diff --git a/pyflakes/checker.py b/pyflakes/checker.py
index 629dacf0..7dc28158 100644
--- a/pyflakes/checker.py
+++ b/pyflakes/checker.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import contextlib
 import doctest
 import functools
+import importlib
 import os
 import re
 import string
@@ -744,8 +745,10 @@ def __init__(self, tree, filename='(none)', builtins=None,
         self.withDoctest = withDoctest
         self.exceptHandlers = [()]
         self.root = tree
-
         self.scopeStack = []
+
+        self.load_plugins()
+
         try:
             scope_tp = Checker._ast_node_scope[type(tree)]
         except KeyError:
@@ -765,6 +768,29 @@ def __init__(self, tree, filename='(none)', builtins=None,
                 stacklevel=2,
             )
 
+    def load_plugins(self) -> None:
+        """Load all plugins"""
+        plugins_directory = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(
+            __file__), 'plugins'))
+        if not os.path.exists(plugins_directory):
+            return
+        for filename in os.listdir(plugins_directory):
+            if filename.startswith('_'):
+                continue
+            path = os.path.join(plugins_directory, filename)
+            base, extension = os.path.splitext(filename)
+            if extension != '.py' :
+                continue
+            try:
+                module_name = f"plugins.{base}"
+                plugin = importlib.import_module(module_name)
+                importlib.reload(plugin)
+                # print(f"Loaded plugin: {module_name}")
+                if hasattr(plugin, "register"):
+                    plugin.register(self)
+            except Exception as e:
+                print(f"Can not import {module_name}: {e}")
+
     def deferFunction(self, callable):
         """
         Schedule a function handler to be called just before completion.
diff --git a/pyflakes/plugins/__init__.py b/pyflakes/plugins/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/pyflakes/plugins/leo_plugin.py b/pyflakes/plugins/leo_plugin.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0c45e486
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyflakes/plugins/leo_plugin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#@+leo-ver=5-thin
+#@+node:ekr.20251125174431.1: * @file plugins/leo_plugin.py
+"""A plugin for pyflakes that improves testing of ast.ATTRIBUTE nodes."""
+
+import ast
+import os
+
+#@+others
+#@+node:ekr.20251126064813.1: ** leo_plugin: funcToMethod
+def funcToMethod(f: Callable, theClass: object, name: str = None) -> None:
+    """
+    From the Python Cookbook...
+
+    The following method allows you to add a function as a method of
+    any class. That is, it converts the function to a method of the
+    class. The method just added is available instantly to all
+    existing instances of the class, and to all instances created in
+    the future.
+
+    The function's first argument should be self.
+
+    The newly created method has the same name as the function unless
+    the optional name argument is supplied, in which case that name is
+    used as the method name.
+    """
+    setattr(theClass, name or f.__name__, f)
+
+#@+node:ekr.20251126060205.1: ** leo_plugin: patched_ATTRIBUTE
+def patched_ATTRIBUTE(self, node) -> None:
+    if isinstance(node.ctx, ast.Load):
+        if isinstance(node.value, ast.Name):
+            if 1:  ### Don't put this in production code!
+                print(f"patched_ATTRIBUTE: load {node.value.id}.{node.attr}")
+    self.handleChildren(node)
+#@+node:ekr.20251126054330.1: ** leo_plugin: register
+def register(pyflakes) -> None:
+    """Register the leo_plugin plugin."""
+    if 0:
+        path, extension = os.path.splitext(__file__)
+        print(f"V6: {os.path.basename(path)}.register: pyflakes: {pyflakes!r}")
+
+    # Patch pyflakes.ATTRIBUTE.
+    funcToMethod(patched_ATTRIBUTE, pyflakes.__class__, 'ATTRIBUTE')
+#@-others
+#@-leo