diff --git a/defaults/ZLUX/pluginStorage/org.zowe.zlux.bootstrap/plugins/allowedPlugins.json b/defaults/ZLUX/pluginStorage/org.zowe.zlux.bootstrap/plugins/allowedPlugins.json
index 0f61146b..f33f01cd 100644
--- a/defaults/ZLUX/pluginStorage/org.zowe.zlux.bootstrap/plugins/allowedPlugins.json
+++ b/defaults/ZLUX/pluginStorage/org.zowe.zlux.bootstrap/plugins/allowedPlugins.json
@@ -123,6 +123,12 @@
     {
       "identifier": "org.openmainframe.zowe.workshop-starter",
       "versions": "*"
+    },
+    {
+      "identifier": "org.zowe.zlux.appstore",
+      "versions": [
+        "*"
+      ]
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/defaults/plugins/org.zowe.zlux.appstore.json b/defaults/plugins/org.zowe.zlux.appstore.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9cf20e3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/defaults/plugins/org.zowe.zlux.appstore.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "identifier": "org.zowe.zlux.appstore",
+    "pluginLocation": "../../zlux-app-manager/system-apps/app-store"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/upgradeInstance.js b/lib/upgradeInstance.js
index 1a2ada58..562e023d 100644
--- a/lib/upgradeInstance.js
+++ b/lib/upgradeInstance.js
@@ -132,7 +132,8 @@ const versions = [
         'org.zowe.zlux.sample.react.json',
         'org.zowe.zosmf.workflows.json',
         'org.zowe.zlux.ng2desktop.admin-notification.json',
-        'org.zowe.zlux.ng2desktop.webbrowser.json'
+        'org.zowe.zlux.ng2desktop.webbrowser.json',
+        'org.zowe.zlux.appstore.json'
       ];
       const isContainer = (process.env['ZWED_node_container']=='true');
       if (process.env['ROOT_DIR'] || isContainer) {