diff --git a/lib/classes/task/task_base.php b/lib/classes/task/task_base.php
index 2b877556e2a..cfe202db99f 100644
--- a/lib/classes/task/task_base.php
+++ b/lib/classes/task/task_base.php
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
  */
 namespace core\task;
 
+use core_component;
+use core_plugin_manager;
+
 /**
  * Abstract class for common properties of scheduled_task and adhoc_task.
  *
@@ -236,7 +239,15 @@ abstract class task_base {
      * @return bool true when enabled. false otherwise.
      */
     public function is_component_enabled(): bool {
-        $plugininfo = \core_plugin_manager::instance()->get_plugin_info($this->get_component());
-        return $plugininfo && $plugininfo->is_enabled();
+        $component = $this->get_component();
+
+        // An entire core component type cannot be explicitly disabled.
+        [$componenttype] = core_component::normalize_component($component);
+        if ($componenttype === 'core') {
+            return true;
+        } else {
+            $plugininfo = core_plugin_manager::instance()->get_plugin_info($component);
+            return $plugininfo && $plugininfo->is_enabled();
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/lib/tests/scheduled_task_test.php b/lib/tests/scheduled_task_test.php
index b15a7a01edf..4a54d61cd24 100644
--- a/lib/tests/scheduled_task_test.php
+++ b/lib/tests/scheduled_task_test.php
@@ -772,4 +772,45 @@ class core_scheduled_task_testcase extends advanced_testcase {
         // Confirm, that lastruntime is still in place.
         $this->assertEquals(123456789, $taskafterreset->get_last_run_time());
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Data provider for {@see test_is_component_enabled}
+     *
+     * @return array[]
+     */
+    public function is_component_enabled_provider(): array {
+        return [
+            'Enabled component' => ['auth_cas', true],
+            'Disabled component' => ['auth_ldap', false],
+            'Invalid component' => ['auth_invalid', false],
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests whether tasks belonging to components consider the component to be enabled
+     *
+     * @param string $component
+     * @param bool $expected
+     *
+     * @dataProvider is_component_enabled_provider
+     */
+    public function test_is_component_enabled(string $component, bool $expected): void {
+        $this->resetAfterTest();
+
+        // Set cas as the only enabled auth component.
+        set_config('auth', 'cas');
+
+        $task = new \core\task\scheduled_test_task();
+        $task->set_component($component);
+
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, $task->is_component_enabled());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test whether tasks belonging to core components considers the component to be enabled
+     */
+    public function test_is_component_enabled_core(): void {
+        $task = new \core\task\scheduled_test_task();
+        $this->assertTrue($task->is_component_enabled());
+    }
 }