diff --git a/libcef/browser/content_browser_client.cc b/libcef/browser/content_browser_client.cc
index e8f95e827..d231b8bf4 100644
--- a/libcef/browser/content_browser_client.cc
+++ b/libcef/browser/content_browser_client.cc
@@ -680,11 +680,17 @@ void CefContentBrowserClient::AppendExtraCommandLineSwitches(
     // Propagate the following switches to the renderer command line (along with
     // any associated values) if present in the browser command line.
     static const char* const kSwitchNames[] = {
-        switches::kDisableExtensions,   switches::kDisablePdfExtension,
-        switches::kDisableScrollBounce, switches::kDisableSpellChecking,
-        switches::kEnableSpeechInput,   switches::kEnableSystemFlash,
-        switches::kPpapiFlashArgs,      switches::kPpapiFlashPath,
-        switches::kPpapiFlashVersion,   switches::kUncaughtExceptionStackSize,
+        switches::kDisableExtensions,
+        switches::kDisablePdfExtension,
+        switches::kDisablePlugins,
+        switches::kDisableScrollBounce,
+        switches::kDisableSpellChecking,
+        switches::kEnableSpeechInput,
+        switches::kEnableSystemFlash,
+        switches::kPpapiFlashArgs,
+        switches::kPpapiFlashPath,
+        switches::kPpapiFlashVersion,
+        switches::kUncaughtExceptionStackSize,
     };
     command_line->CopySwitchesFrom(*browser_cmd, kSwitchNames,
                                    arraysize(kSwitchNames));
diff --git a/libcef/browser/prefs/renderer_prefs.cc b/libcef/browser/prefs/renderer_prefs.cc
index d780d7ca7..68065dd1e 100644
--- a/libcef/browser/prefs/renderer_prefs.cc
+++ b/libcef/browser/prefs/renderer_prefs.cc
@@ -288,6 +288,8 @@ void SetCommandLinePrefDefaults(CommandLinePrefStore* prefs) {
     SetBool(prefs, prefs::kWebKitLoadsImagesAutomatically, false);
   if (command_line->HasSwitch(switches::kDisableTabToLinks))
     SetBool(prefs, prefs::kWebkitTabsToLinks, false);
+  if (command_line->HasSwitch(switches::kDisablePlugins))
+    SetBool(prefs, prefs::kWebKitPluginsEnabled, false);
 }
 
 void RegisterProfilePrefs(user_prefs::PrefRegistrySyncable* registry) {
diff --git a/libcef/common/cef_switches.cc b/libcef/common/cef_switches.cc
index dee4e9288..e4b055223 100644
--- a/libcef/common/cef_switches.cc
+++ b/libcef/common/cef_switches.cc
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ const char kDisableTextAreaResize[] = "disable-text-area-resize";
 // Disable using the tab key to advance focus to links.
 const char kDisableTabToLinks[] = "disable-tab-to-links";
 
+// Disable plugins.
+const char kDisablePlugins[] = "disable-plugins";
+
 // Persist session cookies.
 const char kPersistSessionCookies[] = "persist-session-cookies";
 
diff --git a/libcef/common/cef_switches.h b/libcef/common/cef_switches.h
index 7dd77334a..c56dfb4e9 100644
--- a/libcef/common/cef_switches.h
+++ b/libcef/common/cef_switches.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ extern const char kDisableImageLoading[];
 extern const char kImageShrinkStandaloneToFit[];
 extern const char kDisableTextAreaResize[];
 extern const char kDisableTabToLinks[];
+extern const char kDisablePlugins[];
 extern const char kPersistSessionCookies[];
 extern const char kPersistUserPreferences[];
 extern const char kEnableMediaStream[];
diff --git a/libcef/common/main_delegate.cc b/libcef/common/main_delegate.cc
index 88e77e503..ee8eaed41 100644
--- a/libcef/common/main_delegate.cc
+++ b/libcef/common/main_delegate.cc
@@ -717,7 +717,8 @@ void CefMainDelegate::InitializeResourceBundle() {
       }
     }
 
-    if (extensions::ExtensionsEnabled()) {
+    if (extensions::ExtensionsEnabled() ||
+        !command_line->HasSwitch(switches::kDisablePlugins)) {
       if (base::PathExists(cef_extensions_pak_file)) {
         resource_bundle.AddDataPackFromPath(cef_extensions_pak_file,
                                             ui::SCALE_FACTOR_NONE);
diff --git a/patch/patches/chrome_plugins.patch b/patch/patches/chrome_plugins.patch
index daaf56bbb..4a65f3dc3 100644
--- a/patch/patches/chrome_plugins.patch
+++ b/patch/patches/chrome_plugins.patch
@@ -187,3 +187,21 @@ index 5dc888bfb2df..297737be682e 100644
          break;
        }
        case chrome::mojom::PluginStatus::kComponentUpdateRequired: {
+diff --git chrome/renderer/plugins/chrome_plugin_placeholder.cc chrome/renderer/plugins/chrome_plugin_placeholder.cc
+index 7a814bb072dc..79c7d65118cb 100644
+--- chrome/renderer/plugins/chrome_plugin_placeholder.cc
++++ chrome/renderer/plugins/chrome_plugin_placeholder.cc
+@@ -349,8 +349,11 @@ void ChromePluginPlaceholder::OnBlockedContent(
+ 
+   if (status ==
+       content::RenderFrame::PeripheralContentStatus::CONTENT_STATUS_TINY) {
+-    ContentSettingsObserver::Get(render_frame())
+-        ->DidBlockContentType(CONTENT_SETTINGS_TYPE_PLUGINS, title_);
++    ContentSettingsObserver* observer =
++        ContentSettingsObserver::Get(render_frame());
++    if (observer) {
++      observer->DidBlockContentType(CONTENT_SETTINGS_TYPE_PLUGINS, title_);
++    }
+   }
+ 
+   std::string message = base::StringPrintf(