diff --git a/tdecore/CMakeLists.txt b/tdecore/CMakeLists.txt
index eed7dee58..22c3bbc88 100644
--- a/tdecore/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tdecore/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ add_subdirectory( tests )
 if( WITH_TDEHWLIB )
   add_subdirectory( tdehw )
   set( TDEHW_INCLUDE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/tdehw )
-  set( TDEHW_LIB tdehw-static )
 endif( WITH_TDEHWLIB )
 
 if( WITH_LIBART )
@@ -140,8 +139,8 @@ set( ${target}_SRCS
 
 tde_add_library( ${target} SHARED AUTOMOC
   SOURCES ${${target}_SRCS}
-  VERSION 14.0.0
-  EMBED tdecorenetwork-static ${TDEHW_LIB}
+  VERSION 14.1.0
+  EMBED tdecorenetwork-static
   LINK DCOP-shared tdefx-shared ICE SM ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES}
   LINK_PRIVATE ltdlc-static ${KDESVGICONS} ${XCOMPOSITE_LIBRARIES}
     ${LIBIDN_LIBRARIES} ${LIBBFD_LIBRARIES} ${LIB_UTIL} ${GAMIN_LIBRARIES}
diff --git a/tdecore/kinstance.cpp b/tdecore/kinstance.cpp
index cbdf86783..8ae747948 100644
--- a/tdecore/kinstance.cpp
+++ b/tdecore/kinstance.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #include "kcharsets.h"
 #include "kiconloader.h"
 #ifdef __TDE_HAVE_TDEHWLIB
+#include "klibloader.h"
+#include "tdeversion.h"
 #include "tdehardwaredevices.h"
 #include "tdenetworkconnections.h"
 #endif
@@ -285,22 +287,42 @@ TDEIconLoader *TDEInstance::iconLoader() const
 #ifdef __TDE_HAVE_TDEHWLIB
 TDEHardwareDevices *TDEInstance::hardwareDevices() const
 {
-    DEBUG_CHECK_ALIVE
-    if( _hardwaredevices == 0 ) {
-	_hardwaredevices = new TDEHardwareDevices( );
-    }
+	DEBUG_CHECK_ALIVE
+	if (_hardwaredevices == 0)
+	{
+		TQString libName = TQString("libtdehw.so.%1").arg(TDE_VERSION_MAJOR);
+		KLibrary *lib = KLibLoader::self()->library(libName.latin1());
+		if (lib)
+		{
+			TDEHardwareDevices* (*create)() = (TDEHardwareDevices* (*)())lib->symbol("create_tdeHardwareDevices");
+			if (create)
+			{
+				_hardwaredevices = create();
+			}
+		}
+	}
 
-    return _hardwaredevices;
+	return _hardwaredevices;
 }
 
 TDEGlobalNetworkManager *TDEInstance::networkManager() const
 {
-    DEBUG_CHECK_ALIVE
-    if( _networkmanager == 0 ) {
-        _networkmanager = new TDEGlobalNetworkManager( );
-    }
+	DEBUG_CHECK_ALIVE
+	if (_networkmanager == 0)
+	{
+		TQString libName = TQString("libtdehw.so.%1").arg(TDE_VERSION_MAJOR);
+		KLibrary *lib = KLibLoader::self()->library(libName.latin1());
+		if (lib)
+		{
+			TDEGlobalNetworkManager* (*create)() = (TDEGlobalNetworkManager* (*)())lib->symbol("create_tdeGlobalNetworkManager");
+			if (create)
+			{
+				_networkmanager = create();
+			}
+		}
+	}
 
-    return _networkmanager;
+	return _networkmanager;
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/tdecore/tdehw/CMakeLists.txt b/tdecore/tdehw/CMakeLists.txt
index 737d0557c..d314b055f 100644
--- a/tdecore/tdehw/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tdecore/tdehw/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -124,7 +124,9 @@ set( ${target}_SRCS
   disksHelper.cpp
 )
 
-tde_add_library( ${target} STATIC_PIC AUTOMOC
+tde_add_library( ${target} SHARED AUTOMOC
   SOURCES ${${target}_SRCS}
-  LINK udev ${TDENM_LIBRARIES} ${TDEUPOWER_LIBRARIES} ${TDEHW_CUSTOM_LIBRARIES}
+  VERSION 14.1.0
+  LINK_PRIVATE udev tdecore-shared ${TDENM_LIBRARIES} ${TDEUPOWER_LIBRARIES} ${TDEHW_CUSTOM_LIBRARIES}
+  DESTINATION ${LIB_INSTALL_DIR}
 )
diff --git a/tdecore/tdehw/tdehardwaredevices.cpp b/tdecore/tdehw/tdehardwaredevices.cpp
index 28a0f44d2..441db942d 100644
--- a/tdecore/tdehw/tdehardwaredevices.cpp
+++ b/tdecore/tdehw/tdehardwaredevices.cpp
@@ -119,6 +119,13 @@ unsigned int reverse_bits(unsigned int x)
 // Helper function implemented in tdestoragedevice.cpp
 TQString decodeHexEncoding(TQString str);
 
+extern "C" {
+	KDE_EXPORT TDEHardwareDevices* create_tdeHardwareDevices()
+	{
+		return new TDEHardwareDevices();
+	}
+}
+
 TDEHardwareDevices::TDEHardwareDevices() {
 	// Initialize members
 	pci_id_map = 0;
diff --git a/tdecore/tdehw/tdenetworkconnections.cpp b/tdecore/tdehw/tdenetworkconnections.cpp
index 2961c8737..0cf1823a1 100644
--- a/tdecore/tdehw/tdenetworkconnections.cpp
+++ b/tdecore/tdehw/tdenetworkconnections.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@
 /* TDENetworkSearchDomain                                                                         */
 /*================================================================================================*/
 
+extern "C" {
+	KDE_EXPORT TDEGlobalNetworkManager* create_tdeGlobalNetworkManager()
+	{
+		return new TDEGlobalNetworkManager();
+	}
+}
+
 TDENetworkSearchDomain::TDENetworkSearchDomain() {
 	m_isIPV6 = false;
 }