diff --git a/check_libvirt/check_libvirt b/check_libvirt/check_libvirt
index 2029c9e..618d1ac 100755
--- a/check_libvirt/check_libvirt
+++ b/check_libvirt/check_libvirt
@@ -27,11 +27,33 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 use vars qw($PROGNAME $VERSION $output $result);
-use Nagios::Plugin;
 use File::Basename;
 use Sys::Virt;
 use XML::Simple;
 
+sub load_module {
+    my @names = @_;
+    my $module;
+    for my $name (@names) {
+        my $file = $name;
+        # requires need either a bare word or a file name
+        $file =~ s{::}{/}gsxm;
+        $file .= '.pm';
+        eval {
+            require $file;
+            $name->import();
+            $module = $name;
+		};
+		last if $module;
+    }
+    return $module;
+}
+
+my $plugin_module;
+BEGIN {
+	$plugin_module = load_module( 'Monitoring::Plugin', 'Nagios::Plugin' );
+}
+
 $PROGNAME = basename($0);
 $VERSION = '0.1.0';
 my $spooldir="/opt/monitor/var/check_libvirt";
@@ -41,7 +63,7 @@ if (!-d $spooldir)
 	mkdir($spooldir);
 }
 
-my $np = Nagios::Plugin->new(
+my $np = $plugin_module->new(
   usage => "Usage: %s -H <hosturl> [ -N <vmname> ]\n"
     . "    [-u <user> -p <pass>]\n"
     . "    -l <command> [ -s <subcommand> ]\n"