diff --git a/base/plugins.cpp b/base/plugins.cpp
index ddc00320c7f..08093e0d762 100644
--- a/base/plugins.cpp
+++ b/base/plugins.cpp
@@ -196,6 +196,8 @@ void DynamicPlugin::unloadPlugin() {
 
 #pragma mark -
 
+DECLARE_SINGLETON(PluginManager);
+
 PluginManager::PluginManager() {
 }
 
diff --git a/common/config-manager.cpp b/common/config-manager.cpp
index 5bf26fbe509..fc7bbdfec1d 100644
--- a/common/config-manager.cpp
+++ b/common/config-manager.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 
 #include "common/config-manager.h"
 
+DECLARE_SINGLETON(Common::ConfigManager);
+
 #if defined(UNIX)
 #ifdef MACOSX
 #define DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE "Library/Preferences/ScummVM Preferences"
diff --git a/common/singleton.h b/common/singleton.h
index d259102e07b..8ea666cbedc 100644
--- a/common/singleton.h
+++ b/common/singleton.h
@@ -55,8 +55,12 @@ protected:
 	~Singleton<T>()		{ }
 }; 
 
-template <class T>
-T* Singleton<T>::_singleton=0;
+//TODO: The following poses a problem when building ScummVM with plugins...
+
+//template <class T>
+//T* Singleton<T>::_singleton=0;
+
+#define DECLARE_SINGLETON(T) T* Common::Singleton<T>::_singleton=0
 
 }	// End of namespace Common
 
diff --git a/gui/newgui.cpp b/gui/newgui.cpp
index fb6b2f1784f..1720e943a86 100644
--- a/gui/newgui.cpp
+++ b/gui/newgui.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 //#define NEW_FONT_CODE
 
 
+DECLARE_SINGLETON(GUI::NewGui);
+
 
 namespace GUI {
 
diff --git a/sound/audiocd.cpp b/sound/audiocd.cpp
index 1084b98fb85..aceed46306c 100644
--- a/sound/audiocd.cpp
+++ b/sound/audiocd.cpp
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ static const TrackFormat TRACK_FORMATS[] = {
 };
 
 
+DECLARE_SINGLETON(AudioCDManager);
+
 AudioCDManager::AudioCDManager() {
 	memset(&_cd, 0, sizeof(_cd));
 	memset(_cached_tracks, 0, sizeof(_cached_tracks));