diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
index 6599bde..ef6a175 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ you can change the target platform for your build straight from your command lin
 sbt compile -Dsbt.javacpp.platform="android-arm android-x86"
 ```
 
-In case you want to select a different javacpp version, add the following line in your `project/plugins.sbt`:
+In case you want to select a different javacpp version:
 
 ```scala
-libraryDependencies += "org.bytedeco" % "javacpp" % "1.5.1"
+javaCppVersion := "1.4.3"
 ```
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 21e13a6..04c96cc 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ publishArtifact in Test := false
 
 pomIncludeRepository := { _ => false }
 
-libraryDependencies += "org.bytedeco" % "javacpp" % "1.4.3"
-
 scalacOptions ++= Seq("-unchecked", "-deprecation", "-feature", "-Xlint", "-Xlog-free-terms")
 
 publishTo := {
diff --git a/src/main/scala/org/bytedeco/sbt/javacpp/JavaCppPlugin.scala b/src/main/scala/org/bytedeco/sbt/javacpp/JavaCppPlugin.scala
index 5734e30..1e19ba0 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/org/bytedeco/sbt/javacpp/JavaCppPlugin.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/org/bytedeco/sbt/javacpp/JavaCppPlugin.scala
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 package org.bytedeco.sbt.javacpp
 
-import org.bytedeco.javacpp.tools.Builder
+import java.net.URLClassLoader
+import java.util.Properties
+
 import sbt.Keys._
 import sbt._
 
-import scala.language.postfixOps
+import scala.language.{ postfixOps, reflectiveCalls }
 import scala.util.Try
 
 object JavaCppPlugin extends AutoPlugin {
@@ -14,11 +16,11 @@ object JavaCppPlugin extends AutoPlugin {
     Seq(
       autoCompilerPlugins := true,
       javaCppClasses := Seq.empty,
-      javaCppCustomization := identity,
+      javaCppCustomizer := identity,
       javaCppPlatform := Platform.current,
       javaCppPresetLibs := Seq.empty,
       libraryDependencies += {
-        "org.bytedeco" % "javacpp" % Versions.javaCppVersion jar
+        "org.bytedeco" % "javacpp" % javaCppVersion.value jar
       },
       javaCppPresetDependencies,
       javaCppBuild := javaCpp.value,
@@ -26,18 +28,48 @@ object JavaCppPlugin extends AutoPlugin {
   }
 
   object Versions {
-    val javaCppVersion = {
-      val javaCppJar = classOf[Builder].getProtectionDomain.getCodeSource.getLocation.getFile
-      "(?<=javacpp-)(.*)(?=\\.jar)".r.findFirstIn(javaCppJar).get
-    }
+    val javaCppVersion = "1.4.3"
   }
 
   object autoImport {
-    val javaCppCustomization = SettingKey[Builder => Builder]("javaCppCustomization", "Customize the Java CPP builder")
+    type JavaCppBuilder = {
+      def classPaths(classPath: String): this.type
+      def classPaths(classPath: Array[String]): this.type
+      def encoding(encoding: String): this.type
+      def outputDirectory(outputDirectory: String): this.type
+      def outputDirectory(outputDirectory: File): this.type
+      def clean(clean: Boolean): this.type
+      def generate(generate: Boolean): this.type
+      def compile(compile: Boolean): this.type
+      def deleteJniFiles(deleteJniFiles: Boolean): this.type
+      def header(header: Boolean): this.type
+      def copyLibs(copyLibs: Boolean): this.type
+      def copyResources(copyResources: Boolean): this.type
+      def outputName(outputName: String): this.type
+      def jarPrefix(jarPrefix: String): this.type
+      def properties(platform: String): this.type
+      def properties(properties: Properties): this.type
+      def propertyFile(propertyFile: String): this.type
+      def propertyFile(propertyFile: File): this.type
+      def property(keyValue: String): this.type
+      def property(key: String, value: String): this.type
+      def classesOrPackages(classes: Array[String]): this.type
+      def buildCommand(buildCommand: Array[String]): this.type
+      def workingDirectory(workingDirectory: String): this.type
+      def workingDirectory(workingDirectory: File): this.type
+      def environmentVariables(environmentVariables: java.util.Map[String, String]): this.type
+      def compilerOptions(options: Array[String]): this.type
+      def build(): Array[File]
+      def printHelp(): Unit
+      def getClass(): Class[_]
+    }
+
+    val javaCppBuild = TaskKey[Seq[File]]("javaCppBuild", "Build Java CPP products")
+    val javaCppClasses = SettingKey[Seq[String]]("javaCppClasses", "A list of Java CPP classes. Suffix of '.*' ('.**') can be used to match all classes under the specified package (and any subpackages)")
+    val javaCppCustomizer = SettingKey[JavaCppBuilder => JavaCppBuilder]("javaCppCustomization", "Customize the Java CPP builder")
     val javaCppPlatform = SettingKey[Seq[String]]("javaCppPlatform", """The platform that you want to compile for (defaults to the platform of the current computer). You can also set this via the "sbt.javacpp.platform" System Property """)
     val javaCppPresetLibs = SettingKey[Seq[(String, String)]]("javaCppPresetLibs", "List of additional JavaCPP presets that you would wish to bind lazily, defaults to an empty list")
-    val javaCppClasses = SettingKey[Seq[String]]("javaCppClasses", "A list of Java CPP classes. Suffix of '.*' ('.**') can be used to match all classes under the specified package (and any subpackages)")
-    val javaCppBuild = TaskKey[Seq[File]]("javaCppBuild", "Build Java CPP products")
+    val javaCppVersion = SettingKey[String]("javaCppVersion", s"Version of Java CPP that you want to use, defaults to ${Versions.javaCppVersion}")
   }
 
   override def requires: Plugins = plugins.JvmPlugin
@@ -83,20 +115,24 @@ object JavaCppPlugin extends AutoPlugin {
   private def javaCpp = Def.task {
     import autoImport._
     val classes = javaCppClasses.value
-    val customization = javaCppCustomization.value
+    val customizer = javaCppCustomizer.value
     val dependencies = (dependencyClasspath in Compile).value
     val output = (classDirectory in Compile).value
     val _ = (compile in Compile).value
 
+    val cl = new URLClassLoader(dependencies.map(_.data.toURI.toURL).toArray, null)
+    val builder = cl.loadClass("org.bytedeco.javacpp.tools.Builder").newInstance().asInstanceOf[JavaCppBuilder]
+
     val thread = Thread.currentThread()
     val saved = thread.getContextClassLoader
-    thread.setContextClassLoader(classOf[Builder].getClassLoader)
+    thread.setContextClassLoader(cl)
+
     try {
-      customization(
-        new Builder()
+      customizer(
+        builder
           .classPaths(output.getAbsolutePath)
-          .classPaths(dependencies.map(_.data.absolutePath): _*)
-          .classesOrPackages(classes: _*)).build()
+          .classPaths(dependencies.map(_.data.absolutePath).toArray)
+          .classesOrPackages(classes.toArray)).build()
     } finally {
       thread.setContextClassLoader(saved)
     }
diff --git a/src/main/scala/org/bytedeco/sbt/javacpp/Platform.scala b/src/main/scala/org/bytedeco/sbt/javacpp/Platform.scala
index bfbd0a0..3536421 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/org/bytedeco/sbt/javacpp/Platform.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/org/bytedeco/sbt/javacpp/Platform.scala
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 package org.bytedeco.sbt.javacpp
 
-import org.bytedeco.javacpp.Loader
-
 /**
  * Created by Lloyd on 2/22/16.
  */
-
 object Platform {
 
   private val platformOverridePropertyKey: String = "sbt.javacpp.platform"
@@ -20,7 +17,28 @@ object Platform {
    */
   val current: Seq[String] = sys.props.get(platformOverridePropertyKey) match {
     case Some(platform) if platform.trim().nonEmpty => platform.split(' ')
-    case _ => Seq(Loader.getPlatform)
+    case _ =>
+      val jvmName = System.getProperty("java.vm.name", "").toLowerCase
+      var osName = System.getProperty("os.name", "").toLowerCase
+      var osArch = System.getProperty("os.arch", "").toLowerCase
+      val abiType = System.getProperty("sun.arch.abi", "").toLowerCase
+      val libPath = System.getProperty("sun.boot.library.path", "").toLowerCase
+      if (jvmName.startsWith("dalvik") && osName.startsWith("linux")) {
+        osName = "android"
+      } else if (jvmName.startsWith("robovm") && osName.startsWith("darwin")) {
+        osName = "ios"
+        osArch = "arm"
+      } else if (osName.startsWith("mac os x") || osName.startsWith("darwin")) {
+        osName = "macosx"
+      } else {
+        val spaceIndex = osName.indexOf(' ')
+        if (spaceIndex > 0) osName = osName.substring(0, spaceIndex)
+      }
+      if (osArch == "i386" || osArch == "i486" || osArch == "i586" || osArch == "i686") osArch = "x86"
+      else if (osArch == "amd64" || osArch == "x86-64" || osArch == "x64") osArch = "x86_64"
+      else if (osArch.startsWith("aarch64") || osArch.startsWith("armv8") || osArch.startsWith("arm64")) osArch = "arm64"
+      else if (osArch.startsWith("arm") && ((abiType == "gnueabihf") || libPath.contains("openjdk-armhf"))) osArch = "armhf"
+      else if (osArch.startsWith("arm")) osArch = "arm"
+      Seq(osName + "-" + osArch)
   }
-
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/sbt-test/sbt-javacpp/simple/build.sbt b/src/sbt-test/sbt-javacpp/simple/build.sbt
index df26c1c..ad57313 100644
--- a/src/sbt-test/sbt-javacpp/simple/build.sbt
+++ b/src/sbt-test/sbt-javacpp/simple/build.sbt
@@ -4,4 +4,8 @@ scalaVersion := "2.11.12"
 
 javaCppClasses := Seq("javacpp.*")
 
+javaCppVersion := "1.5.1"
+
+javaCppCustomizer := { builder => builder.compilerOptions(Array("-std=c++11")) }
+
 libraryDependencies += "org.scalatest" %% "scalatest" % "3.0.8" % Test
diff --git a/src/sbt-test/sbt-javacpp/simple/project/plugins.sbt b/src/sbt-test/sbt-javacpp/simple/project/plugins.sbt
index d82a7fe..fba3ef8 100644
--- a/src/sbt-test/sbt-javacpp/simple/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/src/sbt-test/sbt-javacpp/simple/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -5,5 +5,3 @@
                                   |Specify this property using the scriptedLaunchOpts -D.""".stripMargin)
   else addSbtPlugin("org.bytedeco" % "sbt-javacpp" % pluginVersion)
 }
-
-libraryDependencies += "org.bytedeco" % "javacpp" % "1.5.1"