diff --git a/ipalib/plugable.py b/ipalib/plugable.py
index 9cf313fa2..a60105a47 100644
--- a/ipalib/plugable.py
+++ b/ipalib/plugable.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class Plugin(object):
 		"""
 		Returns a fully qualified <module><name> representation of the class.
 		"""
-		return '%s.%s' % (
+		return '%s.%s()' % (
 			self.__class__.__module__,
 			self.__class__.__name__
 		)
diff --git a/ipalib/tests/test_plugable.py b/ipalib/tests/test_plugable.py
index 578277871..f529f4c29 100644
--- a/ipalib/tests/test_plugable.py
+++ b/ipalib/tests/test_plugable.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def test_Plugin():
 	api = 'the api instance'
 	p = plugable.Plugin()
 	assert read_only(p, 'name') == 'Plugin'
-	assert repr(p) == '%s.Plugin' % plugable.__name__
+	assert repr(p) == '%s.Plugin()' % plugable.__name__
 	assert read_only(p, 'api') is None
 	raises(AssertionError, p.finalize, None)
 	p.finalize(api)
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def test_Plugin():
 		pass
 	p = some_plugin()
 	assert read_only(p, 'name') == 'some_plugin'
-	assert repr(p) == '%s.some_plugin' % __name__
+	assert repr(p) == '%s.some_plugin()' % __name__
 	assert read_only(p, 'api') is None
 	raises(AssertionError, p.finalize, None)
 	p.finalize(api)