diff --git a/meta-selftest/lib/devtool/__init__.py b/meta-selftest/lib/devtool/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/meta-selftest/lib/devtool/test.py b/meta-selftest/lib/devtool/test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b7474b5eee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-selftest/lib/devtool/test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import argparse
+
+def selftest_reverse(args, config, basepath, workspace):
+    """Reverse the value passed to verify the plugin is executing."""
+    print args.value[::-1]
+
+def register_commands(subparsers, context):
+    parser_build = subparsers.add_parser('selftest-reverse', help='Reverse value (for selftest)',
+                                         formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter)
+    parser_build.add_argument('value', help='Value to reverse')
+    parser_build.set_defaults(func=selftest_reverse)
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/devtool.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/devtool.py
index e4de309e72..fb46559eec 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/devtool.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/devtool.py
@@ -1015,3 +1015,15 @@ class DevtoolTests(DevtoolBase):
         self.track_for_cleanup(tempdir)
         self.track_for_cleanup(self.workspacedir)
         self.add_command_to_tearDown('bitbake-layers remove-layer */workspace')
+
+    def test_devtool_layer_plugins(self):
+        """Test that devtool can use plugins from other layers.
+
+        This test executes the selftest-reverse command from meta-selftest."""
+
+        self.track_for_cleanup(self.workspacedir)
+        self.add_command_to_tearDown('bitbake-layers remove-layer */workspace')
+
+        s = "Microsoft Made No Profit From Anyone's Zunes Yo"
+        result = runCmd("devtool --quiet selftest-reverse \"%s\"" % s)
+        self.assertEqual(result.output, s[::-1])