diff --git a/modules/misc/news.nix b/modules/misc/news.nix
index 1b6fd3299..a0150bf32 100644
--- a/modules/misc/news.nix
+++ b/modules/misc/news.nix
@@ -1890,6 +1890,15 @@ in {
           NOTE: The minus symbol means to NOT use that particular TLS version.
         '';
       }
+
+      {
+        time = "2024-12-10T22:20:10+00:00";
+        condition = config.programs.nushell.enable;
+        message = ''
+          The module 'programs.nushell' can now manage the Nushell plugin
+          registry with the option 'programs.nushell.plugins'.
+        '';
+      }
     ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/modules/programs/nushell.nix b/modules/programs/nushell.nix
index 6586d1e1a..ec00210af 100644
--- a/modules/programs/nushell.nix
+++ b/modules/programs/nushell.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ let
       };
     });
 in {
-  meta.maintainers = [ maintainers.Philipp-M maintainers.joaquintrinanes ];
+  meta.maintainers =
+    [ maintainers.Philipp-M maintainers.joaquintrinanes maintainers.aidalgol ];
 
   imports = [
     (mkRemovedOptionModule [ "programs" "nushell" "settings" ] ''
@@ -134,6 +135,15 @@ in {
       '';
     };
 
+    plugins = mkOption {
+      type = types.listOf types.package;
+      default = [ ];
+      example = lib.literalExpression "[ pkgs.nushellPlugins.formats ]";
+      description = ''
+        A list of nushell plugins to write to the plugin registry file.
+      '';
+    };
+
     shellAliases = mkOption {
       type = types.attrsOf types.str;
       default = { };
@@ -203,6 +213,20 @@ in {
           cfg.extraLogin
         ];
       })
+
+      (let
+        msgPackz = pkgs.runCommand "nushellMsgPackz" { } ''
+          mkdir -p "$out"
+          ${lib.getExe cfg.package} \
+            --plugin-config "$out/plugin.msgpackz" \
+            --commands '${
+              concatStringsSep "; "
+              (map (plugin: "plugin add ${lib.getExe plugin}") cfg.plugins)
+            }'
+        '';
+      in mkIf (cfg.plugins != [ ]) {
+        "${configDir}/plugin.msgpackz".source = "${msgPackz}/plugin.msgpackz";
+      })
     ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/nushell/example-settings.nix b/tests/modules/programs/nushell/example-settings.nix
index 4fc1402a4..e758000bf 100644
--- a/tests/modules/programs/nushell/example-settings.nix
+++ b/tests/modules/programs/nushell/example-settings.nix
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
       }
     '';
 
+    plugins = [ pkgs.nushellPlugins.formats ];
+
     shellAliases = {
       "lsname" = "(ls | get name)";
       "ll" = "ls -a";
@@ -41,8 +43,6 @@
     };
   };
 
-  test.stubs.nushell = { };
-
   nmt.script = let
     configDir = if pkgs.stdenv.isDarwin && !config.xdg.enable then
       "home-files/Library/Application Support/nushell"
@@ -58,5 +58,7 @@
     assertFileContent \
       "${configDir}/login.nu" \
       ${./login-expected.nu}
+    assertFileExists \
+      "${configDir}/plugin.msgpackz"
   '';
 }