2 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/lib/wic/help.py b/scripts/lib/wic/help.py
index 4d342fcf05..1e3d06a87b 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/wic/help.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/wic/help.py
@@ -536,7 +536,8 @@ DESCRIPTION
 
     Source plugins can also be implemented and added by external
     layers - any plugins found in a scripts/lib/wic/plugins/source/
-    directory in an external layer will also be made available.
+    or lib/wic/plugins/source/ directory in an external layer will
+    also be made available.
 
     When the wic implementation needs to invoke a partition-specific
     implementation, it looks for the plugin that has the same name as
diff --git a/scripts/lib/wic/pluginbase.py b/scripts/lib/wic/pluginbase.py
index f74d6430fd..d9b4e57747 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/wic/pluginbase.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/wic/pluginbase.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from wic.misc import get_bitbake_var
 
 PLUGIN_TYPES = ["imager", "source"]
 
-SCRIPTS_PLUGIN_DIR = "scripts/lib/wic/plugins"
+SCRIPTS_PLUGIN_DIR = ["scripts/lib/wic/plugins", "lib/wic/plugins"]
 
 logger = logging.getLogger('wic')
 
@@ -38,10 +38,11 @@ class PluginMgr:
             cls._plugin_dirs = [os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'plugins')]
             layers = get_bitbake_var("BBLAYERS") or ''
             for layer_path in layers.split():
-                path = os.path.join(layer_path, SCRIPTS_PLUGIN_DIR)
-                path = os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(path))
-                if path not in cls._plugin_dirs and os.path.isdir(path):
-                    cls._plugin_dirs.insert(0, path)
+                for script_plugin_dir in SCRIPTS_PLUGIN_DIR:
+                    path = os.path.join(layer_path, script_plugin_dir)
+                    path = os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(path))
+                    if path not in cls._plugin_dirs and os.path.isdir(path):
+                        cls._plugin_dirs.insert(0, path)
 
         if ptype not in PLUGINS:
             # load all ptype plugins