diff --git a/libnymea/devices/plugin.pri b/libnymea/devices/plugin.pri
index 1eccb4bb..ee4f8ebe 100644
--- a/libnymea/devices/plugin.pri
+++ b/libnymea/devices/plugin.pri
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#  Copyright (C) 2018 Michael Zanetti <michael.zanetti@guh.io>
+#  Copyright (C) 2019 Michael Zanetti <michael.zanetti@nymea.io>
 #  Copyright (C) 2018 Simon Stürz <simon.stuerz@guh.io>
 #
 #  This file is part of nymea.
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
 #  <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 # This project include file is meant to be used by nymea plugins.
+
 # Example project file for a plugin:
 
-# include(/usr/include/nymea/plugi.pri)
-# TARGET = $$qtLibraryTarget(nymea_devicepluginexample)
+# include($$[QT_INSTALL_PREFIX]/include/nymea/plugi.pri)
 # SOURCES += devicepluginexample.cpp
 # HEADERS += devicepluginexample.h
 
@@ -34,30 +34,26 @@ PKGCONFIG += nymea
 QMAKE_CXXFLAGS *= -Werror -std=c++11 -g
 QMAKE_LFLAGS *= -std=c++11
 
-# Check if ccache is enabled
-ccache {
-    QMAKE_CXX = ccache g++
-}
+JSONFILE=$${_PRO_FILE_PWD_}/deviceplugin"$$TARGET".json
 
 # Make the device plugin json file visible in the Qt Creator
-OTHER_FILES+=deviceplugin"$$TARGET".json
+OTHER_FILES += $$JSONFILE
 
-# 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.
+# Compile the plugininfo.h file
+plugininfo.input = JSONFILE
+plugininfo.output = plugininfo.h
+plugininfo.commands = nymea-plugininfocompiler ${QMAKE_FILE_NAME} --output ${QMAKE_FILE_OUT}
+plugininfo.dependency_type = TYPE_C
+plugininfo.CONFIG += no_link combine
+QMAKE_EXTRA_COMPILERS += plugininfo
 
-# 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 \
-                      $${_PRO_FILE_PWD_}/deviceplugin"$$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
+# Compile the extern-plugininfo.h file
+extern_plugininfo.input = JSONFILE
+extern_plugininfo.output = extern-plugininfo.h
+extern_plugininfo.commands = nymea-plugininfocompiler ${QMAKE_FILE_NAME} --extern ${QMAKE_FILE_OUT}
+extern_plugininfo.dependency_type = TYPE_C
+extern_plugininfo.CONFIG += no_link combine
+QMAKE_EXTRA_COMPILERS += extern_plugininfo
 
 # Clean up autogenerated plugin info files
 plugininfo_clean.commands = rm -fv $$OUT_PWD/plugininfo.h $$OUT_PWD/extern-plugininfo.h
@@ -80,10 +76,7 @@ QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += lrelease
 translations.path = /usr/share/nymea/translations
 translations.files = $$[QT_SOURCE_TREE]/translations/*.qm
 
-HEADERS += $$OUT_PWD/plugininfo.h \
-           $$OUT_PWD/extern-plugininfo.h
-DEPENDPATH += $$OUT_PWD
-
+# Redefine target to make output file suite the plugin filename schema
 TARGET = $$qtLibraryTarget(nymea_deviceplugin"$$TARGET")
 
 # Install plugin