diff --git a/src/vpp.am b/src/vpp.am
index 425f1e3..0b605ec 100644
--- a/src/vpp.am
+++ b/src/vpp.am
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@
 if WITH_APICLI
   bin_vpp_SOURCES +=				\
   vpp/api/api_format.c				\
-  vpp/api/api_main.c
+  vpp/api/api_main.c				\
+  vpp/api/plugin.c				\
+  vpp/api/plugin.h
 endif
 
 # comment out to disable stats upload to gmond
@@ -78,6 +80,8 @@
   libvppinfra.la \
   -lrt -lm -lpthread -ldl
 
+bin_vpp_LDFLAGS = -Wl,--export-dynamic
+
 if ENABLE_TESTS
 noinst_PROGRAMS += bin/test_client