diff --git a/gnome2/abiword/abiword.conf b/gnome2/abiword/abiword.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..92f811e54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnome2/abiword/abiword.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+#
+# Filename: package/.../abiword/abiword.conf
+# Copyright (C) 2008 The OpenSDE Project
+#
+# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. A copy of the
+# GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+abiword_src=
+
+hook_add preconf 5 'abiword_loops_config'
+
+abiword_loops_config() {
+	echo_status "$xsrctar"
+	case "$xsrctar" in
+		abiword-plugins-*)
+			var_append extraconfopt ' ' "--with-abiword=$abiword_src"
+			;;
+		*)
+			abiword_src="$PWD"
+			;;
+	esac
+}
diff --git a/gnome2/abiword/abiword.desc b/gnome2/abiword/abiword.desc
index 7fa5fd024..26d3dbdd4 100644
--- a/gnome2/abiword/abiword.desc
+++ b/gnome2/abiword/abiword.desc
@@ -35,4 +35,6 @@
 
 [O] . $base/package/*/*/gnome2-or-gtk-conf.in
 
+[SRC] .
 [D] 4136961461 abiword-2.6.4.tar.gz http://www.abisource.com/downloads/abiword/2.6.4/source/
+[D] 1410342693 abiword-plugins-2.6.4.tar.gz http://www.abisource.com/downloads/abiword/2.6.4/source/