diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/gdal/ReaderWriterGDAL.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/gdal/ReaderWriterGDAL.cpp
index ea1f99b2f..0219f7ae9 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/gdal/ReaderWriterGDAL.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/gdal/ReaderWriterGDAL.cpp
@@ -804,4 +804,4 @@ class ReaderWriterGDAL : public osgDB::ReaderWriter
 
 // now register with Registry to instantiate the above
 // reader/writer.
-osgDB::RegisterReaderWriterProxy<ReaderWriterGDAL> g_readerWriter_GDAL_Proxy;
+REGISTER_OSGPLUGIN(gdal, ReaderWriterGDAL)
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/imageio/ReaderWriterImageIO.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/imageio/ReaderWriterImageIO.cpp
index 8fd6545bc..d91994458 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/imageio/ReaderWriterImageIO.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/imageio/ReaderWriterImageIO.cpp
@@ -1248,8 +1248,7 @@ public:
 
 // now register with Registry to instantiate the above
 // reader/writer.
-
-osgDB::RegisterReaderWriterProxy<ReaderWriterImageIO> g_readerWriter_ImageIO_Proxy;
+REGISTER_OSGPLUGIN(imagio, ReaderWriterImageIO)
 
 
 
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/ogr/ReaderWriterOGR.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/ogr/ReaderWriterOGR.cpp
index f3d25c589..58226f20f 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/ogr/ReaderWriterOGR.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/ogr/ReaderWriterOGR.cpp
@@ -446,4 +446,4 @@ public:
 
 // now register with Registry to instantiate the above
 // reader/writer.
-osgDB::RegisterReaderWriterProxy<ReaderWriterOGR> g_readerWriter_OGR_Proxy;
+REGISTER_OSGPLUGIN(ogr, ReaderWriterOGR)
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/vnc/ReaderWriterVNC.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/vnc/ReaderWriterVNC.cpp
index 962058036..3d35361c6 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/vnc/ReaderWriterVNC.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/vnc/ReaderWriterVNC.cpp
@@ -372,5 +372,5 @@ class ReaderWriterVNC : public osgDB::ReaderWriter
 
 // now register with Registry to instantiate the above
 // reader/writer.
-osgDB::RegisterReaderWriterProxy<ReaderWriterVNC> g_readerWriter_VNC_Proxy;
+REGISTER_OSGPLUGIN(vnc, ReaderWriterVNC)