diff --git a/lib/plugins/admin.php b/lib/plugins/admin.php
index 770fe582f9193481d5930a6cb58c8fcbb58405bd..59c6377e74e788e4ca32d5a897be6021aea49442 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/admin.php
+++ b/lib/plugins/admin.php
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ class DokuWiki_Admin_Plugin extends DokuWiki_Plugin {
     public function isAccessibleByCurrentUser() {
         global $INFO;
 
+        $data['instance'] = $this;
         $data['hasAccess'] = false;
 
         $event = new Doku_Event('ADMINPLUGIN_ACCESS_CHECK', $data);