diff --git a/src/gui/src/PluginManager.cpp b/src/gui/src/PluginManager.cpp
index ee6e1011..a30d0056 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/PluginManager.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/src/PluginManager.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #include "Fingerprint.h"
 #include "Plugin.h"
 
+#include <QTextStream>
+
 #include <QFile>
 #include <QDir>
 #include <QProcess>
@@ -83,7 +85,8 @@ void PluginManager::copyPlugins()
 		// Get the Directory where plugins are put on installation
 		// If it doesn't exist, there is nothing to do
 		QString srcDirName(m_InstalledDir.append(QDir::separator())
-						   .append(Plugin::getOsSpecificInstallerLocation()));
+							.append(Plugin::getOsSpecificInstallerLocation()));
+
 		QDir srcDir(srcDirName);
 		if (!srcDir.exists()) {
 			emit info(
@@ -95,6 +98,7 @@ void PluginManager::copyPlugins()
 		// Get the directory where Plugins are installed into Synergy
 		// If it doesn't exist make it
 		QString destDirName = m_PluginDir;
+
 		QDir destDir(destDirName);
 		if (!destDir.exists()) {
 			destDir.mkpath(".");
@@ -114,7 +118,11 @@ void PluginManager::copyPlugins()
 				newFile.remove();
 			}
 			// make a copy of the plugin in the new location
+			#if defined(Q_OS_WIN)
 			bool result = file.copy(newName);
+			#else
+			bool result = file.link(newName);
+			#endif
 			if ( !result ) {
 					emit error(
 							tr("Failed to copy plugin '%1' to: %2\n%3")
@@ -133,9 +141,9 @@ void PluginManager::copyPlugins()
 	}
 	catch (std::exception& e)
 	{
-		emit error(tr("An error occurred while trying to copy the "
-								  "plugin list. Please contact the help desk, and "
-								  "provide the following details.\n\n%1").arg(e.what()));
+		emit error(tr(	"An error occurred while trying to copy the "
+						"plugin list. Please contact the help desk, and "
+						"provide the following details.\n\n%1").arg(e.what()));
 	}
 	emit copyFinished();
 	return;