diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index dbd14a7d9..aba0735bb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ set(rime_soversion 1)
 add_definitions(-DRIME_VERSION="${rime_version}")
 
 option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Build Rime as shared library" ON)
+option(BUILD_MERGED_PLUGINS "Merge plugins into one Rime library" ON)
 option(BUILD_STATIC "Build with dependencies as static libraries" OFF)
 option(BUILD_DATA "Build data for Rime" OFF)
 option(BUILD_TEST "Build and run tests" ON)
@@ -187,6 +188,15 @@ if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Linux|FreeBSD|DragonFly")
   endif()
 endif()
 
+add_subdirectory(plugins)
+message(STATUS "rime_plugins_libs: ${rime_plugins_deps}")
+message(STATUS "rime_plugins_modules: ${rime_plugins_modules}")
+set(list "")
+foreach(mod ${rime_plugins_modules})
+  set(list "${list},Q(${mod})")
+endforeach()
+add_definitions(-DRIME_EXTRA_MODULES=${list})
+
 if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
   add_definitions(-DRIME_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
   set(rime_library rime)
diff --git a/Makefile.xcode b/Makefile.xcode
index a6945783e..322510446 100644
--- a/Makefile.xcode
+++ b/Makefile.xcode
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ release:
 	cmake --build xbuild --config Release
 
 debug:
-	cmake . -Bxdebug -GXcode -DBUILD_STATIC=ON -DBUILD_SEPARATE_LIBS=ON
+	cmake . -Bxdebug -GXcode -DBUILD_STATIC=ON
 	cmake --build xdebug --config Debug
 
 clean:
diff --git a/plugins/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d11592c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+set(RIME_SOURCE_DIR ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR})
+set(LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/lib)
+
+unset(plugins_objs)
+unset(plugins_deps)
+unset(plugins_modules)
+file(GLOB plugin_files "*")
+foreach(file ${plugin_files})
+  if (IS_DIRECTORY ${file})
+    message(STATUS "Found plugin: ${file}")
+    unset(plugin_name)
+    unset(plugin_objs)
+    unset(plugin_deps)
+    unset(plugin_modules)
+    add_subdirectory(${file})
+    if(BUILD_MERGED_PLUGINS)
+      set(plugins_objs ${plugins_objs} ${plugin_objs})
+      set(plugins_deps ${plugins_deps} ${plugin_deps})
+      set(plugins_modules ${plugins_modules} ${plugin_modules})
+    else()
+      message(STATUS "Plugin ${plugin_name} provides modules: ${plugin_modules}")
+      add_library(${plugin_name} ${plugin_objs})
+      target_link_libraries(${plugin_name} ${plugin_deps})
+      if(XCODE_VERSION)
+	set_target_properties(${plugin_name} PROPERTIES INSTALL_NAME_DIR "@rpath")
+      endif(XCODE_VERSION)
+      install(TARGETS ${plugin_name} DESTINATION ${LIB_INSTALL_DIR})
+    endif()
+  endif()
+endforeach(file)
+
+set(rime_plugins_objs ${plugins_objs} PARENT_SCOPE)
+set(rime_plugins_deps ${plugins_deps} PARENT_SCOPE)
+set(rime_plugins_modules ${plugins_modules} PARENT_SCOPE)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 25dbee8af..bd5fb629d 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ set(rime_core_deps
     ${Glog_LIBRARY}
     ${YamlCpp_LIBRARY}
     ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT}
-    ${rime_optional_deps})
+    ${rime_optional_deps}
+    ${rime_plugins_deps})
 set(rime_extra_deps
     ${ICONV_LIBRARIES}
     ${LevelDb_LIBRARY}
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-  add_library(rime ${rime_src})
+  add_library(rime ${rime_plugins_objs} ${rime_src})
   target_link_libraries(rime ${rime_deps})
   set_target_properties(rime PROPERTIES DEFINE_SYMBOL "RIME_EXPORTS")
   set_target_properties(rime PROPERTIES VERSION ${rime_version} SOVERSION ${rime_soversion})
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
     install(TARGETS rime-gears DESTINATION ${LIB_INSTALL_DIR})
   endif()
 else()
-  add_library(rime-static STATIC ${rime_src})
+  add_library(rime-static STATIC ${rime_plugins_objs} ${rime_src})
   target_link_libraries(rime-static ${rime_deps})
   set_target_properties(rime-static PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME "rime" PREFIX "lib")
   install(TARGETS rime-static DESTINATION ${LIB_INSTALL_DIR})
diff --git a/src/rime/setup.cc b/src/rime/setup.cc
index 61f2fadff..9d1b67d8e 100644
--- a/src/rime/setup.cc
+++ b/src/rime/setup.cc
@@ -11,13 +11,19 @@
 
 #include <rime_api.h>
 #include <rime/module.h>
+#include <rime/setup.h>
 
 namespace rime {
 
-RIME_API RIME_MODULE_LIST(kDefaultModules, "default");
+#define Q(x) #x
+RIME_API RIME_MODULE_LIST(kDefaultModules, "default" RIME_EXTRA_MODULES);
+#undef Q
 RIME_MODULE_LIST(kDeployerModules, "deployer");
 RIME_MODULE_LIST(kLegacyModules, "legacy");
 
+RIME_REGISTER_MODULE_GROUP(default, "core", "dict", "gears")
+RIME_REGISTER_MODULE_GROUP(deployer, "core", "dict", "levers")
+
 RIME_API void LoadModules(const char* module_names[]) {
   ModuleManager& mm(ModuleManager::instance());
   for (const char** m = module_names; *m; ++m) {
@@ -33,7 +39,4 @@ RIME_API void SetupLogging(const char* app_name) {
 #endif  // RIME_ENABLE_LOGGING
 }
 
-RIME_REGISTER_MODULE_GROUP(default, "core", "dict", "gears")
-RIME_REGISTER_MODULE_GROUP(deployer, "core", "dict", "levers")
-
 }  // namespace rime