diff --git a/src/game_features/gameplugins.h b/src/game_features/gameplugins.h
index f6382490..3406d91b 100644
--- a/src/game_features/gameplugins.h
+++ b/src/game_features/gameplugins.h
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ class GamePlugins : public details::GameFeatureCRTP<GamePlugins>
   virtual void writePluginLists(const MOBase::IPluginList* pluginList) = 0;
   virtual void readPluginLists(MOBase::IPluginList* pluginList)        = 0;
   virtual QStringList getLoadOrder()                                   = 0;
-  virtual bool lightPluginsAreSupported()                              = 0;
-  virtual bool mediumPluginsAreSupported()                             = 0;
+  virtual bool lightPluginsAreSupported() { return false; }
+  virtual bool mediumPluginsAreSupported() { return false; }
+  virtual bool blueprintPluginsAreSupported() { return false; }
 };
 
 }  // namespace MOBase
diff --git a/src/ipluginlist.h b/src/ipluginlist.h
index 246209ba..28b13f2a 100644
--- a/src/ipluginlist.h
+++ b/src/ipluginlist.h
@@ -213,6 +213,16 @@ class IPluginList
    */
   virtual bool isLightFlagged(const QString& name) const = 0;
 
+  /**
+   * @brief determine if a plugin is flagged as blueprint
+   * @param name filename of the plugin (without path but with file extension)
+   * @return true if the file is flagged as blueprint, false if it isn't OR if the file
+   * doesn't exist.
+   * @note this plugin flag was added in Starfield and signifies plugins that are
+   * hidden in the Creation Kit and removed from Plugins.txt when the game loads a save
+   */
+  virtual bool isBlueprintFlagged(const QString& name) const = 0;
+
   /**
    * @brief determine if a plugin has no records
    * @param name filename of the plugin (without path but with file extension)