diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/tool/CMakeLists.txt b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/tool/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/tool/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/tool/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,11 +29,17 @@
   clangToolingCore
   )
 
+# Support plugins.
+if(CLANG_PLUGIN_SUPPORT)
+  set(support_plugins SUPPORT_PLUGINS)
+endif()
+
 add_clang_tool(clang-tidy
   ClangTidyToolMain.cpp
-  )
-add_dependencies(clang-tidy
+
+  DEPENDS
   clang-resource-headers
+  ${support_plugins}
   )
 clang_target_link_libraries(clang-tidy
   PRIVATE
@@ -50,6 +56,9 @@
   ${ALL_CLANG_TIDY_CHECKS}
   )
 
+if(CLANG_PLUGIN_SUPPORT)
+  export_executable_symbols_for_plugins(clang-tidy)
+endif()
 
 install(PROGRAMS clang-tidy-diff.py
   DESTINATION share/clang
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/tool/ClangTidyMain.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/tool/ClangTidyMain.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/tool/ClangTidyMain.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/tool/ClangTidyMain.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "../GlobList.h"
 #include "clang/Tooling/CommonOptionsParser.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/InitLLVM.h"
+#include "llvm/Support/PluginLoader.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/Process.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/Signals.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/TargetSelect.h"