diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 95113171..db19d4ad 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -193,6 +193,27 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(
 	[enable_pf="yes"]
 )
 
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(
+	[plugin-auth-pam],
+	[AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-plugin-auth-pam], [disable auth-pam plugin @<:@default=yes@:>@])],
+	,
+	[enable_plugin_auth_pam="yes"]
+)
+
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(
+	[plugin-down-root],
+	[AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-plugin-down-root], [disable down-root plugin @<:@default=yes@:>@])],
+	,
+	[enable_plugin_down_root="yes"]
+)
+
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(
+	[pam-dlopen],
+	[AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-pam-dlopen], [dlopen libpam @<:@default=no@:>@])],
+	,
+	[enable_pam_dlopen="no"]
+)
+
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(
 	[strict],
 	[AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-strict], [enable strict compiler warnings (debugging option) @<:@default=no@:>@])],
@@ -258,6 +279,14 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(
 	[with_crypto_library="openssl"]
 )
 
+AC_ARG_WITH(
+	[plugindir],
+	[AS_HELP_STRING([--with-plugindir], [plugin directory @<:@default=LIBDIR/openvpn@:>@])],
+	,
+	[with_plugindir="\$(libdir)/openvpn/plugins"]
+)
+
+
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([TARGET_ALIAS], ["${host}"], [A string representing our host])
 case "$host" in
 	*-*-linux*)
@@ -624,6 +653,16 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB(
 )
 AC_SUBST([SELINUX_LIBS])
 
+AC_ARG_VAR([LIBPAM_CFLAGS], [C compiler flags for libpam])
+AC_ARG_VAR([LIBPAM_LIBS], [linker flags for libpam])
+if test -z "${LIBPAM_LIBS}"; then
+	AC_CHECK_LIB(
+		[pam],
+		[pam_start],
+		[LIBPAM_LIBS="-lpam"]
+	)
+fi
+
 case "${with_mem_check}" in
 	valgrind)
 		AC_CHECK_HEADER(
@@ -894,6 +933,9 @@ if test "${enable_plugins}" = "yes"; then
 	OPTIONAL_DL_LIBS="${DL_LIBS}"
 	AC_DEFINE([ENABLE_PLUGIN], [1], [Enable systemd support])
 	test "${enable_eurephia}" = "yes" && AC_DEFINE([ENABLE_EUREPHIA], [1], [Enable support for the eurephia plug-in])
+else
+	enable_plugin_auth_pam="no"
+	enable_plugin_down_root="no"
 fi
 
 if test "${enable_iproute2}" = "yes"; then
@@ -945,6 +987,17 @@ if test "${WIN32}" = "yes"; then
 	test -z "${MAN2HTML}" && AC_MSG_ERROR([man2html is required for win32])
 fi
 
+if test "${enable_plugin_auth_pam}" = "yes"; then
+	PLUGIN_AUTH_PAM_CFLAGS="${LIBPAM_CFLAGS}"
+	if test "${enable_pam_dlopen}" = "yes"; then
+		AC_DEFINE([USE_PAM_DLOPEN], [1], [dlopen libpam])
+		PLUGIN_AUTH_PAM_LIBS="${DL_LIBS}"
+	else
+		test -z "${LIBPAM_LIBS}" && AC_MSG_ERROR([libpam required but missing])
+		PLUGIN_AUTH_PAM_LIBS="${LIBPAM_LIBS}"
+	fi
+fi
+
 CONFIGURE_DEFINES="`set | grep '^enable_.*=' ; set | grep '^with_.*='`"
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([CONFIGURE_DEFINES], ["`echo ${CONFIGURE_DEFINES}`"], [Configuration settings])
 
@@ -967,10 +1020,17 @@ AC_SUBST([OPTIONAL_LZO_LIBS])
 AC_SUBST([OPTIONAL_PKCS11_HELPER_CFLAGS])
 AC_SUBST([OPTIONAL_PKCS11_HELPER_LIBS])
 
+AC_SUBST([PLUGIN_AUTH_PAM_CFLAGS])
+AC_SUBST([PLUGIN_AUTH_PAM_LIBS])
+
 AM_CONDITIONAL([WIN32], [test "${WIN32}" = "yes"])
 AM_CONDITIONAL([GIT_CHECKOUT], [test "${GIT_CHECKOUT}" = "yes"])
+AM_CONDITIONAL([ENABLE_PLUGIN_AUTH_PAM], [test "${enable_plugin_auth_pam}" = "yes"])
+AM_CONDITIONAL([ENABLE_PLUGIN_DOWN_ROOT], [test "${enable_plugin_down_root}" = "yes"])
 
+plugindir="${with_plugindir}"
 sampledir="\$(docdir)/sample"
+AC_SUBST([plugindir])
 AC_SUBST([sampledir])
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([
@@ -987,6 +1047,9 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([
 	src/compat/Makefile
 	src/openvpn/Makefile
 	src/openvpnserv/Makefile
+	src/plugins/Makefile
+	src/plugins/auth-pam/Makefile
+	src/plugins/down-root/Makefile
 	tests/Makefile
 	sample/Makefile
 	doc/Makefile
diff --git a/distro/rpm/openvpn.spec.in b/distro/rpm/openvpn.spec.in
index 3c316bfb..20a8c890 100644
--- a/distro/rpm/openvpn.spec.in
+++ b/distro/rpm/openvpn.spec.in
@@ -82,13 +82,6 @@ Development support for OpenVPN.
 %define VENDOR %_vendor
 %endif
 
-#
-# Should we build the auth-pam module?
-#
-
-%define build_auth_pam 1
-%{?without_pam:%define build_auth_pam 0}
-
 #
 # Other definitions
 #
@@ -108,21 +101,10 @@ Development support for OpenVPN.
 	--docdir="%{_docdir}/%{name}-%{version}" \
 	%{?with_password_save:--enable-password-save} \
 	%{!?without_lzo:--enable-lzo} \
-	%{?with_pkcs11:--enable-pkcs11}
+	%{?with_pkcs11:--enable-pkcs11} \
+	%{?without_pam:--disable-plugin-auth-pam}
 %__make
 
-# Build down-root plugin
-pushd src/plugins/down-root
-%__make
-popd
-
-# Build auth-pam plugin
-%if %{build_auth_pam}
-pushd src/plugins/auth-pam
-%__make
-popd
-%endif
-
 #
 # Installation section
 #
@@ -143,29 +125,8 @@ popd
 # Install /etc/openvpn
 %__install -c -d -m 755 "%{buildroot}/etc/%{name}"
 
-#
-# Build /usr/share/openvpn
-#
-
-%__mkdir_p %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{name}
-
-#
-# Install the plugins
-#
-
-%__mkdir_p "%{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{name}/plugins/lib"
-
-for pi in auth-pam down-root; do
-  %__mv -f src/plugins/$pi/README src/plugins/README.$pi
-  if [ -e src/plugins/$pi/openvpn-$pi.so ]; then
-    %__install -c -m 755 src/plugins/$pi/openvpn-$pi.so "%{buildroot}%{_datadir}/openvpn/plugins/lib/openvpn-$pi.so"
-  fi
-done
-
-%__mv -f src/plugins/README src/plugins/README.plugins
-
 # Install extra %doc stuff
-cp -r AUTHORS ChangeLog NEWS contrib/ sample/ src/plugins/README.* \
+cp -r AUTHORS ChangeLog NEWS contrib/ sample/ \
 	"%{buildroot}/%{_docdir}/%{name}-%{version}"
 
 #
@@ -218,7 +179,7 @@ fi
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %{_mandir}
 %{_sbindir}/%{name}
-%{_datadir}/%{name}
+%{_libdir}/%{name}
 %{_docdir}/%{name}-%{version}
 %dir /etc/%{name}
 %if "%{VENDOR}" == "SuSE"
diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am
index 46687b29..d33e1edd 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/Makefile.am
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@ CLEANFILES = openvpn.8.html
 dist_doc_DATA = \
 	management-notes.txt
 
+dist_noinst_DATA = \
+	README.plugins
+
 if WIN32
-dist_noinst_DATA = openvpn.8
+dist_noinst_DATA += openvpn.8
 nodist_html_DATA = openvpn.8.html
 openvpn.8.html: $(srcdir)/openvpn.8
 	$(MAN2HTML) < $(srcdir)/openvpn.8 > openvpn.8.html
diff --git a/src/plugins/README b/doc/README.plugins
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/README
rename to doc/README.plugins
diff --git a/sample/Makefile.am b/sample/Makefile.am
index 8e35bfc9..be30c88a 100644
--- a/sample/Makefile.am
+++ b/sample/Makefile.am
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = \
 	$(srcdir)/Makefile.in
 
 EXTRA_DIST = \
+	sample-plugins \
 	sample-config-files \
 	sample-windows \
 	sample-keys \
diff --git a/src/plugins/defer/README b/sample/sample-plugins/defer/README
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/defer/README
rename to sample/sample-plugins/defer/README
diff --git a/src/plugins/defer/build b/sample/sample-plugins/defer/build
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/defer/build
rename to sample/sample-plugins/defer/build
diff --git a/src/plugins/defer/simple.c b/sample/sample-plugins/defer/simple.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/defer/simple.c
rename to sample/sample-plugins/defer/simple.c
diff --git a/src/plugins/defer/simple.def b/sample/sample-plugins/defer/simple.def
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/defer/simple.def
rename to sample/sample-plugins/defer/simple.def
diff --git a/src/plugins/defer/winbuild b/sample/sample-plugins/defer/winbuild
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/defer/winbuild
rename to sample/sample-plugins/defer/winbuild
diff --git a/src/plugins/examples/build b/sample/sample-plugins/log/build
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/examples/build
rename to sample/sample-plugins/log/build
diff --git a/src/plugins/examples/log.c b/sample/sample-plugins/log/log.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/examples/log.c
rename to sample/sample-plugins/log/log.c
diff --git a/src/plugins/examples/log_v3.c b/sample/sample-plugins/log/log_v3.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/examples/log_v3.c
rename to sample/sample-plugins/log/log_v3.c
diff --git a/src/plugins/examples/winbuild b/sample/sample-plugins/log/winbuild
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/examples/winbuild
rename to sample/sample-plugins/log/winbuild
diff --git a/src/plugins/examples/README b/sample/sample-plugins/simple/README
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/examples/README
rename to sample/sample-plugins/simple/README
diff --git a/sample/sample-plugins/simple/build b/sample/sample-plugins/simple/build
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..bbb05f7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample/sample-plugins/simple/build
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+#
+# Build an OpenVPN plugin module on *nix.  The argument should
+# be the base name of the C source file (without the .c).
+#
+
+# This directory is where we will look for openvpn-plugin.h
+CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS:--I../../..}"
+
+CC="${CC:-gcc}"
+CFLAGS="${CFLAGS:--O2 -Wall -g}"
+
+$CC $CPPFLAGS $CFLAGS -fPIC -c $1.c && \
+$CC $CFLAGS -fPIC -shared $LDFLAGS -Wl,-soname,$1.so -o $1.so $1.o -lc
diff --git a/src/plugins/examples/simple.c b/sample/sample-plugins/simple/simple.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/examples/simple.c
rename to sample/sample-plugins/simple/simple.c
diff --git a/src/plugins/examples/simple.def b/sample/sample-plugins/simple/simple.def
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/examples/simple.def
rename to sample/sample-plugins/simple/simple.def
diff --git a/sample/sample-plugins/simple/winbuild b/sample/sample-plugins/simple/winbuild
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..decf05f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample/sample-plugins/simple/winbuild
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#
+# Build an OpenVPN plugin module on Windows/MinGW.
+# The argument should be the base name of the C source file
+# (without the .c).
+#
+
+# This directory is where we will look for openvpn-plugin.h
+INCLUDE="-I../../../include"
+
+CC_FLAGS="-O2 -Wall"
+
+gcc -DBUILD_DLL $CC_FLAGS $INCLUDE -c $1.c
+gcc --disable-stdcall-fixup -mdll -DBUILD_DLL -o junk.tmp -Wl,--base-file,base.tmp $1.o
+rm junk.tmp
+dlltool --dllname $1.dll --base-file base.tmp --output-exp temp.exp --input-def $1.def
+rm base.tmp
+gcc --enable-stdcall-fixup -mdll -DBUILD_DLL -o $1.dll $1.o -Wl,temp.exp
+rm temp.exp
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index b8949770..c04468a5 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -12,7 +12,4 @@
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = \
 	$(srcdir)/Makefile.in
 
-EXTRA_DIST = \
-	plugins
-
-SUBDIRS = compat openvpn openvpnserv
+SUBDIRS = compat openvpn openvpnserv plugins
diff --git a/src/plugins/Makefile.am b/src/plugins/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..17b72b94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#
+#  OpenVPN -- An application to securely tunnel IP networks
+#             over a single UDP port, with support for SSL/TLS-based
+#             session authentication and key exchange,
+#             packet encryption, packet authentication, and
+#             packet compression.
+#
+#  Copyright (C) 2002-2010 OpenVPN Technologies, Inc. <sales@openvpn.net>
+#  Copyright (C) 2006-2012 Alon Bar-Lev <alon.barlev@gmail.com>
+#
+
+MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = \
+	$(srcdir)/Makefile.in
+
+SUBDIRS = auth-pam down-root
diff --git a/src/plugins/auth-pam/Makefile b/src/plugins/auth-pam/Makefile
deleted file mode 100755
index c0b9c79e..00000000
--- a/src/plugins/auth-pam/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Build the OpenVPN auth-pam plugin module.
-#
-
-# If PAM modules are not linked against libpam.so, set DLOPEN_PAM to 1. This
-# must be done on SUSE 9.1, at least.
-DLOPEN_PAM=0
-
-ifeq ($(DLOPEN_PAM),1)
-	LIBPAM=-ldl
-else
-	LIBPAM=-lpam
-endif
-
-# This directory is where we will look for openvpn-plugin.h
-CPPFLAGS=-I../../../include
-
-CC=gcc
-CFLAGS=-O2 -Wall
-DEFS = -DDLOPEN_PAM=$(DLOPEN_PAM)
-
-openvpn-auth-pam.so : auth-pam.o pamdl.o
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -fPIC -shared $(LDFLAGS) -Wl,-soname,openvpn-auth-pam.so -o openvpn-auth-pam.so auth-pam.o pamdl.o -lc $(LIBPAM)
-
-auth-pam.o : auth-pam.c pamdl.h
-	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(DEFS) -fPIC -c auth-pam.c
-
-pamdl.o : pamdl.c pamdl.h
-	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(DEFS) -fPIC -c pamdl.c
-
-clean :
-	-rm -f *.o *.so
diff --git a/src/plugins/auth-pam/Makefile.am b/src/plugins/auth-pam/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..701a7497
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/auth-pam/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#
+#  OpenVPN (TM) PAM Auth Plugin -- OpenVPN Plugin
+#
+#  Copyright (C) 2012      Alon Bar-Lev <alon.barlev@gmail.com>
+#
+
+MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = \
+	$(srcdir)/Makefile.in
+
+AM_CFLAGS = \
+	-I$(top_srcdir)/include
+	$(PLUGIN_AUTH_PAM_CFLAGS)
+
+if ENABLE_PLUGIN_AUTH_PAM
+plugin_LTLIBRARIES = openvpn-plugin-auth-pam.la
+dist_doc_DATA = README.auth-pam
+endif
+
+openvpn_plugin_auth_pam_la_SOURCES = \
+	auth-pam.c \
+	pamdl.c  pamdl.h \
+	auth-pam.exports
+openvpn_plugin_auth_pam_la_LIBADD = \
+	$(PLUGIN_AUTH_PAM_LIBS)
+openvpn_plugin_auth_pam_la_LDFLAGS = $(AM_LDFLAGS) \
+	-export-symbols "$(srcdir)/auth-pam.exports" \
+	-module -shared -avoid-version -no-undefined
diff --git a/src/plugins/auth-pam/README b/src/plugins/auth-pam/README.auth-pam
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/auth-pam/README
rename to src/plugins/auth-pam/README.auth-pam
diff --git a/src/plugins/auth-pam/auth-pam.c b/src/plugins/auth-pam/auth-pam.c
index e52f6322..bd717927 100644
--- a/src/plugins/auth-pam/auth-pam.c
+++ b/src/plugins/auth-pam/auth-pam.c
@@ -26,12 +26,14 @@
  * OpenVPN plugin module to do PAM authentication using a split
  * privilege model.
  */
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include <config.h>
+#endif
 
-#if DLOPEN_PAM
-#include <dlfcn.h>
-#include "pamdl.h"
-#else
 #include <security/pam_appl.h>
+
+#ifdef USE_PAM_DLOPEN
+#include "pamdl.h"
 #endif
 
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <syslog.h>
 
-#include "openvpn-plugin.h"
+#include <openvpn-plugin.h>
 
 #define DEBUG(verb) ((verb) >= 4)
 
@@ -693,7 +695,7 @@ pam_server (int fd, const char *service, int verb, const struct name_value_list
 {
   struct user_pass up;
   int command;
-#if DLOPEN_PAM
+#ifdef USE_PAM_DLOPEN
   static const char pam_so[] = "libpam.so";
 #endif
 
@@ -703,7 +705,7 @@ pam_server (int fd, const char *service, int verb, const struct name_value_list
   if (DEBUG (verb))
     fprintf (stderr, "AUTH-PAM: BACKGROUND: INIT service='%s'\n", service);
 
-#if DLOPEN_PAM
+#ifdef USE_PAM_DLOPEN
   /*
    * Load PAM shared object
    */
@@ -794,7 +796,7 @@ pam_server (int fd, const char *service, int verb, const struct name_value_list
     }
  done:
 
-#if DLOPEN_PAM
+#ifdef USE_PAM_DLOPEN
   dlclose_pam ();
 #endif
   if (DEBUG (verb))
diff --git a/src/plugins/auth-pam/auth-pam.exports b/src/plugins/auth-pam/auth-pam.exports
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b07937cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/auth-pam/auth-pam.exports
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+openvpn_plugin_open_v1
+openvpn_plugin_func_v1
+openvpn_plugin_close_v1
+openvpn_plugin_abort_v1
diff --git a/src/plugins/auth-pam/pamdl.c b/src/plugins/auth-pam/pamdl.c
index 8636a8e4..26e98215 100644
--- a/src/plugins/auth-pam/pamdl.c
+++ b/src/plugins/auth-pam/pamdl.c
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-#if DLOPEN_PAM
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef USE_PAM_DLOPEN
 /*
  * If you want to dynamically load libpam using dlopen() or something,
  * then dlopen( ' this shared object ' ); It takes care of exporting
@@ -73,7 +77,7 @@ int pam_set_item(pam_handle_t *pamh, int item_type, const void *item)
     return real_pam_set_item(pamh, item_type, item);
 }
 
-int pam_get_item(pam_handle_t *pamh, int item_type, const void **item)
+int pam_get_item(const pam_handle_t *pamh, int item_type, const void **item)
 {
     int (*real_pam_get_item)(const pam_handle_t *, int, const void **);
     RESOLVE_PAM_FUNCTION(pam_get_item, int,
diff --git a/src/plugins/auth-pam/pamdl.h b/src/plugins/auth-pam/pamdl.h
index b10b035a..12ba0684 100644
--- a/src/plugins/auth-pam/pamdl.h
+++ b/src/plugins/auth-pam/pamdl.h
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-#if DLOPEN_PAM
-#include <security/pam_appl.h>
-
+#ifdef USE_PAM_DLOPEN
 /* Dynamically load and unload the PAM library */
 int dlopen_pam (const char *so);
 void dlclose_pam (void);
diff --git a/src/plugins/down-root/Makefile b/src/plugins/down-root/Makefile
deleted file mode 100755
index e66c99ae..00000000
--- a/src/plugins/down-root/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Build the OpenVPN down-root plugin module.
-#
-
-# This directory is where we will look for openvpn-plugin.h
-CPPFLAGS=-I../../../include
-
-CC=gcc
-CFLAGS=-O2 -Wall
-
-down-root.so : down-root.o
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -fPIC -shared $(LDFLAGS) -Wl,-soname,openvpn-down-root.so -o openvpn-down-root.so down-root.o -lc
-
-down-root.o : down-root.c
-	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -fPIC -c down-root.c
-
-clean :
-	-rm -f *.o *.so
diff --git a/src/plugins/down-root/Makefile.am b/src/plugins/down-root/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..064aa30c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/down-root/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#
+#  OpenVPN (TM) Down Root Plugin -- OpenVPN Plugin
+#
+#  Copyright (C) 2012      Alon Bar-Lev <alon.barlev@gmail.com>
+#
+
+MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = \
+	$(srcdir)/Makefile.in
+
+AM_CFLAGS = \
+	-I$(top_srcdir)/include
+
+if ENABLE_PLUGIN_DOWN_ROOT
+plugin_LTLIBRARIES = openvpn-plugin-down-root.la
+dist_doc_DATA = README.down-root
+endif
+
+openvpn_plugin_down_root_la_SOURCES = \
+	down-root.c \
+	down-root.exports
+openvpn_plugin_down_root_la_LDFLAGS = $(AM_LDFLAGS) \
+	-export-symbols "$(srcdir)/down-root.exports" \
+	-module -shared -avoid-version -no-undefined
diff --git a/src/plugins/down-root/README b/src/plugins/down-root/README.down-root
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/down-root/README
rename to src/plugins/down-root/README.down-root
diff --git a/src/plugins/down-root/down-root.c b/src/plugins/down-root/down-root.c
index fced23be..d51d0e55 100644
--- a/src/plugins/down-root/down-root.c
+++ b/src/plugins/down-root/down-root.c
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@
  * OpenVPN plugin module to do privileged down-script execution.
  */
 
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include <config.h>
+#endif
+
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -37,7 +41,7 @@
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <syslog.h>
 
-#include "openvpn-plugin.h"
+#include <openvpn-plugin.h>
 
 #define DEBUG(verb) ((verb) >= 7)
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/down-root/down-root.exports b/src/plugins/down-root/down-root.exports
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b07937cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/down-root/down-root.exports
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+openvpn_plugin_open_v1
+openvpn_plugin_func_v1
+openvpn_plugin_close_v1
+openvpn_plugin_abort_v1