diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 993589b9126..6cacfc081d8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -485,6 +485,13 @@ AC_ARG_WITH([logdir],
     [ CRM_LOG_DIR="$withval" ]
 )
 
+DLOPEN_ROOT_DIR=""
+AC_ARG_WITH([dlopen-root-dir],
+    [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-dlopen-root-dir=DIR],
+        [directory for dlopen plugins @<:@/usr/lib/dlopen@:>@])],
+    [ DLOPEN_ROOT_DIR="$withval" ]
+)
+
 CRM_BUNDLE_DIR=""
 AC_ARG_WITH([bundledir],
     [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-bundledir=DIR],
@@ -693,6 +700,10 @@ expand_path_option CRM_LOG_DIR "${localstatedir}/log/pacemaker"
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(CRM_LOG_DIR,"$CRM_LOG_DIR", Location for Pacemaker log file)
 AC_SUBST(CRM_LOG_DIR)
 
+expand_path_option DLOPEN_ROOT_DIR "/usr/lib/dlopen"
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(DLOPEN_ROOT_DIR, "$DLOPEN_ROOT_DIR", Directory for dlopen plugins)
+AC_SUBST(DLOPEN_ROOT_DIR)
+
 expand_path_option CRM_BUNDLE_DIR "${localstatedir}/log/pacemaker/bundles"
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(CRM_BUNDLE_DIR,"$CRM_BUNDLE_DIR", Location for Pacemaker bundle logs)
 AC_SUBST(CRM_BUNDLE_DIR)
diff --git a/daemons/execd/execd_commands.c b/daemons/execd/execd_commands.c
index 096e9d53659..1ba85f0233a 100644
--- a/daemons/execd/execd_commands.c
+++ b/daemons/execd/execd_commands.c
@@ -902,6 +902,20 @@ action_complete(svc_action_t * action)
     }
 #endif
 
+    if (rsc && pcmk__str_eq(rsc->class, PCMK_RESOURCE_CLASS_DLOPEN, pcmk__str_casei)) {
+        if (action_matches(cmd, "monitor", 0)
+            && pcmk__result_ok(&(cmd->result))) {
+            /* Successfully executed --version for the nagios plugin */
+            cmd->result.exit_status = PCMK_OCF_NOT_RUNNING;
+
+        } else if (pcmk__str_eq(cmd->action, "start", pcmk__str_casei)
+                    && !pcmk__result_ok(&(cmd->result))) {
+#ifdef PCMK__TIME_USE_CGT
+            goagain = true;
+#endif
+        }
+    }
+
 #ifdef PCMK__TIME_USE_CGT
     if (goagain) {
         int time_sum = time_diff_ms(NULL, &(cmd->t_first_run));
diff --git a/include/crm/services.h b/include/crm/services.h
index dcd28d348f4..4715cb885fe 100644
--- a/include/crm/services.h
+++ b/include/crm/services.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #define PCMK_RESOURCE_CLASS_NAGIOS  "nagios"
 #define PCMK_RESOURCE_CLASS_STONITH "stonith"
 #define PCMK_RESOURCE_CLASS_ALERT   "alert"
+#define PCMK_RESOURCE_CLASS_DLOPEN  "dlopen"
 
 /* This is the string passed in the OCF_EXIT_REASON_PREFIX environment variable.
  * The stderr output that occurs after this prefix is encountered is considered
diff --git a/lib/common/agents.c b/lib/common/agents.c
index cde029f579e..14a80fde248 100644
--- a/lib/common/agents.c
+++ b/lib/common/agents.c
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ pcmk_get_ra_caps(const char *standard)
         return pcmk_ra_cap_provider | pcmk_ra_cap_params
                | pcmk_ra_cap_unique | pcmk_ra_cap_promotable;
 
+    } else if (!strcasecmp(standard, PCMK_RESOURCE_CLASS_DLOPEN)) {
+        return pcmk_ra_cap_params;
+
     } else if (!strcasecmp(standard, PCMK_RESOURCE_CLASS_STONITH)) {
         /* @COMPAT Stonith resources can't really be unique clones, but we've
          * allowed it in the past and have it in some scheduler regression tests
diff --git a/lib/pacemaker/pcmk_injections.c b/lib/pacemaker/pcmk_injections.c
index 895003435e7..2186b3ad3d0 100644
--- a/lib/pacemaker/pcmk_injections.c
+++ b/lib/pacemaker/pcmk_injections.c
@@ -377,7 +377,8 @@ pcmk__inject_resource_history(pcmk__output_t *out, xmlNode *cib_node,
                                      PCMK_RESOURCE_CLASS_SERVICE,
                                      PCMK_RESOURCE_CLASS_UPSTART,
                                      PCMK_RESOURCE_CLASS_SYSTEMD,
-                                     PCMK_RESOURCE_CLASS_LSB, NULL)) {
+                                     PCMK_RESOURCE_CLASS_LSB,
+                                     PCMK_RESOURCE_CLASS_DLOPEN, NULL)) {
         out->err(out, "Invalid class for %s: %s", resource, rclass);
         return NULL;
 
diff --git a/lib/services/Makefile.am b/lib/services/Makefile.am
index 0c65b281a0c..ddcd8971618 100644
--- a/lib/services/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/services/Makefile.am
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ lib_LTLIBRARIES			= libcrmservice.la
 noinst_HEADERS			= pcmk-dbus.h upstart.h systemd.h \
 				  services_lsb.h services_nagios.h \
 				  services_ocf.h \
+				  services_dlopen.h \
 				  services_private.h
 
 libcrmservice_la_LDFLAGS	= -version-info 31:0:3
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ libcrmservice_la_SOURCES	= services.c
 libcrmservice_la_SOURCES	+= services_linux.c
 libcrmservice_la_SOURCES	+= services_lsb.c
 libcrmservice_la_SOURCES	+= services_ocf.c
+libcrmservice_la_SOURCES	+= services_dlopen.c
 if BUILD_DBUS
 libcrmservice_la_SOURCES	+= dbus.c
 endif
diff --git a/lib/services/services.c b/lib/services/services.c
index 99d89091438..0f14bb78c1c 100644
--- a/lib/services/services.c
+++ b/lib/services/services.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "services_private.h"
 #include "services_ocf.h"
 #include "services_lsb.h"
+#include "services_dlopen.h"
 
 #if SUPPORT_UPSTART
 #  include <upstart.h>
@@ -306,6 +307,9 @@ services__create_resource_action(const char *name, const char *standard,
     } else if (strcasecmp(op->standard, PCMK_RESOURCE_CLASS_LSB) == 0) {
         rc = services__lsb_prepare(op);
 
+    } else if (strcasecmp(op->standard, PCMK_RESOURCE_CLASS_DLOPEN) == 0) {
+        rc = services__dlopen_prepare(op);
+
 #if SUPPORT_SYSTEMD
     } else if (strcasecmp(op->standard, PCMK_RESOURCE_CLASS_SYSTEMD) == 0) {
         rc = services__systemd_prepare(op);
@@ -574,6 +578,10 @@ services_result2ocf(const char *standard, const char *action, int exit_status)
                             pcmk__str_casei)) {
         return services__lsb2ocf(action, exit_status);
 
+    } else if (pcmk__str_eq(standard, PCMK_RESOURCE_CLASS_DLOPEN,
+                            pcmk__str_casei)) {
+        return services__dlopen2ocf(exit_status);
+
     } else {
         crm_warn("Treating result from unknown standard '%s' as OCF",
                  ((standard == NULL)? "unspecified" : standard));
@@ -814,6 +822,11 @@ handle_duplicate_recurring(svc_action_t * op)
 static int
 execute_action(svc_action_t *op)
 {
+    if (pcmk__str_eq(op->standard, PCMK_RESOURCE_CLASS_DLOPEN,
+                     pcmk__str_casei)) {
+        return services__execute_dlopen(op);
+    }
+
 #if SUPPORT_UPSTART
     if (pcmk__str_eq(op->standard, PCMK_RESOURCE_CLASS_UPSTART,
                      pcmk__str_casei)) {
@@ -1063,6 +1076,7 @@ resources_list_standards(void)
     GList *standards = NULL;
 
     standards = g_list_append(standards, strdup(PCMK_RESOURCE_CLASS_OCF));
+    standards = g_list_append(standards, strdup(PCMK_RESOURCE_CLASS_DLOPEN));
     standards = g_list_append(standards, strdup(PCMK_RESOURCE_CLASS_LSB));
     standards = g_list_append(standards, strdup(PCMK_RESOURCE_CLASS_SERVICE));
 
@@ -1154,6 +1168,8 @@ resources_list_agents(const char *standard, const char *provider)
         return resources_os_list_ocf_agents(provider);
     } else if (strcasecmp(standard, PCMK_RESOURCE_CLASS_LSB) == 0) {
         return services__list_lsb_agents();
+    } else if (strcasecmp(standard, PCMK_RESOURCE_CLASS_DLOPEN) == 0) {
+        return services__list_dlopen_agents();
 #if SUPPORT_SYSTEMD
     } else if (strcasecmp(standard, PCMK_RESOURCE_CLASS_SYSTEMD) == 0) {
         return systemd_unit_listall();
@@ -1233,6 +1249,9 @@ resources_agent_exists(const char *standard, const char *provider, const char *a
     } else if (pcmk__str_eq(standard, PCMK_RESOURCE_CLASS_LSB, pcmk__str_casei)) {
         rc = services__lsb_agent_exists(agent);
 
+    } else if (pcmk__str_eq(standard, PCMK_RESOURCE_CLASS_DLOPEN, pcmk__str_casei)) {
+        rc = services__dlopen_agent_exists(agent);
+
 #if SUPPORT_SYSTEMD
     } else if (pcmk__str_eq(standard, PCMK_RESOURCE_CLASS_SYSTEMD, pcmk__str_casei)) {
         rc = systemd_unit_exists(agent);
diff --git a/lib/services/services_dlopen.c b/lib/services/services_dlopen.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e4fca6beac5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/services/services_dlopen.c
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+#include <crm_internal.h>
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Waggregate-return"
+#ifndef _GNU_SOURCE
+#  define _GNU_SOURCE
+#endif
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <dlfcn.h>
+#include <crm/crm.h>
+#include <crm/services.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include "services_private.h"
+#include "services_dlopen.h"
+
+typedef long long int go_int;
+typedef struct{const char *p; go_int len;} go_str;
+typedef struct{void *arr; go_int len; go_int cap;} go_slice;
+
+GList *
+services__list_dlopen_agents(void)
+{
+    return services_os_get_directory_list(DLOPEN_ROOT_DIR, TRUE, FALSE);
+}
+
+bool
+services__dlopen_agent_exists(const char *agent)
+{
+    bool rc = FALSE;
+    struct stat st;
+    char *path = pcmk__full_path(agent, DLOPEN_ROOT_DIR);
+
+    rc = (stat(path, &st) == 0);
+    free(path);
+    return rc;
+}
+
+int
+services__dlopen_prepare(svc_action_t *op)
+{
+    op->opaque->exec = pcmk__full_path(op->agent, DLOPEN_ROOT_DIR);
+    op->opaque->args[0] = strdup(op->opaque->exec);
+    op->opaque->args[1] = strdup(op->action);
+    if ((op->opaque->args[0] == NULL) || (op->opaque->args[1] == NULL)) {
+        return ENOMEM;
+    }
+    return pcmk_rc_ok;
+}
+
+// TODO: 
+enum ocf_exitcode
+services__dlopen2ocf(int exit_status)
+{
+    return (enum ocf_exitcode) exit_status;
+}
+
+int
+services__execute_dlopen(svc_action_t *op) {
+    if (strcasecmp(op->action, "meta-data") == 0) {
+        return services__execute_dlopen_metadata(op);
+    }
+
+    return services__execute_dlopen_action(op);
+}
+
+int
+services__execute_dlopen_metadata(svc_action_t *op) {
+    void *lib;
+    char *lib_error;
+    go_str (*metadata)();
+    go_str msg;
+    char *dst = pcmk__full_path(op->agent, DLOPEN_ROOT_DIR);
+
+    lib = dlopen(dst, RTLD_NOW | RTLD_LOCAL | RTLD_NODELETE);
+
+    if (!lib) {
+        return pcmk_rc_error;
+    }
+
+    metadata = dlsym(lib, "metadata");
+
+    if ((lib_error = dlerror()) != NULL){
+        free(lib_error);
+
+        return pcmk_rc_error;
+    }
+    
+    msg = metadata();
+    op->rc = PCMK_OCF_OK;
+    op->status = PCMK_EXEC_DONE;
+    op->pid = 0;
+    op->stdout_data = strndup(msg.p, msg.len);
+    //op->stdout_data = strdup(metadata().p);
+
+    if (op->opaque->callback) {
+        op->opaque->callback(op);
+    }
+
+    dlclose(lib);
+    return pcmk_rc_ok;
+}
+
+int
+services__execute_dlopen_action(svc_action_t *op) {
+    void *lib;
+    char *lib_error;
+    go_str error;
+    go_int (*exec)(go_slice, go_str *);
+    go_str data[1] = {{op->rsc, strlen(op->rsc)}};
+    go_slice params = {data, 1, 1};
+    char *dst = pcmk__full_path(op->agent, DLOPEN_ROOT_DIR);
+
+    // crm_info("Resource %s", op->rsc);
+
+    lib = dlopen(dst, RTLD_NOW | RTLD_LOCAL | RTLD_NODELETE);
+
+    if (!lib) {
+        return pcmk_rc_error;
+    }
+
+    exec = dlsym(lib, op->action);
+
+    if ((lib_error = dlerror()) != NULL){
+        free(lib_error);
+
+        return pcmk_rc_error;
+    }
+
+    op->rc = exec(params, &error);
+    op->status = PCMK_EXEC_DONE;
+    op->pid = 0;
+    if (op->rc) {
+           op->stderr_data = strndup(error.p, error.len);
+    }
+
+    if (op->interval_ms != 0) {
+        // Recurring operations must be either cancelled or rescheduled
+        if (op->cancel) {
+            services__set_cancelled(op);
+            cancel_recurring_action(op);
+        } else {
+            op->opaque->repeat_timer = g_timeout_add(op->interval_ms,
+                                                    recurring_action_timer,
+                                                    (void *) op);
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (op->opaque->callback) {
+        op->opaque->callback(op);
+    }
+
+    // crm_info("Exit code: %d, error: %s", op->rc, error->p);
+
+    dlclose(lib);
+    return pcmk_rc_ok;
+}
diff --git a/lib/services/services_dlopen.h b/lib/services/services_dlopen.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3784db159b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/services/services_dlopen.h
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#ifndef SERVICES_DLOPEN__H
+#  define SERVICES_DLOPEN__H
+
+#include <glib.h>
+
+// G_GNUC_INTERNAL int services__get_dlopen_metadata(const char *type, char **output);
+G_GNUC_INTERNAL GList *services__list_dlopen_agents(void);
+G_GNUC_INTERNAL bool services__dlopen_agent_exists(const char *agent);
+G_GNUC_INTERNAL int services__dlopen_prepare(svc_action_t *op);
+
+G_GNUC_INTERNAL
+enum ocf_exitcode services__dlopen2ocf(int exit_status);
+
+G_GNUC_INTERNAL
+int services__execute_dlopen(svc_action_t *op);
+
+G_GNUC_INTERNAL
+int services__execute_dlopen_metadata(svc_action_t *op);
+
+G_GNUC_INTERNAL
+int services__execute_dlopen_action(svc_action_t *op);
+
+#endif
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/xml/resources-3.7.rng b/xml/resources-3.7.rng
index 9b58d346302..1a027a00895 100644
--- a/xml/resources-3.7.rng
+++ b/xml/resources-3.7.rng
@@ -421,6 +421,7 @@
           <value>service</value>
           <value>systemd</value>
           <value>nagios</value>
+          <value>dlopen</value>
         </choice>
       </attribute>
     </choice>