diff --git a/invesalius/inv_paths.py b/invesalius/inv_paths.py
index 96ea744..c1376bb 100644
--- a/invesalius/inv_paths.py
+++ b/invesalius/inv_paths.py
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ OLD_USER_LOG_DIR = OLD_USER_INV_DIR.joinpath("logs")
 
 INV_TOP_DIR = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.parent.resolve()
 
+PLUGIN_DIRECTORY = INV_TOP_DIR.joinpath("plugins") 
+
 ICON_DIR = INV_TOP_DIR.joinpath("icons")
 SAMPLE_DIR = INV_TOP_DIR.joinpath("samples")
 DOC_DIR = INV_TOP_DIR.joinpath("docs")
diff --git a/invesalius/plugins.py b/invesalius/plugins.py
index d04664a..8a36f58 100644
--- a/invesalius/plugins.py
+++ b/invesalius/plugins.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ from pubsub import pub as Publisher
 
 import invesalius.constants as consts
 from invesalius import inv_paths
+from itertools import chain
 
 
 def import_source(module_name, module_file_path):
@@ -44,7 +45,8 @@ class PluginManager:
 
     def find_plugins(self):
         self.plugins = {}
-        for p in sorted(inv_paths.USER_PLUGINS_DIRECTORY.glob("*")):
+        for p in sorted(chain(inv_paths.USER_PLUGINS_DIRECTORY.glob("*"),\
+                inv_paths.PLUGIN_DIRECTORY.glob("*"))):
             if p.is_dir():
                 try:
                     with p.joinpath("plugin.json").open() as f:
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