diff --git a/core/modules/migrate/tests/src/Kernel/Plugin/MigrationPluginListTest.php b/core/modules/migrate/tests/src/Kernel/Plugin/MigrationPluginListTest.php
index e0b4175..7ca98b2 100644
--- a/core/modules/migrate/tests/src/Kernel/Plugin/MigrationPluginListTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/migrate/tests/src/Kernel/Plugin/MigrationPluginListTest.php
@@ -64,6 +64,21 @@ public function testGetDefinitions() {
     // All the plugins provided by core depend on migrate_drupal.
     $this->assertEmpty($migration_plugins);
 
+    // Enable a module that provides migrations that do not depend on
+    // migrate_drupal.
+    $this->enableModules(['migrate_external_translated_test']);
+    $migration_plugins = $this->container->get('plugin.manager.migration')->getDefinitions();
+    // All the plugins provided by migrate_external_translated_test do depend
+    // not on migrate_drupal.
+    $this::assertArrayHasKey('external_translated_test_node', $migration_plugins);
+    $this::assertArrayHasKey('external_translated_test_node_translation', $migration_plugins);
+
+    // Disable the test module and the list should be empty again.
+    $this->disableModules(['migrate_external_translated_test']);
+    $migration_plugins = $this->container->get('plugin.manager.migration')->getDefinitions();
+    // All the plugins provided by core depend on migrate_drupal.
+    $this->assertEmpty($migration_plugins);
+
     // Enable migrate_drupal to test that the plugins can now be discovered.
     $this->enableModules(['migrate_drupal']);
     // Set up a migrate database connection so that plugin disocovery works.