diff --git a/www/plugins/function.html_options_multiple.php b/www/plugins/function.html_options_multiple.php
index 3446dd9a3..240a584e4 100755
--- a/www/plugins/function.html_options_multiple.php
+++ b/www/plugins/function.html_options_multiple.php
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
  * @package Smarty
  * @subpackage PluginsFunction
  */
+
+// Fix by nZEDb
+require_once 'load_plugin_dependency.php';
+// End fix by nZEDb.
+
 /**
  * Smarty {html_options_multiple} function plugin
  *
@@ -34,7 +39,7 @@
  */
 function smarty_function_html_options_multiple($params, $template)
 {
-	require_once(SMARTY_PLUGINS_DIR . 'shared.escape_special_chars.php');
+	load_plugin_dependency('shared.escape_special_chars.php');
 	$name = null;
 	$values = null;
 	$options = null;
@@ -95,7 +100,7 @@ function smarty_function_html_options_multiple($params, $template)
 					}
 					break;
 				}
-				// omit break; to fall through!
+			// omit break; to fall through!
 			default:
 				if (!is_array($_val)) {
 					$extra .= ' ' . $_key . '="' . smarty_function_escape_special_chars($_val) . '"';
@@ -171,4 +176,4 @@ function smarty_function_html_options_multiple_optgroup($key, $values, $selected
 	$optgroup_html .= "</optgroup>\n";
 	return $optgroup_html;
 }
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>
diff --git a/www/plugins/load_plugin_dependency.php b/www/plugins/load_plugin_dependency.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a610b6a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www/plugins/load_plugin_dependency.php
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?php
+
+function load_plugin_dependency($filename)
+{
+	global $smarty;
+
+	if (!isset($smarty)) {
+		$smarty = new Smarty();
+	}
+
+	switch (true) {
+		case is_string($smarty->plugins_dir) && is_dir($smarty->plugins_dir):
+			$plugins_dir = $smarty->plugins_dir;
+			require_once $plugins_dir . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $filename;
+			break;
+		case is_array($smarty->plugins_dir):
+			$plugins_dir = '';
+			foreach ($smarty->plugins_dir as $dir) {
+				if (is_string($dir) && is_dir($dir)) {
+					$file = $dir . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $filename;
+					if (file_exists($file) && is_readable($file)) {
+						$plugins_dir = $dir;
+						require_once $file;
+						break;
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			break;
+		default:
+			$plugins_dir = '';
+	}
+
+	if (!is_dir($plugins_dir)) {
+		exit('Fatal: Unable to find smarty plugins directory.' . PHP_EOL);
+	}
+}
+
+?>