diff --git a/Dalamud/Configuration/Internal/DevPluginSettings.cs b/Dalamud/Configuration/Internal/DevPluginSettings.cs
index 939b03eca..cfe8ba411 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Configuration/Internal/DevPluginSettings.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Configuration/Internal/DevPluginSettings.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+using System;
+
 namespace Dalamud.Configuration.Internal;
 
 /// <summary>
@@ -14,4 +16,9 @@ internal sealed class DevPluginSettings
     /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether this plugin should automatically reload on file change.
     /// </summary>
     public bool AutomaticReloading { get; set; } = false;
+    
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets an ID uniquely identifying this specific instance of a devPlugin.
+    /// </summary>
+    public Guid WorkingPluginId { get; set; } = Guid.Empty;
 }
diff --git a/Dalamud/Plugin/Internal/Types/LocalDevPlugin.cs b/Dalamud/Plugin/Internal/Types/LocalDevPlugin.cs
index 98784ce64..580d5c161 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Plugin/Internal/Types/LocalDevPlugin.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Plugin/Internal/Types/LocalDevPlugin.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
@@ -40,6 +41,22 @@ internal class LocalDevPlugin : LocalPlugin, IDisposable
             configuration.DevPluginSettings[dllFile.FullName] = this.devSettings = new DevPluginSettings();
             configuration.QueueSave();
         }
+        
+        // Legacy dev plugins might not have this!
+        if (this.devSettings.WorkingPluginId == Guid.Empty)
+        {
+            this.devSettings.WorkingPluginId = Guid.NewGuid();
+            Log.Verbose("{InternalName} was assigned new devPlugin GUID {Guid}", this.InternalName, this.devSettings.WorkingPluginId);
+            configuration.QueueSave();
+        }
+        
+        // If the ID in the manifest is wrong, force the good one
+        if (this.DevImposedWorkingPluginId != this.manifest.WorkingPluginId)
+        {
+            Debug.Assert(this.DevImposedWorkingPluginId != Guid.Empty, "Empty guid for devPlugin");
+            this.manifest.WorkingPluginId = this.DevImposedWorkingPluginId;
+            this.SaveManifest("dev imposed working plugin id");
+        }
 
         if (this.AutomaticReload)
         {
@@ -76,6 +93,11 @@ internal class LocalDevPlugin : LocalPlugin, IDisposable
             }
         }
     }
+    
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets an ID uniquely identifying this specific instance of a devPlugin.
+    /// </summary>
+    public Guid DevImposedWorkingPluginId => this.devSettings.WorkingPluginId;
 
     /// <inheritdoc/>
     public new void Dispose()
diff --git a/Dalamud/Plugin/Internal/Types/LocalPlugin.cs b/Dalamud/Plugin/Internal/Types/LocalPlugin.cs
index 115ab0f8d..f7306b5a7 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Plugin/Internal/Types/LocalPlugin.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Plugin/Internal/Types/LocalPlugin.cs
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ namespace Dalamud.Plugin.Internal.Types;
 /// </summary>
 internal class LocalPlugin : IDisposable
 {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The underlying manifest for this plugin.
+    /// </summary>
+#pragma warning disable SA1401
+    protected LocalPluginManifest manifest;
+#pragma warning restore SA1401
+    
     private static readonly ModuleLog Log = new("LOCALPLUGIN");
 
     private readonly FileInfo manifestFile;
@@ -39,8 +46,6 @@ internal class LocalPlugin : IDisposable
     private Type? pluginType;
     private IDalamudPlugin? instance;
 
-    private LocalPluginManifest manifest;
-
     /// <summary>
     /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="LocalPlugin"/> class.
     /// </summary>
@@ -659,9 +664,11 @@ internal class LocalPlugin : IDisposable
         var manifestPath = LocalPluginManifest.GetManifestFile(this.DllFile);
         if (manifestPath.Exists)
         {
-            // var isDisabled = this.IsDisabled; // saving the internal state because it could have been deleted
+            // Save some state that we do actually want to carry over
+            var guid = this.manifest.WorkingPluginId;
+            
             this.manifest = LocalPluginManifest.Load(manifestPath) ?? throw new Exception("Could not reload manifest.");
-            // this.manifest.Disabled = isDisabled;
+            this.manifest.WorkingPluginId = guid;
 
             this.SaveManifest("dev reload");
         }
@@ -686,6 +693,12 @@ internal class LocalPlugin : IDisposable
         });
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Save this plugin manifest.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="reason">Why it should be saved.</param>
+    protected void SaveManifest(string reason) => this.manifest.Save(this.manifestFile, reason);
+
     private static void SetupLoaderConfig(LoaderConfig config)
     {
         config.IsUnloadable = true;
@@ -694,6 +707,4 @@ internal class LocalPlugin : IDisposable
         config.SharedAssemblies.Add(typeof(Lumina.GameData).Assembly.GetName());
         config.SharedAssemblies.Add(typeof(Lumina.Excel.ExcelSheetImpl).Assembly.GetName());
     }
-
-    private void SaveManifest(string reason) => this.manifest.Save(this.manifestFile, reason);
 }