diff --git a/libretroshare/src/plugins/pluginmanager.cc b/libretroshare/src/plugins/pluginmanager.cc
index 8c5d7d30c..db0a90462 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/plugins/pluginmanager.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/plugins/pluginmanager.cc
@@ -152,6 +152,33 @@ RsSerialiser *RsPluginManager::setupSerialiser()
 	return rss ;
 }
 
+void RsPluginManager::loadPlugins(const std::vector<RsPlugin *>& plugins)
+{
+	for(uint32_t i=0;i<plugins.size();++i)
+		loadPlugin(plugins[i]) ;
+}
+
+bool RsPluginManager::loadPlugin(RsPlugin *p)
+{
+	std::cerr << "  Loading programmatically inserted plugin " << std::endl;
+
+	PluginInfo pinfo ;
+	pinfo.plugin = p ;
+	pinfo.file_name = "No file" ;
+	pinfo.file_hash = "No hash" ;
+	pinfo.info_string = "" ;
+
+	p->setPlugInHandler(this); // WIN fix, cannot share global space with shared libraries
+
+	// The following choice is conservative by forcing RS to resolve all dependencies at
+	// the time of loading the plugin. 
+
+	pinfo.status = PLUGIN_STATUS_LOADED ;
+
+	_plugins.push_back(pinfo) ;
+	return true;
+}
+
 bool RsPluginManager::loadPlugin(const std::string& plugin_name)
 {
 	std::cerr << "  Loading plugin " << plugin_name << std::endl;
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/plugins/pluginmanager.h b/libretroshare/src/plugins/pluginmanager.h
index 475a8ab5d..b3da878cb 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/plugins/pluginmanager.h
+++ b/libretroshare/src/plugins/pluginmanager.h
@@ -62,12 +62,23 @@ class RsPluginManager: public RsPluginHandler, public p3Config
 		static void setFileServer(ftServer *ft) { _ftserver = ft ; }
 		static void setLinkMgr(p3LinkMgr *cm) { _linkmgr = cm ; }
 
-
+		// Normal plugin loading system. Parses through the plugin directories and loads
+		// dso libraries, checks for the hash, and loads/rejects plugins according to
+		// the user's choice.
+		//
 		void loadPlugins(const std::vector<std::string>& plugin_directories) ;
 
+		// Explicit function to load a plugin programatically. 
+		// No hash-checking is performed (there's no DSO file to hash!)
+		// Mostly convenient for insering plugins in development.
+		//
+		void loadPlugins(const std::vector<RsPlugin*>& explicit_plugin_entries) ;
+
 		void registerCacheServices() ;
 		void registerClientServices(p3ServiceServer *pqih) ;
+
 	private:
+		bool loadPlugin(RsPlugin *) ;
 		bool loadPlugin(const std::string& shared_library_name) ;
 		std::string hashPlugin(const std::string& shared_library_name) ;
 
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/rsserver/rsinit.cc b/libretroshare/src/rsserver/rsinit.cc
index fb6be7c7b..faa98edda 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/rsserver/rsinit.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/rsserver/rsinit.cc
@@ -2060,11 +2060,22 @@ int RsServer::StartupRetroShare()
 	//
 	mPluginsManager->loadPlugins(plugins_directories) ;
 
-        // set interfaces for plugins
-        RsPlugInInterfaces interfaces;
-        interfaces.mFiles = rsFiles;
-        interfaces.mPeers = rsPeers;
-        mPluginsManager->setInterfaces(interfaces);
+	// Also load some plugins explicitly. This is helpful for
+	// - developping plugins 
+	//
+	std::vector<RsPlugin *> programatically_inserted_plugins ;		
+	
+	// Push your own plugins into this list, before the call:
+	//
+	// 	programatically_inserted_plugins.push_back(myCoolPlugin) ;
+	//
+	mPluginsManager->loadPlugins(programatically_inserted_plugins) ;
+
+	// set interfaces for plugins
+	RsPlugInInterfaces interfaces;
+	interfaces.mFiles = rsFiles;
+	interfaces.mPeers = rsPeers;
+	mPluginsManager->setInterfaces(interfaces);
 
 	/* create Services */
 	ad = new p3disc(mPeerMgr, mLinkMgr, mNetMgr, pqih);