diff --git a/examples/qml/qml.pro b/examples/qml/qml.pro
index 34b2622b98..8d9cca047f 100644
--- a/examples/qml/qml.pro
+++ b/examples/qml/qml.pro
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ TEMPLATE = subdirs
 qtHaveModule(quick): SUBDIRS += networkaccessmanagerfactory xmlhttprequest
 
 SUBDIRS += \
-          plugins \
+          qmlextensionplugins \
           referenceexamples \
           shell
 
diff --git a/examples/qml/plugins/doc/images/qml-plugins-example.png b/examples/qml/qmlextensionplugins/doc/images/qml-plugins-example.png
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/qml/plugins/doc/images/qml-plugins-example.png
rename to examples/qml/qmlextensionplugins/doc/images/qml-plugins-example.png
diff --git a/examples/qml/plugins/doc/src/qmlpluginex.qdoc b/examples/qml/qmlextensionplugins/doc/src/qmlpluginex.qdoc
similarity index 97%
rename from examples/qml/plugins/doc/src/qmlpluginex.qdoc
rename to examples/qml/qmlextensionplugins/doc/src/qmlpluginex.qdoc
index 5ea7237c8f..79a48358c8 100644
--- a/examples/qml/plugins/doc/src/qmlpluginex.qdoc
+++ b/examples/qml/qmlextensionplugins/doc/src/qmlpluginex.qdoc
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 /*!
     \title QML Plugin Example
-    \example plugins
+    \example qmlextensionplugins
 
     \brief This example creates a C++ plugin extension by subclassing QQmlExtensionPlugin.
 
diff --git a/examples/qml/plugins/imports/TimeExample/Clock.qml b/examples/qml/qmlextensionplugins/imports/TimeExample/Clock.qml
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/qml/plugins/imports/TimeExample/Clock.qml
rename to examples/qml/qmlextensionplugins/imports/TimeExample/Clock.qml
diff --git a/examples/qml/plugins/imports/TimeExample/center.png b/examples/qml/qmlextensionplugins/imports/TimeExample/center.png
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/qml/plugins/imports/TimeExample/center.png
rename to examples/qml/qmlextensionplugins/imports/TimeExample/center.png
diff --git a/examples/qml/plugins/imports/TimeExample/clock.png b/examples/qml/qmlextensionplugins/imports/TimeExample/clock.png
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/qml/plugins/imports/TimeExample/clock.png
rename to examples/qml/qmlextensionplugins/imports/TimeExample/clock.png
diff --git a/examples/qml/plugins/imports/TimeExample/hour.png b/examples/qml/qmlextensionplugins/imports/TimeExample/hour.png
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/qml/plugins/imports/TimeExample/hour.png
rename to examples/qml/qmlextensionplugins/imports/TimeExample/hour.png
diff --git a/examples/qml/plugins/imports/TimeExample/minute.png b/examples/qml/qmlextensionplugins/imports/TimeExample/minute.png
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/qml/plugins/imports/TimeExample/minute.png
rename to examples/qml/qmlextensionplugins/imports/TimeExample/minute.png
diff --git a/examples/qml/plugins/imports/TimeExample/qmldir b/examples/qml/qmlextensionplugins/imports/TimeExample/qmldir
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/qml/plugins/imports/TimeExample/qmldir
rename to examples/qml/qmlextensionplugins/imports/TimeExample/qmldir
diff --git a/examples/qml/plugins/plugin.cpp b/examples/qml/qmlextensionplugins/plugin.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/qml/plugins/plugin.cpp
rename to examples/qml/qmlextensionplugins/plugin.cpp
diff --git a/examples/qml/plugins/plugins.qml b/examples/qml/qmlextensionplugins/plugins.qml
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/qml/plugins/plugins.qml
rename to examples/qml/qmlextensionplugins/plugins.qml
diff --git a/examples/qml/plugins/plugins.qmlproject b/examples/qml/qmlextensionplugins/plugins.qmlproject
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/qml/plugins/plugins.qmlproject
rename to examples/qml/qmlextensionplugins/plugins.qmlproject
diff --git a/examples/qml/plugins/plugins.pro b/examples/qml/qmlextensionplugins/qmlextensionplugins.pro
similarity index 64%
rename from examples/qml/plugins/plugins.pro
rename to examples/qml/qmlextensionplugins/qmlextensionplugins.pro
index d86df72962..64fd23af8d 100644
--- a/examples/qml/plugins/plugins.pro
+++ b/examples/qml/qmlextensionplugins/qmlextensionplugins.pro
@@ -16,9 +16,8 @@ pluginfiles.files += \
     imports/TimeExample/minute.png
 
 qml.files = plugins.qml
-qml.path += $$[QT_INSTALL_EXAMPLES]/qml/plugins
-target.path += $$[QT_INSTALL_EXAMPLES]/qml/plugins/imports/TimeExample
-pluginfiles.path += $$[QT_INSTALL_EXAMPLES]/qml/plugins/imports/TimeExample
+qml.path += $$[QT_INSTALL_EXAMPLES]/qml/qmlextensionplugins
+target.path += $$[QT_INSTALL_EXAMPLES]/qml/qmlextensionplugins/imports/TimeExample
+pluginfiles.path += $$[QT_INSTALL_EXAMPLES]/qml/qmlextensionplugins/imports/TimeExample
 
 INSTALLS += target qml pluginfiles
-