diff --git a/src/de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak/src/de/hpi/swa/trufflesqueak/nodes/plugins/ffi/PrimExternalCallNode.java b/src/de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak/src/de/hpi/swa/trufflesqueak/nodes/plugins/ffi/PrimExternalCallNode.java
index 6ddf68fd5..a3a1c4a3d 100644
--- a/src/de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak/src/de/hpi/swa/trufflesqueak/nodes/plugins/ffi/PrimExternalCallNode.java
+++ b/src/de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak/src/de/hpi/swa/trufflesqueak/nodes/plugins/ffi/PrimExternalCallNode.java
@@ -1,30 +1,60 @@
 package de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak.nodes.plugins.ffi;
 
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.Map;
-
 import com.oracle.truffle.api.CompilerDirectives.TruffleBoundary;
 import com.oracle.truffle.api.frame.MaterializedFrame;
 import com.oracle.truffle.api.frame.VirtualFrame;
+import com.oracle.truffle.api.interop.ArityException;
 import com.oracle.truffle.api.interop.InteropLibrary;
-
+import com.oracle.truffle.api.interop.UnknownIdentifierException;
+import com.oracle.truffle.api.interop.UnsupportedMessageException;
+import com.oracle.truffle.api.interop.UnsupportedTypeException;
 import de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak.exceptions.PrimitiveFailed;
+import de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak.image.SqueakImageContext;
 import de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak.nodes.primitives.AbstractPrimitiveNode;
 import de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak.util.FrameAccess;
 import de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak.util.NFIUtils;
 
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
 public final class PrimExternalCallNode extends AbstractPrimitiveNode {
-    private final String moduleName;
-    private final String functionName;
+    private final Object moduleLibrary;
+    private final InteropLibrary moduleInteropLibrary;
+    private final Object functionSymbol;
+    private final InteropLibrary functionInteropLibrary;
     private final int numReceiverAndArguments;
     private static final Map<String, Object> loadedLibraries = new HashMap<>();
 
-    public PrimExternalCallNode(final String moduleName, final String functionName, final int numReceiverAndArguments) {
-        this.moduleName = moduleName;
-        this.functionName = functionName;
+    public PrimExternalCallNode(final Object moduleLibrary, final InteropLibrary moduleInteropLibrary, final Object functionSymbol, final InteropLibrary functionInteropLibrary,
+                    final int numReceiverAndArguments) {
+        this.moduleLibrary = moduleLibrary;
+        this.moduleInteropLibrary = moduleInteropLibrary;
+        this.functionSymbol = functionSymbol;
+        this.functionInteropLibrary = functionInteropLibrary;
         this.numReceiverAndArguments = numReceiverAndArguments;
     }
 
+    public static PrimExternalCallNode load(final String moduleName, final String functionName, final int numReceiverAndArguments)
+                    throws UnsupportedMessageException, UnknownIdentifierException, UnsupportedTypeException, ArityException {
+        final SqueakImageContext context = SqueakImageContext.getSlow();
+        final Object moduleLibrary = loadedLibraries.computeIfAbsent(moduleName, (String s) -> NFIUtils.loadLibrary(context, moduleName, "{ " +
+                        // TODO, see below
+                        // "initialiseModule():SINT64; " +
+                        "setInterpreter(POINTER):SINT64; " +
+                        // Currently not called, since plugins are never unloaded
+                        // "shutdownModule():SINT64; " +
+                        " }"));
+        if (moduleLibrary == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        final InteropLibrary moduleInteropLibrary = NFIUtils.getInteropLibrary(moduleLibrary);
+
+        final Object functionSymbol = NFIUtils.loadMember(context, moduleLibrary, functionName, "():SINT64");
+        final InteropLibrary functionInteropLibrary = NFIUtils.getInteropLibrary(functionSymbol);
+
+        return new PrimExternalCallNode(moduleLibrary, moduleInteropLibrary, functionSymbol, functionInteropLibrary, numReceiverAndArguments);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public Object execute(final VirtualFrame frame) {
         return doExternalCall(frame.materialize());
@@ -32,20 +62,12 @@ public Object execute(final VirtualFrame frame) {
 
     @Override
     public Object executeWithArguments(final VirtualFrame frame, final Object... receiverAndArguments) {
-        // arguments are handled via manipulation of the stack pointer, see above
+        // arguments are handled via manipulation of the stack pointer, see below
         return execute(frame);
     }
 
     @TruffleBoundary
     private Object doExternalCall(final MaterializedFrame frame) {
-        final Object moduleLibrary = loadedLibraries.computeIfAbsent(moduleName, (String s) -> NFIUtils.loadLibrary(getContext(), moduleName, "{ " +
-                        // TODO, see below
-                        // "initialiseModule():SINT64; " +
-                        "setInterpreter(POINTER):SINT64; " +
-                        // Currently not called, since plugins are never unloaded
-                        // "shutdownModule():SINT64; " +
-                        " }"));
-        final InteropLibrary moduleInteropLibrary = NFIUtils.getInteropLibrary(moduleLibrary);
         InterpreterProxy interpreterProxy = null;
         try {
             interpreterProxy = InterpreterProxy.instanceFor(getContext(), frame, numReceiverAndArguments);
@@ -61,16 +83,12 @@ private Object doExternalCall(final MaterializedFrame frame) {
 
             moduleInteropLibrary.invokeMember(moduleLibrary, "setInterpreter", InterpreterProxy.getPointer());
 
-            final Object functionSymbol = NFIUtils.loadMember(getContext(), moduleLibrary, functionName, "():SINT64");
-            final InteropLibrary functionInteropLibrary = NFIUtils.getInteropLibrary(functionSymbol);
             // return value is unused, the actual return value is pushed onto the stack (see below)
             functionInteropLibrary.execute(functionSymbol);
 
             // The return value is pushed onto the stack by the plugin via the InterpreterProxy, but
-            // TruffleSqueak
-            // expects the return value to be returned by this function
-            // (AbstractSendNode.executeVoid).
-            // Pop the return value and return it.
+            // TruffleSqueak expects the return value to be returned by this function
+            // (AbstractSendNode.executeVoid). Pop the return value and return it.
             final Object returnValue = FrameAccess.getStackValue(frame, FrameAccess.getStackPointer(frame) - 1, FrameAccess.getNumArguments(frame));
             FrameAccess.setStackPointer(frame, FrameAccess.getStackPointer(frame) - 1);
             return returnValue;
diff --git a/src/de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak/src/de/hpi/swa/trufflesqueak/nodes/primitives/PrimitiveNodeFactory.java b/src/de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak/src/de/hpi/swa/trufflesqueak/nodes/primitives/PrimitiveNodeFactory.java
index 85ca0a150..a432ab325 100644
--- a/src/de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak/src/de/hpi/swa/trufflesqueak/nodes/primitives/PrimitiveNodeFactory.java
+++ b/src/de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak/src/de/hpi/swa/trufflesqueak/nodes/primitives/PrimitiveNodeFactory.java
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 package de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak.nodes.primitives;
 
 import com.oracle.truffle.api.dsl.NodeFactory;
+import com.oracle.truffle.api.interop.ArityException;
+import com.oracle.truffle.api.interop.UnknownIdentifierException;
+import com.oracle.truffle.api.interop.UnsupportedMessageException;
+import com.oracle.truffle.api.interop.UnsupportedTypeException;
 import de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak.model.ArrayObject;
 import de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak.model.CompiledCodeObject;
 import de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak.model.NativeObject;
@@ -206,7 +210,12 @@ public static AbstractPrimitiveNode getOrCreateNamed(final CompiledCodeObject me
             if (moduleName.equals("SqueakFFIPrims")) {
                 return null;
             }
-            return new PrimExternalCallNode(moduleName, functionName, numReceiverAndArguments);
+            try {
+                return PrimExternalCallNode.load(moduleName, functionName, numReceiverAndArguments);
+            } catch (UnsupportedMessageException | UnknownIdentifierException | ArityException | UnsupportedTypeException e) {
+                assert false : e.getMessage();
+                return null;
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak/src/de/hpi/swa/trufflesqueak/util/NFIUtils.java b/src/de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak/src/de/hpi/swa/trufflesqueak/util/NFIUtils.java
index 3734d27c8..c0e2323ca 100644
--- a/src/de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak/src/de/hpi/swa/trufflesqueak/util/NFIUtils.java
+++ b/src/de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak/src/de/hpi/swa/trufflesqueak/util/NFIUtils.java
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 package de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak.util;
 
-import java.io.File;
-
 import com.oracle.truffle.api.CompilerDirectives.TruffleBoundary;
 import com.oracle.truffle.api.TruffleFile;
 import com.oracle.truffle.api.interop.ArityException;
@@ -13,10 +11,10 @@
 import com.oracle.truffle.api.library.ExportLibrary;
 import com.oracle.truffle.api.library.ExportMessage;
 import com.oracle.truffle.api.source.Source;
-
-import de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak.exceptions.PrimitiveFailed;
 import de.hpi.swa.trufflesqueak.image.SqueakImageContext;
 
+import java.io.File;
+
 public final class NFIUtils {
 
     @ExportLibrary(InteropLibrary.class)
@@ -155,7 +153,7 @@ public static Object loadLibrary(final SqueakImageContext context, final String
         final String libName = System.mapLibraryName(moduleName);
         final TruffleFile libPath = context.getHomePath().resolve("lib" + File.separatorChar + libName);
         if (!libPath.exists()) {
-            throw PrimitiveFailed.GENERIC_ERROR;
+            return null;
         }
         final String nfiCode = "load \"" + libPath.getAbsoluteFile().getPath() + "\" " + boundSymbols;
         return executeNFI(context, nfiCode);