foreach my $dir (defined $config{libdir} ? possibly_foolish_untaint($config{libdir}) : undef,
"$installdir/lib/ikiwiki") {
if (defined $dir && -x "$dir/plugins/$plugin") {
- require IkiWiki::Plugin::external;
+ eval { require IkiWiki::Plugin::external };
+ if ($@) {
+ my $reason=$@;
+ error(sprintf(gettext("failed to load external plugin needed for %s plugin: %s"), $plugin, $reason));
+ }
import IkiWiki::Plugin::external "$dir/plugins/$plugin";
$loaded_plugins{$plugin}=1;
return 1;