diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 497b8802f..b11264d04 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_MAJOR_VERSION 1)
 SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_MINOR_VERSION 9)
 SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION 4)
 
+SET(OSG_PLUGINS osgPlugins-${OPENSCENEGRAPH_MAJOR_VERSION}.${OPENSCENEGRAPH_MINOR_VERSION}.${OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION})
+
 SET(OpenThreads_SOURCE_DIR ${OpenSceneGraph_SOURCE_DIR})
 
 # We have some custom .cmake scripts not in the official distribution.
@@ -176,12 +178,11 @@ ELSE(NOT APPLE)
     FIND_PACKAGE(QuickTime)
 ENDIF(NOT APPLE)
 
-
 ################################################################################
 # Create bin and lib directories if required
 
 IF("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}" STREQUAL "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}")
-   FILE(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib/osgPlugins)
+   FILE(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib/${OSG_PLUGINS})
 ENDIF("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}" STREQUAL "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}")
 
 
@@ -208,7 +209,7 @@ SET(EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH ${OUTPUT_BINDIR})
 #SET(OUTPUT_LIBDIR ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/lib/${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME})
 SET(OUTPUT_LIBDIR ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/lib)
 MAKE_DIRECTORY(${OUTPUT_LIBDIR})
-MAKE_DIRECTORY(${OUTPUT_LIBDIR}/osgPlugins)
+MAKE_DIRECTORY(${OUTPUT_LIBDIR}/${OSG_PLUGINS})
 SET(LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH ${OUTPUT_LIBDIR})
 
 
diff --git a/CMakeModules/OsgMacroUtils.cmake b/CMakeModules/OsgMacroUtils.cmake
index 86759d8c2..e380a4934 100644
--- a/CMakeModules/OsgMacroUtils.cmake
+++ b/CMakeModules/OsgMacroUtils.cmake
@@ -121,11 +121,11 @@ MACRO(SETUP_PLUGIN PLUGIN_NAME)
 
     SETUP_LINK_LIBRARIES()
 
-#the installation path are differentiated for win32 that install in bib versus other architecture that install in lib${LIB_POSTFIX}/osgPlugins
+#the installation path are differentiated for win32 that install in bib versus other architecture that install in lib${LIB_POSTFIX}/${OSG_PLUGINS}
     IF(WIN32)
         INSTALL(TARGETS ${TARGET_TARGETNAME} RUNTIME DESTINATION bin ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib LIBRARY DESTINATION bin )
     ELSE(WIN32)
-        INSTALL(TARGETS ${TARGET_TARGETNAME} RUNTIME DESTINATION bin ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib${LIB_POSTFIX}/osgPlugins LIBRARY DESTINATION lib${LIB_POSTFIX}/osgPlugins )
+        INSTALL(TARGETS ${TARGET_TARGETNAME} RUNTIME DESTINATION bin ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib${LIB_POSTFIX}/${OSG_PLUGINS} LIBRARY DESTINATION lib${LIB_POSTFIX}/${OSG_PLUGINS} )
     ENDIF(WIN32)
 ENDMACRO(SETUP_PLUGIN)
 
diff --git a/src/osgDB/FileUtils.cpp b/src/osgDB/FileUtils.cpp
index b78f35b24..173ebe273 100644
--- a/src/osgDB/FileUtils.cpp
+++ b/src/osgDB/FileUtils.cpp
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #include <osg/Notify>
+#include <osg/Version>
 
 #include <osgDB/FileUtils>
 #include <osgDB/FileNameUtils>
@@ -73,6 +74,9 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stack>
 
+
+const std::string OSG_PLUGINS(std::string("osgPlugins-")+std::string(osgGetVersion())+std::string("/"));
+
 bool osgDB::makeDirectory( const std::string &path )
 {
     if (path.empty())
@@ -315,7 +319,7 @@ std::string osgDB::findLibraryFile(const std::string& filename,CaseSensitivity c
 
     // failed with direct paths,
     // now try prepending the filename with "osgPlugins/"
-    return findFileInPath("osgPlugins/"+simpleFileName,filepath,caseSensitivity);
+    return findFileInPath(OSG_PLUGINS+simpleFileName,filepath,caseSensitivity);
 }
 
 std::string osgDB::findFileInDirectory(const std::string& fileName,const std::string& dirName,CaseSensitivity caseSensitivity)
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/CMakeLists.txt b/src/osgPlugins/CMakeLists.txt
index 69086eafa..ffbda2154 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 PROJECT(OSG_PLUGINS_MASTER)
 
 
-SET(LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH "${LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH}/osgPlugins")
+SET(LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH "${LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH}/${OSG_PLUGINS}")
 
 
 OPTION(BUILD_OSG_COMMON_PLUGINS "Build with Common  Plugins" TRUE)
diff --git a/src/osgWrappers/CMakeLists.txt b/src/osgWrappers/CMakeLists.txt
index 4ea6e4208..52791b0de 100644
--- a/src/osgWrappers/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/osgWrappers/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 PROJECT(OSG_WRAPPERS)
 
-SET(LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH "${LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH}/osgPlugins")
+SET(LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH "${LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH}/${OSG_PLUGINS}")
 
 IF(NOT MINGW)
 	SET(CMAKE_SHARED_MODULE_PREFIX "")
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ MACRO(ADD_WRAPPER_LIB SUBDIR EXPORTDEF)
 	IF(WIN32)
 		INSTALL(TARGETS ${TARGET_NAME} RUNTIME DESTINATION bin ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib LIBRARY DESTINATION bin )
 	ELSE(WIN32)
-		INSTALL(TARGETS ${TARGET_NAME} RUNTIME DESTINATION bin ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib${LIB_POSTFIX}/osgPlugins LIBRARY DESTINATION lib${LIB_POSTFIX}/osgPlugins )
+		INSTALL(TARGETS ${TARGET_NAME} RUNTIME DESTINATION bin ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib${LIB_POSTFIX}/${OSG_PLUGINS} LIBRARY DESTINATION lib${LIB_POSTFIX}/${OSG_PLUGINS} )
 	ENDIF(WIN32)
 	
 ENDMACRO(ADD_WRAPPER_LIB)