diff --git a/docshell/base/nsAboutRedirector.cpp b/docshell/base/nsAboutRedirector.cpp
index e34764ab160e..2803400e62f3 100644
--- a/docshell/base/nsAboutRedirector.cpp
+++ b/docshell/base/nsAboutRedirector.cpp
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@ static RedirEntry kRedirMap[] = {
     "mozilla", "chrome://global/content/mozilla.xhtml",
     nsIAboutModule::URI_SAFE_FOR_UNTRUSTED_CONTENT
   },
-  { "plugins", "chrome://global/content/plugins.html", 0 },
+  {
+    "plugins", "chrome://global/content/plugins.html",
+    nsIAboutModule::URI_MUST_LOAD_IN_CHILD
+  },
   { "config", "chrome://global/content/config.xul", 0 },
 #ifdef MOZ_CRASHREPORTER
   { "crashes", "chrome://global/content/crashes.xhtml", 0 },
diff --git a/toolkit/content/plugins.html b/toolkit/content/plugins.html
index bfd84c79e6c3..e9f1cedd84a9 100644
--- a/toolkit/content/plugins.html
+++ b/toolkit/content/plugins.html
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 <script type="application/javascript">
   "use strict";
 
-  Components.utils.import("resource://gre/modules/AddonManager.jsm");
-
   var Ci = Components.interfaces;
   var strBundleService = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/intl/stringbundle;1"].getService(Ci.nsIStringBundleService);
   var pluginsbundle = strBundleService.createBundle("chrome://global/locale/plugins.properties");
@@ -58,7 +56,7 @@
    */
   navigator.plugins.refresh(false);
 
-  AddonManager.getAddonsByTypes(["plugin"], function (aPlugins) {
+  addMessageListener("PluginList", function({ data: aPlugins }) {
     var fragment = document.createDocumentFragment();
 
     // "Installed plugins"
@@ -215,6 +213,8 @@
 
     document.getElementById("outside").appendChild(fragment);
   });
+
+  sendAsyncMessage("RequestPlugins");
 </script>
 </div>
 </body>
diff --git a/toolkit/mozapps/extensions/AddonManager.jsm b/toolkit/mozapps/extensions/AddonManager.jsm
index 99f790058664..684373a40cb7 100644
--- a/toolkit/mozapps/extensions/AddonManager.jsm
+++ b/toolkit/mozapps/extensions/AddonManager.jsm
@@ -508,6 +508,7 @@ var gHotfixID = null;
 var gShutdownBarrier = null;
 var gRepoShutdownState = "";
 var gShutdownInProgress = false;
+var gPluginPageListener = null;
 
 /**
  * This is the real manager, kept here rather than in AddonManager to keep its
@@ -848,6 +849,13 @@ var AddonManagerInternal = {
           delete this.startupChanges[type];
       }
 
+      // Support for remote about:plugins. Note that this module isn't loaded
+      // at the top because Services.appinfo is defined late in tests.
+      Cu.import("resource://gre/modules/RemotePageManager.jsm");
+
+      gPluginPageListener = new RemotePages("about:plugins");
+      gPluginPageListener.addMessageListener("RequestPlugins", this.requestPlugins);
+
       gStartupComplete = true;
       this.recordTimestamp("AMI_startup_end");
     }
@@ -1059,6 +1067,8 @@ var AddonManagerInternal = {
     Services.prefs.removeObserver(PREF_EM_UPDATE_ENABLED, this);
     Services.prefs.removeObserver(PREF_EM_AUTOUPDATE_DEFAULT, this);
     Services.prefs.removeObserver(PREF_EM_HOTFIX_ID, this);
+    gPluginPageListener.destroy();
+    gPluginPageListener = null;
 
     let savedError = null;
     // Only shut down providers if they've been started.
@@ -1102,6 +1112,24 @@ var AddonManagerInternal = {
     }
   }),
 
+  requestPlugins: function({ target: port }) {
+    // Lists all the properties that plugins.html needs
+    const NEEDED_PROPS = ["name", "pluginLibraries", "pluginFullpath", "version",
+                          "isActive", "blocklistState", "description",
+                          "pluginMimeTypes"];
+    function filterProperties(plugin) {
+      let filtered = {};
+      for (let prop of NEEDED_PROPS) {
+        filtered[prop] = plugin[prop];
+      }
+      return filtered;
+    }
+
+    AddonManager.getAddonsByTypes(["plugin"], function (aPlugins) {
+      port.sendAsyncMessage("PluginList", [filterProperties(p) for (p of aPlugins)]);
+    });
+  },
+
   /**
    * Notified when a preference we're interested in has changed.
    *