diff --git a/core/PluginsManager.php b/core/PluginsManager.php
index 6e099f0d787..2f8caad8876 100644
--- a/core/PluginsManager.php
+++ b/core/PluginsManager.php
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ protected static function isManifestFileFound($path)
         return file_exists($path . "/" . MetadataLoader::PLUGIN_JSON_FILENAME);
     }
 
-    protected function isPluginBundledWithCore($name)
+    public function isPluginBundledWithCore($name)
     {
         // Reading the plugins from the global.ini.php config file
         $pluginsBundledWithPiwik = Config::getInstance()->getFromDefaultConfig('Plugins');