diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 4d912704..636cee9f 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -1316,6 +1316,7 @@ Udo Richter <udo_richter@gmx.de>
  for reporting a bug in opening recording folders in case the last replayed recording
  no longer exists
  for reporting a missing check against MAXOSDAREAS in cOsd::CanHandleAreas()
+ for making the Makefile report a summary of failed plugins
 
 Sven Kreiensen <svenk@kammer.uni-hannover.de>
  for his help in keeping 'channels.conf.terr' up to date
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 8cd2f178..dced2752 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -4062,3 +4062,4 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   warnings with g++ 4.1.0 (thanks to Ville Skyttä).
 - Fixed incrementing the 'state' variables in the repacker classes in remux.c
   to avoid warnings with g++ 4.1.0 (reported by Ville Skyttä).
+- The Makefile now reports a summary of failed plugins (thanks to Udo Richter).
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5589ce18..8df6d7f1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
 # how to reach the author.
 #
-# $Id: Makefile 1.80 2005/12/31 10:14:33 kls Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile 1.81 2006/01/01 15:12:05 kls Exp $
 
 .DELETE_ON_ERROR:
 
@@ -183,7 +183,12 @@ include-dir:
 # Plugins:
 
 plugins: include-dir
-	@for i in `ls $(PLUGINDIR)/src | grep -v '[^a-z0-9]'`; do $(MAKE) -C "$(PLUGINDIR)/src/$$i" all; done
+	@failed="";\
+	for i in `ls $(PLUGINDIR)/src | grep -v '[^a-z0-9]'`; do\
+	    echo "Plugin $$i:";\
+	    $(MAKE) -C "$(PLUGINDIR)/src/$$i" all || failed="$$failed $$i";\
+	    done;\
+	if [ -n "$$failed" ] ; then echo; echo "*** failed plugins:$$failed"; echo; fi
 
 plugins-clean:
 	@for i in `ls $(PLUGINDIR)/src | grep -v '[^a-z0-9]'`; do $(MAKE) -C "$(PLUGINDIR)/src/$$i" clean; done