diff --git a/BUILD b/BUILD
index d267107..bad06dc 100644
--- a/BUILD
+++ b/BUILD
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@
 junit_tests(
     name = "plugin_manager_tests",
     srcs = glob(["src/test/java/**/*.java"]),
+    data = ["//:release.war"],
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
-    deps = PLUGIN_TEST_DEPS + PLUGIN_DEPS + [
+    deps = PLUGIN_TEST_DEPS + [
         ":plugin-manager__plugin",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/manager/repository/PluginsRepositoryTest.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/manager/repository/PluginsRepositoryTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7989d4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/manager/repository/PluginsRepositoryTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2019 The Android Open Source Project
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.manager.repository;
+
+import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
+import static java.util.stream.Collectors.toList;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
+import com.google.gerrit.common.Version;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.config.SitePaths;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class PluginsRepositoryTest {
+
+  private static final ImmutableList<String> GERRIT_CORE_PLUGINS =
+      ImmutableList.of(
+          "codemirror-editor",
+          "commit-message-length-validator",
+          "delete-project",
+          "download-commands",
+          "gitiles",
+          "hooks",
+          "plugin-manager",
+          "replication",
+          "reviewnotes",
+          "singleusergroup",
+          "webhooks");
+
+  @Test
+  public void corePluginsRepositoryShouldReturnCorePluginsFromReleaseWar() throws IOException {
+    SitePaths site = new SitePaths(random());
+    PluginsRepository pluginRepo = new CorePluginsRepository(site, new CorePluginsDescriptions());
+
+    Path pathToReleaseWar =
+        Paths.get(System.getenv("TEST_SRCDIR"), System.getenv("TEST_WORKSPACE"), "release.war");
+    if (!pathToReleaseWar.toFile().exists()) {
+      throw new IllegalStateException("Cannot find release.war");
+    }
+    Files.createDirectories(site.bin_dir);
+    Files.createSymbolicLink(site.gerrit_war, pathToReleaseWar);
+
+    Collection<PluginInfo> plugins = pluginRepo.list(Version.getVersion());
+    assertThat(plugins).hasSize(GERRIT_CORE_PLUGINS.size());
+
+    assertThat(plugins.stream().map(p -> p.name).sorted().collect(toList()))
+        .containsExactlyElementsIn(GERRIT_CORE_PLUGINS)
+        .inOrder();
+  }
+
+  private static Path random() throws IOException {
+    Path tmp = Files.createTempFile("gerrit_", "_site");
+    Files.deleteIfExists(tmp);
+    return tmp;
+  }
+}