diff --git a/src/controllers/plugins/PluginController.cpp b/src/controllers/plugins/PluginController.cpp
index a0075d554..f4dacac53 100644
--- a/src/controllers/plugins/PluginController.cpp
+++ b/src/controllers/plugins/PluginController.cpp
@@ -73,19 +73,52 @@ bool PluginController::tryLoadFromDir(const QDir &pluginDir)
     this->load(index, pluginDir, PluginMeta(doc.object()));
     return true;
 }
+void PluginController::openLibrariesFor(lua_State *L, PluginMeta meta)
+{
+    // copied from linit.c
+    static const std::array<luaL_Reg, 11> loadedlibs = {
+        luaL_Reg{LUA_GNAME, luaopen_base},
+        luaL_Reg{LUA_LOADLIBNAME, luaopen_package},
+        luaL_Reg{LUA_COLIBNAME, luaopen_coroutine},
+        luaL_Reg{LUA_TABLIBNAME, luaopen_table},
+        luaL_Reg{LUA_IOLIBNAME, luaopen_io},
+        luaL_Reg{LUA_OSLIBNAME, luaopen_os},
+        luaL_Reg{LUA_STRLIBNAME, luaopen_string},
+        luaL_Reg{LUA_MATHLIBNAME, luaopen_math},
+        luaL_Reg{LUA_UTF8LIBNAME, luaopen_utf8},
+        luaL_Reg{LUA_DBLIBNAME, luaopen_debug},
+        luaL_Reg{NULL, NULL},
+    };
+
+    for (const auto &reg : loadedlibs)
+    {
+        if (meta.libraryPermissions.contains(QString(reg.name)))
+        {
+            luaL_requiref(L, reg.name, reg.func, int(true));
+            lua_pop(L, 1);
+        }
+    }
+}
 
 void PluginController::load(QFileInfo index, QDir pluginDir, PluginMeta meta)
 {
     qCDebug(chatterinoLua) << "Running lua file" << index;
     lua_State *l = luaL_newstate();
-    luaL_openlibs(l);
+    this->openLibrariesFor(l, meta);
     this->loadChatterinoLib(l);
 
     auto pluginName = pluginDir.dirName();
     auto plugin = std::make_unique<Plugin>(pluginName, l, meta, pluginDir);
     this->plugins_.insert({pluginName, std::move(plugin)});
 
-    luaL_dofile(l, index.absoluteFilePath().toStdString().c_str());
+    int err = luaL_dofile(l, index.absoluteFilePath().toStdString().c_str());
+    if (err != 0)
+    {
+        qCWarning(chatterinoLua)
+            << "Failed to load" << pluginName << "plugin from" << index << ": "
+            << lua::humanErrorText(l, err);
+        return;
+    }
     qCInfo(chatterinoLua) << "Loaded" << pluginName << "plugin from" << index;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/controllers/plugins/PluginController.hpp b/src/controllers/plugins/PluginController.hpp
index ec88da923..b672cf9d1 100644
--- a/src/controllers/plugins/PluginController.hpp
+++ b/src/controllers/plugins/PluginController.hpp
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ struct PluginMeta {
     QString homepage;
     std::vector<QString> tags;
 
+    std::set<QString> libraryPermissions;
+
     explicit PluginMeta(const QJsonObject &obj)
         : name(obj.value("name").toString())
         , description(obj.value("description").toString())
@@ -37,7 +39,11 @@ struct PluginMeta {
     {
         for (const auto &t : obj.value("tags").toArray())
         {
-            tags.push_back(t.toString());
+            this->tags.push_back(t.toString());
+        }
+        for (const auto &t : obj.value("library_permissions").toArray())
+        {
+            this->libraryPermissions.insert(t.toString());
         }
     }
 };
@@ -121,6 +127,9 @@ public:
 private:
     void load(QFileInfo index, QDir pluginDir, PluginMeta meta);
     void loadChatterinoLib(lua_State *l);
+
+    // This function adds lua standard libraries into the state
+    void openLibrariesFor(lua_State *L, PluginMeta meta);
     bool tryLoadFromDir(const QDir &pluginDir);
     std::map<QString, std::unique_ptr<Plugin>> plugins_;
 };
diff --git a/src/widgets/settingspages/PluginsPage.cpp b/src/widgets/settingspages/PluginsPage.cpp
index 5097203c6..00e00a378 100644
--- a/src/widgets/settingspages/PluginsPage.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/settingspages/PluginsPage.cpp
@@ -49,6 +49,32 @@ PluginsPage::PluginsPage()
 
         pl->addRow("Homepage", homepage);
 
+        QString libString;
+        bool hasDangerous = false;
+        for (const auto &library : plugin->meta.libraryPermissions)
+        {
+            if (!libString.isEmpty())
+            {
+                libString += ", ";
+            }
+            if (library == "os" || library == "io")
+            {
+                hasDangerous = true;
+            }
+            libString += library;
+        }
+        if (hasDangerous)
+        {
+            libString += "\nDetected potentially dangerous libraries used, be "
+                         "careful with this plugin";
+        }
+        auto *libs = new QLabel(libString);
+        if (hasDangerous)
+        {
+            libs->setStyleSheet("color: red");
+        }
+        pl->addRow("Used libraries", libs);
+
         auto *reload = new QPushButton("Reload");
         QObject::connect(reload, &QPushButton::pressed, [name = codename]() {
             getApp()->plugins->reload(name);