diff --git a/integration-tests/source/systemtest/testcase.py b/integration-tests/source/systemtest/testcase.py
index 98057ed32855f9c67840bcbaddf79fe05bc985e7..7412d672e7e567a375dda8051a7a2e1189103e85 100644
--- a/integration-tests/source/systemtest/testcase.py
+++ b/integration-tests/source/systemtest/testcase.py
@@ -696,13 +696,18 @@ class OpenbisController(_Controller):
         destination = "%s/%s" % (corePluginsFolder, self.instanceName)
         shutil.rmtree(destination, ignore_errors=True)
         shutil.copytree("%s/core-plugins/%s" % (self.templatesFolder, self.instanceName), destination)
+        self.enableCorePlugin(self.instanceName)
+        
+    def enableCorePlugin(self, pluginName):
+        corePluginsFolder = "%s/servers/core-plugins" % self.installPath
         corePluginsPropertiesFile = "%s/core-plugins.properties" % corePluginsFolder
         corePluginsProperties = util.readProperties(corePluginsPropertiesFile)
         enabledModules = corePluginsProperties['enabled-modules']
-        enabledModules = "%s, %s" % (enabledModules, self.instanceName) if len(enabledModules) > 0 else self.instanceName
+        enabledModules = "%s, %s" % (enabledModules, pluginName) if len(enabledModules) > 0 else pluginName
         corePluginsProperties['enabled-modules'] = enabledModules
         util.writeProperties(corePluginsPropertiesFile, corePluginsProperties)
         
+        
     def _setUpStore(self):
         templateStore = "%s/stores/%s" % (self.templatesFolder, self.instanceName)
         if os.path.isdir(templateStore):
diff --git a/integration-tests/test_openbis_sync.py b/integration-tests/test_openbis_sync.py
index 834850e86a25c902f06abc512e85a8f81cfb0eba..dd308f36c1cb949c8cf04f29e9e1519bf709570f 100755
--- a/integration-tests/test_openbis_sync.py
+++ b/integration-tests/test_openbis_sync.py
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ class TestCase(systemtest.testcase.TestCase):
         openbis1.createTestDatabase('openbis')
         openbis1.createTestDatabase('pathinfo')
         openbis1.createTestDatabase('imaging')
+        openbis1.enableCorePlugin("openbis-sync")
 
         '''Copy master data script'''
         filePath = "%s/servers/core-plugins/%s/1/as" % (openbis1.installPath, openbis1.instanceName)