diff --git a/src/plugins/c_plugins.c b/src/plugins/c_plugins.c
index f998582c..73eeea0c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/c_plugins.c
+++ b/src/plugins/c_plugins.c
@@ -135,6 +135,12 @@ c_on_message_send_hook(ProfPlugin *plugin, const char * const jid, const char *m
 
 }
 
+void
+c_shutdown(void)
+{
+
+}
+
 void
 c_close_library (ProfPlugin * plugin)
 {
diff --git a/src/plugins/plugins.c b/src/plugins/plugins.c
index 1364f24a..2385b193 100644
--- a/src/plugins/plugins.c
+++ b/src/plugins/plugins.c
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ plugins_shutdown(void)
     GSList *curr = plugins;
 
     python_shutdown();
+    ruby_shutdown();
+    c_shutdown();
 
     //FIXME do we need to clean the plugins list?
     //for the time being I'll just call dlclose for