diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f5a89d4b..412b384f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
 cmake_policy(SET CMP0017 NEW) # need include() with .cmake
 project(pip)
 set(pip_MAJOR    2)
-set(pip_MINOR    22)
+set(pip_MINOR    23)
 set(pip_REVISION 0)
 set(pip_SUFFIX   )
 set(pip_COMPANY  SHS)
diff --git a/libs/main/system/piplugin.cpp b/libs/main/system/piplugin.cpp
index ed91f87d..93d1ad4b 100644
--- a/libs/main/system/piplugin.cpp
+++ b/libs/main/system/piplugin.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 #include "piplugin.h"
 #include "pifile.h"
+#include "pidir.h"
 #include "piincludes_p.h"
 
 /*! \class PIPluginLoader
@@ -366,6 +367,18 @@ void PIPluginLoader::mergeStatic() {
 }
 
 
+PIStringList PIPluginLoader::pluginsDirectories(const PIString & name) {
+	static PIStringList dl({".", "../plugins", "../PlugIns"});
+	PIString ret;
+	piForeachC (PIString d, dl) {
+		PIString dp = d + "/" + name;
+		if (PIDir::isExists(dp))
+			ret << dp;
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+
+
 PIString PIPluginLoader::findLibrary(const PIString & path) {
 	static const PIStringList prefixes({"", "lib"});
 	static const PIStringList suffixes({"", libExtension()});
diff --git a/libs/main/system/piplugin.h b/libs/main/system/piplugin.h
index 9e75c534..968cc2b5 100644
--- a/libs/main/system/piplugin.h
+++ b/libs/main/system/piplugin.h
@@ -194,6 +194,8 @@ public:
 	//! "to" - plugin scope
 	void mergeStatic();
 
+	static PIStringList pluginsDirectories(const PIString & name);
+
 private:
 	NO_COPY_CLASS(PIPluginLoader)
 
diff --git a/utils/deploy_tool/main.cpp b/utils/deploy_tool/main.cpp
index 5f222844..9ec517e6 100644
--- a/utils/deploy_tool/main.cpp
+++ b/utils/deploy_tool/main.cpp
@@ -682,7 +682,8 @@ int main(int argc, char * argv[]) {
 				PIFile qtc(qt_conf_dir + "qt.conf", PIIODevice::ReadWrite);
 				qtc.clear();
 				PIString pp = PIDir(qt_conf_dir).relative(qt_plugins_dir);
-				piCout << pp;
+				if (!pp.isEmpty() && !pp.endsWith('/')) pp.append('/');
+				//piCout << pp;
 				qtc << "[Paths]\n\tPlugins = " << pp << "\n\tTranslations = lang/\n";
 			}
 		}