my $plugin = ...; my $pm = $plugin; $pm =~ s{::}{/}g; $pm .= '.pm'; eval { require $pm } or die("Unable to load plugin $plugin: $@\n"); # Example static method call. $plugin->method(); # Example function call. my $func = do { no strict 'refs'; *{"${plugin}::func"}{CODE} } or die("Undefined function func in plugin $plugin\n"); $func->();