diff --git a/sw/ground_segment/cockpit/papgets.ml b/sw/ground_segment/cockpit/papgets.ml
index 55433fafd6..762869fcc9 100644
--- a/sw/ground_segment/cockpit/papgets.ml
+++ b/sw/ground_segment/cockpit/papgets.ml
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ let create = fun canvas_group papget ->
 	  match display with
 	    "mplayer" ->
 	      (new Papget_renderer.canvas_mplayer canvas_group ~config x y :> Papget_renderer.t)
+	  | "plugin" ->
+	      (new Papget_renderer.canvas_plugin canvas_group ~config x y :> Papget_renderer.t)
 	  | _ -> failwith (sprintf "Unexpected papget display: %s" display) in
 	
 	let properties = locked papget in
diff --git a/sw/lib/ocaml/papget_renderer.ml b/sw/lib/ocaml/papget_renderer.ml
index 68c2d193ee..9f8b64aeca 100644
--- a/sw/lib/ocaml/papget_renderer.ml
+++ b/sw/lib/ocaml/papget_renderer.ml
@@ -344,6 +344,32 @@ class canvas_mplayer = fun ?(config=[]) canvas_group x y ->
   end
 
 
+(****************************************************************************)
+class canvas_plugin = fun ?(config=[]) canvas_group x y ->
+  let command = PC.get_prop "command" config "missing_plugin_command" in
+  let width = float_of_string (PC.get_prop "width" config "320.")
+  and height = float_of_string (PC.get_prop "height" config "240.") in
+  let socket = GWindow.socket () in
+  let group = GnoCanvas.group ~x ~y canvas_group in
+  let _item = GnoCanvas.widget ~width ~height ~widget:socket group in
+
+  object
+    method tag = "Plugin"
+    method item = (group :> movable_item)
+    method edit = fun (pack:GObj.widget -> unit) -> ()
+    method update = fun (value:string) -> ()
+    method config = fun () ->
+      [ PC.property "command" command;
+	PC.float_property "width" width;
+	PC.float_property "height" height ]
+    initializer
+      group#lower_to_bottom ();
+      let com = sprintf "exec %s0x%lx" command socket#xwindow in
+      let dev_null = Unix.descr_of_out_channel (open_out "/dev/null") in
+      ignore (Unix.create_process "/bin/sh" [|"/bin/sh"; "-c"; com|] dev_null dev_null dev_null)
+  end
+
+
 
 let renderers =
   [ (new canvas_text :> ?config:Xml.xml list -> #GnoCanvas.group -> float -> float -> t);
diff --git a/sw/lib/ocaml/papget_renderer.mli b/sw/lib/ocaml/papget_renderer.mli
index c26426bee0..4c576167ea 100644
--- a/sw/lib/ocaml/papget_renderer.mli
+++ b/sw/lib/ocaml/papget_renderer.mli
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ class canvas_button : ?config:Xml.xml list -> #GnoCanvas.group -> float -> float
 class canvas_mplayer : ?config:Xml.xml list -> #GnoCanvas.group -> float -> float -> t
 (** [canvas_mplayer config group x y] *)
 
+class canvas_plugin : ?config:Xml.xml list -> #GnoCanvas.group -> float -> float -> t
+(** [canvas_plugin config group x y] *)
+
 val lazy_tagged_renderers :
   (string * (?config:Xml.xml list -> GnoCanvas.group -> float -> float -> t))
   list lazy_t