diff --git a/interfaces/iproblem.h b/interfaces/iproblem.h
--- a/interfaces/iproblem.h
+++ b/interfaces/iproblem.h
@@ -90,6 +90,12 @@
     /// Returns a string containing the source of the problem
     virtual QString sourceString() const = 0;
 
+    /// Sets the custom plugin name, which will be returned by sourceString()
+    /// method instead default generic value.
+    ///
+    /// The method call only makes sense when the problem source is IProblem::Plugin.
+    virtual void setPluginName(const QString& name) = 0;
+
     /// Returns the location of the problem (path, line, column)
     virtual KDevelop::DocumentRange finalLocation() const = 0;
 
diff --git a/language/duchain/problem.h b/language/duchain/problem.h
--- a/language/duchain/problem.h
+++ b/language/duchain/problem.h
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@
      * Returns a string version of the problem source
      */
     QString sourceString() const override;
+    void setPluginName(const QString& name) override;
 
     TopDUContext* topContext() const override;
     KDevelop::IndexedString url() const override;
diff --git a/language/duchain/problem.cpp b/language/duchain/problem.cpp
--- a/language/duchain/problem.cpp
+++ b/language/duchain/problem.cpp
@@ -234,6 +234,10 @@
     }
 }
 
+void Problem::setPluginName(const QString& name)
+{
+}
+
 QString Problem::toString() const
 {
     return i18nc("<severity>: <description> in <url>:[<range>]: <explanation> (found by <source>)",
diff --git a/shell/problem.h b/shell/problem.h
--- a/shell/problem.h
+++ b/shell/problem.h
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@
 
     Source source() const override;
     void setSource(Source source) override;
+
     QString sourceString() const override;
+    void setPluginName(const QString& name) override;
 
     DocumentRange finalLocation() const override;
     void setFinalLocation(const DocumentRange& location) override;
diff --git a/shell/problem.cpp b/shell/problem.cpp
--- a/shell/problem.cpp
+++ b/shell/problem.cpp
@@ -25,14 +25,16 @@
 struct DetectedProblemPrivate
 {
     DetectedProblemPrivate()
-        : m_severity(KDevelop::IProblem::Error)
+        : m_pluginName(i18n("Plugin"))
+        , m_severity(KDevelop::IProblem::Error)
         , m_source(KDevelop::IProblem::Unknown)
         , m_finalLocationMode(KDevelop::IProblem::Range)
     {
     }
 
     QString m_description;
     QString m_explanation;
+    QString m_pluginName;
     KDevelop::IProblem::Severity m_severity;
     KDevelop::IProblem::Source m_source;
     KDevelop::DocumentRange m_range;
@@ -77,12 +79,17 @@
     case DUChainBuilder: s = i18n("DuchainBuilder"); break;
     case SemanticAnalysis: s = i18n("Semantic analysis"); break;
     case ToDo: s = i18n("Todo"); break;
-    case Plugin: s = i18n("Plugin"); break;
+    case Plugin: s = d->m_pluginName; break;
     }
 
     return s;
 }
 
+void DetectedProblem::setPluginName(const QString& name)
+{
+    d->m_pluginName = name;
+}
+
 DocumentRange DetectedProblem::finalLocation() const
 {
     return d->m_range;
diff --git a/shell/tests/test_detectedproblem.cpp b/shell/tests/test_detectedproblem.cpp
--- a/shell/tests/test_detectedproblem.cpp
+++ b/shell/tests/test_detectedproblem.cpp
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@
         QCOMPARE(sources[i].sourceString, m_problem->sourceString());
     }
 
+    m_problem->setPluginName(QStringLiteral("TestPlugin"));
+    QCOMPARE(m_problem->sourceString(), QStringLiteral("TestPlugin"));
 }
 
 struct Severity