diff --git a/lib/puppet/resource_api/transport.rb b/lib/puppet/resource_api/transport.rb
index adb9df63..7365ee57 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/resource_api/transport.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/resource_api/transport.rb
@@ -20,11 +20,35 @@ def register(schema)
   module_function :register # rubocop:disable Style/AccessModifierDeclarations
 
   # retrieve a Hash of transport schemas, keyed by their name.
+  # Only already loaded transports are returned.
   def list
     Marshal.load(Marshal.dump(transports))
   end
   module_function :list # rubocop:disable Style/AccessModifierDeclarations
 
+  # retrieve a Hash of transport schemas, keyed by their name.
+  # This uses the Puppet autoloader, provide a  environment name as `force_environment`
+  # to choose where to load from.
+  # @api private
+  def list_all_transports(force_environment)
+    env = Puppet.lookup(:environments).get!(force_environment)
+    Puppet.override({ current_environment: env }, 'current env for list_all_transports') do
+      load_all_schemas
+      Marshal.load(Marshal.dump(transports))
+    end
+  end
+  module_function :list_all_transports # rubocop:disable Style/AccessModifierDeclarations
+
+  # Loads all schemas using the Puppet Autoloader.
+  def self.load_all_schemas
+    require 'puppet'
+    require 'puppet/settings'
+    require 'puppet/util/autoload'
+    @autoloader ||= Puppet::Util::Autoload.new(self, 'puppet/transport/schema')
+    @autoloader.loadall(Puppet.lookup(:current_environment))
+  end
+  private_class_method :load_all_schemas
+
   def connect(name, connection_info)
     validate(name, connection_info)
     require "puppet/transport/#{name}"
diff --git a/spec/integration/resource_api/transport_spec.rb b/spec/integration/resource_api/transport_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fadfda3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/integration/resource_api/transport_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe 'Resource API Transport integration tests:' do
+  describe '#list_all_transports' do
+    subject(:transports) { Puppet::ResourceApi::Transport.list_all_transports('rp_env') }
+
+    it 'can be called twice' do
+      expect {
+        Puppet::ResourceApi::Transport.list_all_transports('rp_env')
+        Puppet::ResourceApi::Transport.list_all_transports('rp_env')
+      }.not_to raise_error
+    end
+
+    it 'loads all transports' do
+      expect(transports).to have_key 'test_device'
+      expect(transports).to have_key 'test_device_sensitive'
+      expect(transports['test_device']).to be_a Puppet::ResourceApi::TransportSchemaDef
+      expect(transports['test_device'].definition).to include(name: 'test_device')
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/puppet/resource_api/transport_spec.rb b/spec/puppet/resource_api/transport_spec.rb
index 9da781ba..13267ab7 100644
--- a/spec/puppet/resource_api/transport_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/puppet/resource_api/transport_spec.rb
@@ -29,11 +29,6 @@ def change_environment(name = nil)
     Puppet.debug = true
   end
 
-  after(:each) do
-    # reset registered transports between tests to reduce cross-test poisoning
-    described_class.instance_variable_set(:@transports, nil)
-  end
-
   describe '#register(schema)' do
     context 'when registering a schema with missing keys' do
       it { expect { described_class.register([]) }.to raise_error(Puppet::DevError, %r{requires a hash as schema}) }
diff --git a/spec/puppet/resource_api_spec.rb b/spec/puppet/resource_api_spec.rb
index c32eb4f6..0c91edd8 100644
--- a/spec/puppet/resource_api_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/puppet/resource_api_spec.rb
@@ -1847,7 +1847,7 @@ def set(_context, changes) end
   context 'when loading a type with unknown features' do
     let(:definition) do
       {
-        name: 'test_noop_support',
+        name: 'test_noop_support_2',
         desc: 'a test resource',
         features: ['no such feature'],
         attributes: {},
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 90a14eef..763050cb 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require 'bundler/setup'
+require 'rspec-puppet'
 
 RSpec.configure do |config|
   # Enable flags like --only-failures and --next-failure
@@ -14,6 +15,9 @@
   # override legacy default from puppetlabs_spec_helper
   config.mock_with :rspec
 
+  # enable rspec-puppet support everywhere
+  config.include RSpec::Puppet::Support
+
   # reset the warning suppression count
   config.before(:each) do
     Puppet::ResourceApi.warning_count = 0
@@ -26,3 +30,14 @@
 
 # exclude the `version.rb` which already gets loaded by bundler via the gemspec, and doesn't need coverage testing anyways.
 SimpleCov.add_filter 'lib/puppet/resource_api/version.rb' if ENV['SIMPLECOV'] == 'yes'
+
+# configure this hook after Resource API is loaded to get access to Puppet::ResourceApi::Transport
+RSpec.configure do |config|
+  config.after(:each) do
+    # reset registered transports between tests to reduce cross-test poisoning
+    Puppet::ResourceApi::Transport.instance_variable_set(:@transports, nil)
+    if (autoloader = Puppet::ResourceApi::Transport.instance_variable_get(:@autoloader))
+      autoloader.class.loaded.clear
+    end
+  end
+end