diff --git a/core/shell.go b/core/shell.go
index 7f48ed5..9b2f062 100644
--- a/core/shell.go
+++ b/core/shell.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 type ShellModule struct {
 	Name     string `json:"name"`
 	Type     string `json:"type"`
-	Source   api.Source
+	Sources  []api.Source
 	Commands []string
 }
 
@@ -26,14 +26,16 @@ func BuildShellModule(moduleInterface interface{}, recipe *api.Recipe) (string,
 		return "", err
 	}
 
-	if strings.TrimSpace(module.Source.Type) != "" {
-		err := api.DownloadSource(recipe.DownloadsPath, module.Source, module.Name)
-		if err != nil {
-			return "", err
-		}
-		err = api.MoveSource(recipe.DownloadsPath, recipe.SourcesPath, module.Source, module.Name)
-		if err != nil {
-			return "", err
+	for _, source := range module.Sources {
+		if strings.TrimSpace(source.Type) != "" {
+			err := api.DownloadSource(recipe.DownloadsPath, source, module.Name)
+			if err != nil {
+				return "", err
+			}
+			err = api.MoveSource(recipe.DownloadsPath, recipe.SourcesPath, source, module.Name)
+			if err != nil {
+				return "", err
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/docs/articles/en/built-in-modules.md b/docs/articles/en/built-in-modules.md
index 44f7028..f39bb28 100644
--- a/docs/articles/en/built-in-modules.md
+++ b/docs/articles/en/built-in-modules.md
@@ -205,7 +205,8 @@ The following specific fields are available:
 ```yaml
 - name: example-meson-project
   type: meson
-  buildflags: "-Dfoo=bar"
+  buildflags:
+  - "-Dfoo=bar"
   source:
     url: "https://example.com/meson-project-source.tar.gz"
     type: tar
diff --git a/docs/articles/en/getting-started.md b/docs/articles/en/getting-started.md
index 8cc9c33..6bfc5f4 100644
--- a/docs/articles/en/getting-started.md
+++ b/docs/articles/en/getting-started.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Other container engines might work but have not been tested. If you have tested
 
 ## Installation
 
-Vib is distributed as a single binary, so there's no need to install any runtime or dependencies. You can download the latest version of Vib from the [GitHub releases page](https://github.com/Vanilla-OS/Vib). Once downloaded, make the file executable and move it to a directory included in your PATH.
+Vib is distributed as a single binary, so there's no need to install any runtime or dependencies. You can download the latest version of Vib from the [GitHub releases page](https://github.com/Vanilla-OS/Vib). In addition to this, Vib has official plugins which are used for all the Vanilla-OS images, they can also be downlaoded from the [Github releases page](https://github.com/Vanilla-OS/Vib) as the `plugins.tar.xz` archvie. Once downloaded, make vib executable and move it to a directory included in your PATH. Vib searches for plugins in a global search path at `/usr/share/vib/plugins/` and inside the `plugins` directory in your project directory. It is recommended to extract `plugins.tar.xz` to `/usr/share/vib/plugins/` as they are considered core vib plugins and may be used by a lot of images.
 
 The following commands will allow you to download and install Vib:
 
@@ -40,11 +40,27 @@ mv vib ~/.local/bin
 If wget is not installed, you can use curl:
 
 ```bash
-curl -L https://github.com/Vanilla-OS/Vib/releases/latest/download/vib -o vib
+curl -SLO https://github.com/Vanilla-OS/Vib/releases/latest/download/vib
 chmod +x vib
 mv vib ~/.local/bin
 ```
 
+The following commands for the plugins:
+
+```bash
+wget https://github.com/Vanilla-OS/Vib/releases/latest/download/plugins.tar.xz
+mkdir -p /usr/share/vib/plugins
+tar -xvf plugins.tar.xz -C /usr/share/vib/plugins/
+```
+
+Or with curl:
+
+```bash
+curl -SLO https://github.com/Vanilla-OS/Vib/releases/latest/download/plugins.tar.xz
+mkdir -p /usr/share/vib/plugins
+tar xvf plugins.tar.xz -C /usr/share/vib/plugins
+```
+
 ## Usage
 
 To start using Vib, create a `vib.yml` file in a new directory. This file will contain the recipe for your container image.
diff --git a/plugins/meson.go b/plugins/meson.go
index c6808d6..eb03cc3 100644
--- a/plugins/meson.go
+++ b/plugins/meson.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"C"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/vanilla-os/vib/api"
 )
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 type MesonModule struct {
 	Name   string
 	Type   string
+	BuildFlags []string            `json:"buildflags"`
 	Source api.Source
 }
 
@@ -58,8 +60,9 @@ func BuildModule(moduleInterface *C.char, recipeInterface *C.char) *C.char {
 	// it is safe to simply use the specified checksum from the module definition
 	tmpDir := fmt.Sprintf("/tmp/%s-%s", module.Source.Checksum, module.Name)
 	cmd := fmt.Sprintf(
-		"cd /sources/%s && meson %s && ninja -C %s && ninja -C %s install",
+		"cd /sources/%s && meson %s %s && ninja -C %s && ninja -C %s install",
 		api.GetSourcePath(module.Source, module.Name),
+		strings.Join(module.BuildFlags, " "),
 		tmpDir,
 		tmpDir,
 		tmpDir,