diff --git a/inc/plugincontroller.class.php b/inc/plugincontroller.class.php
index 924a475e05a91362d8709cc805c20b98ea53d17a..f12c0826abc19aa2e3715df54d138dea19bc56d1 100644
--- a/inc/plugincontroller.class.php
+++ b/inc/plugincontroller.class.php
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class Doku_Plugin_Controller {
     $dir = $this->get_directory($plugin);
     $file = $component ? "$type/$component.php" : "$type.php";
 
-    if (!include_once(DOKU_PLUGIN."$dir/$file")) {
+    if (!@include_once(DOKU_PLUGIN."$dir/$file")) {
       return null;
     }