diff --git a/app/models/miq_widget.rb b/app/models/miq_widget.rb
index 3a0cb045058d..cadc7780462f 100644
--- a/app/models/miq_widget.rb
+++ b/app/models/miq_widget.rb
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ def self.get_group(group)
   end
 
   def self.sync_from_dir
-    Dir.glob(File.join(WIDGET_DIR, "*.yaml")).sort.each { |f| sync_from_file(f) }
+    Vmdb::Plugins.miq_widgets_content.sort.each { |f| sync_from_file(f) }
   end
 
   def self.sync_from_file(filename)
diff --git a/lib/vmdb/plugins.rb b/lib/vmdb/plugins.rb
index f5d4e40229b1..f279bd71eec5 100644
--- a/lib/vmdb/plugins.rb
+++ b/lib/vmdb/plugins.rb
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ def init
     end
 
     def details
-      each_with_object({}) do |engine, hash|
-        hash[engine] = {
+      index_with do |engine|
+        {
           :name    => engine.name,
           :version => version(engine),
           :path    => engine.root.to_s
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ def automate_domains
       end
     end
 
+    def miq_widgets_content
+      @miq_widgets_content ||= Dir.glob(Rails.root.join("product/dashboard/widgets", "*")) + flat_map { |engine| content_directories(engine, "dashboard/widgets") }
+    end
+
     def provider_plugins
       @provider_plugins ||= select { |engine| engine.name.start_with?("ManageIQ::Providers::") }
     end