diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 538f53da4734d..67afb0b317f62 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -11503,6 +11503,7 @@
 				"@wordpress/keycodes": "file:packages/keycodes",
 				"@wordpress/media-utils": "file:packages/media-utils",
 				"@wordpress/notices": "file:packages/notices",
+				"@wordpress/plugins": "file:packages/plugins",
 				"classnames": "^2.2.5",
 				"lodash": "^4.17.19",
 				"rememo": "^3.0.0"
diff --git a/packages/edit-widgets/package.json b/packages/edit-widgets/package.json
index 9ccfa3d13ba3d..221f87e14b7ed 100644
--- a/packages/edit-widgets/package.json
+++ b/packages/edit-widgets/package.json
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 		"@wordpress/keycodes": "file:../keycodes",
 		"@wordpress/media-utils": "file:../media-utils",
 		"@wordpress/notices": "file:../notices",
+		"@wordpress/plugins": "file:../plugins",
 		"classnames": "^2.2.5",
 		"lodash": "^4.17.19",
 		"rememo": "^3.0.0"
diff --git a/packages/edit-widgets/src/components/layout/index.js b/packages/edit-widgets/src/components/layout/index.js
index a9f1f6d95af7b..798fb46072b67 100644
--- a/packages/edit-widgets/src/components/layout/index.js
+++ b/packages/edit-widgets/src/components/layout/index.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import { Popover } from '@wordpress/components';
 import { useSelect } from '@wordpress/data';
 import { InterfaceSkeleton, ComplementaryArea } from '@wordpress/interface';
+import { PluginArea } from '@wordpress/plugins';
 
 /**
  * Internal dependencies
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ function Layout( { blockEditorSettings } ) {
 			/>
 			<Sidebar />
 			<Popover.Slot />
+			<PluginArea />
 		</WidgetAreasBlockEditorProvider>
 	);
 }