diff --git a/plugins/README.md b/plugins/README.md
index 3067991a..78b3f170 100644
--- a/plugins/README.md
+++ b/plugins/README.md
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 
 K9s plugins extend the tool to provide additional functionality via actions to further help you observe or administer your Kubernetes clusters.
 
-| Plugin-Name     | Description                      | Available on Views | Shortcut | Kubectl plugin, external dependencies                                                 |
-|-----------------|----------------------------------|--------------------|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| log_stern.yml   | View resource logs using stern   | pods               | Ctrl-l   |                                                                                       |
-| log_jq.yml      | View resource logs using jq      | pods               | Ctrl-j   | kubectl-plugins/kubectl-jq                                                            |
-| job_suspend.yml | Suspends a running cronjob       | cronjobs           | Ctrl-s   |                                                                                       |
-| dive.yml        | Dive image layers                | containers         | d        | [Dive](https://github.com/wagoodman/dive)                                             |
-| get-all.yml     | get all resources in a namespace | all                | g        | [Krew](https://krew.sigs.k8s.io/), [ketall](https://github.com/corneliusweig/ketall/) |
+| Plugin-Name        | Description                      | Available on Views | Shortcut | Kubectl plugin, external dependencies                                                 |
+|--------------------|----------------------------------|--------------------|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| log_stern.yml      | View resource logs using stern   | pods               | Ctrl-l   |                                                                                       |
+| log_jq.yml         | View resource logs using jq      | pods               | Ctrl-j   | kubectl-plugins/kubectl-jq                                                            |
+| job_suspend.yml    | Suspends a running cronjob       | cronjobs           | Ctrl-s   |                                                                                       |
+| dive.yml           | Dive image layers                | containers         | d        | [Dive](https://github.com/wagoodman/dive)                                             |
+| k3d_root_shell.yml | Root shell to k3d container      | containers         | Shift-s  | [jq](https://stedolan.github.io/jq/)                                                  |
+| get-all.yml        | get all resources in a namespace | all                | g        | [Krew](https://krew.sigs.k8s.io/), [ketall](https://github.com/corneliusweig/ketall/) |
diff --git a/plugins/k3d_root_shell.yml b/plugins/k3d_root_shell.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..295c6808
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/k3d_root_shell.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+plugin:
+  # Opens a shell to k3d container as root
+  k3d-root-shell:
+    shortCut: Shift-S
+    confirm: false
+    description: "Root Shell"
+    scopes:
+      - containers
+    command: bash
+    background: false
+    args:
+      - -c
+      - |
+        # Check dependencies
+        command -v jq >/dev/null || { echo -e "jq is not installed (https://stedolan.github.io/jq/)\nPress 'q' to close" | less; exit 1; }
+        # Extract node name and container ID
+        POD_DATA="$(kubectl get pod/$POD -o json --namespace $NAMESPACE --context $CONTEXT)"
+        # ${...} is used to prevent variable substitution by k9s (e.g. $POD_DATA)
+        NODE_NAME=$(echo "${POD_DATA}" | jq -r '.spec.nodeName')
+        CONTAINER_ID=$(echo "${POD_DATA}" | jq -r '.status.containerStatuses[] | select(.name == "$COL-NAME") | .containerID ' | grep -oP '(?<=containerd://).*')
+        echo "<<K9s-Root-Shell>> Pod: $NAMESPACE/$POD | Container: $COL-NAME (${NODE_NAME}/${CONTAINER_ID})"
+        # Credits for this approach to https://gist.github.com/mamiu/4944e10305bc1c3af84946b33237b0e9
+        docker exec -it $NODE_NAME sh -c "runc --root /run/containerd/runc/k8s.io/ exec -t -u 0 ${CONTAINER_ID} sh"