diff --git a/build/templates/UmbracoProject/UmbracoProject.csproj b/build/templates/UmbracoProject/UmbracoProject.csproj
index 2310f789e2..cc8314c2fe 100644
--- a/build/templates/UmbracoProject/UmbracoProject.csproj
+++ b/build/templates/UmbracoProject/UmbracoProject.csproj
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@
             <ExcludeFromSingleFile>true</ExcludeFromSingleFile>
             <CopyToPublishDirectory>Always</CopyToPublishDirectory>
         </None>
+        <None Include="App_Plugins\**\*.*">
+            <ExcludeFromSingleFile>true</ExcludeFromSingleFile>
+            <CopyToPublishDirectory>Always</CopyToPublishDirectory>
+        </None>
         <None Remove="umbraco\Data\**" />
         <None Remove="umbraco\logs\**" />
         <None Remove="umbraco\MediaCache\**" />