diff --git a/examples/webenginewidgets/simplebrowser/main.cpp b/examples/webenginewidgets/simplebrowser/main.cpp
index 750e7ae43b78a8d9616846e2664adde0e1aac442..1d2796b8c58099d344d0bbc46ab6d2378f6fac99 100644
--- a/examples/webenginewidgets/simplebrowser/main.cpp
+++ b/examples/webenginewidgets/simplebrowser/main.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include "browser.h"
 #include "browserwindow.h"
 #include <QApplication>
+#include <QWebEngineSettings>
 
 QString getCommandLineUrlArgument()
 {
@@ -59,6 +60,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     QApplication app(argc, argv);
     app.setWindowIcon(QIcon(QLatin1String(":simplebrowser.svg")));
 
+    QWebEngineSettings::defaultSettings()->setAttribute(QWebEngineSettings::PluginsEnabled, true);
+
     BrowserWindow *window = new BrowserWindow();
     Browser::instance().addWindow(window);