diff --git a/classes/plugin.tpl b/classes/plugin-template.php
similarity index 97%
rename from classes/plugin.tpl
rename to classes/plugin-template.php
index 10f5b8ce7..ad6d07ee0 100644
--- a/classes/plugin.tpl
+++ b/classes/plugin-template.php
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?php
-abstract class Plugin {
+abstract class PluginTemplate {
 	const API_VERSION_COMPAT = 1;
 
 	/** @var PDO $pdo */
diff --git a/utils/generate-plugin-hook-prototypes.sh b/utils/generate-plugin-hook-prototypes.sh
index 586f3f2c6..edf1ed5fe 100644
--- a/utils/generate-plugin-hook-prototypes.sh
+++ b/utils/generate-plugin-hook-prototypes.sh
@@ -15,8 +15,11 @@ grep 'hook_.*(' ../classes/pluginhost.php | sed -e 's#[\t ]*/[* ]*##' \
 EOF
 done
 
-cat ../classes/plugin.tpl | while IFS=\n read L; do
+cat ../classes/plugin-template.php | while IFS=\n read L; do
 	case $L in
+		*PluginTemplate* )
+			echo "$L" | sed 's/PluginTemplate/Plugin/'
+			;;
 		*AUTO_GENERATED_HOOKS_GO_HERE* )
 			echo "\t/* plugin hook methods (auto-generated) */\n"
 			cat $TMPFILE