diff --git a/lib/api.dart b/lib/api.dart
index 45b2b119..44f7f636 100644
--- a/lib/api.dart
+++ b/lib/api.dart
@@ -227,6 +227,10 @@ class InvenTreeAPI {
 
   int get apiVersion => _apiVersion;
 
+  bool _pluginsEnabled = false;
+
+  bool pluginsEnabled() => supportPlugins() && _pluginsEnabled;
+
   // Getter for server version information
   String get version => _version;
 
@@ -349,6 +353,8 @@ class InvenTreeAPI {
       return false;
     }
 
+    _pluginsEnabled = (data["plugins_enabled"] ?? false) as bool;
+
     /**
      * Request user token information from the server
      * This is the stage that we check username:password credentials!