diff --git a/src/pocketmine/Achievement.php b/src/pocketmine/Achievement.php
index d48ec4b0e..f220ec53c 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/Achievement.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/Achievement.php
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ abstract class Achievement{
 
 	public static function broadcast(Player $player, $achievementId){
 		if(isset(Achievement::$list[$achievementId])){
-			$translation = new TranslationContainer("chat.type.achievement", [$player->getDisplayName(), TextFormat::GREEN . Achievement::$list[$achievementId]["name"]]);
+			$translation = new TranslationContainer("chat.type.achievement", [$player->getDisplayName(), TextFormat::GREEN . Achievement::$list[$achievementId]["name"] . TextFormat::RESET]);
 			if(Server::getInstance()->getConfigString("announce-player-achievements", true) === true){
 				Server::getInstance()->broadcastMessage($translation);
 			}else{
diff --git a/src/pocketmine/Server.php b/src/pocketmine/Server.php
index 19649093e..69f4ae976 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/Server.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/Server.php
@@ -1443,7 +1443,7 @@ class Server{
 
 			$this->memoryManager = new MemoryManager($this);
 
-			$this->logger->info($this->getLanguage()->translateString("pocketmine.server.start", [TextFormat::AQUA . $this->getVersion()]));
+			$this->logger->info($this->getLanguage()->translateString("pocketmine.server.start", [TextFormat::AQUA . $this->getVersion() . TextFormat::RESET]));
 
 			if(($poolSize = $this->getProperty("settings.async-workers", "auto")) === "auto"){
 				$poolSize = ServerScheduler::$WORKERS;
diff --git a/src/pocketmine/plugin/PluginDescription.php b/src/pocketmine/plugin/PluginDescription.php
index fa7eee210..d725e242c 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/plugin/PluginDescription.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/plugin/PluginDescription.php
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class PluginDescription{
 	private $name;
 	private $main;
 	private $api;
+	private $extensions = [];
 	private $depend = [];
 	private $softDepend = [];
 	private $loadBefore = [];
@@ -75,6 +76,17 @@ class PluginDescription{
 		if(isset($plugin["depend"])){
 			$this->depend = (array) $plugin["depend"];
 		}
+		if(isset($plugin["extensions"])){
+			$extensions = (array) $plugin["extensions"];
+			$isLinear = $extensions === array_values($extensions);
+			foreach($extensions as $k => $v){
+				if($isLinear){
+					$k = $v;
+					$v = "*";
+				}
+				$this->extensions[$k] = is_array($v) ? $v : [$v];
+			}
+		}
 		if(isset($plugin["softdepend"])){
 			$this->softDepend = (array) $plugin["softdepend"];
 		}
@@ -149,6 +161,50 @@ class PluginDescription{
 		return $this->commands;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	public function getRequiredExtensions(){
+		return $this->extensions;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Checks if the current PHP runtime has the extensions required by the plugin.
+	 *
+	 * @throws PluginException if there are required extensions missing or have incompatible version, or if the version constraint cannot be parsed
+	 */
+	public function checkRequiredExtensions(){
+		foreach($this->extensions as $name => $versionConstrs){
+			if(!extension_loaded($name)){
+				throw new PluginException("Required extension $name not loaded");
+			}
+
+			if(!is_array($versionConstrs)){
+				$versionConstrs = [$versionConstrs];
+			}
+			$gotVersion = phpversion($name);
+			foreach($versionConstrs as $constr){ // versionConstrs_loop
+				if($constr === "*"){
+					continue;
+				}
+				if($constr === ""){
+					throw new PluginException("One of the extension version constraints of $name is empty. Consider quoting the version string in plugin.yml");
+				}
+				foreach(["<=", "le", "<>", "!=", "ne", "<", "lt", "==", "=", "eq", ">=", "ge", ">", "gt"] as $comparator){
+					// warning: the > character should be quoted in YAML
+					if(substr($constr, 0, strlen($comparator)) === $comparator){
+						$version = substr($constr, strlen($comparator));
+						if(!version_compare($gotVersion, $version, $comparator)){
+							throw new PluginException("Required extension $name has an incompatible version ($gotVersion not $constr)");
+						}
+						continue 2; // versionConstrs_loop
+					}
+				}
+				throw new PluginException("Error parsing version constraint: $constr");
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @return array
 	 */
@@ -218,4 +274,4 @@ class PluginDescription{
 	public function getWebsite(){
 		return $this->website;
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/pocketmine/plugin/PluginManager.php b/src/pocketmine/plugin/PluginManager.php
index ec1aaf822..a43620a9b 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/plugin/PluginManager.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/plugin/PluginManager.php
@@ -147,6 +147,13 @@ class PluginManager{
 			if(preg_match($loader->getPluginFilters(), basename($path)) > 0){
 				$description = $loader->getPluginDescription($path);
 				if($description instanceof PluginDescription){
+					try{
+						$description->checkRequiredExtensions();
+					}catch(PluginException $ex){
+						$this->server->getLogger()->error($ex->getMessage());
+						return null;
+					}
+
 					if(($plugin = $loader->loadPlugin($path)) instanceof Plugin){
 						$this->plugins[$plugin->getDescription()->getName()] = $plugin;