff --git a/src/Program.ts b/src/Program.ts
index 088ca7d5d..d0d9788c1 100644
--- a/src/Program.ts
+++ b/src/Program.ts
@@ -1267,6 +1267,7 @@ export class Program {
         const editor = new AstEditor();
 
         this.plugins.emit('beforeFileTranspile', {
+            program: this,
             file: file,
             outputPath: outputPath,
             editor: editor
@@ -1288,6 +1289,7 @@ export class Program {
         }
 
         const event: AfterFileTranspileEvent = {
+            program: this,
             file: file,
             outputPath: outputPath,
             editor: editor,
@@ -1316,7 +1318,7 @@ export class Program {
             return collection;
         }, {});
 
-        const entries = Object.values(this.files).map(file => {
+        const getOutputPath = (file: BscFile) => {
             let filePathObj = mappedFileEntries[s`${file.pathAbsolute}`];
             if (!filePathObj) {
                 //this file has been added in-memory, from a plugin, for example
@@ -1330,24 +1332,20 @@ export class Program {
             let outputPath = filePathObj.dest.replace(/\.bs$/gi, '.brs');
             //prepend the staging folder path
             outputPath = s`${stagingFolderPath}/${outputPath}`;
-            return {
-                file: file,
-                outputPath: outputPath
-            };
-        });
+            return outputPath;
+        };
 
-        const astEditor = new AstEditor();
+        const processedFiles = new Set<File>();
 
-        this.plugins.emit('beforeProgramTranspile', this, entries, astEditor);
+        const transpileFile = async (file: BscFile, outputPath?: string) => {
+            //mark this file as processed so we don't do it again
+            processedFiles.add(file);
 
-        const promises = entries.map(async (entry) => {
             //skip transpiling typedef files
-            if (isBrsFile(entry.file) && entry.file.isTypedef) {
+            if (isBrsFile(file) && file.isTypedef) {
                 return;
             }
 
-            const { file, outputPath } = entry;
-
             const fileTranspileResult = this._getTranspiledFileContents(file, outputPath);
 
             //make sure the full dir path exists
@@ -1366,14 +1364,48 @@ export class Program {
                 const typedefPath = outputPath.replace(/\.brs$/i, '.d.bs');
                 await fsExtra.writeFile(typedefPath, fileTranspileResult.typedef);
             }
+        };
+
+        const entries = Object.values(this.files).map(file => {
+            return {
+                file: file,
+                outputPath: getOutputPath(file)
+            };
+        });
+
+        const astEditor = new AstEditor();
+
+        this.plugins.emit('beforeProgramTranspile', this, entries, astEditor);
+
+        let promises = entries.map(async (entry) => {
+            return transpileFile(entry.file, entry.outputPath);
         });
 
         //if there's no bslib file already loaded into the program, copy it to the staging directory
-        if (!this.getFileByPkgPath(bslibAliasedRokuModulesPkgPath) && !this.getFileByPkgPath(s`source/bslib.brs`)) {
+        if (!this.getFile(bslibAliasedRokuModulesPkgPath) && !this.getFile(s`source/bslib.brs`)) {
             promises.push(util.copyBslibToStaging(stagingFolderPath));
         }
         await Promise.all(promises);
 
+        //transpile any new files that plugins added since the start of this transpile process
+        do {
+            promises = [];
+            for (const key in this.files) {
+                const file = this.files[key];
+                //this is a new file
+                if (!processedFiles.has(file)) {
+                    promises.push(
+                        transpileFile(file, getOutputPath(file))
+                    );
+                }
+            }
+            if (promises.length > 0) {
+                this.logger.info(`Transpiling ${promises.length} new files`);
+                await Promise.all(promises);
+            }
+        }
+        while (promises.length > 0);
+
         this.plugins.emit('afterProgramTranspile', this, entries, astEditor);
         astEditor.undoAll();
     }
diff --git a/src/interfaces.ts b/src/interfaces.ts
index d97161fbe..dd1d82261 100644
--- a/src/interfaces.ts
+++ b/src/interfaces.ts
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ export interface OnScopeValidateEvent {
 export type Editor = Pick<AstEditor, 'addToArray' | 'hasChanges' | 'removeFromArray' | 'setArrayValue' | 'setProperty' | 'overrideTranspileResult'>;
 
 export interface BeforeFileTranspileEvent<TFile extends BscFile = BscFile> {
+    program: Program;
     file: TFile;
     outputPath: string;
     /**
@@ -276,6 +277,10 @@ export interface BeforeFileTranspileEvent<TFile extends BscFile = BscFile> {
 }
 
 export interface AfterFileTranspileEvent<TFile extends BscFile = BscFile> {
+    /**
+     * The program this event was triggered for
+     */
+    program: Program;
     file: TFile;
     outputPath: string;
     /**