diff --git a/.github/workflows/termuxpkg.yml b/.github/workflows/termuxpkg.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f46915e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/termuxpkg.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+     - master
+  pull_request:
+name: Build Irssi Termux package
+jobs:
+  termux-package:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout termux-packages
+        uses: actions/checkout@main
+        with:
+          repository: termux/termux-packages
+      - name: checkout irssi
+        uses: actions/checkout@main
+        with:
+          path: src.irssi.git
+      - name: download termux docker container
+        uses: docker://termux/package-builder:latest
+      - name: build perl package
+        run: |
+          ./scripts/run-docker.sh ./build-package.sh -i perl
+      - name: create irssi build receipe
+        run: |
+          mkdir packages/irssi-an
+          cat << 'BUILD_SH' > packages/irssi-an/build.sh
+          TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://ailin-nemui.github.io/irssi/
+          TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Terminal based IRC client"
+          TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="GPL-2.0"
+          TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@ailin-nemui"
+          TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=@VERSION@
+          TERMUX_PKG_REVISION=@REVISION@
+          TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=file:///home/builder/termux-packages/src.irssi.git
+          TERMUX_PKG_AUTO_UPDATE=true
+          TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="glib, libandroid-glob, libiconv, libotr, ncurses, openssl, perl, utf8proc"
+          TERMUX_PKG_BREAKS="irssi"
+          TERMUX_PKG_REPLACES="irssi"
+          TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="
+          -Denable-true-color=yes
+          -Dfhs-prefix=$TERMUX_PREFIX
+          "
+
+          termux_step_configure_meson() {
+              termux_setup_meson
+
+              local perl_version=$(. $TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR/packages/perl/build.sh; echo $TERMUX_PKG_VERSION)
+              local perl_srcdir=$TERMUX_TOPDIR/perl/src
+
+              sed -i "/\\[binaries\\]/a\\
+          perl = ['$perl_srcdir/miniperl', '-I$TERMUX_PREFIX/lib/perl5/$perl_version/${TERMUX_ARCH}-android', '-I$TERMUX_PREFIX/lib/perl5/$perl_version']" \
+                  $TERMUX_MESON_CROSSFILE
+
+              CC=gcc CXX=g++ CFLAGS= CXXFLAGS= CPPFLAGS= LDFLAGS= $TERMUX_MESON \
+                $TERMUX_PKG_SRCDIR \
+                $TERMUX_PKG_BUILDDIR \
+                --cross-file $TERMUX_MESON_CROSSFILE \
+                --prefix $TERMUX_PREFIX \
+                --libdir lib \
+                --buildtype minsize \
+                --strip \
+                $TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS
+          }
+
+          termux_step_post_configure() {
+              sed -i "s:-I$TERMUX_PREFIX/:-isystem$TERMUX_PREFIX/:g" $TERMUX_PKG_BUILDDIR/build.ninja
+          }
+
+
+          termux_step_pre_configure() {
+              LDFLAGS+=" -landroid-glob"
+
+              # Make build log less noisy.
+              CFLAGS+=" -Wno-compound-token-split-by-macro"
+
+              # Make sure that perl stuff is reinstalled.
+              rm -rf $TERMUX_PREFIX/lib/irssi/perl
+          }
+
+          BUILD_SH
+          version=$(awk '/^v/ { $0=$1; gsub(/^v/,""); gsub(/-head/,"dev"); gsub(/-/,""); print; exit }' src.irssi.git/NEWS)
+          version=$version+g$(git -C src.irssi.git rev-parse --short HEAD)
+          sed -i \
+              -e "s:@VERSION@:$version:" \
+              -e "s:@REVISION@:$GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER:" \
+              packages/irssi-an/build.sh
+          git -C src.irssi.git tag v$version
+      - name: build irssi package
+        run: |
+          ./scripts/run-docker.sh ./build-package.sh -I irssi-an
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: irssi-termux-pkg
+          path: output/irssi-an*.deb
diff --git a/src/common.h b/src/common.h
index 7f8604f3..ad5c88bb 100644
--- a/src/common.h
+++ b/src/common.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #define IRSSI_GLOBAL_CONFIG "irssi.conf" /* config file name in /etc/ */
 #define IRSSI_HOME_CONFIG "config" /* config file name in ~/.irssi/ */
 
-#define IRSSI_ABI_VERSION 44
+#define IRSSI_ABI_VERSION 45
 
 #define DEFAULT_SERVER_ADD_PORT 6667
 #define DEFAULT_SERVER_ADD_TLS_PORT 6697
diff --git a/src/core/channels-setup.c b/src/core/channels-setup.c
index c72f057c..5e2930ad 100644
--- a/src/core/channels-setup.c
+++ b/src/core/channels-setup.c
@@ -227,8 +227,7 @@ void channels_setup_init(void)
         setupchannels = NULL;
 	source_host_ok = FALSE;
 
-        signal_add("setup reread", (SIGNAL_FUNC) channels_read_config);
-        signal_add("irssi init read settings", (SIGNAL_FUNC) channels_read_config);
+	signal_add("setup reread channels", (SIGNAL_FUNC) channels_read_config);
 }
 
 void channels_setup_deinit(void)
@@ -236,6 +235,5 @@ void channels_setup_deinit(void)
 	while (setupchannels != NULL)
 		channel_setup_destroy(setupchannels->data);
 
-        signal_remove("setup reread", (SIGNAL_FUNC) channels_read_config);
-        signal_remove("irssi init read settings", (SIGNAL_FUNC) channels_read_config);
+	signal_remove("setup reread channels", (SIGNAL_FUNC) channels_read_config);
 }
diff --git a/src/core/chat-protocols.c b/src/core/chat-protocols.c
index c53b01b3..1a6ecbb3 100644
--- a/src/core/chat-protocols.c
+++ b/src/core/chat-protocols.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ int chat_protocol_lookup(const char *name)
 	g_return_val_if_fail(name != NULL, -1);
 
 	rec = chat_protocol_find(name);
-	return rec == NULL ? -1 : rec->id;
+	return rec == NULL ? -1 : rec->not_initialized ? CHAT_PROTOCOL_NOT_INITIALIZED : rec->id;
 }
 
 CHAT_PROTOCOL_REC *chat_protocol_find(const char *name)
@@ -99,6 +99,22 @@ CHAT_PROTOCOL_REC *chat_protocol_find_net(GHashTable *optlist)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static void chat_protocol_destroy(CHAT_PROTOCOL_REC *rec)
+{
+	g_return_if_fail(rec != NULL);
+
+	chat_protocols = g_slist_remove(chat_protocols, rec);
+
+	if (default_proto == rec) {
+		chat_protocol_set_default(chat_protocols == NULL ? NULL : chat_protocols->data);
+	}
+
+	signal_emit("chat protocol destroyed", 1, rec);
+
+	g_free(rec->name);
+	g_free(rec);
+}
+
 /* Register new chat protocol. */
 CHAT_PROTOCOL_REC *chat_protocol_register(CHAT_PROTOCOL_REC *rec)
 {
@@ -108,7 +124,11 @@ CHAT_PROTOCOL_REC *chat_protocol_register(CHAT_PROTOCOL_REC *rec)
 	g_return_val_if_fail(rec != NULL, NULL);
 
 	newrec = chat_protocol_find(rec->name);
-        created = newrec == NULL;
+	if (newrec != NULL && newrec->not_initialized) {
+		chat_protocol_destroy(newrec);
+		newrec = NULL;
+	}
+	created = newrec == NULL;
 	if (newrec == NULL) {
 		newrec = g_new0(CHAT_PROTOCOL_REC, 1);
 		chat_protocols = g_slist_append(chat_protocols, newrec);
@@ -131,23 +151,6 @@ CHAT_PROTOCOL_REC *chat_protocol_register(CHAT_PROTOCOL_REC *rec)
         return newrec;
 }
 
-static void chat_protocol_destroy(CHAT_PROTOCOL_REC *rec)
-{
-	g_return_if_fail(rec != NULL);
-
-	chat_protocols = g_slist_remove(chat_protocols, rec);
-
-	if (default_proto == rec) {
-		chat_protocol_set_default(chat_protocols == NULL ? NULL :
-					  chat_protocols->data);
-	}
-
-	signal_emit("chat protocol destroyed", 1, rec);
-
-	g_free(rec->name);
-	g_free(rec);
-}
-
 /* Unregister chat protocol. */
 void chat_protocol_unregister(const char *name)
 {
@@ -191,15 +194,6 @@ static CHANNEL_SETUP_REC *create_channel_setup(void)
         return g_new0(CHANNEL_SETUP_REC, 1);
 }
 
-static SERVER_CONNECT_REC *create_server_connect(void)
-{
-        return g_new0(SERVER_CONNECT_REC, 1);
-}
-
-static void destroy_server_connect(SERVER_CONNECT_REC *conn)
-{
-}
-
 /* Return "unknown chat protocol" record. Used when protocol name is
    specified but it isn't registered yet. */
 CHAT_PROTOCOL_REC *chat_protocol_get_unknown(const char *name)
@@ -218,8 +212,10 @@ CHAT_PROTOCOL_REC *chat_protocol_get_unknown(const char *name)
 	rec->create_chatnet = create_chatnet;
         rec->create_server_setup = create_server_setup;
         rec->create_channel_setup = create_channel_setup;
+	/*
 	rec->create_server_connect = create_server_connect;
 	rec->destroy_server_connect = destroy_server_connect;
+	*/
 
 	newrec = chat_protocol_register(rec);
 	g_free(rec);
diff --git a/src/core/chat-protocols.h b/src/core/chat-protocols.h
index ab7327bd..2a51c8c4 100644
--- a/src/core/chat-protocols.h
+++ b/src/core/chat-protocols.h
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ void *chat_protocol_check_cast(void *object, int type_pos, const char *id);
 	((object) == NULL ? chat_protocol_get_default() : \
 	chat_protocol_find_id((object)->chat_type))
 
+#define CHAT_PROTOCOL_NOT_INITIALIZED -2
+
 /* Register new chat protocol. */
 CHAT_PROTOCOL_REC *chat_protocol_register(CHAT_PROTOCOL_REC *rec);
 
diff --git a/src/core/chatnets.c b/src/core/chatnets.c
index 2d49a6df..770c7595 100644
--- a/src/core/chatnets.c
+++ b/src/core/chatnets.c
@@ -24,12 +24,13 @@
 #include <irssi/src/core/special-vars.h>
 #include <irssi/src/lib-config/iconfig.h>
 #include <irssi/src/core/settings.h>
+#include <irssi/src/core/misc.h>
 
 #include <irssi/src/core/chat-protocols.h>
 #include <irssi/src/core/chatnets.h>
 #include <irssi/src/core/servers.h>
 
-GSList *chatnets; /* list of available chat networks */
+GSList *chatnets, *chatnets_unavailable; /* list of available chat networks */
 
 static void chatnet_config_save(CHATNET_REC *chatnet)
 {
@@ -60,8 +61,9 @@ static void chatnet_config_remove(CHATNET_REC *chatnet)
 void chatnet_create(CHATNET_REC *chatnet)
 {
 	g_return_if_fail(chatnet != NULL);
+	g_return_if_fail(!CHAT_PROTOCOL(chatnet)->not_initialized);
 
-        chatnet->type = module_get_uniq_id("CHATNET", 0);
+	chatnet->type = module_get_uniq_id("CHATNET", 0);
 	if (g_slist_find(chatnets, chatnet) == NULL)
 		chatnets = g_slist_append(chatnets, chatnet);
 
@@ -112,6 +114,21 @@ CHATNET_REC *chatnet_find(const char *name)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+gboolean chatnet_find_unavailable(const char *name)
+{
+	CHAT_PROTOCOL_REC *proto;
+
+	if (i_slist_find_icase_string(chatnets_unavailable, name) != NULL)
+		return TRUE;
+
+	proto = CHAT_PROTOCOL(chatnet_find(name));
+
+	if (proto == NULL || proto->not_initialized)
+		return TRUE;
+
+	return FALSE;
+}
+
 static void sig_connected(SERVER_REC *server)
 {
 	CHATNET_REC *rec;
@@ -136,14 +153,22 @@ static void chatnet_read(CONFIG_NODE *node)
 		return;
 
 	type = config_node_get_str(node, "type", NULL);
-	proto = type == NULL ? NULL : chat_protocol_find(type);
-	if (proto == NULL) {
-		proto = type == NULL ? chat_protocol_get_default() :
-			chat_protocol_get_unknown(type);
+	if (type == NULL) {
+		proto = chat_protocol_get_default();
+	} else {
+		proto = chat_protocol_find(type);
 	}
 
-	if (type == NULL)
+	if (proto == NULL) {
+		/* protocol not loaded */
+		if (i_slist_find_icase_string(chatnets_unavailable, node->key) == NULL)
+			chatnets_unavailable =
+			    g_slist_append(chatnets_unavailable, g_strdup(node->key));
+
+		return;
+	} else if (type == NULL) {
 		iconfig_node_set_str(node, "type", proto->name);
+	}
 
 	rec = proto->create_chatnet();
 	rec->type = module_get_uniq_id("CHATNET", 0);
@@ -167,6 +192,12 @@ static void read_chatnets(void)
 	while (chatnets != NULL)
                 chatnet_destroy(chatnets->data);
 
+	while (chatnets_unavailable != NULL) {
+		char *name = chatnets_unavailable->data;
+		chatnets_unavailable = g_slist_remove(chatnets_unavailable, name);
+		g_free(name);
+	}
+
 	node = iconfig_node_traverse("chatnets", FALSE);
 	if (node != NULL) {
 		tmp = config_node_first(node->value);
@@ -180,8 +211,7 @@ void chatnets_init(void)
 	chatnets = NULL;
 
 	signal_add_first("event connected", (SIGNAL_FUNC) sig_connected);
-	signal_add("setup reread", (SIGNAL_FUNC) read_chatnets);
-        signal_add_first("irssi init read settings", (SIGNAL_FUNC) read_chatnets);
+	signal_add("setup reread chatnets", (SIGNAL_FUNC) read_chatnets);
 }
 
 void chatnets_deinit(void)
@@ -189,6 +219,5 @@ void chatnets_deinit(void)
 	module_uniq_destroy("CHATNET");
 
 	signal_remove("event connected", (SIGNAL_FUNC) sig_connected);
-	signal_remove("setup reread", (SIGNAL_FUNC) read_chatnets);
-        signal_remove("irssi init read settings", (SIGNAL_FUNC) read_chatnets);
+	signal_remove("setup reread chatnets", (SIGNAL_FUNC) read_chatnets);
 }
diff --git a/src/core/chatnets.h b/src/core/chatnets.h
index 6f36fe33..accdd0ad 100644
--- a/src/core/chatnets.h
+++ b/src/core/chatnets.h
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ void chatnet_destroy(CHATNET_REC *chatnet);
 
 /* Find the chat network by name */
 CHATNET_REC *chatnet_find(const char *name);
+/* Check if this chatnet is unavailable because the protocol is not loaded */
+gboolean chatnet_find_unavailable(const char *name);
 
 void chatnets_init(void);
 void chatnets_deinit(void);
diff --git a/src/core/core.c b/src/core/core.c
index cbe3eb7c..e9af84f7 100644
--- a/src/core/core.c
+++ b/src/core/core.c
@@ -223,6 +223,13 @@ static void sig_irssi_init_finished(void)
         irssi_init_finished = TRUE;
 }
 
+static void reread_setup(void)
+{
+	signal_emit("setup reread chatnets", 0);
+	signal_emit("setup reread servers", 0);
+	signal_emit("setup reread channels", 0);
+}
+
 void core_init(void)
 {
 	dialog_type_queue = NULL;
@@ -269,13 +276,16 @@ void core_init(void)
 	settings_add_str("misc", "ignore_signals", "");
 	settings_add_bool("misc", "override_coredump_limit", FALSE);
 	settings_add_bool("misc", "quit_on_hup", FALSE);
-	settings_add_str("misc", "autoload_modules", "perl otr");
+	settings_add_str("misc", "autoload_modules", "irc dcc flood notifylist perl otr");
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_RESOURCE_H
 	getrlimit(RLIMIT_CORE, &orig_core_rlimit);
 #endif
 	read_settings();
 	signal_add("setup changed", (SIGNAL_FUNC) read_settings);
+	signal_add("setup reread", (SIGNAL_FUNC) reread_setup);
+	signal_add("irssi init read settings", (SIGNAL_FUNC) reread_setup);
+	signal_add_last("chat protocol created", (SIGNAL_FUNC) reread_setup);
 	signal_add("irssi init finished", (SIGNAL_FUNC) sig_irssi_init_finished);
 
 	settings_check();
@@ -288,6 +298,9 @@ void core_deinit(void)
 	module_uniq_destroy("WINDOW ITEM TYPE");
 
 	signal_remove("setup changed", (SIGNAL_FUNC) read_settings);
+	signal_remove("setup reread", (SIGNAL_FUNC) reread_setup);
+	signal_remove("irssi init read settings", (SIGNAL_FUNC) reread_setup);
+	signal_remove("chat protocol created", (SIGNAL_FUNC) reread_setup);
 	signal_remove("irssi init finished", (SIGNAL_FUNC) sig_irssi_init_finished);
 
 	wcwidth_wrapper_deinit();
diff --git a/src/core/servers-setup.c b/src/core/servers-setup.c
index 82e5f6be..5fbad79e 100644
--- a/src/core/servers-setup.c
+++ b/src/core/servers-setup.c
@@ -305,6 +305,8 @@ static SERVER_CONNECT_REC *create_addr_conn(int chat_type, const char *address,
 	proto = chat_type >= 0 ? chat_protocol_find_id(chat_type) :
                 chat_protocol_get_default();
 
+	g_return_val_if_fail(proto != NULL, NULL);
+
 	conn = proto->create_server_connect();
 	server_connect_ref(conn);
 
@@ -469,6 +471,10 @@ static SERVER_SETUP_REC *server_setup_read(CONFIG_NODE *node)
 	chatnetrec = chatnet == NULL ? NULL : chatnet_find(chatnet);
 	if (chatnetrec == NULL && chatnet != NULL) {
                 /* chat network not found, create it. */
+		if (chatnet_find_unavailable(chatnet)) {
+			/* no protocols loaded, skip loading servers */
+			return NULL;
+		}
 		chatnetrec = chat_protocol_get_default()->create_chatnet();
 		chatnetrec->chat_type = chat_protocol_get_default()->id;
 		chatnetrec->name = g_strdup(chatnet);
@@ -759,8 +765,7 @@ void servers_setup_init(void)
 	read_settings();
 
 	signal_add("setup changed", (SIGNAL_FUNC) read_settings);
-	signal_add("setup reread", (SIGNAL_FUNC) read_servers);
-        signal_add("irssi init read settings", (SIGNAL_FUNC) read_servers);
+	signal_add("setup reread servers", (SIGNAL_FUNC) read_servers);
 }
 
 void servers_setup_deinit(void)
@@ -773,8 +778,7 @@ void servers_setup_deinit(void)
 		server_setup_destroy(setupservers->data);
 
 	signal_remove("setup changed", (SIGNAL_FUNC) read_settings);
-	signal_remove("setup reread", (SIGNAL_FUNC) read_servers);
-        signal_remove("irssi init read settings", (SIGNAL_FUNC) read_servers);
+	signal_remove("setup reread servers", (SIGNAL_FUNC) read_servers);
 
 	module_uniq_destroy("SERVER SETUP");
 }
diff --git a/src/fe-common/irc/dcc/meson.build b/src/fe-common/irc/dcc/meson.build
index 296b1d61..50806e81 100644
--- a/src/fe-common/irc/dcc/meson.build
+++ b/src/fe-common/irc/dcc/meson.build
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ libfe_irc_dcc_a = static_library('fe_irc_dcc',
     def_sysconfdir,
   ],
   dependencies : dep)
+shared_module('fe_irc_dcc',
+  install : true,
+  install_dir : moduledir,
+  link_with : dl_cross_irc_dcc,
+  link_whole : libfe_irc_dcc_a)
 
 install_headers(
   files(
diff --git a/src/fe-common/irc/fe-common-irc.c b/src/fe-common/irc/fe-common-irc.c
index a36d3caa..4658970b 100644
--- a/src/fe-common/irc/fe-common-irc.c
+++ b/src/fe-common/irc/fe-common-irc.c
@@ -30,8 +30,10 @@
 #include <irssi/src/fe-common/irc/fe-irc-server.h>
 #include <irssi/src/fe-common/irc/fe-irc-channels.h>
 
+#ifdef HAVE_STATIC_IRC
 void fe_irc_modules_init(void);
 void fe_irc_modules_deinit(void);
+#endif
 
 void fe_irc_queries_init(void);
 void fe_irc_queries_deinit(void);
@@ -104,12 +106,16 @@ void fe_common_irc_init(void)
 	settings_check();
 	module_register("irc", "fe-common");
 
+#ifdef HAVE_STATIC_IRC
 	fe_irc_modules_init();
+#endif
 }
 
 void fe_common_irc_deinit(void)
 {
+#ifdef HAVE_STATIC_IRC
 	fe_irc_modules_deinit();
+#endif
 
 	fe_irc_channels_deinit();
 	fe_irc_queries_deinit();
diff --git a/src/fe-common/irc/irc-modules.c b/src/fe-common/irc/irc-modules.c
index 3bf1f327..b8c17d3b 100644
--- a/src/fe-common/irc/irc-modules.c
+++ b/src/fe-common/irc/irc-modules.c
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+#ifdef HAVE_STATIC_IRC
 void fe_irc_dcc_init(void);void fe_irc_notifylist_init(void);
 void fe_irc_notifylist_deinit(void);void fe_irc_dcc_deinit(void);
 void fe_irc_modules_init(void) {  fe_irc_dcc_init(); fe_irc_notifylist_init(); }
 void fe_irc_modules_deinit(void) { fe_irc_notifylist_deinit(); fe_irc_dcc_deinit();  }
+#endif
diff --git a/src/fe-common/irc/meson.build b/src/fe-common/irc/meson.build
index 1789133c..aff70f71 100644
--- a/src/fe-common/irc/meson.build
+++ b/src/fe-common/irc/meson.build
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ libfe_common_irc_a = static_library('fe_common_irc',
     def_themesdir,
   ],
   dependencies : dep)
+shared_module('fe_common_irc',
+  install : true,
+  install_dir : moduledir,
+  link_with : dl_cross_irc_core,
+  link_whole : libfe_common_irc_a)
 
 install_headers(
   files(
diff --git a/src/fe-common/irc/notifylist/meson.build b/src/fe-common/irc/notifylist/meson.build
index 2e66c786..1d42e147 100644
--- a/src/fe-common/irc/notifylist/meson.build
+++ b/src/fe-common/irc/notifylist/meson.build
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ libfe_irc_notifylist_a = static_library('fe_irc_notifylist',
     def_sysconfdir,
   ],
   dependencies : dep)
+shared_module('fe_irc_notifylist',
+  install : true,
+  install_dir : moduledir,
+  link_with : dl_cross_irc_notifylist,
+  link_whole : libfe_irc_notifylist_a)
 
 install_headers(
   files(
diff --git a/src/fe-fuzz/irc/core/meson.build b/src/fe-fuzz/irc/core/meson.build
index 6a47e07d..730c9240 100644
--- a/src/fe-fuzz/irc/core/meson.build
+++ b/src/fe-fuzz/irc/core/meson.build
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ executable('event-get-params-fuzz',
   link_with : [
     libconfig_a,
     libcore_a,
-    libirc_a,
+    libirc_core_a,
     libfuzzer_fe_common_core_a,
   ],
   link_args : [fuzzer_lib],
diff --git a/src/fe-fuzz/meson.build b/src/fe-fuzz/meson.build
index 7fac025d..5ab19651 100644
--- a/src/fe-fuzz/meson.build
+++ b/src/fe-fuzz/meson.build
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ executable('server-fuzz',
     libconfig_a,
     libcore_a,
     libfuzzer_fe_common_core_a,
-    libirc_a,
+    libirc_core_a,
     libfe_common_irc_a,
     libfe_irc_dcc_a,
     libfe_irc_notifylist_a,
diff --git a/src/fe-fuzz/server.c b/src/fe-fuzz/server.c
index b74a29b9..c91a5bcd 100644
--- a/src/fe-fuzz/server.c
+++ b/src/fe-fuzz/server.c
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@
 #include <irssi/src/irc/core/irc-channels.h>
 #include <irssi/src/fe-fuzz/null-logger.h>
 
-/* irc.c */
-void irc_init(void);
-void irc_deinit(void);
+/* irc-core.c */
+void irc_core_init(void);
+void irc_core_deinit(void);
 
 /* irc-session.c */
 void irc_session_init(void);
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ int LLVMFuzzerInitialize(int *argc, char ***argv) {
 	core_preinit((*argv)[0]);
 	core_init();
 	irssi_ssl_init();
-	irc_init();
+	irc_core_init();
 	fe_common_core_init();
 	fe_common_irc_init();
 	signal_add("event 001", (SIGNAL_FUNC) event_connected);
diff --git a/src/fe-none/irssi.c b/src/fe-none/irssi.c
index 6a02ff6a..b33a4c5c 100644
--- a/src/fe-none/irssi.c
+++ b/src/fe-none/irssi.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <irssi/src/core/modules-load.h>
 #include <irssi/src/core/args.h>
 #include <irssi/src/core/signals.h>
+#include <irssi/src/core/settings.h>
 #include <irssi/src/core/core.h>
 
 #ifdef HAVE_STATIC_PERL
@@ -30,8 +31,10 @@ void perl_core_init(void);
 void perl_core_deinit(void);
 #endif
 
+#ifdef HAVE_STATIC_IRC
 void irc_init(void);
 void irc_deinit(void);
+#endif
 
 static GMainLoop *main_loop;
 static char *autoload_module;
@@ -47,13 +50,32 @@ static void sig_reload(void)
 	reload = TRUE;
 }
 
+static void autoload_modules(void)
+{
+	char **list, **module;
+	list = g_strsplit_set(settings_get_str("autoload_modules"), " ,", -1);
+	for (module = list; *module != NULL; module++) {
+		char *tmp;
+		if ((tmp = strchr(*module, ':')) != NULL) {
+			*tmp = '\0';
+			tmp++;
+			module_load_sub(*module, tmp, NULL);
+		} else {
+			module_load(*module, NULL);
+		}
+	}
+	g_strfreev(list);
+}
+
 void noui_init(void)
 {
 	srand(time(NULL));
 
 	irssi_gui = IRSSI_GUI_NONE;
 	core_init();
+#ifdef HAVE_STATIC_IRC
 	irc_init();
+#endif
 
 	module_register("core", "fe-none");
 
@@ -64,6 +86,8 @@ void noui_init(void)
         perl_core_init();
 #endif
 
+	autoload_modules();
+
 	signal_emit("irssi init finished", 0);
 }
 
@@ -75,7 +99,9 @@ void noui_deinit(void)
 
 	signal_remove("reload", (SIGNAL_FUNC) sig_reload);
 	signal_remove("gui exit", (SIGNAL_FUNC) sig_exit);
+#ifdef HAVE_STATIC_IRC
 	irc_deinit();
+#endif
 	core_deinit();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/fe-none/meson.build b/src/fe-none/meson.build
index 58df15f6..8f6b797d 100644
--- a/src/fe-none/meson.build
+++ b/src/fe-none/meson.build
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ executable('botti',
   link_with : [
     libconfig_a,
     libcore_a,
-    libirc_a,
   ],
   install : true,
   dependencies : dep
diff --git a/src/fe-text/irssi.c b/src/fe-text/irssi.c
index fbaa303a..34341c9b 100644
--- a/src/fe-text/irssi.c
+++ b/src/fe-text/irssi.c
@@ -59,11 +59,13 @@ void otr_core_init(void);
 void otr_core_deinit(void);
 #endif
 
+#ifdef HAVE_STATIC_IRC
 void irc_init(void);
 void irc_deinit(void);
 
 void fe_common_irc_init(void);
 void fe_common_irc_deinit(void);
+#endif
 
 void gui_expandos_init(void);
 void gui_expandos_deinit(void);
@@ -168,9 +170,13 @@ static void textui_init(void)
 
 	irssi_gui = IRSSI_GUI_TEXT;
 	core_init();
+#ifdef HAVE_STATIC_IRC
 	irc_init();
+#endif
 	fe_common_core_init();
+#ifdef HAVE_STATIC_IRC
 	fe_common_irc_init();
+#endif
 
 	theme_register(gui_text_formats);
 	signal_add("settings userinfo changed", (SIGNAL_FUNC) sig_settings_userinfo_changed);
@@ -301,9 +307,13 @@ static void textui_deinit(void)
 
 	theme_unregister();
 
+#ifdef HAVE_STATIC_IRC
 	fe_common_irc_deinit();
+#endif
 	fe_common_core_deinit();
+#ifdef HAVE_STATIC_IRC
 	irc_deinit();
+#endif
 	core_deinit();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/fe-text/meson.build b/src/fe-text/meson.build
index 4da98809..24a86ca3 100644
--- a/src/fe-text/meson.build
+++ b/src/fe-text/meson.build
@@ -35,10 +35,6 @@ executable('irssi',
     libconfig_a,
     libcore_a,
     libfe_common_core_a,
-    libirc_a,
-    libfe_common_irc_a,
-    libfe_irc_dcc_a,
-    libfe_irc_notifylist_a,
     ],
   install : true,
   install_rpath : get_option('prefix') / get_option('libdir'),
diff --git a/src/irc/core/irc-core.c b/src/irc/core/irc-core.c
index d1a0f72e..725ae28a 100644
--- a/src/irc/core/irc-core.c
+++ b/src/irc/core/irc-core.c
@@ -106,9 +106,6 @@ void irc_core_init(void)
 		(QUERY_REC *(*) (const char *, const char *, int))
                 irc_query_create;
 
-	chat_protocol_register(rec);
-        g_free(rec);
-
         irc_session_init();
 	irc_chatnets_init();
 	irc_servers_init();
@@ -125,6 +122,10 @@ void irc_core_init(void)
 	sasl_init();
 
 	settings_check();
+
+	chat_protocol_register(rec);
+	g_free(rec);
+
 	module_register("irc", "core");
 }
 
diff --git a/src/irc/core/meson.build b/src/irc/core/meson.build
index e6cc89c7..b8c1bad9 100644
--- a/src/irc/core/meson.build
+++ b/src/irc/core/meson.build
@@ -38,6 +38,15 @@ libirc_core_a = static_library('irc_core',
     def_sysconfdir,
   ],
   dependencies : dep)
+libirc_core_sm = shared_module('irc_core',
+  install : true,
+  install_dir : moduledir,
+  link_whole : libirc_core_a)
+
+dl_cross_irc_core = []
+if need_dl_cross_link
+  dl_cross_irc_core += libirc_core_sm
+endif
 
 install_headers(
   files(
diff --git a/src/irc/dcc/meson.build b/src/irc/dcc/meson.build
index 0c3d706a..9c7e33d5 100644
--- a/src/irc/dcc/meson.build
+++ b/src/irc/dcc/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # this file is part of irssi
 
-libirc_dcc_a = static_library('irc_dcc',
+libirc_dcc_sm = shared_module('irc_dcc',
   files(
     'dcc-autoget.c',
     'dcc-chat.c',
@@ -13,8 +13,16 @@ libirc_dcc_a = static_library('irc_dcc',
   ),
   include_directories : rootinc,
   implicit_include_directories : false,
+  install : true,
+  install_dir : moduledir,
+  link_with : dl_cross_irc_core,
   dependencies : dep)
 
+dl_cross_irc_dcc = []
+if need_dl_cross_link
+  dl_cross_irc_dcc += libirc_dcc_sm
+endif
+
 install_headers(
   files(
     'dcc-chat.h',
diff --git a/src/irc/flood/meson.build b/src/irc/flood/meson.build
index 75107db1..3c763beb 100644
--- a/src/irc/flood/meson.build
+++ b/src/irc/flood/meson.build
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ libirc_flood_a = static_library('irc_flood',
   include_directories : rootinc,
   implicit_include_directories : false,
   dependencies : dep)
+shared_module('irc_flood',
+  install : true,
+  install_dir : moduledir,
+  link_with : dl_cross_irc_core,
+  link_whole : libirc_flood_a)
 
 install_headers(
   files('module.h'),
diff --git a/src/irc/irc.c b/src/irc/irc.c
index 250a6fb4..5780a965 100644
--- a/src/irc/irc.c
+++ b/src/irc/irc.c
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+#ifdef HAVE_STATIC_IRC
 void irc_core_init(void); void irc_core_deinit(void);
 void irc_dcc_init(void);void irc_flood_init(void);void irc_notifylist_init(void);
 void irc_notifylist_deinit(void);void irc_flood_deinit(void);void irc_dcc_deinit(void);
 void irc_init(void) { irc_core_init();  irc_dcc_init(); irc_flood_init(); irc_notifylist_init(); }
 void irc_deinit(void) { irc_notifylist_deinit(); irc_flood_deinit(); irc_dcc_deinit();  irc_core_deinit(); }
+#endif
diff --git a/src/irc/meson.build b/src/irc/meson.build
index 72abc3ce..13bfc493 100644
--- a/src/irc/meson.build
+++ b/src/irc/meson.build
@@ -5,20 +5,6 @@ subdir('dcc')
 subdir('flood')
 subdir('notifylist')
 
-libirc_a = static_library('irc',
-  files(
-    'irc.c',
-  ),
-  link_with : [
-    libirc_core_a,
-    libirc_dcc_a,
-    libirc_flood_a,
-    libirc_notifylist_a,
-  ],
-  include_directories : rootinc,
-  implicit_include_directories : false,
-)
-
 if want_proxy
   subdir('proxy')
 endif
diff --git a/src/irc/notifylist/meson.build b/src/irc/notifylist/meson.build
index f00ea321..ab664d16 100644
--- a/src/irc/notifylist/meson.build
+++ b/src/irc/notifylist/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # this file is part of irssi
 
-libirc_notifylist_a = static_library('irc_notifylist',
+libirc_notifylist_sm = shared_module('irc_notifylist',
   files(
     'notify-commands.c',
     'notify-ison.c',
@@ -10,8 +10,16 @@ libirc_notifylist_a = static_library('irc_notifylist',
   ),
   include_directories : rootinc,
   implicit_include_directories : false,
+  install : true,
+  install_dir : moduledir,
+  link_with : dl_cross_irc_core,
   dependencies : dep)
 
+dl_cross_irc_notifylist = []
+if need_dl_cross_link
+  dl_cross_irc_notifylist += libirc_notifylist_sm
+endif
+
 install_headers(
   files(
     'module.h',
diff --git a/src/perl/common/meson.build b/src/perl/common/meson.build
index f2a69bc9..d3c98a88 100644
--- a/src/perl/common/meson.build
+++ b/src/perl/common/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-libperl_Irssi_a = shared_module('Irssi',
+shared_module('Irssi',
   [ xsubpp.process(
     files(
       'Channel.xs',
diff --git a/src/perl/irc/meson.build b/src/perl/irc/meson.build
index 0a8fd9f9..b65856ff 100644
--- a/src/perl/irc/meson.build
+++ b/src/perl/irc/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-libperl_Irssi_Irc_a = shared_module('Irc',
+shared_module('Irc',
   [ xsubpp.process(
     files(
       'Channel.xs',
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ libperl_Irssi_Irc_a = shared_module('Irc',
   include_directories : rootinc,
   implicit_include_directories : true,
   dependencies : dep + [ perl_dep ],
-  link_with : dl_cross_perl_core,
+  link_with : dl_cross_perl_core + dl_cross_irc_dcc + dl_cross_irc_notifylist,
 )
 
 install_headers(
diff --git a/src/perl/meson.build b/src/perl/meson.build
index d81173d9..f685fb0d 100644
--- a/src/perl/meson.build
+++ b/src/perl/meson.build
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ irssi_core_pl_h = custom_target('irssi-core.pl.h',
 # required as of Meson 0.58.0
 generated_files_inc = include_directories('.')
 
-libperl_core_a = shared_module('perl_core',
+libperl_core_sm = shared_module('perl_core',
   files(
     'perl-common.c',
     'perl-core.c',
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ libperl_core_a = shared_module('perl_core',
 
 dl_cross_perl_core = []
 if need_dl_cross_link
-  dl_cross_perl_core += libperl_core_a
+  dl_cross_perl_core += libperl_core_sm
 endif
 
-libfe_perl_a = shared_module('fe_perl',
+shared_module('fe_perl',
   files(
     'module-formats.c',
     'perl-fe.c',
diff --git a/src/perl/perl-common.c b/src/perl/perl-common.c
index 7eaab8eb..d9d00035 100644
--- a/src/perl/perl-common.c
+++ b/src/perl/perl-common.c
@@ -583,6 +583,10 @@ static void perl_register_protocol(CHAT_PROTOCOL_REC *rec)
         SV *sv;
 
 	chat_type = chat_protocol_lookup(rec->name);
+	if (chat_type == CHAT_PROTOCOL_NOT_INITIALIZED) {
+		return;
+	}
+
 	g_return_if_fail(chat_type >= 0);
 
 	name = g_ascii_strdown(rec->name,-1);
diff --git a/src/perl/textui/meson.build b/src/perl/textui/meson.build
index 1705fa36..e0b83dd3 100644
--- a/src/perl/textui/meson.build
+++ b/src/perl/textui/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-libperl_Irssi_TextUI_a = shared_module('TextUI',
+shared_module('TextUI',
   [ xsubpp.process(
     files(
       'Statusbar.xs',
diff --git a/src/perl/ui/meson.build b/src/perl/ui/meson.build
index 14bc7699..f9b8b41c 100644
--- a/src/perl/ui/meson.build
+++ b/src/perl/ui/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-libperl_Irssi_UI_a = shared_module('UI',
+shared_module('UI',
   [ xsubpp.process(
     files(
       'Formats.xs',
diff --git a/tests/irc/flood/meson.build b/tests/irc/flood/meson.build
index e9d0a2bc..78556331 100644
--- a/tests/irc/flood/meson.build
+++ b/tests/irc/flood/meson.build
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ test_test_796 = executable('test-796',
     libconfig_a,
     libcore_a,
     libfe_common_core_a,
-    libirc_a,
+    libirc_core_a,
+    libirc_flood_a,
     libfe_common_irc_a,
     libfe_irc_dcc_a,
     libfe_irc_notifylist_a,