diff --git a/nikola/nikola.py b/nikola/nikola.py
index 6bce69ad2b..056f606dd6 100644
--- a/nikola/nikola.py
+++ b/nikola/nikola.py
@@ -377,6 +377,19 @@ def _enclosure(post, lang):
         return url, length, mime
 
 
+def _plugin_load_callback(plugin_info):
+    """Set the plugin's module path.
+
+    So we can find its template path later.
+    """
+    try:
+        plugin_info.plugin_object.set_module_path(plugin_info.path)
+    except AttributeError:
+        # this is just for safety in case plugin_object somehow
+        # isn't set
+        pass
+
+
 class Nikola(object):
     """Class that handles site generation.
 
@@ -1103,7 +1116,7 @@ def init_plugins(self, commands_only=False, load_all=False):
             self.plugin_manager._candidates = list(set(self.plugin_manager._candidates) - bad_candidates)
 
         self.plugin_manager._candidates = self._filter_duplicate_plugins(self.plugin_manager._candidates)
-        self.plugin_manager.loadPlugins()
+        self.plugin_manager.loadPlugins(callback_after=_plugin_load_callback)
 
         # Search for compiler plugins which we disabled but shouldn't have
         self._activate_plugins_of_category("PostScanner")
@@ -1134,7 +1147,7 @@ def init_plugins(self, commands_only=False, load_all=False):
                     utils.LOGGER.debug('Not loading compiler extension {}', p[-1].name)
             if to_add:
                 self.plugin_manager._candidates = self._filter_duplicate_plugins(to_add)
-                self.plugin_manager.loadPlugins()
+                self.plugin_manager.loadPlugins(callback_after=_plugin_load_callback)
 
         # Jupyter theme configuration.  If a website has ipynb enabled in post_pages
         # we should enable the Jupyter CSS (leaving that up to the theme itself).
diff --git a/nikola/plugin_categories.py b/nikola/plugin_categories.py
index 32d9793f76..08316284d5 100644
--- a/nikola/plugin_categories.py
+++ b/nikola/plugin_categories.py
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 import io
 import logging
 import os
-import sys
 import typing
 
 import doit
@@ -72,35 +71,14 @@ def set_site(self, site):
         if not site.debug:
             self.logger.level = logging.INFO
 
+    def set_module_path(self, module_path):
+        """Set the plugin's module path."""
+        self.module_path = module_path
+
     def inject_templates(self):
         """Inject 'templates/<engine>' (if exists) very early in the theme chain."""
         try:
-            mod_candidate = None
-            # since https://github.com/tibonihoo/yapsy/pull/11 ,
-            # yapsy only adds each imported plugin to sys.modules
-            # under its modified, "unique" name (see early in
-            # PluginManager.loadPlugins), so we recreate the
-            # modified name here to find it. we fudge the serial
-            # number here, assuming that if a plugin is loaded
-            # under the same name multiple times, the location
-            # will also be the same, so we can just use 0.
-            possible_names = (
-                self.__class__.__module__,
-                "yapsy_loaded_plugin_" + self.__class__.__module__ + "_0",
-                "yapsy_loaded_plugin_" + self.name + "_0",
-            )
-            for possible_name in possible_names:
-                mod_candidate = sys.modules.get(possible_name)
-                if mod_candidate:
-                    break
-            if not mod_candidate:
-                # well, we tried. we wind up here for the dummy
-                # plugins; honestly I'm not sure exactly why/how,
-                # but they don't have templates, so it's okay
-                return
-            # Sorry, found no other way to get this
-            mod_path = mod_candidate.__file__
-            mod_dir = os.path.dirname(mod_path)
+            mod_dir = os.path.dirname(self.module_path)
             tmpl_dir = os.path.join(
                 mod_dir, 'templates', self.site.template_system.name
             )
@@ -108,10 +86,9 @@ def inject_templates(self):
                 # Inject tmpl_dir low in the theme chain
                 self.site.template_system.inject_directory(tmpl_dir)
         except AttributeError:
-            # In some cases, __builtin__ becomes the module of a plugin.
-            # We couldn’t reproduce that, and really find the reason for this,
-            # so let’s just ignore it and be done with it.
-            pass
+            # This would likely mean we don't have module_path set.
+            # this should not usually happen, so log a warning
+            LOGGER.warning("Could not find template path for module {0}".format(self.name))
 
     def inject_dependency(self, target, dependency):
         """Add 'dependency' to the target task's task_deps."""
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 9cc9d20294..e4ef1a36a2 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ mako>=1.0.0
 Markdown>=3.0.0
 unidecode>=0.04.16
 lxml>=3.3.5
-Yapsy>=1.11.223
+Yapsy>=1.12.0
 PyRSS2Gen>=1.1
 blinker>=1.3
 setuptools>=24.2.0