diff --git a/cura/CuraApplication.py b/cura/CuraApplication.py
index 43c3d95ed2..71f8993385 100644
--- a/cura/CuraApplication.py
+++ b/cura/CuraApplication.py
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ class CuraApplication(QtApplication):
         if not hasattr(sys, "frozen"):
             self._plugin_registry.addPluginLocation(os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)), "..", "plugins"))
             self._plugin_registry.loadPlugin("ConsoleLogger")
+            self._plugin_registry.loadPlugin("CuraEngineBackend")
 
         self._plugin_registry.loadPlugins()