diff --git a/Dalamud/Interface/Internal/Windows/PluginInstaller/PluginInstallerWindow.cs b/Dalamud/Interface/Internal/Windows/PluginInstaller/PluginInstallerWindow.cs
index 4948ecbff..bd14d181a 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Interface/Internal/Windows/PluginInstaller/PluginInstallerWindow.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Interface/Internal/Windows/PluginInstaller/PluginInstallerWindow.cs
@@ -2118,6 +2118,11 @@ namespace Dalamud.Interface.Internal.Windows.PluginInstaller
                             this.enableDisableStatus = OperationStatus.InProgress;
                             this.loadingIndicatorKind = LoadingIndicatorKind.EnablingSingle;
 
+                            if (plugin.IsDev)
+                            {
+                                plugin.ReloadManifest();
+                            }
+
                             var enableTask = Task.Run(() => plugin.Enable())
                                                  .ContinueWith(this.DisplayErrorContinuation,
                                                                Locs.ErrorModal_EnableFail(plugin.Name));
diff --git a/Dalamud/Plugin/Internal/Types/LocalPlugin.cs b/Dalamud/Plugin/Internal/Types/LocalPlugin.cs
index 38a0c691e..66ff1cdf1 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Plugin/Internal/Types/LocalPlugin.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Plugin/Internal/Types/LocalPlugin.cs
@@ -288,11 +288,7 @@ internal class LocalPlugin : IDisposable
             if (reloading && this.IsDev)
             {
                 // Reload the manifest in-case there were changes here too.
-                var manifestDevFile = LocalPluginManifest.GetManifestFile(this.DllFile);
-                if (manifestDevFile.Exists)
-                {
-                    this.Manifest = LocalPluginManifest.Load(manifestDevFile);
-                }
+                this.ReloadManifest();
             }
 
             switch (this.State)
@@ -627,6 +623,22 @@ internal class LocalPlugin : IDisposable
         this.SaveManifest();
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Reload the manifest if it exists, preserve the internal Disabled state.
+    /// </summary>
+    public void ReloadManifest()
+    {
+        var manifest = LocalPluginManifest.GetManifestFile(this.DllFile);
+        if (manifest.Exists)
+        {
+            var isDisabled = this.IsDisabled; // saving the internal state because it could have been deleted
+            this.Manifest = LocalPluginManifest.Load(manifest);
+            this.Manifest.Disabled = isDisabled;
+
+            this.SaveManifest();
+        }
+    }
+
     private static void SetupLoaderConfig(LoaderConfig config)
     {
         config.IsUnloadable = true;