diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c8a4e11..76c5dc2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ IF(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
 	add_definitions(-DGETTEXT_PACKAGE=\"gds-render\" -DLOCALEDATADIR=\"${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/translations/output\")
 	message("${BoldMagenta}${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/translations/output used as data dir${ColorReset}")
 else(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
-	message("Global locale directory used. Make sure files in /usr/share/locale are available")
+	message("${BoldCyan}Global locale directory used. Make sure files in /usr/share/locale are available${ColorReset}")
 	add_definitions(-DGETTEXT_PACKAGE=\"gds-render\" -DLOCALEDATADIR=\"/usr/share\")
 ENDIF(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
 
diff --git a/plugins/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/CMakeLists.txt
index 5064828..558c0b0 100644
--- a/plugins/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 add_subdirectory(plugin-example)
-add_custom_target(plugins DEPENDS pluginexample)
+add_subdirectory(python-renderer)
+
+add_custom_target(plugins DEPENDS pluginexample pythonrenderer)
diff --git a/plugins/plugin-example/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/plugin-example/CMakeLists.txt
index 6018e7b..3b24aa4 100644
--- a/plugins/plugin-example/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/plugin-example/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 project(pluginexample)
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
 find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
-pkg_search_module(PYTHON REQUIRED python3)
 
 aux_source_directory(src SOURCES)
 
-include_directories(${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
-link_libraries(${PYTHON_LDFLAGS} version)
+include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
+link_libraries(version)
 
 add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} SHARED EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL ${SOURCES})
 add_dependencies(${PROJECT_NAME} version)
diff --git a/plugins/python-renderer/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/python-renderer/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..473f658
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/python-renderer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+project(pythonrenderer)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
+find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
+pkg_search_module(PYTHON REQUIRED python3)
+
+aux_source_directory(src SOURCES)
+
+include_directories(${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
+link_libraries(${PYTHON_LDFLAGS} version)
+
+add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} SHARED EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL ${SOURCES})
+add_dependencies(${PROJECT_NAME} version)
+
diff --git a/plugins/python-renderer/src/plugin-main.c b/plugins/python-renderer/src/plugin-main.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..829daea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/python-renderer/src/plugin-main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <glib.h>
+#include <gds-render/gds-utils/gds-types.h>
+#include <gds-render/output-renderers/external-renderer-interfaces.h>
+
+int FUNC_DECL(EXTERNAL_LIBRARY_RENDER_FUNCTION)(struct gds_cell *toplevel, GList *layer_info_list, const char *output_file_name, double scale)
+{
+	if (!toplevel)
+		return -1000;
+
+	printf("Rendering %s\n", toplevel->name);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int FUNC_DECL(EXTERNAL_LIBRARY_INIT_FUNCTION)(const char *params, const char *version)
+{
+	printf("Init with params: %s\ngds-render version: %s\n", params, version);
+	return 0;
+}