diff --git a/src/pkgcheck/checks/python.py b/src/pkgcheck/checks/python.py
index 9a451c11a..2ba590add 100644
--- a/src/pkgcheck/checks/python.py
+++ b/src/pkgcheck/checks/python.py
@@ -294,6 +294,18 @@ def desc(self):
         )
 
 
+class EPyTestPluginsSuggestion(results.VersionResult, results.Info):
+    """``EPYTEST_PLUGINS`` can be used to control plugins
+
+    The package could benefit from using ``EPYTEST_PLUGINS`` to specify
+    pytest plugins to be loaded.
+    """
+
+    @property
+    def desc(self):
+        return "EPYTEST_PLUGINS can be used to control pytest plugins loaded"
+
+
 class PythonCheck(Check):
     """Python eclass checks.
 
@@ -318,6 +330,7 @@ class PythonCheck(Check):
             MisplacedEPyTestVar,
             ShadowedEPyTestTimeout,
             RedundantPyTestDisablePluginAutoload,
+            EPyTestPluginsSuggestion,
         }
     )
 
@@ -510,12 +523,15 @@ def check_epytest_vars(self, pkg):
                 line = pkg.node_str(var_node)
                 found_pytest_disable_plugin_autoload.append((line, lineno))
 
-        # EAPI 9+ defaults to disabled autoloading, in earlier EAPIs EPYTEST_PLUGINS does that.
-        if (
-            str(pkg.eapi) not in ("7", "8") or have_epytest_plugins
-        ) and not have_epytest_plugin_autoload:
-            for line, lineno in found_pytest_disable_plugin_autoload:
-                yield RedundantPyTestDisablePluginAutoload(line=line, lineno=lineno + 1, pkg=pkg)
+        if not have_epytest_plugin_autoload:
+            # EAPI 9+ defaults to disabled autoloading, in earlier EAPIs EPYTEST_PLUGINS does that.
+            if str(pkg.eapi) not in ("7", "8") or have_epytest_plugins:
+                for line, lineno in found_pytest_disable_plugin_autoload:
+                    yield RedundantPyTestDisablePluginAutoload(
+                        line=line, lineno=lineno + 1, pkg=pkg
+                    )
+            else:
+                yield EPyTestPluginsSuggestion(pkg=pkg)
 
     @staticmethod
     def _prepare_deps(deps: str):
diff --git a/testdata/data/repos/python/PythonCheck/EPyTestPluginsSuggestion/expected.json b/testdata/data/repos/python/PythonCheck/EPyTestPluginsSuggestion/expected.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0613c386f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/data/repos/python/PythonCheck/EPyTestPluginsSuggestion/expected.json
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+{"__class__": "EPyTestPluginsSuggestion", "category": "PythonCheck", "package": "EPyTestPluginsSuggestion", "version": "0"}
+{"__class__": "EPyTestPluginsSuggestion", "category": "PythonCheck", "package": "EPyTestPluginsSuggestion", "version": "1"}
diff --git a/testdata/data/repos/python/PythonCheck/EPyTestPluginsSuggestion/fix.patch b/testdata/data/repos/python/PythonCheck/EPyTestPluginsSuggestion/fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..121f4726b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/data/repos/python/PythonCheck/EPyTestPluginsSuggestion/fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+diff '--color=auto' -Naur python/PythonCheck/EPyTestPluginsSuggestion/EPyTestPluginsSuggestion-0.ebuild fixed/PythonCheck/EPyTestPluginsSuggestion/EPyTestPluginsSuggestion-0.ebuild
+--- python/PythonCheck/EPyTestPluginsSuggestion/EPyTestPluginsSuggestion-0.ebuild	2025-07-26 08:47:01.430511740 +0200
++++ fixed/PythonCheck/EPyTestPluginsSuggestion/EPyTestPluginsSuggestion-0.ebuild	2025-07-26 08:53:08.525943176 +0200
+@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@
+ LICENSE="BSD"
+ SLOT="0"
+ 
++EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
+ distutils_enable_tests pytest
+diff '--color=auto' -Naur python/PythonCheck/EPyTestPluginsSuggestion/EPyTestPluginsSuggestion-1.ebuild fixed/PythonCheck/EPyTestPluginsSuggestion/EPyTestPluginsSuggestion-1.ebuild
+--- python/PythonCheck/EPyTestPluginsSuggestion/EPyTestPluginsSuggestion-1.ebuild	2025-07-26 08:46:54.907116335 +0200
++++ fixed/PythonCheck/EPyTestPluginsSuggestion/EPyTestPluginsSuggestion-1.ebuild	2025-07-26 08:53:21.533505780 +0200
+@@ -10,9 +10,5 @@
+ LICENSE="BSD"
+ SLOT="0"
+ 
++EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
+ distutils_enable_tests pytest
+-
+-python_test() {
+-	local -x PYTEST_DISABLE_PLUGIN_AUTOLOAD=1
+-	epytest
+-}
diff --git a/testdata/data/repos/python/PythonCheck/ShadowedEPyTestTimeout/expected.json b/testdata/data/repos/python/PythonCheck/ShadowedEPyTestTimeout/expected.json
index a0d98f8a7..1fbda2cb3 100644
--- a/testdata/data/repos/python/PythonCheck/ShadowedEPyTestTimeout/expected.json
+++ b/testdata/data/repos/python/PythonCheck/ShadowedEPyTestTimeout/expected.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"__class__": "ShadowedEPyTestTimeout", "category": "PythonCheck", "package": "ShadowedEPyTestTimeout", "version": "0", "line": "EPYTEST_TIMEOUT=1200", "lineno": 13}
+{"__class__": "ShadowedEPyTestTimeout", "category": "PythonCheck", "package": "ShadowedEPyTestTimeout", "version": "0", "line": "EPYTEST_TIMEOUT=1200", "lineno": 14}
diff --git a/testdata/data/repos/python/PythonCheck/ShadowedEPyTestTimeout/fix.patch b/testdata/data/repos/python/PythonCheck/ShadowedEPyTestTimeout/fix.patch
index 83dea272a..bf028e444 100644
--- a/testdata/data/repos/python/PythonCheck/ShadowedEPyTestTimeout/fix.patch
+++ b/testdata/data/repos/python/PythonCheck/ShadowedEPyTestTimeout/fix.patch
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 diff '--color=auto' -Naur python/PythonCheck/ShadowedEPyTestTimeout/ShadowedEPyTestTimeout-0.ebuild fixed/PythonCheck/ShadowedEPyTestTimeout/ShadowedEPyTestTimeout-0.ebuild
 --- python/PythonCheck/ShadowedEPyTestTimeout/ShadowedEPyTestTimeout-0.ebuild	2025-07-12 17:27:01.027875233 +0200
 +++ fixed/PythonCheck/ShadowedEPyTestTimeout/ShadowedEPyTestTimeout-0.ebuild	2025-07-12 17:28:01.711247010 +0200
-@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@
+@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
  LICENSE="BSD"
  SLOT="0"
  
+ EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
 -EPYTEST_TIMEOUT=1200
 +: ${EPYTEST_TIMEOUT:=1200}
  distutils_enable_tests pytest
diff --git a/testdata/repos/python/PythonCheck/EPyTestPluginsSuggestion/EPyTestPluginsSuggestion-0.ebuild b/testdata/repos/python/PythonCheck/EPyTestPluginsSuggestion/EPyTestPluginsSuggestion-0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c314e6543
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/repos/python/PythonCheck/EPyTestPluginsSuggestion/EPyTestPluginsSuggestion-0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=flit
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_10 )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Ebuild without EPYTEST_PLUGINS"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/pkgcore/pkgcheck"
+LICENSE="BSD"
+SLOT="0"
+
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
diff --git a/testdata/repos/python/PythonCheck/EPyTestPluginsSuggestion/EPyTestPluginsSuggestion-1.ebuild b/testdata/repos/python/PythonCheck/EPyTestPluginsSuggestion/EPyTestPluginsSuggestion-1.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..197bd3d06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/repos/python/PythonCheck/EPyTestPluginsSuggestion/EPyTestPluginsSuggestion-1.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=flit
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_10 )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Ebuild with old-style autoload-disable"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/pkgcore/pkgcheck"
+LICENSE="BSD"
+SLOT="0"
+
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+python_test() {
+	local -x PYTEST_DISABLE_PLUGIN_AUTOLOAD=1
+	epytest
+}
diff --git a/testdata/repos/python/PythonCheck/EPyTestPluginsSuggestion/EPyTestPluginsSuggestion-2.ebuild b/testdata/repos/python/PythonCheck/EPyTestPluginsSuggestion/EPyTestPluginsSuggestion-2.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5c4222557
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/repos/python/PythonCheck/EPyTestPluginsSuggestion/EPyTestPluginsSuggestion-2.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=flit
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_10 )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Ebuild with explicit autoload"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/pkgcore/pkgcheck"
+LICENSE="BSD"
+SLOT="0"
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGIN_AUTOLOAD=1
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
diff --git a/testdata/repos/python/PythonCheck/ShadowedEPyTestTimeout/ShadowedEPyTestTimeout-0.ebuild b/testdata/repos/python/PythonCheck/ShadowedEPyTestTimeout/ShadowedEPyTestTimeout-0.ebuild
index c87fee5a5..c0676588a 100644
--- a/testdata/repos/python/PythonCheck/ShadowedEPyTestTimeout/ShadowedEPyTestTimeout-0.ebuild
+++ b/testdata/repos/python/PythonCheck/ShadowedEPyTestTimeout/ShadowedEPyTestTimeout-0.ebuild
@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@ PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_10 )
 
 inherit distutils-r1
 
-DESCRIPTION="Ebuild with misplaced EPYTEST vars"
+DESCRIPTION="Ebuild with shadowed EPYTEST_TIMEOUT"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/pkgcore/pkgcheck"
 LICENSE="BSD"
 SLOT="0"
 
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
 EPYTEST_TIMEOUT=1200
 distutils_enable_tests pytest
