diff --git a/apps/plugins/plugins.make b/apps/plugins/plugins.make
index 6132a177f4..db414059d3 100644
--- a/apps/plugins/plugins.make
+++ b/apps/plugins/plugins.make
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ ifeq ($(APP_TYPE),ctru-app)
     is_app_build =
 endif
 
-ifdef SELECTED_PLUGINS_SRC
+ifneq ($(SELECTED_PLUGINS_SRC),DEFAULT)
 PLUGINS_SRC = $(SELECTED_PLUGINS_SRC)
 else
 ifdef is_app_build
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ PLUGINS_SRC = $(call preprocess, $(APPSDIR)/plugins/SOURCES.app_build)
 else
 PLUGINS_SRC = $(call preprocess, $(APPSDIR)/plugins/SOURCES)
 endif
-endif # ifdef SELECTED_PLUGINS_SRC
+endif # if SELECTED_PLUGINS_SRC
 OTHER_SRC += $(PLUGINS_SRC)
 ROCKS1 := $(PLUGINS_SRC:.c=.rock)
 ROCKS1 := $(call full_path_subst,$(ROOTDIR)/%,$(BUILDDIR)/%,$(ROCKS1))
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ endif
 OTHER_SRC += $(ROOTDIR)/apps/plugins/plugin_crt0.c
 PLUGIN_CRT0 := $(BUILDDIR)/apps/plugins/plugin_crt0.o
 # multifile plugins (subdirs):
-ifdef SELECTED_PLUGINS_SUBDIRS
+ifneq ($(SELECTED_PLUGINS_SUBDIRS),DEFAULT)
 PLUGINSUBDIRS := $(SELECTED_PLUGINS_SUBDIRS)
 else
 ifdef is_app_build
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ PLUGINSUBDIRS := $(call preprocess, $(APPSDIR)/plugins/SUBDIRS.app_build)
 else
 PLUGINSUBDIRS := $(call preprocess, $(APPSDIR)/plugins/SUBDIRS)
 endif
-endif # ifdef SELECTED_PLUGINS_SUBDIRS
+endif # if SELECTED_PLUGINS_SUBDIRS
 
 PLUGIN_LIBS := $(PLUGINLIB) $(PLUGINBITMAPLIB) $(SETJMPLIB) $(FIXEDPOINTLIB)
 
diff --git a/tools/configure b/tools/configure
index 7e48cc93a1..cf15942b35 100755
--- a/tools/configure
+++ b/tools/configure
@@ -4848,6 +4848,10 @@ if [ -n "$ARG_PLUGINS" ]; then
              echo "Warning: Plugin '$p' found neither as file nor directory in $chk_plugin_dir. Use ':' as the separator."
         fi
     done
+else
+    # Build the default set of plugins
+    selected_src="DEFAULT"
+    selected_subdirs="DEFAULT"
 fi
 
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