diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a7b32279..4977cc64 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ if (UNIX)
 
 	# warnings as errors:
 	# we have a problem with people checking in code with warnings.
-	set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Werror")
+	set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Werror -fPIC")
 
 	# For config.h, detect the libraries, functions, etc.
 	include(CheckIncludeFiles)
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ if (UNIX)
 				CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
 		else()
 			# >= 10.6: Intel only
-			set(CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES "i386;x86_64"
+			set(CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES "i386"
 				CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
 		endif()
 		
diff --git a/src/lib/arch/CMakeLists.txt b/src/lib/arch/CMakeLists.txt
index 131bec78..12946107 100644
--- a/src/lib/arch/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/lib/arch/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -50,5 +50,5 @@ endif()
 add_library(arch STATIC ${sources})
 
 if (UNIX)
-	target_link_libraries(arch ${libs})
+	target_link_libraries(arch dl ${libs})
 endif()
diff --git a/src/lib/arch/unix/ArchPluginUnix.cpp b/src/lib/arch/unix/ArchPluginUnix.cpp
index 5cdacf3c..18d21345 100644
--- a/src/lib/arch/unix/ArchPluginUnix.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/arch/unix/ArchPluginUnix.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,22 @@
 
 #include "arch/unix/ArchPluginUnix.h"
 
+#include "arch/unix/XArchUnix.h"
+#include "base/IEventQueue.h"
+#include "base/Event.h"
+#include "base/Log.h"
+
+#include <vector>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <dirent.h>
+#include <dlfcn.h>
+
+typedef int (*initFunc)(void (*sendEvent)(const char*, void*), void (*log)(const char*));
+typedef void* (*invokeFunc)(const char*, void*);
+
+void* g_eventTarget = NULL;
+IEventQueue* g_events = NULL;
+
 ArchPluginUnix::ArchPluginUnix()
 {
 }
@@ -26,7 +42,109 @@ ArchPluginUnix::~ArchPluginUnix()
 {
 }
 
+void
+ArchPluginUnix::load()
+{
+	String pluginsDir = getPluginsDir();
+	LOG((CLOG_DEBUG "plugins dir: %s", pluginsDir.c_str()));
+
+	struct dirent* de = NULL;
+	DIR* dir = NULL;
+
+	dir = opendir(pluginsDir.c_str());
+	if (dir == NULL) {
+		LOG((CLOG_DEBUG "can't open plugins dir: %s",
+		     pluginsDir.c_str()));
+		return;
+	}
+
+	std::vector<String> plugins;
+	while ((de = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
+		// ignore hidden files and diretories like .. and .
+		if (de->d_name[0] != '.') {
+			LOG((CLOG_DEBUG "load plugin %s", de->d_name));
+			plugins.push_back(de->d_name);
+		}
+	}
+	closedir(dir);
+
+	std::vector<String>::iterator it;
+	for (it = plugins.begin(); it != plugins.end(); ++it) {
+		LOG((CLOG_DEBUG "loading plugin: %s", (*it).c_str()));
+		String path = String(getPluginsDir()).append("/").append(*it);
+		void* library = dlopen(path.c_str(), RTLD_LAZY);
+
+		if (library == NULL) {
+			throw XArch(dlerror());
+		}
+
+		String filename = synergy::string::removeFileExt(*it);
+		m_pluginTable.insert(std::make_pair(filename, library));
+	}
+}
+
 void
 ArchPluginUnix::init(void* eventTarget, IEventQueue* events)
 {
+	g_eventTarget = eventTarget;
+	g_events = events;
+
+	PluginTable::iterator it;
+	for (it = m_pluginTable.begin(); it != m_pluginTable.end(); it++) {
+		initFunc initPlugin = (initFunc)dlsym(it->second, "init");
+		initPlugin(&sendEvent, &log);
+	}
 }
+
+bool
+ArchPluginUnix::exists(const char* name)
+{
+	PluginTable::iterator it;
+	it = m_pluginTable.find(name);
+	return it != m_pluginTable.end() ? true : false;
+}
+
+void*
+ArchPluginUnix::invoke(
+	const char* plugin,
+	const char* command,
+	void* args)
+{
+	PluginTable::iterator it;
+	it = m_pluginTable.find(plugin);
+	if (it != m_pluginTable.end()) {
+		invokeFunc invokePlugin = (invokeFunc)dlsym(it->second, "invoke");
+		return invokePlugin(command, args);
+	}
+	else {
+		LOG((CLOG_DEBUG "invoke command failed, plugin: %s command: %s",
+				plugin, command));
+		return NULL;
+	}
+}
+
+String
+ArchPluginUnix::getPluginsDir()
+{
+#if WINAPI_XWINDOWS
+	return "/usr/lib/synergy/plugin";
+#else
+	// TODO: pluging should be in bundle in the final release
+	return "/Users/xinyu/Projects/synergy/bin/plugins";
+#endif
+}
+
+void
+sendEvent(const char* eventName, void* data)
+{
+	LOG((CLOG_DEBUG5 "plugin sending event"));
+	Event::Type type = g_events->getRegisteredType(eventName);
+	g_events->addEvent(Event(type, g_eventTarget, data));
+}
+
+void
+log(const char* text)
+{
+	LOG((CLOG_DEBUG "plugin: %s", text));
+}
+
diff --git a/src/lib/arch/unix/ArchPluginUnix.h b/src/lib/arch/unix/ArchPluginUnix.h
index f75274e4..d9b30922 100644
--- a/src/lib/arch/unix/ArchPluginUnix.h
+++ b/src/lib/arch/unix/ArchPluginUnix.h
@@ -31,5 +31,19 @@ public:
 	virtual ~ArchPluginUnix();
 
 	// IArchPlugin overrides
+	void				load();
 	void				init(void* eventTarget, IEventQueue* events);
+	bool				exists(const char* name);
+	virtual void*		invoke(const char* pluginName,
+							const char* functionName,
+							void* args);
+
+ private:
+	String				getPluginsDir();
+
+private:
+	PluginTable			m_pluginTable;
 };
+
+void					sendEvent(const char* text, void* data);
+void					log(const char* text);
diff --git a/src/plugin/ns/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugin/ns/CMakeLists.txt
index fb497ed6..b8396bc7 100644
--- a/src/plugin/ns/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugin/ns/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ endif()
 
 include_directories(
 	../../lib/
+	../../..
 	${OPENSSL_INCLUDE}
 )
 
@@ -65,11 +66,28 @@ if (WIN32)
 			..\\..\\..\\..\\bin\\${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR}\\plugins\\
 	)
 else()
-	add_custom_command(
-		TARGET ns
-		POST_BUILD
-		COMMAND cp
-			..\\..\\..\\..\\lib\\${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR}\\ns.so
-			..\\..\\..\\..\\bin\\${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR}\\plugins\\
-	)
+	if (APPLE)
+		add_custom_command(
+			TARGET ns
+			POST_BUILD
+			COMMAND
+				mkdir -p
+				${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/bin/plugins
+				&&
+				cp
+				${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR}/libns.dylib
+				${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/bin/plugins/
+		)
+	else()
+		add_custom_command(
+			TARGET ns
+			POST_BUILD
+			COMMAND mkdir -p
+				../../../../../bin/plugins
+				&&
+				cp
+				../../../../../lib/libns.so
+				../../../../../bin/plugins/
+		)
+	endif()
 endif()