diff --git a/Mk/plugins.mk b/Mk/plugins.mk
index 27de43371..03b15df42 100644
--- a/Mk/plugins.mk
+++ b/Mk/plugins.mk
@@ -65,6 +65,21 @@ PLUGIN_DEVEL?=		yes
 PLUGIN_PREFIX?=		os-
 PLUGIN_SUFFIX?=		-devel
 
+.if !empty(PLUGIN_VARIANTS)
+PLUGIN_VARIANT?=	${PLUGIN_VARIANTS:[1]}
+.endif
+
+.if !empty(PLUGIN_VARIANT)
+PLUGIN_NAME:=		${${PLUGIN_VARIANT}_NAME}
+.if empty(PLUGIN_NAME)
+.error Plugin variant '${PLUGIN_VARIANT}' does not exist
+.endif
+.for _PLUGIN_VARIANT in ${PLUGIN_VARIANTS}
+PLUGIN_CONFLICTS+=	${${_PLUGIN_VARIANT}_NAME}
+.endfor
+PLUGIN_DEPENDS+=	${${PLUGIN_VARIANT}_DEPENDS}
+.endif
+
 PLUGIN_PKGNAMES=	${PLUGIN_PREFIX}${PLUGIN_NAME}${PLUGIN_SUFFIX} \
 			${PLUGIN_PREFIX}${PLUGIN_NAME}
 .for CONFLICT in ${PLUGIN_CONFLICTS}