diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3653d82..4f3a869 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@
             </testResource>
         </testResources>
 
-
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -171,9 +170,10 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.3.4</version>
+                <version>2.3.7</version>
                 <extensions>true</extensions>
                 <configuration>
+                	<manifestLocation>META-INF</manifestLocation>
                     <instructions>
                         <Bundle-SymbolicName>${project.groupId}.${project.artifactId}</Bundle-SymbolicName>
                         <Bundle-Name>${pproject.name}</Bundle-Name>
@@ -181,10 +181,58 @@
                         <Bundle-Activator>org.xerial.snappy.SnappyBundleActivator</Bundle-Activator>
                         <Export-Package>org.xerial.snappy</Export-Package>
                         <Import-Package>org.osgi.framework;version="[1.5,2)"</Import-Package>
+                        <Bundle-ActivationPolicy>lazy</Bundle-ActivationPolicy>
+                        <Bundle-NativeCode>
+                        	org/xerial/snappy/native/Windows/amd64/snappyjava.dll;selection-filter="(&amp;(osgi.arch=x86_64)(osgi.os=win32))",
+                        	org/xerial/snappy/native/Windows/x86/snappyjava.dll;selection-filter="(&amp;(osgi.arch=x86)(osgi.os=win32))",
+                        	org/xerial/snappy/native/Mac/i386/libsnappyjava.jnilib;selection-filter="(&amp;(osgi.arch=x86)(osgi.os=macosx))",
+                        	org/xerial/snappy/native/Mac/x86_64/libsnappyjava.jnilib;selection-filter="(&amp;(osgi.arch=x86_64)(osgi.os=macosx))",
+                        	org/xerial/snappy/native/Linux/amd64/libsnappyjava.so;selection-filter="(&amp;(osgi.arch=x86_64)(osgi.os=linux))",
+                        	org/xerial/snappy/native/Linux/i386/libsnappyjava.so;selection-filter="(&amp;(osgi.arch=x86)(osgi.os=linux))",
+                        	org/xerial/snappy/native/Linux/arm/libsnappyjava.so;selection-filter="(&amp;(osgi.arch=arm)(osgi.os=linux))"
+                        </Bundle-NativeCode>
+                        <!-- TODO: unsure about ARMHF -->
                     </instructions>
                 </configuration>
+                <executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>bundle-manifest</id>
+						<phase>process-classes</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>manifest</goal>
+						</goals>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
             </plugin>
 
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+				<configuration>
+					<archive>
+						<index>true</index>
+						<manifestFile>META-INF/MANIFEST.MF</manifestFile>
+					</archive>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+			
+			<plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.4.1</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <followSymLinks>false</followSymLinks>
+                    <filesets>
+                        <fileset>
+                            <directory>META-INF</directory>
+							<includes>
+								<include>MANIFEST.MF</include>
+							</includes>
+                        </fileset>
+                    </filesets>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>2.2.1</version>
@@ -205,6 +253,7 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+            
         </plugins>
 
         <extensions>
@@ -254,7 +303,6 @@
         </profile>
     </profiles>
 
-
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
@@ -285,5 +333,7 @@
             <type>jar</type>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        
     </dependencies>
+    
 </project>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/xerial/snappy/SnappyBundleActivator.java b/src/main/java/org/xerial/snappy/SnappyBundleActivator.java
index 5495160..f36a4f5 100755
--- a/src/main/java/org/xerial/snappy/SnappyBundleActivator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/xerial/snappy/SnappyBundleActivator.java
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
 //--------------------------------------
 package org.xerial.snappy;
 
+import java.util.jar.Manifest;
+
+import org.osgi.framework.Bundle;
 import org.osgi.framework.BundleActivator;
 import org.osgi.framework.BundleContext;
 
@@ -35,12 +38,23 @@ import org.osgi.framework.BundleContext;
  */
 public class SnappyBundleActivator implements BundleActivator
 {
-    public void start(BundleContext context) throws Exception {
-
+	/**
+	 * Name of the Snappy native library
+	 */
+	public static final String LIBRARY_NAME = "snappyjava";
+	
+    /** 
+     * Make a call to {@link System#loadLibrary(String)} to load the native library which assumes
+     * that the library is available on the path based on this {@link Bundle}'s {@link Manifest}.
+     */
+    public void start(BundleContext context) throws Exception 
+    {
+    	System.loadLibrary(System.mapLibraryName(LIBRARY_NAME));
+    	SnappyLoader.setApi(new SnappyNative());
     }
 
-    public void stop(BundleContext context) throws Exception {
-
+    public void stop(BundleContext context) throws Exception
+    {
+    	SnappyLoader.setApi(null);
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/xerial/snappy/SnappyLoader.java b/src/main/java/org/xerial/snappy/SnappyLoader.java
index 9ec625f..99b0e7a 100755
--- a/src/main/java/org/xerial/snappy/SnappyLoader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/xerial/snappy/SnappyLoader.java
@@ -24,7 +24,13 @@
 //--------------------------------------
 package org.xerial.snappy;
 
-import java.io.*;
+import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.net.URL;
@@ -87,9 +93,19 @@ public class SnappyLoader
     public static final String KEY_SNAPPY_USE_SYSTEMLIB        = "org.xerial.snappy.use.systemlib";
     public static final String KEY_SNAPPY_DISABLE_BUNDLED_LIBS = "org.xerial.snappy.disable.bundled.libs"; // Depreciated, but preserved for backward compatibility
 
-    private static boolean     isLoaded                        = false;
-    private static Object      api                             = null;
-
+    private static volatile boolean     isLoaded                        = false;
+    private static volatile Object api                             = null;
+    
+    /**
+     * Set the api instance.
+     * 
+     * @param nativeCode
+     */
+    static synchronized void setApi(Object nativeCode)
+    {
+    	api = nativeCode;
+    }
+    
     /**
      * load system properties when configuration file of the name
      * {@link #SNAPPY_SYSTEM_PROPERTIES_FILE} is found
@@ -200,8 +216,8 @@ public class SnappyLoader
      * 
      * @return
      */
-    static synchronized Object load() {
-
+    static synchronized Object load() 
+    {
         if (api != null)
             return api;
 
@@ -216,7 +232,7 @@ public class SnappyLoader
             isLoaded = true;
             // Look up SnappyNative, injected to the root classloder, using reflection in order to avoid the initialization of SnappyNative class in this context class loader.
             Object nativeCode = Class.forName("org.xerial.snappy.SnappyNative").newInstance();
-            api = nativeCode;
+            setApi(nativeCode);
         }
         catch (Exception e) {
             e.printStackTrace();