diff --git a/libdecor/src/libdecor-plugin.h b/libdecor/src/libdecor-plugin.h
index e91ee2b00..ba80ce642 100644
--- a/libdecor/src/libdecor-plugin.h
+++ b/libdecor/src/libdecor-plugin.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * Copyright © 2017-2018 Red Hat Inc.
  * Copyright © 2018 Jonas Ådahl
+ * Copyright © 2019 Christian Rauch
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
  * a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
@@ -79,6 +80,9 @@ struct libdecor_plugin_description {
 
 	/* Vfunc used for constructing a plugin instance. */
 	libdecor_plugin_constructor constructor;
+
+	/* NULL terminated list of incompatible symbols. */
+	char *conflicting_symbols[1024];
 };
 
 struct libdecor_plugin_interface {
diff --git a/libdecor/src/libdecor.c b/libdecor/src/libdecor.c
index 9bd418fe2..7d48d1427 100644
--- a/libdecor/src/libdecor.c
+++ b/libdecor/src/libdecor.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * Copyright © 2017-2018 Red Hat Inc.
  * Copyright © 2018 Jonas Ådahl
+ * Copyright © 2019 Christian Rauch
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
  * a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
@@ -1387,6 +1388,24 @@ calculate_priority(const struct libdecor_plugin_description *plugin_description)
 	return -1;
 }
 
+static bool
+check_symbol_conflicts(const struct libdecor_plugin_description *plugin_description)
+{
+	char * const *symbol;
+
+	symbol = plugin_description->conflicting_symbols;
+	while (*symbol) {
+		dlerror();
+		dlsym (RTLD_DEFAULT, *symbol);
+		if (!dlerror())
+			return false;
+
+		symbol++;
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 static struct plugin_loader *
 load_plugin_loader(struct libdecor *context,
 		   const char *path,
@@ -1438,6 +1457,11 @@ load_plugin_loader(struct libdecor *context,
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
+	if (!check_symbol_conflicts(plugin_description)) {
+		dlclose(lib);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
 	priority = calculate_priority(plugin_description);
 	if (priority == -1) {
 		fprintf(stderr,