diff --git a/morituri/rip/main.py b/morituri/rip/main.py
index 667cdbe..aaa93b7 100644
--- a/morituri/rip/main.py
+++ b/morituri/rip/main.py
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ def main():
     # set user agent
     musicbrainzngs.set_useragent("morituri", configure.version,
         'https://thomas.apestaart.org/morituri/trac')
+    # register plugins with pkg_resources
+    plugins = directory.Directory().getData('plugins')
+    distributions, errors = pkg_resources.working_set.find_plugins(
+                            pkg_resources.Environment([plugins]))
+    map(pkg_resources.working_set.add, distributions)
     c = Rip()
     try:
         ret = c.parse(sys.argv[1:])