diff --git a/lib/discourse_plugin_registry.rb b/lib/discourse_plugin_registry.rb
index 467e7fc42e8..e7274111490 100644
--- a/lib/discourse_plugin_registry.rb
+++ b/lib/discourse_plugin_registry.rb
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ class DiscoursePluginRegistry
       @html_builders ||= {}
     end
 
+    def seed_path_builders
+      @seed_path_builders ||= Set.new
+    end
+
     def vendored_pretty_text
       @vendored_pretty_text ||= Set.new
     end
@@ -136,6 +140,10 @@ class DiscoursePluginRegistry
     self.seed_data[key] = value
   end
 
+  def self.register_seed_path_builder(&block)
+    seed_path_builders << block
+  end
+
   def self.register_html_builder(name, &block)
     html_builders[name] ||= []
     html_builders[name] << block
@@ -146,6 +154,14 @@ class DiscoursePluginRegistry
     builders.map { |b| b.call(ctx) }.join("\n").html_safe
   end
 
+  def self.seed_paths
+    result = SeedFu.fixture_paths.dup
+    unless Rails.env.test? && ENV['LOAD_PLUGINS'] != "1"
+      seed_path_builders.each { |b| result += b.call }
+    end
+    result
+  end
+
   def javascripts
     self.class.javascripts
   end
@@ -190,6 +206,7 @@ class DiscoursePluginRegistry
     asset_globs.clear
     html_builders.clear
     vendored_pretty_text.clear
+    seed_path_builders.clear
   end
 
   def self.setup(plugin_class)
diff --git a/lib/plugin/instance.rb b/lib/plugin/instance.rb
index 721441229f8..ee399c49217 100644
--- a/lib/plugin/instance.rb
+++ b/lib/plugin/instance.rb
@@ -340,6 +340,10 @@ class Plugin::Instance
     seed_data[key] = value
   end
 
+  def register_seed_path_builder(&block)
+    DiscoursePluginRegistry.register_seed_path_builder(&block)
+  end
+
   def register_emoji(name, url)
     Plugin::CustomEmoji.register(name, url)
   end
diff --git a/lib/tasks/db.rake b/lib/tasks/db.rake
index f4ead49abbf..a1d74eff7f2 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/db.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/db.rake
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ end
 
 # we need to run seed_fu every time we run rails db:migrate
 task 'db:migrate', [:multisite] => ['environment', 'set_locale'] do |_, args|
-  SeedFu.seed
+  SeedFu.seed(DiscoursePluginRegistry.seed_paths)
   Jobs::Onceoff.enqueue_all
 
   if Rails.env.test? && !args[:multisite]
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ end
 
 task 'test:prepare' => 'environment' do
   I18n.locale = SiteSetting.default_locale rescue :en
-  SeedFu.seed
+  SeedFu.seed(DiscoursePluginRegistry.seed_paths)
 end
 
 task 'db:api_test_seed' => 'environment' do