diff --git a/plugins.pri b/plugins.pri
index 35a5e9a..0dd7d09 100644
--- a/plugins.pri
+++ b/plugins.pri
@@ -1,52 +1,17 @@
-TEMPLATE = lib
-CONFIG += plugin
-
-QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -Werror -std=c++11 -g
-QMAKE_LFLAGS += -std=c++11
-
-CONFIG += link_pkgconfig
-PKGCONFIG += nymea
-
-HEADERS += $${OUT_PWD}/plugininfo.h \
-           $${OUT_PWD}/extern-plugininfo.h
-
-# Make the device plugin json file visible in the Qt Creator
-OTHER_FILES += $$PWD/$${TARGET}/deviceplugin"$$TARGET".json
-
-# NOTE: if the code includes "plugininfo.h", it would fail if we only give it a compiler for $$OUT_PWD/plugininfo.h
-# Let's add a dummy target with the plugininfo.h file without any path to allow the developer to just include it like that.
-
-# Create plugininfo file
-plugininfo.target = $$OUT_PWD/plugininfo.h
-extern-plugininfo.target = $$OUT_PWD/extern-plugininfo.h
-plugininfo_dummy.target = plugininfo.h
-extern-plugininfo_dummy.target = extern-plugininfo.h
-plugininfo.depends = FORCE
-plugininfo.commands = nymea-plugininfocompiler \
-                      $$PWD/$${TARGET}/deviceplugin"$$TARGET".json \
-                      --output $$OUT_PWD/plugininfo.h \
-                      --extern $$OUT_PWD/extern-plugininfo.h
-plugininfo_dummy.commands = $$plugininfo.commands
-extern-plugininfo.depends = plugininfo
-QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += plugininfo plugininfo_dummy extern-plugininfo extern-plugininfo_dummy
-
-# Clean up autogenerated plugin info files
-plugininfo_clean.commands = rm -fv $$OUT_PWD/plugininfo.h $$OUT_PWD/extern-plugininfo.h
-clean.depends = plugininfo_clean
-QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += clean plugininfo_clean
-
-# Install translation files
-TRANSLATIONS *= $$files($${PWD}/$${TARGET}/translations/*ts, true)
-lupdate.depends = FORCE
-lupdate.depends += plugininfo.h
-lupdate.commands = lupdate -recursive -no-obsolete $$PWD/"$$TARGET"/"$$TARGET".pro;
-QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += lupdate
-
-translations.path = /usr/share/nymea/translations
-translations.files = $$[QT_SOURCE_TREE]/translations/*.qm
-TRANSLATIONS += $$files($$[QT_SOURCE_TREE]/translations/*.ts, true)
-
-# Install plugin
-target.path = $$[QT_INSTALL_LIBS]/nymea/plugins/
-INSTALLS += target translations
-
+isEmpty(PLUGIN_PRI) {
+  exists($$[QT_INSTALL_PREFIX]/include/nymea/plugin.pri) {
+    include($$[QT_INSTALL_PREFIX]/include/nymea/plugin.pri)
+  } else {
+    message("plugin.pri not found. Either install libnymea1-dev or use the PLUGIN_PRI argument to point to it.")
+    message("For building this project without nymea installed system-wide, you will want to export those variables in addition:")
+    message("PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/path/to/build-nymea/libnymea/pkgconfig/")
+    message("CPATH=/path/to/nymea/libnymea/")
+    message("LIBRARY_PATH=/path/to/build-nymea/libnymea/")
+    message("PATH=/path/to/build-nymea/tools/nymea-plugininfocompiler:$PATH")
+    message("LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/path/to/build-nymea/libnymea/")
+    error("plugin.pri not found. Cannot continue")
+  }
+} else {
+  message("Using $$PLUGIN_PRI")
+  include($$PLUGIN_PRI)
+}