diff --git a/packages/core/admin/.gitignore b/packages/core/admin/.gitignore
index 356377047f..e0cbf921c6 100644
--- a/packages/core/admin/.gitignore
+++ b/packages/core/admin/.gitignore
@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@ yarn-error.log
 npm-debug.log
 .idea
 .env
+admin/src/plugins-dev.js
+admin/src/plugins.js
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/core/admin/admin/src/index.js b/packages/core/admin/admin/src/index.js
index 694d7de2b6..2b19ff70a3 100644
--- a/packages/core/admin/admin/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/core/admin/admin/src/index.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
 import { Components, Fields, Middlewares, Reducers } from './core/apis';
 import { axiosInstance } from './core/utils';
 import appCustomisations from './app';
+// eslint-disable-next-line import/extensions
 import plugins from './plugins';
 import appReducers from './reducers';
 
diff --git a/packages/core/admin/admin/src/plugins.js b/packages/core/admin/admin/src/plugins.js
deleted file mode 100644
index f11d83f2ec..0000000000
--- a/packages/core/admin/admin/src/plugins.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-// // TODO temp file
-import documentationPlugin from '../../../../plugins/documentation/admin/src';
-// import graphqlPlugin from '../../../../plugins/graphql/admin/src';
-// import sentryPlugin from '../../../../plugins/sentry/admin/src';
-import i18nPlugin from '../../../../plugins/i18n/strapi-admin';
-import usersPermissionsPlugin from '../../../../plugins/users-permissions/strapi-admin';
-import ctbPlugin from '../../../content-type-builder/strapi-admin';
-import emailPlugin from '../../../email/strapi-admin';
-import uploadPlugin from '../../../upload/strapi-admin';
-
-const plugins = {
-  '@strapi/plugin-content-type-builder': ctbPlugin,
-  '@strapi/plugin-i18n': i18nPlugin,
-  '@strapi/plugin-email': emailPlugin,
-  '@strapi/plugin-upload': uploadPlugin,
-  '@strapi/plugin-users-permissions': usersPermissionsPlugin,
-  '@strapi/plugin-documentation': documentationPlugin,
-  // '@strapi/plugin-graphql': graphqlPlugin,
-  // '@strapi/plugin-sentry': sentryPlugin,
-};
-
-export default plugins;
diff --git a/packages/core/admin/package.json b/packages/core/admin/package.json
index 8ac7a1c413..696dd3f8cc 100644
--- a/packages/core/admin/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/admin/package.json
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@
   "scripts": {
     "prepublishOnly": "node ./scripts/build.js",
     "test": "echo \"no tests yet\"",
-    "develop": "cross-env NODE_ENV=development webpack serve --config webpack.config.dev.js --progress profile",
-    "develop:ce": "STRAPI_DISABLE_EE=true webpack serve --config webpack.config.dev.js --progress profile",
+    "create:plugin-file": "node ./scripts/create-dev-plugins-file.js",
+    "develop:webpack": "cross-env NODE_ENV=development webpack serve --config webpack.config.dev.js --progress profile",
+    "develop": "yarn create:plugin-file && yarn develop:webpack",
     "analyze:bundle": "ANALYZE_BUNDLE=true webpack --config webpack.config.dev.js",
     "analyze:deps": "ANALYZE_DEPS=true webpack serve --config webpack.config.dev.js --progress profile"
   },
diff --git a/packages/core/admin/scripts/build.js b/packages/core/admin/scripts/build.js
index 04f4e4b00c..664acbeb8f 100644
--- a/packages/core/admin/scripts/build.js
+++ b/packages/core/admin/scripts/build.js
@@ -3,16 +3,28 @@
 const path = require('path');
 const webpack = require('webpack');
 const webpackConfig = require('../webpack.config');
+const {
+  getCorePluginsPath,
+  getPluginToInstallPath,
+  createPluginsFile,
+} = require('./create-plugins-file');
+
+const PLUGINS_TO_INSTALL = ['i18n', 'users-permissions'];
 
 const buildAdmin = async () => {
   const entry = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'admin', 'src');
   const dest = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'build');
+  const corePlugins = getCorePluginsPath();
+  const plugins = getPluginToInstallPath(PLUGINS_TO_INSTALL);
+  const allPlugins = { ...corePlugins, ...plugins };
+
+  await createPluginsFile(allPlugins);
 
   const args = {
     entry,
     dest,
     cacheDir: __dirname,
-    pluginsPath: [path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../..')],
+    pluginsPath: [path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../../packages')],
     env: 'production',
     optimize: true,
     options: {
diff --git a/packages/core/admin/scripts/create-dev-plugins-file.js b/packages/core/admin/scripts/create-dev-plugins-file.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..74d6f50dd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/admin/scripts/create-dev-plugins-file.js
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const { join, resolve, relative } = require('path');
+const { promisify } = require('util');
+// eslint-disable-next-line node/no-extraneous-require
+const glob = promisify(require('glob').glob);
+const fs = require('fs-extra');
+const { getCorePluginsPath, createPluginsFile } = require('./create-plugins-file');
+
+/**
+ * Retrieve all plugins that are inside the plugins folder
+ * @returns Object the plugins
+ */
+const getPluginsPackages = async () => {
+  const pathToPackages = resolve(__dirname, '..', '..', '..', 'plugins', '*');
+  const pluginsPackageDirs = await glob(pathToPackages);
+
+  return pluginsPackageDirs
+    .filter(pluginDir => {
+      return fs.existsSync(join(pluginDir, 'admin', 'src', 'index.js'));
+    })
+    .reduce((acc, current) => {
+      const depName = current
+        .replace(/\\/g, '/')
+        .split('/')
+        .slice(-1)[0];
+
+      const adminEntryPoint = join(__dirname, '..', 'admin', 'src');
+
+      const pathToPlugin = join(relative(adminEntryPoint, current), 'admin', 'src').replace(
+        /\\/g,
+        '/'
+      );
+
+      acc[depName] = pathToPlugin;
+
+      return acc;
+    }, {});
+};
+
+/**
+ * Write the plugins.js file or copy the plugins-dev.js file if it exists
+ */
+const createFile = async () => {
+  const customPluginFile = join(__dirname, '..', 'admin', 'src', 'plugins-dev.js');
+  const pluginFileDest = join(__dirname, '..', 'admin', 'src', 'plugins.js');
+
+  if (fs.existsSync(customPluginFile)) {
+    await fs.copy(customPluginFile, pluginFileDest);
+
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const corePlugins = getCorePluginsPath();
+  const plugins = await getPluginsPackages();
+  const allPlugins = { ...corePlugins, ...plugins };
+
+  return createPluginsFile(allPlugins);
+};
+
+createFile()
+  .then(() => {
+    console.log('plugins.js file created');
+    process.exit();
+  })
+  .catch(err => {
+    console.error(err);
+    process.exit(1);
+  });
diff --git a/packages/core/admin/scripts/create-plugins-file.js b/packages/core/admin/scripts/create-plugins-file.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6008ac084f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/admin/scripts/create-plugins-file.js
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const { join, resolve, relative } = require('path');
+const { camelCase } = require('lodash');
+const fs = require('fs-extra');
+
+const CORE_PLUGINS = ['content-type-builder', 'email', 'upload'];
+
+/**
+ * Retrieve the core plugins path
+ * @returns {Object}
+ */
+const getCorePluginsPath = () => {
+  const corePlugins = {};
+
+  for (const dep of CORE_PLUGINS) {
+    const packageAdminPath = join(__dirname, '..', '..', dep, 'admin', 'src');
+
+    const adminEntryPoint = resolve(join(__dirname, '..', 'admin', 'src'));
+    const pathToPlugin = join(relative(adminEntryPoint, packageAdminPath)).replace(/\\/g, '/');
+
+    corePlugins[dep] = pathToPlugin;
+  }
+
+  return corePlugins;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Retrieve the plugins real path
+ * @param {Object[]} pluginsToInstall array of plugins located in the plugins folder
+ * @returns Object of plugin's paths
+ */
+const getPluginToInstallPath = pluginsToInstall => {
+  const plugins = {};
+
+  for (const dep of pluginsToInstall) {
+    const packageAdminPath = join(__dirname, '..', '..', '..', 'plugins', dep, 'admin', 'src');
+
+    const adminEntryPoint = resolve(join(__dirname, '..', 'admin', 'src'));
+    const pathToPlugin = join(relative(adminEntryPoint, packageAdminPath)).replace(/\\/g, '/');
+
+    plugins[dep] = pathToPlugin;
+  }
+
+  return plugins;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Write the plugins.js file
+ * @param {Object} plugins
+ */
+const createPluginsFile = async plugins => {
+  const pluginFileDest = resolve(__dirname, '..', 'admin', 'src', 'plugins.js');
+
+  const allPluginsArray = Object.entries(plugins).map(([plugin, pluginPath]) => {
+    return {
+      shortName: camelCase(plugin),
+      name: plugin,
+      pluginPath,
+    };
+  });
+
+  const content = `
+// To override this file create a plugins-dev.js one and copy the content of the plugin.js one.
+// When starting the app the script will copy the plugins-dev.js into this one instead.
+${allPluginsArray
+  .map(({ shortName, pluginPath }) => {
+    const req = `'${pluginPath}'`;
+
+    return `import ${shortName} from ${req};`;
+  })
+  .join('\n')}
+
+const plugins = {
+${[...allPluginsArray]
+  .map(({ name, shortName }) => {
+    return `  '${name}': ${shortName},`;
+  })
+  .join('\n')}
+};
+  
+export default plugins;
+`;
+
+  return fs.writeFile(pluginFileDest, content);
+};
+
+module.exports = {
+  createPluginsFile,
+  getCorePluginsPath,
+  getPluginToInstallPath,
+};