diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 5fa9120e8..3219b7736 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@ PLUGINS = { # plugins with external dependencies
             'occi':    {'default':False,'path':'OCCI','inc':'occi.h','lib':'ociei','cxx':True},
             'sqlite':  {'default':False,'path':'SQLITE','inc':'sqlite3.h','lib':'sqlite3','cxx':False},
             
-            # plugins without external dependencies
+            # plugins without external dependencies requiring CheckLibWithHeader...
+            # note: osm plugin does depend on libxml2
+            'osm':     {'default':False,'path':None,'inc':None,'lib':None,'cxx':True},
             'shape':   {'default':True,'path':None,'inc':None,'lib':None,'cxx':True},
             'raster':  {'default':True,'path':None,'inc':None,'lib':None,'cxx':True},
             }
diff --git a/plugins/input/osm/SConscript b/plugins/input/osm/SConscript
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..29d4584f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/input/osm/SConscript
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#
+# This file is part of Mapnik (c++ mapping toolkit)
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2007 Artem Pavlenko, Jean-Francois Doyon
+#
+# Mapnik is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+# version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+#
+# $Id$
+
+Import ('env')
+
+prefix = env['PREFIX']
+install_prefix = env['DESTDIR'] + '/' + prefix
+
+osm_src = Split(
+	"""
+	osmparser.cpp
+	osm.cpp
+	osm_datasource.cpp
+	osm_featureset.cpp 
+	"""
+        )
+
+libraries = [ 'xml2' ]
+if env['PLATFORM'] == 'Darwin':
+    libraries.append('mapnik')
+    libraries.append('icuuc')
+    libraries.append('icudata')
+
+osm_inputdriver = env.SharedLibrary('osm', source=osm_src, SHLIBPREFIX='', SHLIBSUFFIX='.input', LIBS=libraries)
+
+env.Install(install_prefix + '/' + env['LIBDIR_SCHEMA'] + '/mapnik/input', osm_inputdriver)
+env.Alias('install', install_prefix + '/' + env['LIBDIR_SCHEMA'] + '/mapnik/input')