diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 06df933f774..d9292e7efc0 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -6164,7 +6164,7 @@ declare -a static_detect_engines=("PLUMBERS" "AGI" "SCUMM" "SKY" "DREAMWEB" "DRA
 								  "SWORD1" "SWORD2" "SWORD25" "ADL" "QUEEN" "CGE" "CGE2" "ACCESS"
 								  "ZVISION" "AGOS" "GOB" "COMPOSER" "DM" "DRACI" "DRAGONS" "GNAP"
 								  "GRIFFON" "GROOVIE" "HDB" "HOPKINS" "HUGO" "ILLUSIONS" "KINGDOM"
-								  "KYRA" "LAB" "LASTEXPRESS")
+								  "KYRA" "LAB" "LASTEXPRESS" "LILLIPUT")
 detectId="_DETECTION"
 
 echo "Creating engines/plugins_table.h"
diff --git a/engines/lilliput/detection.cpp b/engines/lilliput/detection.cpp
index b1206007e58..74d582efb71 100644
--- a/engines/lilliput/detection.cpp
+++ b/engines/lilliput/detection.cpp
@@ -20,31 +20,15 @@
  *
  */
 
+#include "base/plugins.h"
 #include "engines/advancedDetector.h"
-#include "common/system.h"
-#include "common/savefile.h"
 #include "common/textconsole.h"
-#include "graphics/thumbnail.h"
-#include "graphics/surface.h"
 
-#include "lilliput/lilliput.h"
+#include "lilliput/detection_enums.h"
+#include "lilliput/detection.h"
 
 namespace Lilliput {
 
-struct LilliputGameDescription {
-	ADGameDescription desc;
-	GameType gameType;
-};
-
-uint32 LilliputEngine::getFeatures() const {
-	return _gameDescription->desc.flags;
-}
-
-const char *LilliputEngine::getGameId() const {
-	return _gameDescription->desc.gameId;
-}
-
-
 static const PlainGameDescriptor lilliputGames[] = {
 	// Games
 	{"robin", "Adventures of Robin Hood"},
@@ -137,160 +121,8 @@ public:
 	const char *getOriginalCopyright() const override {
 		return "Lilliput (C) S.L.Grand, Brainware, 1991-1992";
 	}
-
-	bool createInstance(OSystem *syst, Engine **engine, const ADGameDescription *gd) const override;
-	bool hasFeature(MetaEngineFeature f) const override;
-
-	int getMaximumSaveSlot() const override;
-	SaveStateList listSaves(const char *target) const override;
-	SaveStateDescriptor querySaveMetaInfos(const char *target, int slot) const override;
-	void removeSaveState(const char *target, int slot) const override;
 };
 
-bool LilliputMetaEngine::createInstance(OSystem *syst, Engine **engine, const ADGameDescription *gd) const {
-	if (gd) {
-		*engine = new LilliputEngine(syst, (const LilliputGameDescription *)gd);
-		((LilliputEngine *)*engine)->initGame((const LilliputGameDescription *)gd);
-	}
-	return gd != 0;
-}
-
-bool LilliputMetaEngine::hasFeature(MetaEngineFeature f) const {
-	return
-		(f == kSupportsListSaves) ||
-		(f == kSupportsLoadingDuringStartup) ||
-		(f == kSupportsDeleteSave) ||
-		(f == kSavesSupportMetaInfo) ||
-		(f == kSavesSupportThumbnail) ||
-		(f == kSavesSupportCreationDate);
-}
-
-int LilliputMetaEngine::getMaximumSaveSlot() const {
-	return 99;
-}
-
-SaveStateList LilliputMetaEngine::listSaves(const char *target) const {
-	Common::SaveFileManager *saveFileMan = g_system->getSavefileManager();
-	Common::StringArray filenames;
-	Common::String pattern = target;
-	pattern += "-##.SAV";
-
-	filenames = saveFileMan->listSavefiles(pattern);
-
-	SaveStateList saveList;
-	char slot[3];
-	int slotNum = 0;
-	for (Common::StringArray::const_iterator filename = filenames.begin(); filename != filenames.end(); ++filename) {
-		slot[0] = filename->c_str()[filename->size() - 6];
-		slot[1] = filename->c_str()[filename->size() - 5];
-		slot[2] = '\0';
-		// Obtain the last 2 digits of the filename (without extension), since they correspond to the save slot
-		slotNum = atoi(slot);
-		if (slotNum >= 0 && slotNum <= getMaximumSaveSlot()) {
-			Common::InSaveFile *file = saveFileMan->openForLoading(*filename);
-			if (file) {
-				int saveVersion = file->readByte();
-
-				if (saveVersion != kSavegameVersion) {
-					warning("Savegame of incompatible version");
-					delete file;
-					continue;
-				}
-
-				// read name
-				uint16 nameSize = file->readUint16BE();
-				if (nameSize >= 255) {
-					delete file;
-					continue;
-				}
-				char name[256];
-				file->read(name, nameSize);
-				name[nameSize] = 0;
-
-				saveList.push_back(SaveStateDescriptor(slotNum, name));
-				delete file;
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	Common::sort(saveList.begin(), saveList.end(), SaveStateDescriptorSlotComparator());
-	return saveList;
-}
-
-SaveStateDescriptor LilliputMetaEngine::querySaveMetaInfos(const char *target, int slot) const {
-	Common::String fileName = Common::String::format("%s-%02d.SAV", target, slot);
-	Common::InSaveFile *file = g_system->getSavefileManager()->openForLoading(fileName);
-
-	if (file) {
-		int saveVersion = file->readByte();
-
-		if (saveVersion != kSavegameVersion) {
-			warning("Savegame of incompatible version");
-			delete file;
-			return SaveStateDescriptor();
-		}
-
-		uint32 saveNameLength = file->readUint16BE();
-		Common::String saveName;
-		for (uint32 i = 0; i < saveNameLength; ++i) {
-			char curChr = file->readByte();
-			saveName += curChr;
-		}
-
-		SaveStateDescriptor desc(slot, saveName);
-
-		Graphics::Surface *thumbnail;
-		if (!Graphics::loadThumbnail(*file, thumbnail)) {
-			delete file;
-			return SaveStateDescriptor();
-		}
-		desc.setThumbnail(thumbnail);
-
-		desc.setDeletableFlag(true);
-		desc.setWriteProtectedFlag(false);
-
-		uint32 saveDate = file->readUint32BE();
-		uint16 saveTime = file->readUint16BE();
-
-		int day = (saveDate >> 24) & 0xFF;
-		int month = (saveDate >> 16) & 0xFF;
-		int year = saveDate & 0xFFFF;
-
-		desc.setSaveDate(year, month, day);
-
-		int hour = (saveTime >> 8) & 0xFF;
-		int minutes = saveTime & 0xFF;
-
-		desc.setSaveTime(hour, minutes);
-
-		// Slot 0 is used for the 'restart game' save in all Robin games, thus
-		// we prevent it from being deleted.
-		desc.setDeletableFlag(slot != 0);
-		desc.setWriteProtectedFlag(slot == 0);
-
-		delete file;
-		return desc;
-	}
-	return SaveStateDescriptor();
-}
-
-void LilliputMetaEngine::removeSaveState(const char *target, int slot) const {
-	Common::String fileName = Common::String::format("%s-%02d.SAV", target, slot);
-	g_system->getSavefileManager()->removeSavefile(fileName);
-}
 } // End of namespace Lilliput
 
-#if PLUGIN_ENABLED_DYNAMIC(LILLIPUT)
-REGISTER_PLUGIN_DYNAMIC(LILLIPUT, PLUGIN_TYPE_ENGINE, Lilliput::LilliputMetaEngine);
-#else
-REGISTER_PLUGIN_STATIC(LILLIPUT, PLUGIN_TYPE_ENGINE, Lilliput::LilliputMetaEngine);
-#endif
-
-namespace Lilliput {
-
-void LilliputEngine::initGame(const LilliputGameDescription *gd) {
-	_gameType = gd->gameType;
-	_platform = gd->desc.platform;
-}
-
-} // End of namespace Lilliput
+REGISTER_PLUGIN_STATIC(LILLIPUT_DETECTION, PLUGIN_TYPE_METAENGINE, Lilliput::LilliputMetaEngine);
diff --git a/engines/lilliput/detection.h b/engines/lilliput/detection.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..74b2e956b33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engines/lilliput/detection.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/* ScummVM - Graphic Adventure Engine
+ *
+ * ScummVM is the legal property of its developers, whose names
+ * are too numerous to list here. Please refer to the COPYRIGHT
+ * file distributed with this source distribution.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ *
+ */
+
+namespace Lilliput {
+
+struct LilliputGameDescription {
+	ADGameDescription desc;
+	GameType gameType;
+};
+
+} // End of namespace Lilliput
+
diff --git a/engines/lilliput/detection_enums.h b/engines/lilliput/detection_enums.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c040e09ddd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engines/lilliput/detection_enums.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/* ScummVM - Graphic Adventure Engine
+ *
+ * ScummVM is the legal property of its developers, whose names
+ * are too numerous to list here. Please refer to the COPYRIGHT
+ * file distributed with this source distribution.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ *
+ */
+
+namespace Lilliput {
+
+enum GameType {
+	kGameTypeNone  = 0,
+	kGameTypeRobin,
+	kGameTypeRome
+};
+
+} // End of namespace Lilliput
diff --git a/engines/lilliput/lilliput.h b/engines/lilliput/lilliput.h
index 3921b5fda17..b4e90a0afb8 100644
--- a/engines/lilliput/lilliput.h
+++ b/engines/lilliput/lilliput.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "lilliput/script.h"
 #include "lilliput/sound.h"
 #include "lilliput/stream.h"
+#include "lilliput/detection_enums.h"
 
 #include "common/file.h"
 #include "common/rect.h"
@@ -54,12 +55,6 @@ namespace Lilliput {
 
 static const int kSavegameVersion = 1;
 
-enum GameType {
-	kGameTypeNone  = 0,
-	kGameTypeRobin,
-	kGameTypeRome
-};
-
 enum LilliputDebugChannels {
 	kDebugEngine    = 1 << 0,
 	kDebugScript    = 1 << 1,
diff --git a/engines/lilliput/metaengine.cpp b/engines/lilliput/metaengine.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e6df2bacfbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engines/lilliput/metaengine.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,209 @@
+/* ScummVM - Graphic Adventure Engine
+ *
+ * ScummVM is the legal property of its developers, whose names
+ * are too numerous to list here. Please refer to the COPYRIGHT
+ * file distributed with this source distribution.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "engines/advancedDetector.h"
+#include "common/system.h"
+#include "common/savefile.h"
+#include "common/textconsole.h"
+#include "graphics/thumbnail.h"
+#include "graphics/surface.h"
+
+#include "lilliput/lilliput.h"
+#include "lilliput/detection.h"
+
+namespace Lilliput {
+
+uint32 LilliputEngine::getFeatures() const {
+	return _gameDescription->desc.flags;
+}
+
+const char *LilliputEngine::getGameId() const {
+	return _gameDescription->desc.gameId;
+}
+
+} // End of namespace Lilliput
+
+namespace Lilliput {
+
+class LilliputMetaEngineConnect : public AdvancedMetaEngineConnect {
+public:
+	const char *getName() const override {
+		return "lilliput";
+	}
+
+	bool createInstance(OSystem *syst, Engine **engine, const ADGameDescription *gd) const override;
+	bool hasFeature(MetaEngineFeature f) const override;
+
+	int getMaximumSaveSlot() const override;
+	SaveStateList listSaves(const char *target) const override;
+	SaveStateDescriptor querySaveMetaInfos(const char *target, int slot) const override;
+	void removeSaveState(const char *target, int slot) const override;
+};
+
+bool LilliputMetaEngineConnect::createInstance(OSystem *syst, Engine **engine, const ADGameDescription *gd) const {
+	if (gd) {
+		*engine = new LilliputEngine(syst, (const LilliputGameDescription *)gd);
+		((LilliputEngine *)*engine)->initGame((const LilliputGameDescription *)gd);
+	}
+	return gd != 0;
+}
+
+bool LilliputMetaEngineConnect::hasFeature(MetaEngineFeature f) const {
+	return
+		(f == kSupportsListSaves) ||
+		(f == kSupportsLoadingDuringStartup) ||
+		(f == kSupportsDeleteSave) ||
+		(f == kSavesSupportMetaInfo) ||
+		(f == kSavesSupportThumbnail) ||
+		(f == kSavesSupportCreationDate);
+}
+
+int LilliputMetaEngineConnect::getMaximumSaveSlot() const {
+	return 99;
+}
+
+SaveStateList LilliputMetaEngineConnect::listSaves(const char *target) const {
+	Common::SaveFileManager *saveFileMan = g_system->getSavefileManager();
+	Common::StringArray filenames;
+	Common::String pattern = target;
+	pattern += "-##.SAV";
+
+	filenames = saveFileMan->listSavefiles(pattern);
+
+	SaveStateList saveList;
+	char slot[3];
+	int slotNum = 0;
+	for (Common::StringArray::const_iterator filename = filenames.begin(); filename != filenames.end(); ++filename) {
+		slot[0] = filename->c_str()[filename->size() - 6];
+		slot[1] = filename->c_str()[filename->size() - 5];
+		slot[2] = '\0';
+		// Obtain the last 2 digits of the filename (without extension), since they correspond to the save slot
+		slotNum = atoi(slot);
+		if (slotNum >= 0 && slotNum <= getMaximumSaveSlot()) {
+			Common::InSaveFile *file = saveFileMan->openForLoading(*filename);
+			if (file) {
+				int saveVersion = file->readByte();
+
+				if (saveVersion != kSavegameVersion) {
+					warning("Savegame of incompatible version");
+					delete file;
+					continue;
+				}
+
+				// read name
+				uint16 nameSize = file->readUint16BE();
+				if (nameSize >= 255) {
+					delete file;
+					continue;
+				}
+				char name[256];
+				file->read(name, nameSize);
+				name[nameSize] = 0;
+
+				saveList.push_back(SaveStateDescriptor(slotNum, name));
+				delete file;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	Common::sort(saveList.begin(), saveList.end(), SaveStateDescriptorSlotComparator());
+	return saveList;
+}
+
+SaveStateDescriptor LilliputMetaEngineConnect::querySaveMetaInfos(const char *target, int slot) const {
+	Common::String fileName = Common::String::format("%s-%02d.SAV", target, slot);
+	Common::InSaveFile *file = g_system->getSavefileManager()->openForLoading(fileName);
+
+	if (file) {
+		int saveVersion = file->readByte();
+
+		if (saveVersion != kSavegameVersion) {
+			warning("Savegame of incompatible version");
+			delete file;
+			return SaveStateDescriptor();
+		}
+
+		uint32 saveNameLength = file->readUint16BE();
+		Common::String saveName;
+		for (uint32 i = 0; i < saveNameLength; ++i) {
+			char curChr = file->readByte();
+			saveName += curChr;
+		}
+
+		SaveStateDescriptor desc(slot, saveName);
+
+		Graphics::Surface *thumbnail;
+		if (!Graphics::loadThumbnail(*file, thumbnail)) {
+			delete file;
+			return SaveStateDescriptor();
+		}
+		desc.setThumbnail(thumbnail);
+
+		desc.setDeletableFlag(true);
+		desc.setWriteProtectedFlag(false);
+
+		uint32 saveDate = file->readUint32BE();
+		uint16 saveTime = file->readUint16BE();
+
+		int day = (saveDate >> 24) & 0xFF;
+		int month = (saveDate >> 16) & 0xFF;
+		int year = saveDate & 0xFFFF;
+
+		desc.setSaveDate(year, month, day);
+
+		int hour = (saveTime >> 8) & 0xFF;
+		int minutes = saveTime & 0xFF;
+
+		desc.setSaveTime(hour, minutes);
+
+		// Slot 0 is used for the 'restart game' save in all Robin games, thus
+		// we prevent it from being deleted.
+		desc.setDeletableFlag(slot != 0);
+		desc.setWriteProtectedFlag(slot == 0);
+
+		delete file;
+		return desc;
+	}
+	return SaveStateDescriptor();
+}
+
+void LilliputMetaEngineConnect::removeSaveState(const char *target, int slot) const {
+	Common::String fileName = Common::String::format("%s-%02d.SAV", target, slot);
+	g_system->getSavefileManager()->removeSavefile(fileName);
+}
+
+} // End of namespace Lilliput
+
+#if PLUGIN_ENABLED_DYNAMIC(LILLIPUT)
+	REGISTER_PLUGIN_DYNAMIC(LILLIPUT, PLUGIN_TYPE_ENGINE, Lilliput::LilliputMetaEngineConnect);
+#else
+	REGISTER_PLUGIN_STATIC(LILLIPUT, PLUGIN_TYPE_ENGINE, Lilliput::LilliputMetaEngineConnect);
+#endif
+
+namespace Lilliput {
+
+void LilliputEngine::initGame(const LilliputGameDescription *gd) {
+	_gameType = gd->gameType;
+	_platform = gd->desc.platform;
+}
+
+} // End of namespace Lilliput
diff --git a/engines/lilliput/module.mk b/engines/lilliput/module.mk
index 8a095e8045a..40029071355 100644
--- a/engines/lilliput/module.mk
+++ b/engines/lilliput/module.mk
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ MODULE := engines/lilliput
 
 MODULE_OBJS = \
 	console.o \
-	detection.o \
 	lilliput.o \
+	metaengine.o \
 	script.o \
 	sound.o \
 	stream.o
@@ -18,3 +18,6 @@ endif
 
 # Include common rules
 include $(srcdir)/rules.mk
+
+# Detection objects
+DETECT_OBJS += $(MODULE)/detection.o