diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d7e0926ff1..163729c3ec 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1675,6 +1675,9 @@ fi
 mkdir -p tests/tcg
 echo "# Automatically generated by configure - do not modify" > $config_host_mak
 echo "SRC_PATH=$source_path" >> $config_host_mak
+if test "$plugins" = "yes" ; then
+    echo "CONFIG_PLUGIN=y" >> $config_host_mak
+fi
 
 tcg_tests_targets=
 for target in $target_list; do