diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index a0a84196212..e4fbb831d00 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -191,3 +191,10 @@ group :profile do
   # if you need to profile, uncomment out this line
   # gem 'rack-perftools_profiler', require: 'rack/perftools_profiler', platform: :mri_19
 end
+
+# Experiment feature to load gemfiles from plugins
+if ENV['DISCOURSE_PLUGIN_GEMFILES']
+  Dir.glob(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'plugins', '*', "Gemfile")) do |gemfile|
+    eval(IO.read(gemfile), binding)
+  end
+end