diff --git a/src/etc/inc/plugins.inc b/src/etc/inc/plugins.inc
index e3ce5fad0..6da03d3d6 100644
--- a/src/etc/inc/plugins.inc
+++ b/src/etc/inc/plugins.inc
@@ -71,7 +71,11 @@ function plugins_services()
     $services = array();
 
     foreach (plugins_scan() as $name => $path) {
-        require_once $path;
+        try {
+            eval('require_once \'' . addslashes($path) . '\';');
+        } catch (ParseError $e) {
+            error_log($e);
+        }
         $func = sprintf('%s_services', $name);
         if (function_exists($func)) {
             $workers = $func();
@@ -89,7 +93,11 @@ function plugins_cron()
     $jobs = array();
 
     foreach (plugins_scan() as $name => $path) {
-        require_once $path;
+        try {
+            eval('require_once \'' . addslashes($path) . '\';');
+        } catch (ParseError $e) {
+            error_log($e);
+        }
         $func = sprintf('%s_cron', $name);
         if (function_exists($func)) {
             $workers = $func();
@@ -107,7 +115,11 @@ function plugins_syslog()
     $syslogs = array();
 
     foreach (plugins_scan() as $name => $path) {
-        require_once $path;
+        try {
+            eval('require_once \'' . addslashes($path) . '\';');
+        } catch (ParseError $e) {
+            error_log($e);
+        }
         $func = sprintf('%s_syslog', $name);
         if (function_exists($func)) {
             $workers = $func();
@@ -142,7 +154,11 @@ function plugins_interfaces()
 
     // register / update interfaces
     foreach (plugins_scan() as $name => $path) {
-        require_once $path;
+        try {
+            eval('require_once \'' . addslashes($path) . '\';');
+        } catch (ParseError $e) {
+            error_log($e);
+        }
         $func = sprintf('%s_interfaces', $name);
         if (function_exists($func)) {
             foreach ($func() as $intf_ref => $intf_data) {
@@ -183,7 +199,11 @@ function plugins_interfaces()
 function plugins_firewall($fw)
 {
     foreach (plugins_scan() as $name => $path) {
-        require_once $path;
+        try {
+            eval('require_once \'' . addslashes($path) . '\';');
+        } catch (ParseError $e) {
+            error_log($e);
+        }
         $func = sprintf('%s_firewall', $name);
         if (function_exists($func)) {
             $func($fw);
@@ -198,7 +218,11 @@ function plugins_configure($hook, $verbose = false, $args = array())
     array_unshift($args, $verbose);
 
     foreach (plugins_scan() as $name => $path) {
-        require_once $path;
+        try {
+            eval('require_once \'' . addslashes($path) . '\';');
+        } catch (ParseError $e) {
+            error_log($e);
+        }
         $func = sprintf('%s_configure', $name);
         if (function_exists($func)) {
             $workers = $func();
@@ -229,7 +253,11 @@ function plugins_xmlrpc_sync()
 {
     $sync_settings = array();
     foreach (plugins_scan() as $name => $path) {
-        require_once $path;
+        try {
+            eval('require_once \'' . addslashes($path) . '\';');
+        } catch (ParseError $e) {
+            error_log($e);
+        }
         $func = sprintf('%s_xmlrpc_sync', $name);
         if (function_exists($func)) {
             foreach ($func() as $helper) {