diff --git a/openbox/plugin.c b/openbox/plugin.c
index c4a27057..ca86aca4 100644
--- a/openbox/plugin.c
+++ b/openbox/plugin.c
@@ -148,9 +148,13 @@ void plugin_loadall()
         /* load the plugins in the rc file */
         while (g_io_channel_read_line(io, &name, NULL, NULL, &err) ==
                G_IO_STATUS_NORMAL) {
-            g_strstrip(name);
-            plugin_open(name);
-            g_free(name);
+            int i = 0;
+            while (name[++i-1] == ' ' || name[i-1] == '\t');
+            if (name[i] != '\0' && name[i] != '#') {
+                g_strstrip(name);
+                plugin_open(name);
+                g_free(name);
+            }
         }
         g_io_channel_unref(io);
     }