diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6b00f852..ea853699 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ src/*.gcda
 doc
 Meta
 *_cache*
+*~
diff --git a/R/utils.R b/R/utils.R
index 21a16a08..f6482d0b 100644
--- a/R/utils.R
+++ b/R/utils.R
@@ -377,3 +377,33 @@ get_n_samples.array <- function(x){
   stopifnot(is_3d_array(x))
   return(dim(x)[1])
 }
+
+#' Code to use the hesim package inline. Not directly called by the user.
+#' @param ... arguments
+#' @examples
+#'   library(Rcpp)
+#'   sourceCpp(code="
+#'   // [[Rcpp::depends(hesim)]]
+#'   // [[Rcpp::depends(RcppArmadillo)]]
+#'   #include <hesim.h>
+#'   // [[Rcpp::export]]
+#'   double test_inline_gengamma(double mu, double sigma, double Q) {
+#'     hesim::stats::gengamma gg(mu, sigma, Q);
+#'     return gg.random();
+#'   }")
+#'   set.seed(12345)
+#'   test_inline_gengamma(1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
+#' @keywords internal
+#' @rdname plugin
+inlineCxxPlugin <- function(...) {
+    ismacos <- Sys.info()[["sysname"]] == "Darwin"
+    openmpflag <- if (ismacos) "" else "$(SHLIB_OPENMP_CFLAGS)"
+    plugin <- Rcpp::Rcpp.plugin.maker(include.before = "#include <hesim.h>",
+                                      libs           = paste(openmpflag,
+                                                             "$(LAPACK_LIBS) $(BLAS_LIBS) $(FLIBS)"),
+                                      package        = "hesim")
+    settings <- plugin()
+    settings$env$PKG_CPPFLAGS <- paste("-I../inst/include", openmpflag)
+    ## if (!ismacos) settings$env$USE_CXX11 <- "yes"
+    settings
+}
diff --git a/man/plugin.Rd b/man/plugin.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..372a1892
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/plugin.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/utils.R
+\name{inlineCxxPlugin}
+\alias{inlineCxxPlugin}
+\title{Code to use the hesim package inline. Not directly called by the user.}
+\usage{
+inlineCxxPlugin(...)
+}
+\arguments{
+\item{...}{arguments}
+}
+\description{
+Code to use the hesim package inline. Not directly called by the user.
+}
+\examples{
+library(Rcpp)
+sourceCpp(code="
+// [[Rcpp::depends(hesim)]]
+// [[Rcpp::depends(RcppArmadillo)]]
+#include <hesim/stats/distributions.h>
+// [[Rcpp::export]]
+double test_inline_gengamma(double mu, double sigma, double Q) {
+  hesim::stats::gengamma gg(mu, sigma, Q);
+  return gg.random();
+}")
+set.seed(12345)
+test_inline_gengamma(1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
+}
+\keyword{internal}