diff --git a/munin_plugins/zorp_mem_ b/munin_plugins/zorp_mem_
index c1f6d9b..e2609ae 100755
--- a/munin_plugins/zorp_mem_
+++ b/munin_plugins/zorp_mem_
@@ -5,14 +5,17 @@
 ##
 ############################################################################
 #
-# Usage:
-#   Make symbolic links like:
-#     ln -s zorp_mem_ zorp_mem_rss
-#     ln -s zorp_mem_ zorp_mem_vsz
-#   And run the script through links.
-#
+#%# family=auto
+#%# capabilities=autoconf suggest
+
+try:
+    from zorpctl import Instances
+    have_zorpctl = True
+except ImportError:
+    have_zorpctl = False
 
-from zorpctl import Instances
+import subprocess
+import sys
 
 rss_not_vsz = True
 
@@ -58,16 +61,37 @@ def print_values():
                 print format_label(str(process_status.name)) + ".value " +\
                       str(usage)
 
+def detect_zorp():
+    if not have_zorpctl:
+        return "No zorpctl library found"
+    try:
+        zorpctl_status = subprocess.call("zorpctl --status")
+        if zorpctl_status != 0:
+            return "zorpctl return with an error"
+    except OSError:
+            return "No zorpctl found"
+    return ""
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    import sys
-
     # check if the launched script's name ends in VSZ
     if __file__ is not None and \
        __file__.upper()[-3:] == 'VSZ':
         rss_not_vsz = False
 
-    if len(sys.argv) > 1 and sys.argv[1] == 'config':
-        print_config()
+    if len(sys.argv) > 1 and sys.argv[1] == 'autoconf':
+        excuse = detect_zorp()
+        if excuse == "":
+            print("yes")
+        else:
+            print("no ({})".format(excuse))
+    elif len(sys.argv) > 1 and sys.argv[1] == 'suggest':
+        print("rss")
+        print("vsz")
+    elif have_zorpctl:
+        if len(sys.argv) > 1 and sys.argv[1] == 'config':
+            print_config()
+        else:
+            print_values()
     else:
-        print_values()
+        print("No zoprctl found, the plugin cannot be run")
+        sys.exit(1)
diff --git a/munin_plugins/zorp_thread b/munin_plugins/zorp_thread
index 60cf3ed..59c2acf 100755
--- a/munin_plugins/zorp_thread
+++ b/munin_plugins/zorp_thread
@@ -20,9 +20,18 @@
 ## 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
 ##
 ############################################################################
+#
+#%# family=auto
+#%# capabilities=autoconf
 
-from zorpctl import Instances
+try:
+    from zorpctl import Instances
+    have_zorpctl = True
+except ImportError:
+    have_zorpctl = False
 
+import subprocess
+import sys
 
 def print_config():
     print 'graph_title Zorp threads'
@@ -40,10 +49,30 @@ def print_values():
         if process_status.threads > 0:
             print process_status.name + ".value " + str(process_status.threads)
 
+def detect_zorp():
+    if not have_zorpctl:
+        return "No zorpctl library found"
+    try:
+        zorpctl_status = subprocess.call("zorpctl --status")
+        if zorpctl_status != 0:
+            return "zorpctl return with an error"
+    except OSError:
+            return "No zorpctl found"
+    return ""
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    import sys
-    if len(sys.argv) > 1 and sys.argv[1] == 'config':
-        print_config()
+    if len(sys.argv) > 1 and sys.argv[1] == 'autoconf':
+        excuse = detect_zorp()
+        if excuse == "":
+            print("yes")
+        else:
+            print("no ({})".format(excuse))
+    elif have_zorpctl:
+        if len(sys.argv) > 1 and sys.argv[1] == 'config':
+            print_config()
+        else:
+            print_values()
     else:
-        print_values()
+        print("No zoprctl found, the plugin cannot be run")
+        sys.exit(1)