2 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/xine-utils/utils.c b/src/xine-utils/utils.c
index cc3ffdc2c..768b41da4 100644
--- a/src/xine-utils/utils.c
+++ b/src/xine-utils/utils.c
@@ -371,6 +371,20 @@ static void xine_get_rootdir(char *rootdir, size_t maxlen) {
   if ((s = strrchr(rootdir, XINE_DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR_CHAR))) *s = '\0';
 }
 
+const char *xine_get_pluginroot(void) {
+  static char pluginroot[1024] = {0, };
+
+  if (!pluginroot[0]) {
+    char *sep, *sep2;
+    strcpy (pluginroot, xine_get_plugindir ());
+    sep = strrchr (pluginroot, '/');
+    sep2 = strrchr (pluginroot, '\\');
+    *(sep < sep2 ? sep : sep2) = 0;
+  }
+
+  return pluginroot;
+}
+
 const char *xine_get_plugindir(void) {
   static char plugindir[1024] = {0, };
 
diff --git a/src/xine-utils/xineutils.h b/src/xine-utils/xineutils.h
index 120cb3578..aeee9e7b3 100644
--- a/src/xine-utils/xineutils.h
+++ b/src/xine-utils/xineutils.h
@@ -643,6 +643,7 @@ const char *xine_get_homedir(void) XINE_PROTECTED;
 /*
  * Get other xine directories.
  */
+const char *xine_get_pluginroot(void) XINE_PROTECTED;
 const char *xine_get_plugindir(void) XINE_PROTECTED;
 const char *xine_get_fontdir(void) XINE_PROTECTED;
 const char *xine_get_localedir(void) XINE_PROTECTED;