diff --git a/include/gz/gui/CMakeLists.txt b/include/gz/gui/CMakeLists.txt
index 27db7054e..ccf76a2da 100644
--- a/include/gz/gui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/include/gz/gui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -75,5 +75,9 @@ target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_LIBRARY_TARGET_NAME}
     TINYXML2::TINYXML2
 )
 
+target_compile_definitions(${PROJECT_LIBRARY_TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE
+  SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX=\"${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX}\"
+  SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX=\"${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}\")
+
 gz_install_all_headers()
 
diff --git a/src/Application.cc b/src/Application.cc
index 6031e4c30..f1b3ffc4d 100644
--- a/src/Application.cc
+++ b/src/Application.cc
@@ -837,10 +837,19 @@ std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::vector<std::string>>>
     {
       auto plugin = common::basename(*dirIter);
 
-      // All we verify is that the file starts with "lib", any further
-      // checks would require loading the plugin.
+      // All we verify is that the file starts with shared library prefix and
+      // ends with shared library suffix, any further checks would require
+      // loading the plugin.
 
-      if (plugin.find("lib") == 0)
+      // TODO(anyone): Move this logic into gz-plugin to be reusable
+
+      // This computation could underflow the unsigned range, but that is okay
+      // as in such case we would check if the suffix is placed somewhere much
+      // further than allowed filename length.
+      const auto suffixPos = plugin.length() - strlen(SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX);
+
+      if (plugin.find(SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX) == 0 &&
+          plugin.rfind(SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX) == suffixPos)
         ps.push_back(plugin);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/MainWindow.cc b/src/MainWindow.cc
index 234591ae2..37be9d851 100644
--- a/src/MainWindow.cc
+++ b/src/MainWindow.cc
@@ -126,8 +126,13 @@ QStringList MainWindow::PluginListModel() const
   {
     for (auto const &plugin : path.second)
     {
-      // Remove lib and .so
-      auto pluginName = plugin.substr(3, plugin.find(".") - 3);
+      // TODO(anyone): Move this into gz-plugin to be reusable
+
+      // Remove shared library prefix and shared library suffix
+      auto pluginName = plugin.substr(
+        strlen(SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX),
+        plugin.length() - strlen(SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX) -
+        strlen(SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX));
 
       // Split WWWCamelCase3D -> WWW Camel Case 3D
       std::regex reg("(\\B[A-Z][a-z])|(\\B[0-9])");