diff --git a/tests/meson.build b/tests/meson.build
index 618b1c4..8d94c29 100644
--- a/tests/meson.build
+++ b/tests/meson.build
@@ -12,11 +12,13 @@ test_env = [
 
 test_cflags = [
   '-fPIE',
-  '-DFOR_TESTING',
   '-Wno-error=deprecated-declarations',
   '-DPLUGIN_BUILDDIR="@0@"'.format(full_calls_plugin_builddir),
 ]
 
+test_cflags_with_test_define = test_cflags
+test_cflags_with_test_define +=  [ '-DFOR_TESTING' ]
+
 test_link_args = [
   '-fPIC',
 ]
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ foreach test : tests
   t = executable(name, test_sources,
                  calls_sources, dummy_sources, calls_enum_sources, calls_resources,
                  wl_proto_sources, wayland_sources,
-                 c_args : test_cflags,
+                 c_args : test_cflags_with_test_define,
                  link_args: test_link_args,
                  link_with : calls_vala,
                  dependencies: calls_deps,
@@ -71,5 +73,19 @@ t = executable('manager', test_sources,
                 )
 test('manager', t, env: test_env)
 
+test_sources = [ 'test-plugins.c' ]
+
+t = executable('plugins', test_sources,
+                 calls_sources, calls_enum_sources, calls_resources,
+                 wl_proto_sources, wayland_sources,
+                 c_args : test_cflags,
+                 link_args: test_link_args,
+                 link_with : calls_vala,
+                 dependencies: calls_deps,
+                 include_directories : [
+                   calls_includes
+                 ]
+                )
+test('plugins', t, env: test_env)
 
 endif
diff --git a/tests/test-plugins.c b/tests/test-plugins.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0018c69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test-plugins.c
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 Purism SPC
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0+
+ *
+ * Author: Evangelos Ribeiro Tzaras <evangelos.tzaras@puri.sm>
+ */
+
+#include "calls-provider.h"
+
+#include <gtk/gtk.h>
+#include <libpeas/peas.h>
+
+static CallsProvider *
+get_plugin (const gchar *name)
+{
+  /* This is pretty much a copy of load_plugin () from calls-manager.c */
+  g_autoptr (GError) error = NULL;
+  PeasEngine *plugins;
+  PeasPluginInfo *info;
+  PeasExtension *extension;
+
+  // Add Calls search path and rescan
+  plugins = peas_engine_get_default ();
+
+  // Find the plugin
+  info = peas_engine_get_plugin_info (plugins, name);
+  if (!info) {
+      g_debug ("Could not find plugin `%s'", name);
+      return NULL;
+    }
+
+  // Possibly load the plugin
+  if (!peas_plugin_info_is_loaded (info)) {
+    peas_engine_load_plugin (plugins, info);
+
+    if (!peas_plugin_info_is_available (info, &error)) {
+      g_debug ("Error loading plugin `%s': %s", name, error->message);
+      return NULL;
+    }
+
+    g_debug ("Loaded plugin `%s'", name);
+  }
+
+  // Check the plugin provides CallsProvider
+  if (!peas_engine_provides_extension (plugins, info, CALLS_TYPE_PROVIDER)) {
+    g_debug ("Plugin `%s' does not have a provider extension", name);
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  // Get the extension
+  extension = peas_engine_create_extensionv (plugins, info, CALLS_TYPE_PROVIDER, 0, NULL);
+  if (!extension) {
+    g_debug ("Could not create provider from plugin `%s'", name);
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  g_debug ("Created provider from plugin `%s'", name);
+  return CALLS_PROVIDER (extension);
+}
+
+static void
+test_calls_plugin_loading ()
+{
+  g_autoptr (CallsProvider) dummy_provider = NULL;
+  g_autoptr (CallsProvider) mm_provider = NULL;
+  g_autoptr (CallsProvider) ofono_provider = NULL;
+  g_autoptr (CallsProvider) not_a_provider = NULL;
+
+  dummy_provider = get_plugin ("dummy");
+  g_assert_nonnull (dummy_provider);
+
+  mm_provider = get_plugin ("mm");
+  g_assert_nonnull (mm_provider);
+
+  ofono_provider = get_plugin ("ofono");
+  g_assert_nonnull (ofono_provider);
+
+  not_a_provider = get_plugin ("not-a-valid-provider-plugin");
+  g_assert_null (not_a_provider);
+}
+
+
+gint
+main (gint   argc,
+      gchar *argv[])
+{
+  gtk_test_init (&argc, &argv, NULL);
+
+  /* Add builddir as search path */
+#ifdef PLUGIN_BUILDDIR
+  peas_engine_add_search_path (peas_engine_get_default (), PLUGIN_BUILDDIR, NULL);
+#endif
+
+  g_test_add_func("/Calls/Plugins/load_plugins", test_calls_plugin_loading);
+
+  return g_test_run();
+}