diff --git a/mysql-test/lib/mtr_cases.pm b/mysql-test/lib/mtr_cases.pm
index d2b454014c4..23a9586ff0b 100644
--- a/mysql-test/lib/mtr_cases.pm
+++ b/mysql-test/lib/mtr_cases.pm
@@ -1082,6 +1082,17 @@ sub collect_one_test_case {
     $tinfo->{template_path}= $config;
   }
 
+  if ( $tinfo->{'example_plugin_test'} )
+  {
+    if ( !$ENV{'EXAMPLE_PLUGIN'} )
+    {
+      $tinfo->{'skip'}= 1;
+      $tinfo->{'comment'}= "Test requires the 'example' plugin";
+      return $tinfo;
+    }
+  }
+
+
   # Set extra config file to use
   if (defined $defaults_extra_file) {
     $tinfo->{extra_template_path}= $defaults_extra_file;
@@ -1134,6 +1145,7 @@ my @tags=
  ["federated.inc", "federated_test", 1],
  ["include/not_embedded.inc", "not_embedded", 1],
  ["include/not_valgrind.inc", "not_valgrind", 1],
+ ["include/have_example_plugin.inc", "example_plugin_test", 1]
 );