diff --git a/internal/config/plugin.go b/internal/config/plugin.go
index 2e1fbe39..029bda89 100644
--- a/internal/config/plugin.go
+++ b/internal/config/plugin.go
@@ -6,11 +6,14 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/adrg/xdg"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 )
 
-// K9sPlugins manages K9s plugins.
-var K9sPlugins = filepath.Join(K9sHome(), "plugin.yml")
+// K9sPluginsFilePath manages K9s plugins.
+var K9sPluginsFilePath = filepath.Join(K9sHome(), "plugin.yml")
+var K9sPluginDirectory = filepath.Join("k9s", "plugins")
 
 // Plugins represents a collection of plugins.
 type Plugins struct {
@@ -42,23 +45,54 @@ func NewPlugins() Plugins {
 
 // Load K9s plugins.
 func (p Plugins) Load() error {
-	return p.LoadPlugins(K9sPlugins)
+	var pluginDirs []string
+	for _, dataDir := range xdg.DataDirs {
+		pluginDirs = append(pluginDirs, filepath.Join(dataDir, K9sPluginDirectory))
+	}
+	return p.LoadPlugins(K9sPluginsFilePath, pluginDirs)
 }
 
-// LoadPlugins loads plugins from a given file.
-func (p Plugins) LoadPlugins(path string) error {
+// LoadPlugins loads plugins from a given file and a set of plugin directories.
+func (p Plugins) LoadPlugins(path string, pluginDirs []string) error {
 	f, err := os.ReadFile(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-
 	var pp Plugins
 	if err := yaml.Unmarshal(f, &pp); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+
+	for _, pluginDir := range pluginDirs {
+		pluginFiles, err := os.ReadDir(pluginDir)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Warn().Msgf("Failed reading plugin path %s; %s", pluginDir, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		for _, file := range pluginFiles {
+			if file.IsDir() || !isYamlFile(file) {
+				continue
+			}
+			pluginFile, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(pluginDir, file.Name()))
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			var plugin Plugin
+			if err = yaml.Unmarshal(pluginFile, &plugin); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			p.Plugin[strings.TrimSuffix(file.Name(), filepath.Ext(file.Name()))] = plugin
+		}
+	}
+
 	for k, v := range pp.Plugin {
 		p.Plugin[k] = v
 	}
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func isYamlFile(file os.DirEntry) bool {
+	ext := filepath.Ext(file.Name())
+	return ext == ".yml" || ext == ".yaml"
+}
diff --git a/internal/config/plugin_test.go b/internal/config/plugin_test.go
index 961118fc..8350625e 100644
--- a/internal/config/plugin_test.go
+++ b/internal/config/plugin_test.go
@@ -7,18 +7,61 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
-func TestPluginLoad(t *testing.T) {
+var pluginYmlTestData = config.Plugin{
+	Scopes:      []string{"po", "dp"},
+	Args:        []string{"-n", "$NAMESPACE", "-boolean"},
+	ShortCut:    "shift-s",
+	Description: "blee",
+	Command:     "duh",
+	Confirm:     true,
+	Background:  false,
+}
+
+var test1YmlTestData = config.Plugin{
+	Scopes:      []string{"po", "dp"},
+	Args:        []string{"-n", "$NAMESPACE", "-boolean"},
+	ShortCut:    "shift-s",
+	Description: "blee",
+	Command:     "duh",
+	Confirm:     true,
+	Background:  false,
+}
+
+var test2YmlTestData = config.Plugin{
+	Scopes:      []string{"svc", "ing"},
+	Args:        []string{"-n", "$NAMESPACE", "-oyaml"},
+	ShortCut:    "shift-r",
+	Description: "bla",
+	Command:     "duha",
+	Confirm:     false,
+	Background:  true,
+}
+
+func TestSinglePluginFileLoad(t *testing.T) {
 	p := config.NewPlugins()
-	assert.Nil(t, p.LoadPlugins("testdata/plugin.yml"))
+	assert.Nil(t, p.LoadPlugins("testdata/plugin.yml", []string{"/random/dir/not/exist"}))
 
 	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(p.Plugin))
 	k, ok := p.Plugin["blah"]
 	assert.True(t, ok)
-	assert.Equal(t, "shift-s", k.ShortCut)
-	assert.True(t, k.Confirm)
-	assert.Equal(t, "blee", k.Description)
-	assert.Equal(t, []string{"po", "dp"}, k.Scopes)
-	assert.Equal(t, "duh", k.Command)
-	assert.False(t, k.Background)
-	assert.Equal(t, []string{"-n", "$NAMESPACE", "-boolean"}, k.Args)
+
+	assert.ObjectsAreEqual(pluginYmlTestData, k)
+}
+
+func TestMultiplePluginFilesLoad(t *testing.T) {
+	p := config.NewPlugins()
+	assert.Nil(t, p.LoadPlugins("testdata/plugin.yml", []string{"testdata/plugins"}))
+
+	testPlugins := map[string]config.Plugin{
+		"blah":  pluginYmlTestData,
+		"test1": test1YmlTestData,
+		"test2": test2YmlTestData,
+	}
+
+	assert.Equal(t, len(testPlugins), len(p.Plugin))
+	for name, expectedPlugin := range testPlugins {
+		k, ok := p.Plugin[name]
+		assert.True(t, ok)
+		assert.ObjectsAreEqual(expectedPlugin, k)
+	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/config/testdata/plugins/test1.yml b/internal/config/testdata/plugins/test1.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6d8eec13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/config/testdata/plugins/test1.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+shortCut: shift-s
+confirm: true
+description: blee
+scopes:
+  - po
+  - dp
+command: duh
+background: false
+args:
+  - -n
+  - $NAMESPACE
+  - -boolean
diff --git a/internal/config/testdata/plugins/test2.yml b/internal/config/testdata/plugins/test2.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..379dee91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/config/testdata/plugins/test2.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+shortCut: shift-r
+confirm: false
+description: bla
+scopes:
+  - svc
+  - ing
+command: duha
+background: true
+args:
+  - -n
+  - $NAMESPACE
+  - -oyaml