diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index f090c00b..d5ce36d9 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -1395,6 +1395,7 @@ Steffen Beyer <cpunk@reactor.de>
 
 Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@st.com>
  for fixing a memory leak in tComponent
+ for introducing a separate 'plugins-install' target in the Makefile
 
 Matthias Lötzke <Matthias@Loetzke.de>
  for adding missing text internationalization for "Starting EPG scan"
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 0d0ac259..45a08ad5 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -3763,3 +3763,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Updated the Slovenian OSD texts (thanks to Matjaz Thaler).
 - Updated the Danish OSD texts (thanks to Mogens Elneff).
 - Made LIRC command parsing more robust (thanks to Ville Skyttä).
+- Introduced a separate 'plugins-install' target in the Makefile (thanks to Daniel
+  Thompson).
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 28569b6e..62d8d166 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 1.77 2005/08/14 11:42:20 kls Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile 1.78 2005/09/02 13:37:51 kls Exp $
 
 .DELETE_ON_ERROR:
 
@@ -185,8 +185,6 @@ plugins-clean:
 install:
 	@mkdir -p $(BINDIR)
 	@cp vdr runvdr $(BINDIR)
-	@mkdir -p $(BINDIR)/$(PLUGINLIBDIR)
-	@cp $(PLUGINLIBDIR)/* $(BINDIR)/$(PLUGINLIBDIR)
 	@mkdir -p $(MANDIR)/man1
 	@mkdir -p $(MANDIR)/man5
 	@gzip -c vdr.1 > $(MANDIR)/man1/vdr.1.gz
@@ -196,6 +194,10 @@ install:
             cp *.conf $(VIDEODIR);\
             fi
 
+plugins-install:
+	@mkdir -p $(BINDIR)/$(PLUGINLIBDIR)
+	@cp $(PLUGINLIBDIR)/* $(BINDIR)/$(PLUGINLIBDIR)
+
 # Source documentation:
 
 srcdoc: