diff --git a/nixide/src/lib.rs b/nixide/src/lib.rs
index f0b056c..fdb79ac 100644
--- a/nixide/src/lib.rs
+++ b/nixide/src/lib.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ pub(crate) mod errors;
 mod init;
 pub mod logging;
 mod nix_settings;
+pub mod plugins;
 mod stdext;
 pub(crate) mod util;
 mod version;
diff --git a/nixide/src/plugins.rs b/nixide/src/plugins.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..216235f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixide/src/plugins.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+use crate::NixideResult;
+use crate::errors::ErrorContext;
+use crate::util::wrap;
+use crate::util::wrappers::AsInnerPtr as _;
+
+pub fn load_plugins() -> NixideResult<()> {
+    wrap::nix_fn!(|ctx: &ErrorContext| unsafe {
+        sys::nix_init_plugins(ctx.as_ptr());
+    })
+}