diff --git a/cli/finder_indexer.php b/cli/finder_indexer.php
index 25e16c2792f78..01854b2edf197 100644
--- a/cli/finder_indexer.php
+++ b/cli/finder_indexer.php
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 
 // System configuration.
 $config = new JConfig;
+define('JDEBUG', $config->debug);
 
 // Configure error reporting to maximum for CLI output.
 error_reporting(E_ALL);
@@ -167,7 +168,8 @@ private function index()
 		// Reset the indexer state.
 		FinderIndexer::resetState();
 
-		// Import the finder plugins.
+		// Import the plugins.
+		JPluginHelper::importPlugin('system');
 		JPluginHelper::importPlugin('finder');
 
 		// Starting Indexer.