diff --git a/apps/emqx/test/emqx_bpapi_static_checks.erl b/apps/emqx/test/emqx_bpapi_static_checks.erl
index 180e6c9ab..2d514d5e5 100644
--- a/apps/emqx/test/emqx_bpapi_static_checks.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx/test/emqx_bpapi_static_checks.erl
@@ -49,13 +49,17 @@
 %% List of known RPC backend modules:
 -define(RPC_MODULES, "gen_rpc, erpc, rpc, emqx_rpc").
 %% List of known functions also known to do RPC:
--define(RPC_FUNCTIONS, "emqx_cluster_rpc:multicall/3, emqx_cluster_rpc:multicall/5").
+-define(RPC_FUNCTIONS, "emqx_cluster_rpc:multicall/3, emqx_cluster_rpc:multicall/5, "
+                       "emqx_plugin_libs_rule:cluster_call/3").
 %% List of functions in the RPC backend modules that we can ignore:
 -define(IGNORED_RPC_CALLS, "gen_rpc:nodes/0, emqx_rpc:unwrap_erpc/1, rpc:pmap/3"). % TODO: handle pmap
 %% List of business-layer functions that are exempt from the checks:
--define(EXEMPTIONS, "emqx_mgmt_api:do_query/6"  % Reason: legacy code. A fun and a QC query are
+-define(EXEMPTIONS,
+        "emqx_mgmt_api:do_query/6,"             % Reason: legacy code. A fun and a QC query are
                                                 % passed in the args, it's futile to try to statically
                                                 % check it
+        "emqx_plugin_libs_rule:cluster_call/3"  % Reason: some sort of external plugin API that we
+                                                % don't want to break?
        ).
 
 -define(XREF, myxref).