diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6f1a9169..50e80e5f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ Options:
       --append-git-tag [string]       # string to append to git tag command
       --prepend                       # prepend changelog to output file
       --stdout                        # output changelog to stdout
+      --plugins [...name]             # use plugins to augment commit/merge/release information
   -V, --version                       # output the version number
   -h, --help                          # output usage information
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dbec1e20..904602ee 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "commander": "^7.2.0",
     "handlebars": "^4.7.7",
+    "import-cwd": "^3.0.0",
     "node-fetch": "^2.6.1",
     "parse-github-url": "^1.0.2",
     "semver": "^7.3.5"
diff --git a/src/releases.js b/src/releases.js
index 2904fc2b..96e0509a 100644
--- a/src/releases.js
+++ b/src/releases.js
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ const parseReleases = async (tags, options, onParsed) => {
     const commits = await fetchCommits(tag.diff, options)
     const merges = commits.filter(commit => commit.merge).map(commit => commit.merge)
     const fixes = commits.filter(commit => commit.fixes).map(commit => ({ fixes: commit.fixes, commit }))
+
+    for (const plugin of options.plugins) {
+      if (plugin.processCommits) await plugin.processCommits(commits)
+      if (plugin.processMerges) await plugin.processMerges(merges)
+      if (plugin.processFixes) await plugin.processFixes(merges)
+    }
+
     const emptyRelease = merges.length === 0 && fixes.length === 0
     const { message } = commits[0] || { message: null }
     const breakingCount = commits.filter(c => c.breaking).length
@@ -27,6 +34,11 @@ const parseReleases = async (tags, options, onParsed) => {
       fixes
     }
   }))
+
+  for (const plugin of options.plugins) {
+    if (plugin.processReleases) await plugin.processReleases(releases)
+  }
+
   return releases.filter(filterReleases(options))
 }
 
diff --git a/src/run.js b/src/run.js
index 95e30b28..5f3cba04 100644
--- a/src/run.js
+++ b/src/run.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const { Command } = require('commander')
+const importCwd = require('import-cwd')
 const { version } = require('../package.json')
 const { fetchRemote } = require('./remote')
 const { fetchTags } = require('./tags')
@@ -16,7 +17,8 @@ const DEFAULT_OPTIONS = {
   sortCommits: 'relevance',
   appendGitLog: '',
   appendGitTag: '',
-  config: '.auto-changelog'
+  config: '.auto-changelog',
+  plugins: []
 }
 
 const PACKAGE_FILE = 'package.json'
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ const getOptions = async argv => {
     .option('--append-git-tag <string>', 'string to append to git tag command')
     .option('--prepend', 'prepend changelog to output file')
     .option('--stdout', 'output changelog to stdout')
+    .option('--plugins [name...]', 'use plugins to augment commit/merge/release information')
     .version(version)
     .parse(argv)
     .opts()
@@ -76,7 +79,8 @@ const getOptions = async argv => {
   return {
     ...options,
     ...remote,
-    latestVersion
+    latestVersion,
+    plugins: options.plugins.map(p => importCwd(`auto-changelog-${p}`))
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 1ed0c869..ae9e238e 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1377,6 +1377,13 @@ ignore@~5.1.9:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ignore/-/ignore-5.1.9.tgz#9ec1a5cbe8e1446ec60d4420060d43aa6e7382fb"
   integrity sha512-2zeMQpbKz5dhZ9IwL0gbxSW5w0NK/MSAMtNuhgIHEPmaU3vPdKPL0UdvUCXs5SS4JAwsBxysK5sFMW8ocFiVjQ==
 
+import-cwd@^3.0.0:
+  version "3.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/import-cwd/-/import-cwd-3.0.0.tgz#20845547718015126ea9b3676b7592fb8bd4cf92"
+  integrity sha512-4pnzH16plW+hgvRECbDWpQl3cqtvSofHWh44met7ESfZ8UZOWWddm8hEyDTqREJ9RbYHY8gi8DqmaelApoOGMg==
+  dependencies:
+    import-from "^3.0.0"
+
 import-fresh@^3.0.0, import-fresh@^3.2.1:
   version "3.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/import-fresh/-/import-fresh-3.3.0.tgz#37162c25fcb9ebaa2e6e53d5b4d88ce17d9e0c2b"
@@ -1385,6 +1392,13 @@ import-fresh@^3.0.0, import-fresh@^3.2.1:
     parent-module "^1.0.0"
     resolve-from "^4.0.0"
 
+import-from@^3.0.0:
+  version "3.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/import-from/-/import-from-3.0.0.tgz#055cfec38cd5a27d8057ca51376d7d3bf0891966"
+  integrity sha512-CiuXOFFSzkU5x/CR0+z7T91Iht4CXgfCxVOFRhh2Zyhg5wOpWvvDLQUsWl+gcN+QscYBjez8hDCt85O7RLDttQ==
+  dependencies:
+    resolve-from "^5.0.0"
+
 imurmurhash@^0.1.4:
   version "0.1.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/imurmurhash/-/imurmurhash-0.1.4.tgz#9218b9b2b928a238b13dc4fb6b6d576f231453ea"