diff --git a/plugins/Common/retroshare_plugin.pri b/plugins/Common/retroshare_plugin.pri
index 36a4280cd..e77626dc6 100644
--- a/plugins/Common/retroshare_plugin.pri
+++ b/plugins/Common/retroshare_plugin.pri
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 TEMPLATE = lib
+CONFIG *= plugin
 
 DEPENDPATH += ../../libretroshare/src/ ../../retroshare-gui/src/
 INCLUDEPATH += ../../libretroshare/src/ ../../retroshare-gui/src/