diff --git a/Dalamud/Interface/Internal/Windows/PluginInstaller/PluginInstallerWindow.cs b/Dalamud/Interface/Internal/Windows/PluginInstaller/PluginInstallerWindow.cs
index 05376a770..f21925b5a 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Interface/Internal/Windows/PluginInstaller/PluginInstallerWindow.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Interface/Internal/Windows/PluginInstaller/PluginInstallerWindow.cs
@@ -2186,6 +2186,14 @@ internal class PluginInstallerWindow : Window, IDisposable
                 ImGuiHelpers.SafeTextWrapped(manifest.Description);
             }
 
+            // Working Plugin ID
+            if (this.hasDevPlugins)
+            {
+                ImGuiHelpers.ScaledDummy(3);
+                ImGui.TextColored(ImGuiColors.DalamudGrey, $"WorkingPluginId: {manifest.WorkingPluginId}");
+                ImGuiHelpers.ScaledDummy(3);
+            }
+
             // Available commands (if loaded)
             if (plugin.IsLoaded)
             {
diff --git a/Dalamud/Plugin/Internal/PluginManager.cs b/Dalamud/Plugin/Internal/PluginManager.cs
index c98a6bbfc..58e122c3e 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Plugin/Internal/PluginManager.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Plugin/Internal/PluginManager.cs
@@ -763,8 +763,9 @@ internal partial class PluginManager : IDisposable, IServiceType
     /// <param name="repoManifest">The plugin definition.</param>
     /// <param name="useTesting">If the testing version should be used.</param>
     /// <param name="reason">The reason this plugin was loaded.</param>
+    /// <param name="inheritedWorkingPluginId">WorkingPluginId this plugin should inherit.</param>
     /// <returns>A <see cref="Task"/> representing the asynchronous operation.</returns>
-    public async Task<LocalPlugin> InstallPluginAsync(RemotePluginManifest repoManifest, bool useTesting, PluginLoadReason reason)
+    public async Task<LocalPlugin> InstallPluginAsync(RemotePluginManifest repoManifest, bool useTesting, PluginLoadReason reason, Guid? inheritedWorkingPluginId = null)
     {
         Log.Debug($"Installing plugin {repoManifest.Name} (testing={useTesting})");
 
@@ -851,6 +852,9 @@ internal partial class PluginManager : IDisposable, IServiceType
         // Reload as a local manifest, add some attributes, and save again.
         var manifest = LocalPluginManifest.Load(manifestFile);
 
+        if (manifest == null)
+            throw new Exception("Plugin had no valid manifest");
+
         if (manifest.InternalName != repoManifest.InternalName)
         {
             Directory.Delete(outputDir.FullName, true);
@@ -858,6 +862,11 @@ internal partial class PluginManager : IDisposable, IServiceType
                 $"Distributed internal name does not match repo internal name: {manifest.InternalName} - {repoManifest.InternalName}");
         }
 
+        if (manifest.WorkingPluginId != Guid.Empty)
+            throw new Exception("Plugin shall not specify a WorkingPluginId");
+
+        manifest.WorkingPluginId = inheritedWorkingPluginId ?? Guid.NewGuid();
+
         if (useTesting)
         {
             manifest.Testing = true;
@@ -1040,6 +1049,10 @@ internal partial class PluginManager : IDisposable, IServiceType
     {
         var plugin = metadata.InstalledPlugin;
 
+        var workingPluginId = metadata.InstalledPlugin.Manifest.WorkingPluginId;
+        if (workingPluginId == Guid.Empty)
+            throw new Exception("Existing plugin had no WorkingPluginId");
+
         var updateStatus = new PluginUpdateStatus
         {
             InternalName = plugin.Manifest.InternalName,
@@ -1099,7 +1112,7 @@ internal partial class PluginManager : IDisposable, IServiceType
 
             try
             {
-                await this.InstallPluginAsync(metadata.UpdateManifest, metadata.UseTesting, PluginLoadReason.Update);
+                await this.InstallPluginAsync(metadata.UpdateManifest, metadata.UseTesting, PluginLoadReason.Update, workingPluginId);
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
diff --git a/Dalamud/Plugin/Internal/Types/LocalPlugin.cs b/Dalamud/Plugin/Internal/Types/LocalPlugin.cs
index 5ad09ebc3..115ab0f8d 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Plugin/Internal/Types/LocalPlugin.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Plugin/Internal/Types/LocalPlugin.cs
@@ -158,6 +158,14 @@ internal class LocalPlugin : IDisposable
             needsSaveDueToLegacyFiles = true;
         }
 
+        // Create an installation instance ID for this plugin, if it doesn't have one yet
+        if (this.manifest.WorkingPluginId == Guid.Empty)
+        {
+            this.manifest.WorkingPluginId = Guid.NewGuid();
+
+            needsSaveDueToLegacyFiles = true;
+        }
+
         var pluginManager = Service<PluginManager>.Get();
         this.IsBanned = pluginManager.IsManifestBanned(this.manifest) && !this.IsDev;
         this.BanReason = pluginManager.GetBanReason(this.manifest);
diff --git a/Dalamud/Plugin/Internal/Types/Manifest/ILocalPluginManifest.cs b/Dalamud/Plugin/Internal/Types/Manifest/ILocalPluginManifest.cs
index 97365d1e5..5b147dde1 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Plugin/Internal/Types/Manifest/ILocalPluginManifest.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Plugin/Internal/Types/Manifest/ILocalPluginManifest.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-namespace Dalamud.Plugin.Internal.Types.Manifest;
+using System;
+
+namespace Dalamud.Plugin.Internal.Types.Manifest;
 
 /// <summary>
 /// Public interface for the local plugin manifest.
@@ -16,4 +18,9 @@ public interface ILocalPluginManifest : IPluginManifest
     /// Gets a value indicating whether the plugin should be deleted during the next cleanup.
     /// </summary>
     public bool ScheduledForDeletion { get; }
+    
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets an ID uniquely identifying this specific installation of a plugin.
+    /// </summary>
+    public Guid WorkingPluginId { get; }
 }
diff --git a/Dalamud/Plugin/Internal/Types/Manifest/LocalPluginManifest.cs b/Dalamud/Plugin/Internal/Types/Manifest/LocalPluginManifest.cs
index 4b4bf5d6e..8afbe1aea 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Plugin/Internal/Types/Manifest/LocalPluginManifest.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Plugin/Internal/Types/Manifest/LocalPluginManifest.cs
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ internal record LocalPluginManifest : PluginManifest, ILocalPluginManifest
     /// <inheritdoc/>
     public string InstalledFromUrl { get; set; } = string.Empty;
 
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public Guid WorkingPluginId { get; set; } = Guid.Empty;
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets a value indicating whether this manifest is associated with a plugin that was installed from a third party
     /// repo. Unless the manifest has been manually modified, this is determined by the InstalledFromUrl being null.