diff --git a/AMBuildScript b/AMBuildScript
index 1b45ecd..7b24edf 100644
--- a/AMBuildScript
+++ b/AMBuildScript
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ class ExtensionConfig(object):
     self.all_targets = []
     self.target_archs = set()
     self.libsafetyhook = {}
+    self.spcomp_bin = None
+    self.plugins = {}
 
     if builder.options.targets:
       target_archs = builder.options.targets.split(',')
@@ -142,13 +144,22 @@ class ExtensionConfig(object):
       raise Exception('Could not find a source copy of SourceMod')
     self.sm_root = Normalize(self.sm_root)
 
+  def detectSPCompiler(self):
+    if builder.options.no_plugins:
+      return
+    spcomp_path = builder.options.spcomp_path
+    if not spcomp_path or not os.path.isdir(spcomp_path):
+      spcomp_found = shutil.which("spcomp")
+      if not spcomp_found:
+        raise Exception('Could not find a path for spcomp')
+    self.spcomp_bin = shutil.which('spcomp', path = spcomp_path)
+    if not self.spcomp_bin:
+      raise Exception('Could not find spcomp')
+
   def configure(self):
-    
     allowed_archs = ['x86','x86_64']
-
     if not set(self.target_archs).issubset(allowed_archs):
       raise Exception('Unknown target architecture: {0}'.format(self.target_archs))
-
     for cxx in self.all_targets:
         self.configure_cxx(cxx)
 
@@ -332,7 +343,7 @@ class ExtensionConfig(object):
 
   def configure_windows(self, cxx):
     cxx.defines += ['WIN32', '_WINDOWS']
-    
+
   def LibraryBuilder(self, compiler, name):
     binary = compiler.Library(name)
     self.AddVersioning(binary)
@@ -449,6 +460,7 @@ class SafetyHookShim(object):
 
 Extension = ExtensionConfig()
 Extension.detectSDKs()
+Extension.detectSPCompiler()
 Extension.configure()
 
 # we need to pull safetyhook in locally because ambuild does not take kindly to outside relpaths
@@ -468,6 +480,11 @@ BuildScripts = [
   'extension/AMBuilder',
 ]
 
+if not builder.options.no_plugins:
+  BuildScripts += [
+    'pawn/AMBuilder',
+  ]
+
 if builder.backend == 'amb2':
   BuildScripts += [
     'buildbot/PackageScript',
diff --git a/buildbot/PackageScript b/buildbot/PackageScript
index 7a4e009..26a1d8b 100644
--- a/buildbot/PackageScript
+++ b/buildbot/PackageScript
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ folder_list = [
   'addons/sourcemod/scripting/include',
 ]
 
-# if Extension.plugins:
-#   folder_list += [
-#     'addons/sourcemod/plugins/optional',
-#   ]
+if Extension.plugins:
+  folder_list += [
+    'addons/sourcemod/plugins/optional',
+  ]
 
 # Create the distribution folder hierarchy.
 folder_map = {}
@@ -60,5 +60,5 @@ for cxx_task in Extension.extensions:
   builder.AddCopy(cxx_task.binary, folder_map['addons/sourcemod/extensions'])
 
 # Copy plugins
-# for smx_file, smx_entry in Extension.plugins.items():
-#   builder.AddCopy(smx_entry, folder_map['addons/sourcemod/plugins/optional'])
+for smx_file, smx_entry in Extension.plugins.items():
+  builder.AddCopy(smx_entry, folder_map['addons/sourcemod/plugins/optional'])
diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index 79e2fe3..c2a4053 100644
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@
                             ' or comma-delimited list of engine names')
 parser.options.add_argument('--targets', type=str, dest='targets', default=None,
                           help="Override the target architecture (use commas to separate multiple targets).")
-# builder.options.add_option('--spcomp-path', type=str, dest='spcomp_path', default=None,
-#                        help='Path to directory containing spcomp')
-# builder.options.add_option('--no-plugins', action='store_true',
-#                        help='Do not compile plugins')
+parser.options.add_argument('--spcomp-path', type=str, dest='spcomp_path', default=None,
+                       help='Path to directory containing spcomp')
+parser.options.add_argument('--no-plugins', action='store_true', help='Do not compile plugins')
 parser.Configure()
diff --git a/pawn/AMBuilder b/pawn/AMBuilder
index dd2d935..00316c6 100644
--- a/pawn/AMBuilder
+++ b/pawn/AMBuilder
@@ -30,9 +30,7 @@ def build_plugin(script_path, smx_file):
   )
 
   # ???
-  (smx_command, smx_outputs) = result
-  out, *_ = smx_outputs
-  Extension.plugins[smx_file] = out
+  Extension.plugins[smx_file], *_ = result
 
 for script_file in pluginFiles:
   script_path = os.path.join(builder.currentSourcePath, script_file)