diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 480bd4c9..129683b6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ CFLAGS += -I$(INCLUDES_INSTALL_BASE) $(HTS_CFLAGS)
 CFLAGS += -Wno-deprecated-declarations
 CFLAGS += -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE
 CFLAGS += -DENABLE_INPUT_IPTV -DENABLE_INPUT_DVB -DENABLE_INPUT_V4L
-LDFLAGS += -L$(LIBS_INSTALL_BASE)
+LDFLAGS += -L$(LIBS_INSTALL_BASE) -rdynamic
 
 SLIBS += ${LIBHTS_SLIBS}
 DLIBS += ${LIBHTS_DLIBS}
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 9e4b2c1f..a29f2069 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 #include "buffer.h"
 #include "htmlui.h"
 #include "avgen.h"
+#include "plugin.h"
 
 int running;
 int xmltvreload;
@@ -196,6 +197,8 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 
   avgen_init();
 
+  plugin_init();
+
   running = 1;
   while(running) {
 
diff --git a/plugin.c b/plugin.c
index 1ee64104..8c919702 100644
--- a/plugin.c
+++ b/plugin.c
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <dlfcn.h>
+#include <dirent.h>
 
 #include "tvhead.h"
 #include "plugin.h"
@@ -88,3 +90,54 @@ plugin_alloc(const char *name, void *opaque, size_t minsiz)
 
   return p;
 }
+
+/**
+ *
+ */
+void
+plugin_init(void)
+{
+  const char *path;
+  char file[400];
+  DIR *dir;
+  struct dirent *d;
+  char *c;
+  void *h;
+
+  void (*ini)(void);
+
+  if((path = config_get_str("plugins", NULL)) == NULL)
+    return;
+
+  if((dir = opendir(path)) == NULL)
+    return;
+
+  while((d = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
+    if(d->d_name[0] == '.')
+      continue;
+    
+    if((c = strrchr(d->d_name, '.')) == NULL)
+      continue;
+    
+    if(strcmp(c, ".so"))
+      continue;
+    
+    snprintf(file, sizeof(file), "%s/%s", path, d->d_name);
+
+    h = dlopen(file, RTLD_NOW | RTLD_LOCAL);
+    if(h == NULL) {
+      syslog(LOG_ERR, "%s", dlerror());
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    ini = dlsym(h, "plugin_init");
+    if(ini == NULL) {
+      syslog(LOG_ERR, "Plugin \"%s\" lacks init function", file);
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    ini();
+
+    closedir(dir);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/plugin.h b/plugin.h
index 6eeb786e..b615734a 100644
--- a/plugin.h
+++ b/plugin.h
@@ -58,4 +58,6 @@ void plugin_aux_destroy(void *pa);
 
 th_plugin_t *plugin_alloc(const char *name, void *opaque, size_t minsiz);
 
+void plugin_init(void);
+
 #endif /* PLUGIN_H_ */