diff --git a/src/cmake_plugins.cmake b/src/cmake_plugins.cmake
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+++ b/src/cmake_plugins.cmake
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+function(prepare_rssguard_plugin plugin_target_name)
+  if(NOT DEFINED LIBRSSGUARD_SOURCE_PATH)
+    set(LIBRSSGUARD_SOURCE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/..")
+  endif()
+
+  target_compile_definitions(${plugin_target_name}
+    PRIVATE
+    RSSGUARD_DLLSPEC=Q_DECL_IMPORT
+  )
+
+  target_include_directories(${plugin_target_name}
+    PUBLIC
+    ${LIBRSSGUARD_SOURCE_PATH}
+  )
+
+  if(WIN32 OR OS2)
+    install(TARGETS ${plugin_target_name} DESTINATION plugins)
+  elseif(UNIX AND NOT APPLE AND NOT ANDROID)
+    include (GNUInstallDirs)
+    install(TARGETS ${plugin_target_name}
+      DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/rssguard
+    )
+  elseif(APPLE)
+    install(TARGETS ${plugin_target_name}
+      DESTINATION Contents/MacOS
+    )
+  endif()
+endfunction()