diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 48428d4ac..a48272a85 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -52,14 +52,6 @@ set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
 set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY USE_FOLDERS ON)
 
 ### Build Settings
-if (BUILD_WITH_DOUBLE_SCALAR)
-	message(STATUS "Building with double precision")
-	add_definitions(-DMESHLAB_SCALAR=double)
-else()
-	message(STATUS "Building with single precision")
-	add_definitions(-DMESHLAB_SCALAR=float)
-endif()
-
 if(WIN32)
 	add_definitions(-DNOMINMAX)
 	if(MSVC)
diff --git a/src/common/CMakeLists.txt b/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
index e2dacb7e9..7ace25c0b 100644
--- a/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,10 +3,20 @@ if(EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../ML_VERSION")
 	if (BUILD_WITH_DOUBLE_SCALAR)
 		set(MESHLAB_VERSION "${MESHLAB_VERSION}d")
 	endif()
-	add_definitions(-DMESHLAB_VERSION=${MESHLAB_VERSION})
+	#add_definitions(-DMESHLAB_VERSION=${MESHLAB_VERSION})
 	message(STATUS "MeshLab version: ${MESHLAB_VERSION}")
 endif()
 
+if (BUILD_WITH_DOUBLE_SCALAR)
+	message(STATUS "Building with double precision")
+	set(MESHLAB_SCALAR "double")
+	#add_definitions(-DMESHLAB_SCALAR=double)
+else()
+	message(STATUS "Building with single precision")
+	set(MESHLAB_SCALAR "float")
+	#add_definitions(-DMESHLAB_SCALAR=float)
+endif()
+
 set(HEADERS
 	globals.h
 	plugins/interfaces/plugin_file_interface.h
@@ -81,6 +91,11 @@ if(WIN32)
 endif()
 add_library(meshlab-common ${TARGET_TYPE} ${SOURCES} ${HEADERS} ${RESOURCES})
 
+target_compile_definitions(meshlab-common 
+	PUBLIC 
+		MESHLAB_VERSION=${MESHLAB_VERSION}
+		MESHLAB_SCALAR=${MESHLAB_SCALAR})
+
 target_include_directories(meshlab-common
 	PRIVATE
 		${EXTERNAL_DIR}/easyexif/
diff --git a/src/common/globals.h b/src/common/globals.h
index 2e1dd37b6..cd6010079 100644
--- a/src/common/globals.h
+++ b/src/common/globals.h
@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@
 
 #include <QString>
 
+#ifndef MESHLAB_VERSION
+#error "MESHLAB_VERSION needs to be defined!"
+#endif
+#ifndef MESHLAB_SCALAR
+#error "MESHLAB_SCALAR needs to be defined!"
+#endif
+
 class RichParameterList;
 class PluginManager;
 
diff --git a/src/common/plugins/plugin_manager.cpp b/src/common/plugins/plugin_manager.cpp
index e451f7ceb..3da550e4d 100644
--- a/src/common/plugins/plugin_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/common/plugins/plugin_manager.cpp
@@ -130,9 +130,20 @@ void PluginManager::loadPlugin(const QString& fileName)
 	if (!ifp){
 		throw MLException(fin.fileName() + " is not a MeshLab plugin.");
 	}
-	if (ifp && ifp->getMLVersion().second != MeshLabScalarTest<Scalarm>::doublePrecision()) {
+	if (ifp->getMLVersion().second != MeshLabScalarTest<Scalarm>::doublePrecision()) {
 		throw MLException(fin.fileName() + " has different floating point precision from the running MeshLab version.");
 	}
+	std::string mlVersionPlug = ifp->getMLVersion().first;
+	std::string majorVersionPlug = mlVersionPlug.substr(0, 4); //4 is the position of '.' in meshlab version
+	std::string majorVersionML = meshlab::meshlabVersion().substr(0, 4);
+	if (majorVersionML != majorVersionPlug){
+		throw MLException(fin.fileName() + " has different major version from the running MeshLab version.");
+	}
+	std::string minorVersionPlug = mlVersionPlug.substr(5, mlVersionPlug.size());
+	std::string minorVersionML = meshlab::meshlabVersion().substr(5, meshlab::meshlabVersion().size());
+	if (std::stoi(minorVersionPlug) > std::stoi(minorVersionML)){
+		throw MLException(fin.fileName() + " has greater version from the running MeshLab version. Please update MeshLab to use it.");
+	}
 	
 	//TODO: check in some way also the meshlab version of the plugin