diff --git a/modules/LIST b/modules/LIST
index ee959c007cefec0ba63a52b6ea3640922d50d1e7..69932ac4a5ebe1f25a6a83d3e7a72d09c31e4b97 100644
--- a/modules/LIST
+++ b/modules/LIST
@@ -327,6 +327,7 @@ $Id$
  * swscale: Video scaling filter
  * t140: T.140 text encoder
  * taglib: Taglib tags parser and writer
+ * tdummy: dummy text renderer
  * telepathy: Telepathy Presence information using MissionControl notification
  * telx: teletext subtitles decoder
  * theora: a theora video decoder/packetizer/encoder using the libtheora library
diff --git a/modules/misc/Modules.am b/modules/misc/Modules.am
index d69ee718518e7296b7fb1cec8228c45ccd06d5fa..c852cc54d2d2a133d99a2d2efea0851826abf737 100644
--- a/modules/misc/Modules.am
+++ b/modules/misc/Modules.am
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@ SUBDIRS = $(BASE_SUBDIRS)
 DIST_SUBDIRS = $(BASE_SUBDIRS)
 
 SOURCES_freetype = text_renderer/freetype.c
+SOURCES_tdummy = text_renderer/tdummy.c
 SOURCES_win32text = text_renderer/win32text.c
 SOURCES_quartztext = text_renderer/quartztext.c
+libvlc_LTLIBRARIES += libtdummy_plugin.la
+
 SOURCES_svg = text_renderer/svg.c
 SOURCES_logger = logger.c
 SOURCES_vod_rtsp = rtsp.c
diff --git a/modules/misc/dummy/Modules.am b/modules/misc/dummy/Modules.am
index 5d34b8182f6097c0907daefde2f07ef6dd5a76a7..961ecb155a66b81f32bcbb2cba697a8f2a7e3606 100644
--- a/modules/misc/dummy/Modules.am
+++ b/modules/misc/dummy/Modules.am
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ SOURCES_dummy = \
 	dummy.c \
 	dummy.h \
 	interface.c \
-	renderer.c \
 	$(NULL)
 
 libvlc_LTLIBRARIES += libdummy_plugin.la
diff --git a/modules/misc/dummy/dummy.c b/modules/misc/dummy/dummy.c
index d891687972198411ce63c3876d8b6db41218e277..8e081f109ebf5a8739e3f4e310eb1eb2a6bf7eb0 100644
--- a/modules/misc/dummy/dummy.c
+++ b/modules/misc/dummy/dummy.c
@@ -58,10 +58,6 @@ vlc_module_begin ()
     add_category_hint( N_("Interface"), NULL, false )
     add_bool( "dummy-quiet", false, QUIET_TEXT, QUIET_LONGTEXT, false )
 #endif
-    add_submodule ()
-        set_description( N_("Dummy font renderer function") )
-        set_capability( "text renderer", 1 )
-        set_callbacks( OpenRenderer, NULL )
     add_submodule ()
         set_description( N_("libc memcpy") )
         set_capability( "memcpy", 50 )
diff --git a/modules/misc/dummy/dummy.h b/modules/misc/dummy/dummy.h
index 427b3a176ce86737ccd051b953f6e1b800edacd6..ba058af8fcb53542b5f426dbd44f82a99c6abf51 100644
--- a/modules/misc/dummy/dummy.h
+++ b/modules/misc/dummy/dummy.h
@@ -25,5 +25,3 @@
  * External prototypes
  *****************************************************************************/
 int  OpenIntf     ( vlc_object_t * );
-
-int  OpenRenderer ( vlc_object_t * );
diff --git a/modules/misc/dummy/renderer.c b/modules/misc/text_renderer/tdummy.c
similarity index 84%
rename from modules/misc/dummy/renderer.c
rename to modules/misc/text_renderer/tdummy.c
index 219cef746e046952420c01aeed5a145ad8b679ad..38343e8c54e81d99faf5697608a17da41fd91f42 100644
--- a/modules/misc/dummy/renderer.c
+++ b/modules/misc/text_renderer/tdummy.c
@@ -26,10 +26,18 @@
 #endif
 
 #include <vlc_common.h>
-#include <vlc_block.h>
+#include <vlc_plugin.h>
 #include <vlc_filter.h>
 
-#include "dummy.h"
+static int OpenRenderer( vlc_object_t * );
+
+vlc_module_begin ()
+    set_shortname( N_("Dummy") )
+    set_description( N_("Dummy font renderer") )
+    set_capability( "text renderer", 1 )
+    set_callbacks( OpenRenderer, NULL )
+vlc_module_end ()
+
 
 static int RenderText( filter_t *p_filter, subpicture_region_t *p_region_out,
                        subpicture_region_t *p_region_in,
@@ -40,11 +48,10 @@ static int RenderText( filter_t *p_filter, subpicture_region_t *p_region_out,
     return VLC_EGENERIC;
 }
 
-int OpenRenderer( vlc_object_t *p_this )
+static int OpenRenderer( vlc_object_t *p_this )
 {
     filter_t *p_filter = (filter_t *)p_this;
     p_filter->pf_render_text = RenderText;
     p_filter->pf_render_html = NULL;
     return VLC_SUCCESS;
 }
-
diff --git a/po/POTFILES.in b/po/POTFILES.in
index cdff9fc8725bed7184480a115729d9aae2c71aeb..2c2134638c42dccd4c929bac66de4765edb6c5db 100644
--- a/po/POTFILES.in
+++ b/po/POTFILES.in
@@ -913,7 +913,6 @@ modules/misc/dhparams.h
 modules/misc/dummy/dummy.c
 modules/misc/dummy/dummy.h
 modules/misc/dummy/interface.c
-modules/misc/dummy/renderer.c
 modules/misc/gnutls.c
 modules/misc/inhibit.c
 modules/misc/inhibit/osso.c
@@ -945,6 +944,7 @@ modules/misc/stats/stats.h
 modules/misc/text_renderer/freetype.c
 modules/misc/text_renderer/quartztext.c
 modules/misc/text_renderer/svg.c
+modules/misc/text_renderer/tdummy.c
 modules/misc/text_renderer/win32text.c
 modules/misc/xml/libxml.c
 modules/mmx/memcpy.c