diff --git a/src/CSparseSolvers/SparseCholeskySolver.cpp b/src/CSparseSolvers/SparseCholeskySolver.cpp
index f0223d9db6..c9090484f9 100644
--- a/src/CSparseSolvers/SparseCholeskySolver.cpp
+++ b/src/CSparseSolvers/SparseCholeskySolver.cpp
@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@ using namespace sofa::linearalgebra;
 #ifdef SOFA_FLOAT
 SOFA_PRAGMA_WARNING("SparseCholeskySolver does not support float as scalar.")
 #else // SOFA_DOUBLE
-int SparseCholeskySolverClass =
-    sofa::core::RegisterObject(
-        "Direct linear solver based on Sparse Cholesky factorization, implemented with the "
-        "CSPARSE library")
-        .add<SparseCholeskySolver<CompressedRowSparseMatrix<SReal>, FullVector<SReal> > >();
 
-template class SOFA_CSPARSESOLVERS_API
-    SparseCholeskySolver<CompressedRowSparseMatrix<SReal>, FullVector<SReal> >;
+void registerSparseCholeskySolver(sofa::core::ObjectFactory* factory)
+{
+    factory->registerObjects(sofa::core::ObjectRegistrationData("Direct linear solver based on Sparse Cholesky factorization, implemented with the CSPARSE library")
+    .add<SparseCholeskySolver<CompressedRowSparseMatrix<SReal>, FullVector<SReal> > >());
+}
+
+template class SOFA_CSPARSESOLVERS_API SparseCholeskySolver<CompressedRowSparseMatrix<SReal>, FullVector<SReal> >;
 #endif // SOFA_FLOAT
 
 } // namespace sofa::component::linearsolver::direct
diff --git a/src/CSparseSolvers/SparseLUSolver.cpp b/src/CSparseSolvers/SparseLUSolver.cpp
index e2e7b4214c..fcc096ae0b 100644
--- a/src/CSparseSolvers/SparseLUSolver.cpp
+++ b/src/CSparseSolvers/SparseLUSolver.cpp
@@ -33,10 +33,13 @@ using namespace sofa::linearalgebra;
 #ifdef SOFA_FLOAT
 SOFA_PRAGMA_WARNING("SparseLUSolver does not support float as scalar.")
 #else  // SOFA_DOUBLE
-int SparseLUSolverClass = sofa::core::RegisterObject("Direct linear solver based on Sparse LU factorization, implemented with the CSPARSE library")
-        .add< SparseLUSolver< CompressedRowSparseMatrix<SReal>, FullVector<SReal> > >()
-        .add< SparseLUSolver< CompressedRowSparseMatrix<sofa::type::Mat<3,3,SReal> >,FullVector<SReal> > >()
-        ;
+
+void registerSparseLUSolver(sofa::core::ObjectFactory* factory)
+{
+    factory->registerObjects(sofa::core::ObjectRegistrationData("Direct linear solver based on Sparse LU factorization, implemented with the CSPARSE library")
+    .add< SparseLUSolver< CompressedRowSparseMatrix<SReal>, FullVector<SReal> > >()
+    .add< SparseLUSolver< CompressedRowSparseMatrix<sofa::type::Mat<3,3,SReal> >,FullVector<SReal> > >());
+}
 
 template class SOFA_CSPARSESOLVERS_API SparseLUSolver< CompressedRowSparseMatrix<SReal>, FullVector<SReal> >;
 template class SOFA_CSPARSESOLVERS_API SparseLUSolver< CompressedRowSparseMatrix<sofa::type::Mat<3,3,SReal> >, FullVector<SReal> >;
diff --git a/src/CSparseSolvers/config.h.in b/src/CSparseSolvers/config.h.in
index e4855effe5..8c2ba96b1a 100644
--- a/src/CSparseSolvers/config.h.in
+++ b/src/CSparseSolvers/config.h.in
@@ -10,3 +10,9 @@
 #else
 #  define SOFA_CSPARSESOLVERS_API SOFA_IMPORT_DYNAMIC_LIBRARY
 #endif
+
+namespace csparsesolvers
+{
+    constexpr const char* MODULE_NAME = "@PROJECT_NAME@";
+    constexpr const char* MODULE_VERSION = "@PROJECT_VERSION@";
+} // namespace csparsesolvers
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/CSparseSolvers/init.cpp b/src/CSparseSolvers/init.cpp
index 767f9f6ebc..1f442d274a 100644
--- a/src/CSparseSolvers/init.cpp
+++ b/src/CSparseSolvers/init.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 #include <sofa/core/ObjectFactory.h>
 using sofa::core::ObjectFactory;
+#include <sofa/helper/system/PluginManager.h>
+
+namespace csparsesolvers
+{
+    extern void registerSparseLUSolver(sofa::core::ObjectFactory* factory);
+    extern void registerSparseCholeskySolver(sofa::core::ObjectFactory* factory);
+}
 
 extern "C" {
     SOFA_CSPARSESOLVERS_API void initExternalModule();
@@ -9,7 +16,7 @@ extern "C" {
     SOFA_CSPARSESOLVERS_API const char* getModuleVersion();
     SOFA_CSPARSESOLVERS_API const char* getModuleLicense();
     SOFA_CSPARSESOLVERS_API const char* getModuleDescription();
-    SOFA_CSPARSESOLVERS_API const char* getModuleComponentList();
+    SOFA_CSPARSESOLVERS_API void registerObjects(sofa::core::ObjectFactory* factory);
 }
 
 void initExternalModule()
@@ -17,18 +24,21 @@ void initExternalModule()
     static bool first = true;
     if (first)
     {
+        // make sure that this plugin is registered into the PluginManager
+        sofa::helper::system::PluginManager::getInstance().registerPlugin(csparsesolvers::MODULE_NAME);
+
         first = false;
     }
 }
 
 const char* getModuleName()
 {
-    return sofa_tostring(SOFA_TARGET);
+    return csparsesolvers::MODULE_NAME;
 }
 
 const char* getModuleVersion()
 {
-    return sofa_tostring(CSPARSESOLVERS_VERSION);
+    return csparsesolvers::MODULE_VERSION;
 }
 
 const char* getModuleLicense()
@@ -41,9 +51,8 @@ const char* getModuleDescription()
     return "A set of linear solvers based on the library CSparse";
 }
 
-const char* getModuleComponentList()
+void registerObjects(sofa::core::ObjectFactory* factory)
 {
-    /// string containing the names of the classes provided by the plugin
-    static std::string classes = ObjectFactory::getInstance()->listClassesFromTarget(sofa_tostring(SOFA_TARGET));
-    return classes.c_str();
+    csparsesolvers::registerSparseLUSolver(factory);
+    csparsesolvers::registerSparseCholeskySolver(factory);
 }