diff --git a/linphone/mediastreamer2/src/mscommon.c b/linphone/mediastreamer2/src/mscommon.c
index 34cb3dbf6..4f185399d 100644
--- a/linphone/mediastreamer2/src/mscommon.c
+++ b/linphone/mediastreamer2/src/mscommon.c
@@ -346,8 +346,8 @@ int ms_load_plugins(const char *dir){
 		return -1;
 	}
 	while( (de=readdir(ds))!=NULL){
-		if ((de->d_type==DT_REG || de->d_type==DT_LNK  || de->d_type==DT_UNKNOWN) 
-			&& strstr(de->d_name,PLUGINS_EXT)==de->d_name+strlen(de->d_name)-strlen(PLUGINS_EXT) ) {
+    if ((de->d_type==DT_REG && strstr(de->d_name,PLUGINS_EXT)!=NULL)
+			|| (de->d_type==DT_UNKNOWN && strstr(de->d_name,PLUGINS_EXT)==de->d_name+strlen(de->d_name)-strlen(PLUGINS_EXT)) {
 			void *handle;
 			fullpath=ms_strdup_printf("%s/%s",dir,de->d_name);
 			ms_message("Loading plugin %s...",fullpath);