diff --git a/testing/test_config.py b/testing/test_config.py
index 498cbf7eb8b..2e41e407a17 100644
--- a/testing/test_config.py
+++ b/testing/test_config.py
@@ -670,6 +670,28 @@ def distributions():
     assert has_loaded == should_load
 
 
+def test_plugin_loading_order(testdir):
+    p1 = testdir.makepyfile(
+        """
+        def test_terminal_plugin(request):
+            import myplugin
+            assert myplugin.terminal_plugin
+        """,
+        **{
+            "myplugin": """
+            terminal_plugin = False
+
+            def pytest_configure(config):
+                global terminal_plugin
+                terminal_plugin = config.pluginmanager.get_plugin("terminalreporter")
+            """
+        }
+    )
+    testdir.syspathinsert()
+    result = testdir.runpytest("-p", "myplugin", str(p1))
+    assert result.ret == 0
+
+
 def test_cmdline_processargs_simple(testdir):
     testdir.makeconftest(
         """