diff --git a/data/sm.puri.Calls.gschema.xml b/data/sm.puri.Calls.gschema.xml
index c957571..282e449 100644
--- a/data/sm.puri.Calls.gschema.xml
+++ b/data/sm.puri.Calls.gschema.xml
@@ -14,5 +14,11 @@
       <description>The country code is used for contact name lookup</description>
     </key>
 
+    <key name="autoload-plugins" type="as">
+      <default>["mm", "sip"]</default>
+      <summary>The plugins to load automatically</summary>
+      <description>These plugins will be automatically loaded on application startup.</description>
+    </key>
+
   </schema>
 </schemalist>
diff --git a/src/calls-application.c b/src/calls-application.c
index efdfba1..7042f0c 100644
--- a/src/calls-application.c
+++ b/src/calls-application.c
@@ -206,6 +206,8 @@ set_default_providers_action (GSimpleAction *action,
                               GVariant      *parameter,
                               gpointer       user_data)
 {
+  CallsApplication *self = CALLS_APPLICATION (user_data);
+  g_auto (GStrv) plugins = NULL;
   /**
    * Only add default providers when there are none added yet,
    * This makes sure we're not resetting explicitly set providers
@@ -213,7 +215,10 @@ set_default_providers_action (GSimpleAction *action,
   if (calls_manager_has_any_provider (calls_manager_get_default ()))
     return;
 
-  /* TODO get defaults from GSettings */
+  plugins = calls_settings_get_autoload_plugins (self->settings);
+  for (guint i = 0; plugins[i] != NULL; i++) {
+    calls_manager_add_provider (calls_manager_get_default (), plugins[i]);
+  }
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/calls-settings.c b/src/calls-settings.c
index 1506f96..c33d766 100644
--- a/src/calls-settings.c
+++ b/src/calls-settings.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ enum {
   PROP_0,
   PROP_AUTO_USE_DEFAULT_ORIGINS,
   PROP_COUNTRY_CODE,
+  PROP_AUTOLOAD_PLUGINS,
   PROP_LAST_PROP
 };
 static GParamSpec *props[PROP_LAST_PROP];
@@ -70,6 +71,10 @@ calls_settings_set_property (GObject      *object,
     calls_settings_set_country_code (self, g_value_get_string (value));
     break;
 
+  case PROP_AUTOLOAD_PLUGINS:
+    calls_settings_set_autoload_plugins (self, g_value_get_boxed (value));
+    break;
+
   default:
     G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID (object, prop_id, pspec);
     break;
@@ -94,6 +99,10 @@ calls_settings_get_property (GObject    *object,
     g_value_set_string (value, calls_settings_get_country_code (self));
     break;
 
+  case PROP_AUTOLOAD_PLUGINS:
+    g_value_set_boxed (value, calls_settings_get_autoload_plugins (self));
+    break;
+
   default:
     G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID (object, prop_id, pspec);
     break;
@@ -147,6 +156,13 @@ calls_settings_class_init (CallsSettingsClass *klass)
                          "",
                          G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS);
 
+  props[PROP_AUTOLOAD_PLUGINS] =
+    g_param_spec_boxed ("autoload-plugins",
+                        "autoload plugins",
+                        "The plugins to automatically load on startup",
+                        G_TYPE_STRV,
+                        G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS);
+
   g_object_class_install_properties (object_class, PROP_LAST_PROP, props);
 }
 
@@ -232,3 +248,22 @@ calls_settings_set_country_code (CallsSettings *self,
   g_debug ("Setting country code to %s", country_code);
   g_settings_set_string (G_SETTINGS (self->settings), "country-code", country_code);
 }
+
+
+char **
+calls_settings_get_autoload_plugins (CallsSettings *self)
+{
+  g_return_val_if_fail (CALLS_IS_SETTINGS (self), NULL);
+
+  return g_settings_get_strv (G_SETTINGS (self->settings), "autoload-plugins");
+}
+
+
+void
+calls_settings_set_autoload_plugins (CallsSettings      *self,
+                                     const char * const *plugins)
+{
+  g_return_if_fail (CALLS_IS_SETTINGS (self));
+
+  g_settings_set_strv (G_SETTINGS (self->settings), "autoload-plugins", plugins);
+}
diff --git a/src/calls-settings.h b/src/calls-settings.h
index 57c9b7d..8c23b64 100644
--- a/src/calls-settings.h
+++ b/src/calls-settings.h
@@ -33,12 +33,15 @@ G_BEGIN_DECLS
 G_DECLARE_FINAL_TYPE (CallsSettings, calls_settings, CALLS, SETTINGS, GObject)
 
 CallsSettings     *calls_settings_new                            (void);
-gboolean           calls_settings_get_use_default_origins        (CallsSettings *self);
-void               calls_settings_set_use_default_origins        (CallsSettings *self,
-                                                                  gboolean       enable);
-char              *calls_settings_get_country_code               (CallsSettings *self);
-void               calls_settings_set_country_code               (CallsSettings *self,
-                                                                  const char    *country_code);
+gboolean           calls_settings_get_use_default_origins        (CallsSettings      *self);
+void               calls_settings_set_use_default_origins        (CallsSettings      *self,
+                                                                  gboolean            enable);
+char              *calls_settings_get_country_code               (CallsSettings      *self);
+void               calls_settings_set_country_code               (CallsSettings      *self,
+                                                                  const char         *country_code);
+char             **calls_settings_get_autoload_plugins           (CallsSettings      *self);
+void               calls_settings_set_autoload_plugins           (CallsSettings      *self,
+                                                                  const char * const *plugins);
 
 G_END_DECLS