diff --git a/gatewayd_plugins.yaml b/gatewayd_plugins.yaml
index de449aec..23453432 100644
--- a/gatewayd_plugins.yaml
+++ b/gatewayd_plugins.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
+# Plugin configuration file for GatewayD
+
+# Plugin name
 gatewayd-plugin-test:
+  # whether to enable or disable the plugin on the next run
   enabled: True
+  # path to the plugin's binary file
   localPath: ../gatewayd-plugin-test/gatewayd-plugin-test
-  checksum: ca3f75467f022bf0049fb26c604348bb96f97863a5c526ca2808e21daa8c2694
+  # Pass cmdline args to the plugin
+  args: ["--log-level", "info"]
+  # Checksum hash to verify the binary before loading
+  checksum: a20e3a1529f4460ad24416a055d599f6f55f42ead836345a4bf0a17d056abb45
diff --git a/plugin/plugin.go b/plugin/plugin.go
index 7628d432..cb81d68f 100644
--- a/plugin/plugin.go
+++ b/plugin/plugin.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ type Impl struct {
 	License     string
 	ProjectURL  string
 	LocalPath   string
+	Args        []string
 	Enabled     bool
 	// internal and external config options
 	Config map[string]string
diff --git a/plugin/registry.go b/plugin/registry.go
index 9b4f8d6e..c0adf32f 100644
--- a/plugin/registry.go
+++ b/plugin/registry.go
@@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ func (reg *RegistryImpl) LoadPlugins(pluginConfig *koanf.Koanf) {
 			plugin.LocalPath = localPath
 		}
 
+		if args := pluginConfig.Strings(name + ".args"); len(args) > 0 {
+			plugin.Args = args
+		}
+
 		if checksum, ok := pluginConfig.Get(name + ".checksum").(string); !ok || checksum == "" {
 			reg.hooksConfig.Logger.Debug().Str("name", name).Msg(
 				"Checksum of plugin doesn't exist or is not set")
@@ -163,7 +167,7 @@ func (reg *RegistryImpl) LoadPlugins(pluginConfig *koanf.Koanf) {
 			&goplugin.ClientConfig{
 				HandshakeConfig: pluginV1.Handshake,
 				Plugins:         pluginV1.GetPluginMap(plugin.ID.Name),
-				Cmd:             exec.Command(plugin.LocalPath), //nolint:gosec
+				Cmd:             exec.Command(plugin.LocalPath, plugin.Args...), //nolint:gosec
 				AllowedProtocols: []goplugin.Protocol{
 					goplugin.ProtocolGRPC,
 				},