diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c03a38b6e..87c63fdf7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
+.idea
 node_modules
 yarn-error.log
 dist
-coverage
\ No newline at end of file
+coverage
diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 5d20463d5..54c0ab8f7 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,51 @@
 import { GlobalMountOptions } from './types'
 
-export const config: { global: GlobalMountOptions } = {
-  global: {}
+interface GlobalConfigOptions {
+  global: GlobalMountOptions
+  plugins: {
+    VueWrapper: Pluggable
+    DOMWrapper: Pluggable
+  }
+}
+
+class Pluggable {
+  installedPlugins: any
+  constructor() {
+    this.installedPlugins = []
+  }
+
+  install(handler, options = {}) {
+    if (typeof handler !== 'function') {
+      console.error('plugin.install must receive a function')
+      handler = () => ({})
+    }
+    this.installedPlugins.push({ handler, options })
+  }
+
+  extend(instance) {
+    const invokeSetup = (plugin) => plugin.handler(instance) // invoke the setup method passed to install
+    const bindProperty = ([property, value]: [string, any]) => {
+      instance[property] =
+        typeof value === 'function' ? value.bind(instance) : value
+    }
+    const addAllPropertiesFromSetup = (setupResult) => {
+      setupResult = typeof setupResult === 'object' ? setupResult : {}
+      Object.entries(setupResult).forEach(bindProperty)
+    }
+
+    this.installedPlugins.map(invokeSetup).forEach(addAllPropertiesFromSetup)
+  }
+
+  /** For testing */
+  reset() {
+    this.installedPlugins = []
+  }
+}
+
+export const config: GlobalConfigOptions = {
+  global: {},
+  plugins: {
+    VueWrapper: new Pluggable(),
+    DOMWrapper: new Pluggable()
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 977786aa7..1fbe0d33c 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { mount } from './mount'
 import { RouterLinkStub } from './components/RouterLinkStub'
+import { VueWrapper } from './vue-wrapper'
 import { config } from './config'
 
-export { mount, RouterLinkStub, config }
+export { mount, RouterLinkStub, VueWrapper, config }
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 1d2965a82..ad1952cd7 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,14 @@ interface NameSelector {
   name: string
 }
 
+interface RefSelector {
+  ref: string
+}
+
+interface NameSelector {
+  name: string
+}
+
 export type FindComponentSelector = RefSelector | NameSelector | string
 export type FindAllComponentsSelector = NameSelector | string
 
diff --git a/src/vue-wrapper.ts b/src/vue-wrapper.ts
index 989d558e5..c0ebe967b 100644
--- a/src/vue-wrapper.ts
+++ b/src/vue-wrapper.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-import { ComponentPublicInstance, nextTick, App, render } from 'vue'
+import { ComponentPublicInstance, nextTick, App } from 'vue'
 import { ShapeFlags } from '@vue/shared'
+import { config } from './config'
 
 import { DOMWrapper } from './dom-wrapper'
 import {
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ import { ErrorWrapper } from './error-wrapper'
 import { TriggerOptions } from './create-dom-event'
 import { find } from './utils/find'
 
+// @ts-ignore
 export class VueWrapper<T extends ComponentPublicInstance>
   implements WrapperAPI {
   private componentVM: T
@@ -27,6 +29,8 @@ export class VueWrapper<T extends ComponentPublicInstance>
     this.rootVM = vm.$root
     this.componentVM = vm as T
     this.__setProps = setProps
+    // plugins hook
+    config.plugins.VueWrapper.extend(this)
   }
 
   private get hasMultipleRoots(): boolean {
diff --git a/tests/features/plugins.spec.ts b/tests/features/plugins.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d8fd333b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/features/plugins.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+import { ComponentPublicInstance } from 'vue'
+
+import { mount, config } from '../../src'
+import { WrapperAPI } from '../../src/types'
+
+declare module '../../src/vue-wrapper' {
+  interface VueWrapper<T extends ComponentPublicInstance> {
+    width(): number
+    $el: Element
+    myMethod(): void
+  }
+}
+
+const textValue = `I'm the innerHTML`
+const mountComponent = () => mount({ template: `<h1>${textValue}</h1>` })
+
+describe('Plugin', () => {
+  describe('#install method', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      config.plugins.VueWrapper.reset()
+    })
+
+    it('extends wrappers with the return values from the install function', () => {
+      const width = 230
+      const plugin = () => ({ width })
+      config.plugins.VueWrapper.install(plugin)
+      const wrapper = mountComponent()
+      expect(wrapper).toHaveProperty('width', width)
+    })
+
+    it('receives the wrapper inside the plugin setup', () => {
+      const plugin = (wrapper: WrapperAPI) => {
+        return {
+          $el: wrapper.element // simple aliases
+        }
+      }
+      config.plugins.VueWrapper.install(plugin)
+      const wrapper = mountComponent()
+      expect(wrapper.$el.innerHTML).toEqual(textValue)
+    })
+
+    it('supports functions', () => {
+      const myMethod = jest.fn()
+      const plugin = () => ({ myMethod })
+      config.plugins.VueWrapper.install(plugin)
+      mountComponent().myMethod()
+      expect(myMethod).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    })
+
+    describe('error states', () => {
+      const plugins = [
+        () => false,
+        () => true,
+        () => [],
+        true,
+        false,
+        'property',
+        120
+      ]
+
+      it.each(plugins)(
+        'Calling install with %p is handled gracefully',
+        (plugin) => {
+          config.plugins.VueWrapper.install(plugin)
+          expect(() => mountComponent()).not.toThrow()
+        }
+      )
+    })
+  })
+})