diff --git a/platform/core-api/api-dump-experimental.txt b/platform/core-api/api-dump-experimental.txt
index 2a44d092511a..bf5c2d09b2fc 100644
--- a/platform/core-api/api-dump-experimental.txt
+++ b/platform/core-api/api-dump-experimental.txt
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ com.intellij.ide.plugins.DynamicPluginListener
 - s:values():com.intellij.ide.plugins.IdeaPluginOsRequirement[]
 *f:com.intellij.ide.plugins.IdeaPluginOsRequirement$Companion
 - f:fromModuleId(com.intellij.openapi.extensions.PluginId):com.intellij.ide.plugins.IdeaPluginOsRequirement
+- f:fromOs(com.intellij.util.system.OS):com.intellij.ide.plugins.IdeaPluginOsRequirement
 - f:getHostOsModuleIds():java.util.List
 *a:com.intellij.lang.LanguageMatcher
 - s:match(com.intellij.lang.Language):com.intellij.lang.LanguageMatcher
diff --git a/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/ide/plugins/IdeaPluginOsRequirement.kt b/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/ide/plugins/IdeaPluginOsRequirement.kt
index 7726b4e3f50c..e6848d6db039 100644
--- a/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/ide/plugins/IdeaPluginOsRequirement.kt
+++ b/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/ide/plugins/IdeaPluginOsRequirement.kt
@@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ enum class IdeaPluginOsRequirement {
     fun fromModuleId(moduleId: PluginId): IdeaPluginOsRequirement? =
       directory[moduleId] ?: Unknown.takeIf { looksLikeOsModuleId(moduleId.idString) }
 
+    fun fromOs(os: OS): IdeaPluginOsRequirement? = when (os) {
+      OS.Windows -> Windows
+      OS.macOS -> Mac
+      OS.Linux -> Linux
+      OS.FreeBSD -> FreeBSD
+      OS.Other -> null
+    }
+
     private fun looksLikeOsModuleId(idString: String): Boolean = idString.startsWith(osModuleIdPrefix)
   }
 }
diff --git a/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/ide/plugins/PluginCpuArchRequirement.kt b/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/ide/plugins/PluginCpuArchRequirement.kt
index 852fde5686e0..c488c81741a5 100644
--- a/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/ide/plugins/PluginCpuArchRequirement.kt
+++ b/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/ide/plugins/PluginCpuArchRequirement.kt
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ enum class PluginCpuArchRequirement {
       return directory[pluginId] ?: Unknown.takeIf { looksLikeCpuArchModuleId(pluginId.idString) }
     }
 
+    fun fromArch(arch: CpuArch): PluginCpuArchRequirement? {
+      return fromPluginId(PluginId.getId(archPluginAliasIdPrefix + arch.name.lowercase()))
+    }
+
     private fun looksLikeCpuArchModuleId(idString: String): Boolean = idString.startsWith(archPluginAliasIdPrefix)
   }
 }
diff --git a/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/plugins/PluginManagerCore.kt b/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/plugins/PluginManagerCore.kt
index 153735ae02d4..168159f4174c 100644
--- a/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/plugins/PluginManagerCore.kt
+++ b/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/plugins/PluginManagerCore.kt
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ private const val PLATFORM_ALIAS_DEPENDENCY_PREFIX = "com.intellij.module"
 internal val QODANA_PLUGINS_THIRD_PARTY_ACCEPT = System.getProperty("idea.qodana.thirdpartyplugins.accept").toBoolean()
 internal val FLEET_BACKEND_PLUGINS_THIRD_PARTY_ACCEPT = System.getProperty("fleet.backend.third-party.plugins.accept").toBoolean()
 
+private val LOG = Logger.getInstance(PluginManagerCore::class.java)
+
 /**
  * See [Plugin Model](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/articles/IJPL-A-31/Plugin-Model) documentation.
  *
@@ -454,8 +456,23 @@ object PluginManagerCore {
   fun isIncompatible(descriptor: IdeaPluginDescriptor, buildNumber: BuildNumber?): Boolean =
     checkBuildNumberCompatibility(descriptor, buildNumber ?: PluginManagerCore.buildNumber) != null
 
+  private val OS_ARCH_DEPENDENCY_VERSION: Regex = Regex("([\\w.]+)-(\\w+)-(\\w+)")
+
   @ApiStatus.Internal
   fun getUnfulfilledOsRequirement(descriptor: IdeaPluginDescriptor): IdeaPluginOsRequirement? {
+    if (descriptor.dependencies.isEmpty()) {
+      // try to infer Arch requirement from version, some plugin repositories do not provide dependencies
+      val matchedVersion = descriptor.version?.let { OS_ARCH_DEPENDENCY_VERSION.matchEntire(it) }
+      val osTag = matchedVersion?.groupValues[2] ?: return null
+
+      LOG.debug("Inferred OS for version: ${descriptor.version} of ${descriptor.pluginId} is $osTag")
+
+      return OS.fromString(osTag)
+        .takeIf { it != OS.Other }
+        ?.let { IdeaPluginOsRequirement.fromOs(it) }
+        ?.takeIf { osReq -> !osReq.isHostOs() }
+    }
+
     return descriptor.getDependencies().asSequence()
       .mapNotNull { dep -> IdeaPluginOsRequirement.fromModuleId(dep.pluginId).takeIf { !dep.isOptional } }
       .firstOrNull { osReq -> !osReq.isHostOs() }
@@ -463,6 +480,19 @@ object PluginManagerCore {
 
   @ApiStatus.Internal
   fun getUnfulfilledCpuArchRequirement(descriptor: IdeaPluginDescriptor): PluginCpuArchRequirement? {
+    if (descriptor.dependencies.isEmpty()) {
+      // try to infer Arch requirement from version, some plugin repositories do not provide dependencies
+      val matchedVersion = descriptor.version?.let { OS_ARCH_DEPENDENCY_VERSION.matchEntire(it) }
+      val archTag = matchedVersion?.groupValues[3] ?: return null
+
+      LOG.debug("Inferred arch for version: ${descriptor.version} of ${descriptor.pluginId} is $archTag")
+
+      return CpuArch.fromString(archTag)
+        .takeIf { it != CpuArch.OTHER && it != CpuArch.UNKNOWN }
+        ?.let { PluginCpuArchRequirement.fromArch(it) }
+        ?.takeIf { osReq -> !osReq.isHostArch() }
+    }
+
     return descriptor.getDependencies().asSequence()
       .mapNotNull { dep -> PluginCpuArchRequirement.fromPluginId(dep.pluginId).takeIf { !dep.isOptional } }
       .firstOrNull { osReq -> !osReq.isHostArch() }
diff --git a/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/ide/plugins/PluginManagerTest.kt b/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/ide/plugins/PluginManagerTest.kt
index bdbda46911c3..ccbcaf704b7a 100644
--- a/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/ide/plugins/PluginManagerTest.kt
+++ b/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/ide/plugins/PluginManagerTest.kt
@@ -221,6 +221,56 @@ class PluginManagerTest {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  fun `unfulfilled os requirement is inferred from version when dependencies are empty`() {
+    fun descriptor(version: String?) = object : TestIdeaPluginDescriptor() {
+      override fun getDependencies(): List<IdeaPluginDependency> = emptyList()
+      override fun getVersion(): String? = version
+      override fun getPluginId(): PluginId = PluginId.getId("test.plugin")
+    }
+    fun assertInferred(version: String?, expected: IdeaPluginOsRequirement?) {
+      assertThat(PluginManagerCore.getUnfulfilledOsRequirement(descriptor(version)))
+        .isEqualTo(expected?.takeIf { !it.isHostOs() })
+    }
+
+    assertInferred("1.0.0-windows-amd64", IdeaPluginOsRequirement.Windows)
+    assertInferred("1.0.0-mac-arm64", IdeaPluginOsRequirement.Mac)
+    assertInferred("1.0.0-linux-amd64", IdeaPluginOsRequirement.Linux)
+    assertInferred("1.0.0-freebsd-amd64", IdeaPluginOsRequirement.FreeBSD)
+    // unrecognized OS tag maps to OS.Other and is filtered out
+    assertInferred("1.0.0-solaris-amd64", null)
+    // versions that do not match the <version>-<os>-<arch> pattern infer nothing
+    assertInferred("1.0.0", null)
+    assertInferred("241.SNAPSHOT", null)
+    // a missing version must not throw and infers nothing
+    assertInferred(null, null)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun `unfulfilled cpu arch requirement is inferred from version when dependencies are empty`() {
+    fun descriptor(version: String?) = object : TestIdeaPluginDescriptor() {
+      override fun getDependencies(): List<IdeaPluginDependency> = emptyList()
+      override fun getVersion(): String? = version
+      override fun getPluginId(): PluginId = PluginId.getId("test.plugin")
+    }
+    fun assertInferred(version: String?, expected: PluginCpuArchRequirement?) {
+      assertThat(PluginManagerCore.getUnfulfilledCpuArchRequirement(descriptor(version)))
+        .isEqualTo(expected?.takeIf { !it.isHostArch() })
+    }
+
+    assertInferred("1.0.0-windows-amd64", PluginCpuArchRequirement.X86_64)
+    assertInferred("1.0.0-windows-x86_64", PluginCpuArchRequirement.X86_64)
+    assertInferred("1.0.0-windows-x86", PluginCpuArchRequirement.X86)
+    assertInferred("1.0.0-windows-arm64", PluginCpuArchRequirement.ARM64)
+    assertInferred("1.0.0-windows-aarch64", PluginCpuArchRequirement.ARM64)
+    // unrecognized arch tag maps to CpuArch.OTHER/UNKNOWN and is filtered out
+    assertInferred("1.0.0-windows-sparc", null)
+    // versions that do not match the <version>-<os>-<arch> pattern infer nothing
+    assertInferred("1.0.0", null)
+    // a missing version must not throw and infers nothing
+    assertInferred(null, null)
+  }
+
   companion object {
     private val testDataPath: String
       get() = PlatformTestUtil.getPlatformTestDataPath() + "plugins/sort"