diff --git a/cmake/obs_helpers.cmake b/cmake/obs_helpers.cmake
index 51bdbeccc..6fe342973 100644
--- a/cmake/obs_helpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/obs_helpers.cmake
@@ -41,6 +41,51 @@ function(obs_add_core_lib_target target)
 	endforeach()
 endfunction()
 
+set(OBS_PLUGINS "" CACHE INTERNAL "obs plugins")
+set(OBS_PLUGIN_TARGETS "" CACHE INTERNAL "obs plugin targets")
+
+function(obs_add_plugin plugin)
+	get_property(location TARGET ${plugin} PROPERTY LOCATION)
+	list(APPEND OBS_PLUGINS ${location})
+	set(OBS_PLUGINS ${OBS_PLUGINS} CACHE INTERNAL "")
+
+	get_filename_component(filename ${location} NAME)
+
+	foreach(target ${OBS_PLUGIN_TARGETS})
+		get_property(tar_location TARGET ${target} PROPERTY LOCATION)
+		get_filename_component(dir ${tar_location} DIRECTORY)
+		add_custom_command(TARGET ${target} POST_BUILD
+			COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${location}
+							 "${dir}/../plugins/")
+
+		set_property(DIRECTORY ${dir} APPEND PROPERTY
+			ADDITIONAL_MAKE_CLEAN_FILES
+			"${dir}/../plugins/${filename}")
+	endforeach()
+endfunction()
+
+function(obs_add_plugin_target target)
+	list(APPEND OBS_CORE_LIB_DIRS ${target})
+	set(OBS_PLUGIN_TARGETS ${OBS_PLUGIN_TARGETS} CACHE INTERNAL "")
+
+	get_property(tar_location TARGET ${target} PROPERTY LOCATION)
+	get_filename_component(dir ${tar_location} DIRECTORY)
+
+	add_custom_command(TARGET ${target} POST_BUILD
+		COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory "${dir}/../plugins/")
+
+	foreach(plugin ${OBS_PLUGINS})
+		get_filename_component(filename ${plugin} NAME)
+		add_custom_command(TARGET ${target} POST_BUILD
+			COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${plugin}
+							 "${dir}/../plugins/")
+
+		set_property(DIRECTORY APPEND PROPERTY
+			ADDITIONAL_MAKE_CLEAN_FILES
+			"${dir}/../plugins/${filename}")
+	endforeach()
+endfunction()
+
 set(OBS_DATA_DIRS "" CACHE INTERNAL "data_dirs")
 set(OBS_DATA_SOURCES "" CACHE INTERNAL "source_dirs")
 
diff --git a/obs/CMakeLists.txt b/obs/CMakeLists.txt
index b83d7454b..d9fc066dd 100644
--- a/obs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/obs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ if(APPLE)
 		MACOSX_BUNDLE ${BUILD_APP_BUNDLE})
 	if(BUILD_APP_BUNDLE)
 		obs_add_core_lib_target(obs)
+		obs_add_plugin_target(obs)
 		obs_add_data_dir(/bin/obs.app/Contents/)
 	endif()
 endif()
diff --git a/test/test-input/CMakeLists.txt b/test/test-input/CMakeLists.txt
index 6bcfd3336..c981e885a 100644
--- a/test/test-input/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/test-input/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ add_library(test-input MODULE
 target_link_libraries(test-input
 	libobs)
 
-file(COPY
+obs_add_plugin(test-input)
+
+obs_add_data_source(/data/obs-plugins/test-input/
 	${obs_SOURCE_DIR}/build/data/obs-plugins/test-input/draw.effect
-	${obs_SOURCE_DIR}/build/data/obs-plugins/test-input/test.effect
-	DESTINATION ${obs_BINARY_DIR}/data/obs-plugins/test-input/)
+	${obs_SOURCE_DIR}/build/data/obs-plugins/test-input/test.effect)