diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f5e7ca3..2ae6e06 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,24 @@
 
 include dpf/Makefile.base.mk
 
-all: cardinal deps dgl plugins gen
+all: cardinal deps dgl plugins gen resources
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------
+# Build config
+
+PREFIX  ?= /usr/local
+DESTDIR ?=
+SYSDEPS ?= false
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------
+# Check for system-wide dependencies
+
+# HAVE_LIBARCHIVE = $(shell pkg-config --exists libarchive && echo true)
+#
+# libjansson.a
+# libsamplerate.a
+# libspeexdsp.a
+# libzstd.a
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -23,6 +40,9 @@ dgl:
 plugins: deps
 	$(MAKE) all -C plugins
 
+resources: cardinal gen
+	$(MAKE) resources -C plugins
+
 ifneq ($(CROSS_COMPILING),true)
 gen: cardinal dpf/utils/lv2_ttl_generator
 	@$(CURDIR)/dpf/utils/generate-ttl.sh
diff --git a/dpf b/dpf
index 1af66e4..1da1c81 160000
--- a/dpf
+++ b/dpf
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 1af66e49db01b5e2a5f90e85fe748c162bb83a48
+Subproject commit 1da1c811c765689790c8bf4290b2f6939f8046f3
diff --git a/plugins/Makefile b/plugins/Makefile
index cad8731..7015dad 100644
--- a/plugins/Makefile
+++ b/plugins/Makefile
@@ -318,6 +318,55 @@ clean:
 	rm -f $(TARGET)
 	rm -rf $(BUILD_DIR)
 
+# --------------------------------------------------------------
+
+PLUGIN_LIST       = $(subst /plugin.json,,$(wildcard */plugin.json))
+PLUGIN_RESOURCES += $(PLUGIN_LIST:%=../bin/Cardinal.lv2/resources/%)
+PLUGIN_RESOURCES += $(PLUGIN_LIST:%=../bin/Cardinal.lv2/resources/PluginManifests/%.json)
+ifeq ($(MACOS),true)
+PLUGIN_RESOURCES += $(PLUGIN_LIST:%=../bin/Cardinal.vst/Contents/Resources/%)
+PLUGIN_RESOURCES += $(PLUGIN_LIST:%=../bin/Cardinal.vst/Contents/Resources/PluginManifests/%.json)
+else
+PLUGIN_RESOURCES += $(PLUGIN_LIST:%=../bin/Cardinal.vst/resources/%)
+PLUGIN_RESOURCES += $(PLUGIN_LIST:%=../bin/Cardinal.vst/resources/PluginManifests/%.json)
+endif
+PLUGIN_RESOURCES += $(PLUGIN_LIST:%=../bin/Cardinal.vst3/Contents/Resources/%)
+PLUGIN_RESOURCES += $(PLUGIN_LIST:%=../bin/Cardinal.vst3/Contents/Resources/PluginManifests/%.json)
+
+resources: $(PLUGIN_RESOURCES)
+
+../bin/Cardinal.lv2/resources/%: %/res
+	-@mkdir -p "$(shell dirname $@)"
+	ln -sf $(abspath $<) $@
+
+../bin/Cardinal.vst/resources/%: %/res
+	-@mkdir -p "$(shell dirname $@)"
+	ln -sf $(abspath $<) $@
+
+../bin/Cardinal.vst/Contents/Resources/%: %/res
+	-@mkdir -p "$(shell dirname $@)"
+	ln -sf $(abspath $<) $@
+
+../bin/Cardinal.vst3/Contents/Resources/%: %/res
+	-@mkdir -p "$(shell dirname $@)"
+	ln -sf $(abspath $<) $@
+
+../bin/Cardinal.lv2/resources/PluginManifests/%.json: %/plugin.json
+	-@mkdir -p "$(shell dirname $@)"
+	ln -sf $(abspath $<) $@
+
+../bin/Cardinal.vst/resources/PluginManifests/%.json: %/plugin.json
+	-@mkdir -p "$(shell dirname $@)"
+	ln -sf $(abspath $<) $@
+
+../bin/Cardinal.vst/Contents/Resources/PluginManifests/%.json: %/plugin.json
+	-@mkdir -p "$(shell dirname $@)"
+	ln -sf $(abspath $<) $@
+
+../bin/Cardinal.vst3/Contents/Resources/PluginManifests/%.json: %/plugin.json
+	-@mkdir -p "$(shell dirname $@)"
+	ln -sf $(abspath $<) $@
+
 # --------------------------------------------------------------
 # Build commands
 
diff --git a/src/CardinalPlugin.cpp b/src/CardinalPlugin.cpp
index 689e513..91a33f7 100644
--- a/src/CardinalPlugin.cpp
+++ b/src/CardinalPlugin.cpp
@@ -72,23 +72,32 @@ struct Initializer {
         random::init();
         ui::init();
 
-        std::string resDir;
-
-        if (const char* const bundlePath = plugin->getBundlePath())
-        {
-            asset::systemDir = bundlePath;
-#ifdef DISTRHO_OS_MAC
-            asset::systemDir += "/Contents/Resources";
-#endif
-        }
-        else
+        if (asset::systemDir.empty())
         {
-            // Make system dir point to source code location as fallback
-            // TODO use /usr/share if on linux? if we count on it being installed..
-            asset::systemDir = CARDINAL_PLUGIN_SOURCE_DIR DISTRHO_OS_SEP_STR "Rack" DISTRHO_OS_SEP_STR "res";
-        }
+            if (const char* const bundlePath = plugin->getBundlePath())
+            {
+                if (const char* const resourcePath = getResourcePath(bundlePath))
+                {
+                    asset::bundlePath = system::join(resourcePath, "PluginManifests");
+                    asset::systemDir = resourcePath;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (asset::systemDir.empty())
+            {
+                // Make system dir point to source code location as fallback
+                // TODO use /usr/share if on linux? if we count on it being installed..
+                asset::systemDir = CARDINAL_PLUGIN_SOURCE_DIR DISTRHO_OS_SEP_STR "Rack";
+
+                if (! system::isDirectory(system::join(asset::systemDir, "res")))
+                {
+                    asset::bundlePath = CARDINAL_PLUGIN_PREFIX "/share/Cardinal/Plugins";
+                    asset::systemDir = CARDINAL_PLUGIN_PREFIX "/share/Cardinal/Resources";
+                }
+            }
 
-        asset::userDir = asset::systemDir;
+            asset::userDir = asset::systemDir;
+        }
 
         // Log environment
         INFO("%s %s v%s", APP_NAME.c_str(), APP_EDITION.c_str(), APP_VERSION.c_str());
diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 8acc1cb..6f5f2ad 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 # Created by falkTX
 #
 
+# --------------------------------------------------------------
+# Build config
+
+PREFIX  ?= /usr/local
+DESTDIR ?=
+SYSDEPS ?= false
+
 # --------------------------------------------------------------
 # Project name, used for binaries
 
@@ -150,10 +157,41 @@ SOURCE_DIR = $(CURDIR)
 endif
 
 BUILD_CXX_FLAGS += -DCARDINAL_PLUGIN_SOURCE_DIR='"$(SOURCE_DIR)"'
+BUILD_CXX_FLAGS += -DCARDINAL_PLUGIN_PREFIX='"$(PREFIX)"'
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------
 # Enable all possible plugin types
 
-all: jack lv2 vst2 vst3
+all: jack lv2 vst2 vst3 resources
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------
+
+CORE_RESOURCES = $(wildcard Rack/res/*)
+
+PLUGIN_RESOURCES += $(CORE_RESOURCES:%=../bin/Cardinal.lv2/resources/%)
+ifeq ($(MACOS),true)
+PLUGIN_RESOURCES += $(CORE_RESOURCES:%=../bin/Cardinal.vst/Contents/Resources/%)
+else
+PLUGIN_RESOURCES += $(CORE_RESOURCES:%=../bin/Cardinal.vst/resources/%)
+endif
+PLUGIN_RESOURCES += $(CORE_RESOURCES:%=../bin/Cardinal.vst3/Contents/Resources/%)
+
+resources: $(PLUGIN_RESOURCES)
+
+../bin/Cardinal.lv2/resources/%: Rack/res/%
+	-@mkdir -p "$(shell dirname $@)"
+	ln -sf $(abspath $<) $@
+
+../bin/Cardinal.vst/resources/%: Rack/res/%
+	-@mkdir -p "$(shell dirname $@)"
+	ln -sf $(abspath $<) $@
+
+../bin/Cardinal.vst/Contents/Resources/%: Rack/res/%
+	-@mkdir -p "$(shell dirname $@)"
+	ln -sf $(abspath $<) $@
+
+../bin/Cardinal.vst3/Contents/Resources/%: Rack/res/%
+	-@mkdir -p "$(shell dirname $@)"
+	ln -sf $(abspath $<) $@
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/dep.cpp b/src/dep.cpp
index 25b2d76..ba12edb 100644
--- a/src/dep.cpp
+++ b/src/dep.cpp
@@ -87,14 +87,19 @@ static inline std::string& trim(std::string& s) {
     return s;
 }
 std::string system(std::string filename) {
-	return system::join(systemDir, trim(filename));
+    return system::join(systemDir, bundlePath.empty() ? filename : trim(filename));
 }
 std::string user(std::string filename) {
-	return system::join(userDir, trim(filename));
+    return system(filename);
 }
 std::string plugin(plugin::Plugin* plugin, std::string filename) {
-	DISTRHO_SAFE_ASSERT_RETURN(plugin != nullptr, {});
-	return system::join(systemDir, plugin->path, trim(filename));
+    DISTRHO_SAFE_ASSERT_RETURN(plugin != nullptr, {});
+    return system::join(systemDir, plugin->path, bundlePath.empty() ? filename : trim(filename));
+}
+std::string pluginManifest(std::string dirname) {
+    if (bundlePath.empty())
+        return system::join(systemDir, dirname, "plugin.json");
+    return system::join(bundlePath, dirname + ".json");
 }
 }
 }