3 files changed, 13 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/plugin/autopath/README.md b/plugin/autopath/README.md
index 9929bc672..64ca853f5 100644
--- a/plugin/autopath/README.md
+++ b/plugin/autopath/README.md
@@ -19,15 +19,12 @@ autopath [ZONE...] RESOLV-CONF
   plugin. For instance `@kubernetes`, will call out to the kubernetes plugin (for each
   query) to retrieve the search list it should use.
 
-Currently the following set of plugin has implemented *autopath*:
-
-* *kubernetes*
-* *erratic*
+If a plugin implements the `AutoPather` interface then it can be used.
 
 ## Metrics
- 
+
 If monitoring is enabled (via the *prometheus* directive) then the following metric is exported:
- 
+
 * `coredns_autopath_success_count_total{}` - counter of successfully autopath-ed queries.
 
 ## Examples
diff --git a/plugin/autopath/autopath.go b/plugin/autopath/autopath.go
index 2ca6c4df8..1a2e7a5ec 100644
--- a/plugin/autopath/autopath.go
+++ b/plugin/autopath/autopath.go
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ import (
 // If Func returns a nil slice, no autopathing will be done.
 type Func func(request.Request) []string
 
+// AutoPather defines the interface that a plugin should implement in order to be
+// used by AutoPath.
+type AutoPather interface {
+	AutoPath(request.Request) []string
+}
+
 // AutoPath perform autopath: service side search path completion.
 type AutoPath struct {
 	Next  plugin.Handler
diff --git a/plugin/autopath/setup.go b/plugin/autopath/setup.go
index 42b4b317a..f4b908465 100644
--- a/plugin/autopath/setup.go
+++ b/plugin/autopath/setup.go
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/coredns/coredns/core/dnsserver"
 	"github.com/coredns/coredns/plugin"
-	"github.com/coredns/coredns/plugin/erratic"
-	"github.com/coredns/coredns/plugin/kubernetes"
 
 	"github.com/mholt/caddy"
 	"github.com/miekg/dns"
@@ -34,11 +32,10 @@ func setup(c *caddy.Controller) error {
 		if m == nil {
 			return nil
 		}
-		if x, ok := m.(*kubernetes.Kubernetes); ok {
-			ap.searchFunc = x.AutoPath
-		}
-		if x, ok := m.(*erratic.Erratic); ok {
+		if x, ok := m.(AutoPather); ok {
 			ap.searchFunc = x.AutoPath
+		} else {
+			return plugin.Error("autopath", fmt.Errorf("%s does not implement the AutoPather interface", mw))
 		}
 		return nil
 	})
@@ -51,12 +48,6 @@ func setup(c *caddy.Controller) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// allowedPlugins has a list of plugin that can be used by autopath.
-var allowedPlugins = map[string]bool{
-	"@kubernetes": true,
-	"@erratic":    true,
-}
-
 func autoPathParse(c *caddy.Controller) (*AutoPath, string, error) {
 	ap := &AutoPath{}
 	mw := ""
@@ -68,10 +59,7 @@ func autoPathParse(c *caddy.Controller) (*AutoPath, string, error) {
 		}
 		resolv := zoneAndresolv[len(zoneAndresolv)-1]
 		if resolv[0] == '@' {
-			_, ok := allowedPlugins[resolv]
-			if ok {
-				mw = resolv[1:]
-			}
+			mw = resolv[1:]
 		} else {
 			// assume file on disk
 			rc, err := dns.ClientConfigFromFile(resolv)