diff --git a/panels/midori-plugins.c b/panels/midori-plugins.c
index ee663399..f8099299 100644
--- a/panels/midori-plugins.c
+++ b/panels/midori-plugins.c
@@ -277,6 +277,10 @@ midori_plugins_init (MidoriPlugins* plugins)
                     const gchar* plugin_name;
                     const gchar* plugin_description;
 
+                    /* Ignore files which don't have the correct suffix */
+                    if (!g_str_has_suffix (filename, G_MODULE_SUFFIX))
+                        continue;
+
                     fullname = g_build_filename (plugin_path, filename, NULL);
                     module = g_module_open (fullname, G_MODULE_BIND_LOCAL);
                     g_free (fullname);