diff --git a/test/install_test.go b/test/install_test.go
index 02c11882a..d8f9be02d 100644
--- a/test/install_test.go
+++ b/test/install_test.go
@@ -35,3 +35,20 @@ func (ts *PackerTestSuite) TestInstallPluginPrerelease() {
 			Assert(ts.T(), MustFail(), Grep("Packer can only install plugin releases with this command", grepStdout))
 	})
 }
+
+func (ts *PackerTestSuite) TestRemoteInstallWithPluginsInstall() {
+	pluginPath, cleanup := ts.MakePluginDir()
+	defer cleanup()
+
+	ts.Run("install latest version of a remote plugin with packer plugins install", func() {
+		ts.PackerCommand().UsePluginDir(pluginPath).
+			SetArgs("plugins", "install", "github.com/hashicorp/hashicups").
+			Assert(ts.T(), MustSucceed())
+	})
+
+	ts.Run("install dev version of a remote plugin with packer plugins install - must fail", func() {
+		ts.PackerCommand().UsePluginDir(pluginPath).
+			SetArgs("plugins", "install", "github.com/hashicorp/hashicups", "v1.0.2-dev").
+			Assert(ts.T(), MustFail(), Grep("Remote installation of pre-release plugin versions is unsupported.", grepStdout))
+	})
+}
diff --git a/test/loading_test.go b/test/loading_test.go
index 20ff7071d..9889410be 100644
--- a/test/loading_test.go
+++ b/test/loading_test.go
@@ -50,13 +50,35 @@ func (ts *PackerTestSuite) TestLoadingOrder() {
 }
 
 func (ts *PackerTestSuite) TestLoadWithLegacyPluginName() {
-	pluginDir, cleanup := ts.MakePluginDir("1.0.0")
+	pluginDir, cleanup := ts.MakePluginDir()
 	defer cleanup()
 
 	plugin := BuildSimplePlugin("1.0.10", ts.T())
 
 	CopyFile(ts.T(), filepath.Join(pluginDir, "packer-plugin-tester"), plugin)
 
+	ts.Run("only legacy plugins installed: expect build to fail", func() {
+		ts.Run("with required_plugins - expect prompt for packer init", func() {
+			ts.PackerCommand().UsePluginDir(pluginDir).
+				SetArgs("build", "templates/simple.pkr.hcl").
+				Assert(ts.T(), MustFail(),
+					Grep("Did you run packer init for this project", grepStdout),
+					Grep("following plugins are required", grepStdout))
+		})
+
+		ts.Run("JSON template, without required_plugins: should say the component is unknown", func() {
+			ts.PackerCommand().UsePluginDir(pluginDir).
+				SetArgs("build", "templates/simple.json").
+				Assert(ts.T(), MustFail(),
+					Grep("The builder tester-dynamic is unknown by Packer", grepStdout))
+		})
+	})
+
+	pluginDir, cleanup = ts.MakePluginDir("1.0.0")
+	defer cleanup()
+
+	CopyFile(ts.T(), filepath.Join(pluginDir, "packer-plugin-tester"), plugin)
+
 	ts.Run("multiple plugins installed: one with no version in path, one with qualified name. Should pick-up the qualified one only.", func() {
 		ts.PackerCommand().UsePluginDir(pluginDir).
 			SetArgs("build", "templates/simple.pkr.hcl").