diff --git a/installation/resource/installer/install.xml b/installation/resource/installer/install.xml
index dd9d8d44fcc31ac0c775c3508735b2aa14a59194..c740bf7139d62bc96090f4fbf6b8aab1b6a71367 100644
--- a/installation/resource/installer/install.xml
+++ b/installation/resource/installer/install.xml
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@
       <description>The openBIS application server</description>
       <file src="@{installer.dist.dir}/openBIS-server" targetdir="$INSTALL_TMPEXTRACT"/>
       <parsable targetfile="$INSTALL_OPENBIS_TMPEXTRACT/service.properties" />
+      <parsable targetfile="$INSTALL_OPENBIS_TMPEXTRACT/core_plugins.properties" />
       <!-- run post installation script for the openBIS server -->
       <executable targetfile="$INSTALL_OPENBIS_TMPEXTRACT/install.sh" stage="postinstall">
         <args>
@@ -154,6 +155,7 @@
       <file src="@{installer.dist.dir}/datastore_server" targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH/servers"/>
       <file src="@{installer.dist.dir}/core-plugins" targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH/servers"/>
       <parsable targetfile="$INSTALL_DSS_PATH/etc/service.properties" />
+      <parsable targetfile="$INSTALL_DSS_PATH/etc/core_plugins.properties" />
       
       <!--  
          Since there is no way to copy all contents of the "data" folder directly to DSS_ROOT_DIR,