diff --git a/src/plugins/simulator/xplane/plugin_xplane.pro b/src/plugins/simulator/xplane/plugin_xplane.pro
index 870d6140b..a52554cfd 100644
--- a/src/plugins/simulator/xplane/plugin_xplane.pro
+++ b/src/plugins/simulator/xplane/plugin_xplane.pro
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ TARGET = simulator_xplane
 TEMPLATE = lib
 
 CONFIG += plugin shared
-CONFIG += blackmisc
+CONFIG += blackmisc blackcore blacksim
 
 DEPENDPATH += . ../../../../src
 INCLUDEPATH += . ../../../../src
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ SOURCES += *.cpp
 HEADERS += *.h
 
 #win32:!win32-g++*: PRE_TARGETDEPS += ../../../../lib/blackmisc.lib
+#win32:!win32-g++*: PRE_TARGETDEPS += ../../../../lib/blackcore.lib
+#win32:!win32-g++*: PRE_TARGETDEPS += ../../../../lib/blacksim.lib
 
 DESTDIR = ../../../../bin/plugins/simulator
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/simulator/xplane/simulator_xplane.cpp b/src/plugins/simulator/xplane/simulator_xplane.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3e3073acc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/simulator/xplane/simulator_xplane.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 2013 VATSIM Community / contributors
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+#include "simulator_xplane.h"
+
+namespace BlackSimPlugin
+{
+    namespace XPlane
+    {
+
+        CSimulatorXPlane::CSimulatorXPlane(QObject *parent) : BlackCore::ISimulator(parent)
+        {
+        }
+
+        bool CSimulatorXPlane::isConnected() const
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        bool CSimulatorXPlane::canConnect()
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        bool CSimulatorXPlane::connectTo()
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        void CSimulatorXPlane::asyncConnectTo()
+        {
+        }
+
+        bool CSimulatorXPlane::disconnectFrom()
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        BlackMisc::Aviation::CAircraft CSimulatorXPlane::getOwnAircraft() const
+        {
+            return {};
+        }
+
+        void CSimulatorXPlane::displayStatusMessage(const BlackMisc::CStatusMessage &message) const
+        {
+            Q_UNUSED(message);
+        }
+
+        BlackMisc::Network::CAircraftModel CSimulatorXPlane::getAircraftModel() const
+        {
+            return {};
+        }
+
+        bool CSimulatorXPlane::updateOwnSimulatorCockpit(const BlackMisc::Aviation::CAircraft &aircraft)
+        {
+            Q_UNUSED(aircraft);
+        }
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/simulator/xplane/simulator_xplane.h b/src/plugins/simulator/xplane/simulator_xplane.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..84c0a2ef9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/simulator/xplane/simulator_xplane.h
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 2013 VATSIM Community / contributors
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+#ifndef BLACKSIMPLUGIN_SIMULATOR_XPLANE_H
+#define BLACKSIMPLUGIN_SIMULATOR_XPLANE_H
+
+//! \file
+
+#include "blackcore/simulator.h"
+
+namespace BlackSimPlugin
+{
+    namespace XPlane
+    {
+
+        /*!
+         * X-Plane ISimulator implementation
+         */
+        class CSimulatorXPlane : public BlackCore::ISimulator
+        {
+            Q_OBJECT
+
+        public:
+            //! Constructor
+            CSimulatorXPlane(QObject *parent = nullptr);
+
+            //! \copydoc BlackCore::ISimulator::isConnected
+            virtual bool isConnected() const override;
+
+            //! \copydoc BlackCore::ISimulator::canConnect
+            virtual bool canConnect() override;
+
+        public slots:
+            //! \copydoc BlackCore::ISimulator::connectTo
+            virtual bool connectTo() override;
+
+            //! \copydoc BlackCore::ISimulator::asyncConnectTo
+            virtual void asyncConnectTo() override;
+
+            //! \copydoc BlackCore::ISimulator::disconnectFrom
+            virtual bool disconnectFrom() override;
+
+            //! \copydoc BlackCore::ISimulator::getOwnAircraft
+            virtual BlackMisc::Aviation::CAircraft getOwnAircraft() const override;
+
+            //! \copydoc BlackCore::ISimulator::addRemoteAircraft
+            virtual void addRemoteAircraft(const BlackMisc::Aviation::CCallsign &/*callsign*/, const QString &/*type*/,
+                const BlackMisc::Aviation::CAircraftSituation &/*initialSituation*/) override {}
+
+            //! \copydoc BlackCore::ISimulator::addAircraftSituation
+            virtual void addAircraftSituation(const BlackMisc::Aviation::CCallsign &/*callsign*/,
+                const BlackMisc::Aviation::CAircraftSituation &/*initialSituation*/) override {}
+
+            //! \copydoc BlackCore::ISimulator::removeRemoteAircraft
+            virtual void removeRemoteAircraft(const BlackMisc::Aviation::CCallsign &/*callsign*/) override {}
+
+            //! \copydoc BlackCore::ISimulator::updateOwnSimulatorCockpit
+            virtual bool updateOwnSimulatorCockpit(const BlackMisc::Aviation::CAircraft &aircraft) override;
+
+            //! \copydoc BlackCore::ISimulator::getSimulatorInfo
+            virtual BlackSim::CSimulatorInfo getSimulatorInfo() const override { return BlackSim::CSimulatorInfo::XP(); }
+
+            //! \copydoc BlackCore::ISimulator::displayStatusMessage
+            virtual void displayStatusMessage(const BlackMisc::CStatusMessage &message) const override;
+
+            //! \copydoc BlackCore::ISimulator::getAircraftModel
+            virtual BlackMisc::Network::CAircraftModel getAircraftModel() const override;
+        };
+    
+        //! Factory for creating CSimulatorXPlane instance
+        class CSimulatorXPlaneFactory : public QObject, public BlackCore::ISimulatorFactory
+        {
+            Q_OBJECT
+            Q_PLUGIN_METADATA(IID "net.vatsim.PilotClient.BlackCore.SimulatorInterface")
+            Q_INTERFACES(BlackCore::ISimulatorFactory)
+
+        public:
+            //! \copydoc BlackCore::ISimulatorFactory::create
+            virtual BlackCore::ISimulator *create(QObject *parent = nullptr) override { return new CSimulatorXPlane(parent); }
+
+            //! \copydoc BlackCore::ISimulatorFactory::getSimulatorInfo
+            virtual BlackSim::CSimulatorInfo getSimulatorInfo() const override { return BlackSim::CSimulatorInfo::XP(); }
+        };
+
+    }
+}
+
+#endif // guard