diff --git a/include/plugin.h b/include/plugin.h
index 6f204106048..4486a719d1d 100644
--- a/include/plugin.h
+++ b/include/plugin.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   Plugin API. Common for all plugin types.
 */
 
-#define MYSQL_PLUGIN_INTERFACE_VERSION 0x0000
+#define MYSQL_PLUGIN_INTERFACE_VERSION 0x0001
 
 /*
   The allowable types of plugins
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@ struct st_mysql_plugin
   int type;             /* the plugin type (a MYSQL_XXX_PLUGIN value)   */
   void *info;           /* pointer to type-specific plugin descriptor   */
   const char *name;     /* plugin name                                  */
-  uint version;         /* plugin version                               */
   const char *author;   /* plugin author (for SHOW PLUGINS)             */
   const char *descr;    /* general descriptive text (for SHOW PLUGINS ) */
   int (*init)(void);    /* the function to invoke when plugin is loaded */
   int (*deinit)(void);  /* the function to invoke when plugin is unloaded */
+  uint version;         /* plugin version (for SHOW PLUGINS)            */
 };
 
 /*************************************************************************
diff --git a/sql/handler.cc b/sql/handler.cc
index 1a6122aebbd..bcccdf2e2b0 100644
--- a/sql/handler.cc
+++ b/sql/handler.cc
@@ -401,23 +401,6 @@ int ha_initialize_handlerton(handlerton *hton)
   if (hton == NULL)
     DBUG_RETURN(1);
 
-  /* check major version */
-  if ((hton->interface_version>>24) != (MYSQL_HANDLERTON_INTERFACE_VERSION>>24))
-  {
-    sql_print_error("handlerton major version incompatible");
-    DBUG_PRINT("warning", ("handlerton major version incompatible"));
-    DBUG_RETURN(1);
-  }
-
-  /* check minor version */
-  if ((hton->interface_version>>16)&0xff < 
-        (MYSQL_HANDLERTON_INTERFACE_VERSION>>16)&0xff)
-  {
-    sql_print_error("handlerton minor version incompatible");
-    DBUG_PRINT("warning", ("handlerton minor version incompatible"));
-    DBUG_RETURN(1);
-  }
-
   switch (hton->state)
   {
   case SHOW_OPTION_NO:
diff --git a/sql/handler.h b/sql/handler.h
index 69f5f0a7efc..ff81a259a73 100644
--- a/sql/handler.h
+++ b/sql/handler.h
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ typedef struct
     handlerton structure version
    */
   const int interface_version;
-#define MYSQL_HANDLERTON_INTERFACE_VERSION 0x00000000
+#define MYSQL_HANDLERTON_INTERFACE_VERSION 0x0000
 
 
   /*
diff --git a/sql/sql_show.cc b/sql/sql_show.cc
index 63728e0f32c..d3649aa5f6b 100644
--- a/sql/sql_show.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_show.cc
@@ -101,8 +101,7 @@ bool mysqld_show_storage_engines(THD *thd)
 
 static int make_version_string(char *buf, int buf_length, uint version)
 {
-  return my_snprintf(buf, buf_length, "%d.%d.%d",
-                     (version>>24)&0xff, (version>>16)&0xff,version&0xffff);
+  return my_snprintf(buf, buf_length, "%d.%d", version>>8,version&0xff);
 }
 
 static my_bool show_plugins(THD *thd, st_plugin_int *plugin,
@@ -117,18 +116,23 @@ static my_bool show_plugins(THD *thd, st_plugin_int *plugin,
   restore_record(table, s->default_values);
 
   table->field[0]->store(plugin->name.str, plugin->name.length, cs);
+
+  table->field[1]->store(version_buf,
+        make_version_string(version_buf, sizeof(version_buf), plug->version),
+        cs);
+
     
   switch (plugin->state)
   {
   /* case PLUGIN_IS_FREED: does not happen */
   case PLUGIN_IS_DELETED:
-    table->field[1]->store(STRING_WITH_LEN("DELETED"), cs);
+    table->field[2]->store(STRING_WITH_LEN("DELETED"), cs);
     break;
   case PLUGIN_IS_UNINITIALIZED:
-    table->field[1]->store(STRING_WITH_LEN("INACTIVE"), cs);
+    table->field[2]->store(STRING_WITH_LEN("INACTIVE"), cs);
     break;
   case PLUGIN_IS_READY:
-    table->field[1]->store(STRING_WITH_LEN("ACTIVE"), cs);
+    table->field[2]->store(STRING_WITH_LEN("ACTIVE"), cs);
     break;
   default:
     DBUG_ASSERT(0);
@@ -137,64 +141,57 @@ static my_bool show_plugins(THD *thd, st_plugin_int *plugin,
   switch (plug->type)
   {
   case MYSQL_UDF_PLUGIN:
-    table->field[2]->store(STRING_WITH_LEN("UDF"), cs);
+    table->field[3]->store(STRING_WITH_LEN("UDF"), cs);
     break;
   case MYSQL_STORAGE_ENGINE_PLUGIN:
-    table->field[2]->store(STRING_WITH_LEN("STORAGE"), cs);
+    table->field[3]->store(STRING_WITH_LEN("STORAGE"), cs);
     break;
   case MYSQL_FTPARSER_PLUGIN:
-    table->field[2]->store(STRING_WITH_LEN("FTPARSER"), cs);
+    table->field[3]->store(STRING_WITH_LEN("FTPARSER"), cs);
     break;
   default:
-    table->field[2]->store(STRING_WITH_LEN("UNKNOWN"), cs);
+    table->field[3]->store(STRING_WITH_LEN("UNKNOWN"), cs);
     break;
   }
 
-  if (plug->version)
-  {
-    table->field[3]->store(version_buf,
-          make_version_string(version_buf, sizeof(version_buf), plug->version),
-          cs);
-    table->field[3]->set_notnull();
-  }
-  else
-    table->field[3]->set_null();
-
-  if (plug->info)
-  {
-    table->field[4]->store(version_buf,
-          make_version_string(version_buf, sizeof(version_buf), 
-                              *(uint *)plug->info), cs);
-    table->field[4]->set_notnull();
-  }
-  else
-    table->field[4]->set_null();
+  table->field[4]->store(version_buf,
+        make_version_string(version_buf, sizeof(version_buf), 
+                            *(uint *)plug->info), cs);
 
   if (plugin->plugin_dl)
   {
     table->field[5]->store(plugin->plugin_dl->dl.str, 
                            plugin->plugin_dl->dl.length, cs);
     table->field[5]->set_notnull();
-  }
-  else
-    table->field[5]->set_null();
-  
-  if (plug->author)
-  {
-    table->field[6]->store(plug->author, strlen(plug->author), cs);
+    table->field[6]->store(version_buf,
+          make_version_string(version_buf, sizeof(version_buf), 
+                              plugin->plugin_dl->version),
+          cs);
     table->field[6]->set_notnull();
   }
   else
-    table->field[6]->set_null();
-
-  if (plug->descr)
   {
-    table->field[7]->store(plug->descr, strlen(plug->descr), cs);
+    table->field[5]->set_null();
+    table->field[6]->set_null();
+  }
+
+
+  if (plug->author)
+  {
+    table->field[7]->store(plug->author, strlen(plug->author), cs);
     table->field[7]->set_notnull();
   }
   else
     table->field[7]->set_null();
 
+  if (plug->descr)
+  {
+    table->field[8]->store(plug->descr, strlen(plug->descr), cs);
+    table->field[8]->set_notnull();
+  }
+  else
+    table->field[8]->set_null();
+
   return schema_table_store_record(thd, table);
 }
 
@@ -4293,11 +4290,12 @@ ST_FIELD_INFO variables_fields_info[]=
 ST_FIELD_INFO plugin_fields_info[]=
 {
   {"PLUGIN_NAME", NAME_LEN, MYSQL_TYPE_STRING, 0, 0, "Name"},
+  {"PLUGIN_VERSION", 20, MYSQL_TYPE_STRING, 0, 0, 0},
   {"PLUGIN_STATUS", 10, MYSQL_TYPE_STRING, 0, 0, "Status"},
   {"PLUGIN_TYPE", 10, MYSQL_TYPE_STRING, 0, 0, "Type"},
-  {"PLUGIN_VERSION", 20, MYSQL_TYPE_STRING, 0, 1, 0},
-  {"PLUGIN_TYPE_VERSION", 20, MYSQL_TYPE_STRING, 0, 1, 0},
+  {"PLUGIN_TYPE_VERSION", 20, MYSQL_TYPE_STRING, 0, 0, 0},
   {"PLUGIN_LIBRARY", NAME_LEN, MYSQL_TYPE_STRING, 0, 1, "Library"},
+  {"PLUGIN_LIBRARY_VERSION", 20, MYSQL_TYPE_STRING, 0, 1, 0},
   {"PLUGIN_AUTHOR", NAME_LEN, MYSQL_TYPE_STRING, 0, 1, 0},
   {"PLUGIN_DESCRIPTION", 65535, MYSQL_TYPE_STRING, 0, 1, 0},
   {0, 0, MYSQL_TYPE_STRING, 0, 0, 0}
diff --git a/storage/csv/ha_tina.cc b/storage/csv/ha_tina.cc
index 7bb68d4502b..78ea1b9fc1d 100644
--- a/storage/csv/ha_tina.cc
+++ b/storage/csv/ha_tina.cc
@@ -949,11 +949,11 @@ mysql_declare_plugin
   MYSQL_STORAGE_ENGINE_PLUGIN,
   &tina_hton,
   tina_hton.name,
-  0x00010000 /* 0.1.0 */,
   "Brian Aker, MySQL AB",
   "CSV Storage Engine",
   tina_init_func, /* Plugin Init */
-  tina_done_func  /* Plugin Deinit */
+  tina_done_func, /* Plugin Deinit */
+  0x0100 /* 1.0 */,
 }
 mysql_declare_plugin_end;
 
diff --git a/storage/example/ha_example.cc b/storage/example/ha_example.cc
index 74f25d1411d..79e13f3502d 100644
--- a/storage/example/ha_example.cc
+++ b/storage/example/ha_example.cc
@@ -730,11 +730,11 @@ mysql_declare_plugin
   MYSQL_STORAGE_ENGINE_PLUGIN,
   &example_hton,
   example_hton.name,
-  0x01000000 /* 1.0.0 */,
   "Brian Aker, MySQL AB",
   "Example Storage Engine",
   tina_init_func, /* Plugin Init */
-  tina_done_func  /* Plugin Deinit */
+  tina_done_func, /* Plugin Deinit */
+  0x0001 /* 0.1 */,
 }
 mysql_declare_plugin_end;