diff --git a/src/backend/plugin_manager.cc b/src/backend/plugin_manager.cc
index 06cbf51..5b91d2b 100644
--- a/src/backend/plugin_manager.cc
+++ b/src/backend/plugin_manager.cc
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ PluginManager::rescan_dirs()
   GlobalPreferences& prefs = GlobalPreferences::get_instance();
   GlobalPreferences::dir_iterator it = prefs.modules_dir_begin();
 
-  Glib::PatternSpec shared_obj("*.so");
+  
+  Glib::PatternSpec shared_obj(Glib::ustring("*.") + G_MODULE_SUFFIX);
   
   while(it != prefs.modules_dir_end())
   {