diff --git a/lib/browser.ts b/lib/browser.ts
index 65293e1eb..27d65fab0 100644
--- a/lib/browser.ts
+++ b/lib/browser.ts
@@ -359,7 +359,6 @@ export class ProtractorBrowser extends AbstractExtendedWebDriver {
     this.ignoreSynchronization = false;
     this.getPageTimeout = DEFAULT_GET_PAGE_TIMEOUT;
     this.params = {};
-    this.plugins_ = new Plugins({});
     this.resetUrl = DEFAULT_RESET_URL;
     this.debugHelper = new DebugHelper(this);
 
diff --git a/lib/plugins.ts b/lib/plugins.ts
index 472cc001f..67a5b155a 100644
--- a/lib/plugins.ts
+++ b/lib/plugins.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import * as webdriver from 'selenium-webdriver';
 import {Config} from './config';
 import {ConfigParser} from './configParser';
 import {Logger} from './logger';
+import {protractor} from './ptor';
 
 let logger = new Logger('plugins');
 
@@ -457,8 +458,13 @@ export class Plugins {
         logError(e);
       }
     };
-    return promiseType == PromiseType.Q ? q.Promise(resolver) :
-                                          new webdriver.promise.Promise(resolver);
+    if (promiseType == PromiseType.Q) {
+      return q.Promise(resolver);
+    } else if (protractor.browser.controlFlowIsEnabled()) {
+      return new webdriver.promise.Promise(resolver);
+    } else {
+      return new Promise(resolver);
+    }
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/scripts/test.js b/scripts/test.js
index d5c458e81..ce0fc84d5 100755
--- a/scripts/test.js
+++ b/scripts/test.js
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ var passingTests = [
   'node built/cli.js spec/angular2Conf.js',
   'node built/cli.js spec/hybridConf.js',
   'node built/cli.js spec/built/noCFSmokeConf.js',
+  'node built/cli.js spec/built/noCFPluginConf.js',
   'node scripts/driverProviderAttachSession.js',
   'node scripts/errorTest.js',
   // Interactive Element Explorer tasks
diff --git a/spec/ts/noCF/plugin_spec.ts b/spec/ts/noCF/plugin_spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f9367b8e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/ts/noCF/plugin_spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import {browser, protractor} from '../../..';
+
+describe('category', function() {
+  it('name', async function() {
+    await browser.get('index.html');
+    await expect((protractor as any).ON_PAGE_LOAD).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/spec/ts/noCFPluginConf.ts b/spec/ts/noCFPluginConf.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..80ae08e24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/ts/noCFPluginConf.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import * as q from 'q';
+import {Config, protractor} from '../..';
+const env = require('../environment.js');
+
+export let config: Config = {
+  seleniumAddress: env.seleniumAddress,
+
+  framework: 'jasmine',
+
+  specs: [
+    'noCF/plugin_spec.js'
+  ],
+
+  capabilities: env.capabilities,
+
+  baseUrl: env.baseUrl + '/ng1/',
+
+  plugins: [{
+    inline: {
+      onPageLoad: function() {
+        return q.delay(100).then(function() {
+          (protractor as any).ON_PAGE_LOAD = true;
+        });
+      }
+    }
+  }],
+
+  SELENIUM_PROMISE_MANAGER: false
+};