diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index aa29d58..d2abba4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,32 +1,18 @@
-# Prerequisites
-*.d
+# Keep empty directories:
+# Keep empty directories: >> .gitignore/.git*
 
-# Object files
-*.o
-*.ko
-*.obj
-*.elf
-
-# Linker output
-*.ilk
-*.map
-*.exp
-
-# Precompiled Headers
-*.gch
-*.pch
-
-# Libraries
+# Compiled Static libraries
 *.lib
 *.a
 *.la
+*.lai
 *.lo
 
-# Shared objects (inc. Windows DLLs)
-*.dll
+# Compiled Dynamic libraries
 *.so
 *.so.*
 *.dylib
+*.dll
 
 # Executables
 *.exe
@@ -36,18 +22,24 @@
 *.x86_64
 *.hex
 
-# Debug files
-*.dSYM/
-*.su
-*.idb
-*.pdb
+*.dgcov
+.*.swp
+.gdb_history
 
-# Kernel Module Compile Results
-*.mod*
-*.cmd
-.tmp_versions/
-modules.order
-Module.symvers
-Mkfile.old
-dkms.conf
-client.cnf
\ No newline at end of file
+#VS files/directories
+*.vcxproj
+*.filters
+*.user
+ipch
+*.sln
+*.suo
+*.sdf
+Win32
+x64
+*.dir
+Debug
+Release
+RelWithDebInfo
+
+#vim backups
+*.*~
diff --git a/mariadb_posix.py b/mariadb_posix.py
index 92db71e..c489afc 100644
--- a/mariadb_posix.py
+++ b/mariadb_posix.py
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ def get_config(options):
     cfg = MariaDBConfiguration()
     cfg.version = cc_version[0]
 
+    plugindir= mariadb_config(config_prg, "plugindir")
     libs = mariadb_config(config_prg, "libs")
     extra_libs= mariadb_config(config_prg, "libs_sys")
     cfg.lib_dirs = [dequote(i[2:]) for i in libs if i.startswith("-L")]
@@ -67,4 +68,5 @@ def get_config(options):
         cfg.extra_objects = ['{}/lib{}.a'.format(cfg.lib_dirs[0], l) for l in ["mariadbclient"]]
         cfg.libs = [dequote(i[2:]) for i in extra_libs if i.startswith("-l")]
     cfg.includes = mariadb_includes
+    cfg.extra_compile_args= ["-DDEFAULT_PLUGINS_SUBDIR=\"%s\"" % plugindir[0]]
     return cfg