From faec86b3be38756510fb3534c7615db75ecd53b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lance Stout <lancestout@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 15:47:24 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Import plugins from string referenced modules.

---
 sleekxmpp/basexmpp.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/sleekxmpp/basexmpp.py b/sleekxmpp/basexmpp.py
index 78ecec33..3db29a9a 100644
--- a/sleekxmpp/basexmpp.py
+++ b/sleekxmpp/basexmpp.py
@@ -176,6 +176,10 @@ class BaseXMPP(XMLStream):
                 module = sleekxmpp.plugins
                 module = __import__("%s.%s" % (module.__name__, plugin),
                                     globals(), locals(), [plugin])
+            if isinstance(module, str):
+                # We probably want to load a module from outside
+                # the sleekxmpp package, so leave out the globals().
+                module = __import__(module, fromlist=[plugin])
 
             # Load the plugin class from the module.
             self.plugin[plugin] = getattr(module, plugin)(self, pconfig)