diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/pfb/Makefile b/src/osgPlugins/pfb/Makefile
index f48575df1..a8574b937 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/pfb/Makefile
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/pfb/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!smake
 include ../../../Make/makedefs
 
+CFILES = \
+
 C++FILES = \
         ConvertFromPerformer.cpp\
         ConvertToPerformer.cpp\
@@ -8,16 +10,26 @@ C++FILES = \
 
 LIB = ../../../lib/osgPlugins/osgdb_pfb.so
 
-#LIBS = -u __ucmpdi2 -lgcc -losg  -losgDB ${PFLIBS} 
-LIBS = -losg -losgDB ${PFLIBS} 
+LIBS = \
+	/usr/lib/Performer/Static/libpfdb/libpfpfb.a\
+        /usr/lib/Performer/Static/libpfdu.a\
+        /usr/lib/Performer/Static/libpfutil.a\
+	/usr/lib/Performer/Static/libpf.a\
+	-losg -losgDB
 
 TARGET_LOADER_FILES = osgPlugins/osgdb_pfb.so
 
-C++FLAGS += -I../../../include
+C++FLAGS += -g -I../../../include 
 
-LDFLAGS += -L../../../lib  -L/usr/X11R6/lib
+LDFLAGS += -g -L../../../lib  -L/usr/X11R6/lib
+
+PREREQUISITES = preq
 
 include ../../../Make/makerules
 
 
+preq :
+	[ -f /usr/lib/blah ] || exit 1
+
+
 
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/pfb/ReaderWriterPFB.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/pfb/ReaderWriterPFB.cpp
index 38bbf17f1..970991b5a 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/pfb/ReaderWriterPFB.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/pfb/ReaderWriterPFB.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@
 #include <Performer/pfdu.h>
 #include <Performer/pr/pfTexture.h>
 
+extern "C" {
+extern pfNode *pfdLoadFile_pfb( const char *);
+extern int pfdStoreFile_pfb( pfNode *, const char *);
+}
+
 class ReaderWriterPFB : public osgDB::ReaderWriter
 {
 
@@ -67,13 +72,12 @@ class ReaderWriterPFB : public osgDB::ReaderWriter
             return NULL;
         }
 
-        virtual osg::Node* readNode(const std::string& fileName)
+        virtual osg::Node* readNode(const std::string& fileName, const osgDB::ReaderWriter::Options*)
         {
             osg::notify(osg::INFO)<<   "ReaderWriterPFB::readNode( "<<fileName.c_str()<<" )\n";
 
             initPerformer();
-
-            pfNode* root = pfdLoadFile(fileName.c_str());
+            pfNode* root = pfdLoadFile_pfb(fileName.c_str());
 
             ConvertFromPerformer converter;
             return converter.convert(root);
@@ -82,16 +86,13 @@ class ReaderWriterPFB : public osgDB::ReaderWriter
 
         virtual bool writeNode(const osg::Node& node,const std::string& fileName)
         {
-
             osg::notify(osg::INFO)<<   "ReaderWriterPFB::writeNode( "<<fileName.c_str()<<" )\n";
-
             initPerformer();
-
             ConvertToPerformer converter;
             pfNode* root = converter.convert(&node);
             if (root)
             {
-                return pfdStoreFile(root,fileName.c_str())!=0;
+                return pfdStoreFile_pfb(root,fileName.c_str())!=0;
             }
             else
             {