diff --git a/.changeset/light-toys-shout.md b/.changeset/light-toys-shout.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9bf9d04c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/light-toys-shout.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'pockethost': minor
+---
+
+Added `--extra-plugins` global switch to temporarily load extra plugins from CLI
diff --git a/packages/pockethost/src/cli/commands/ServeCommand/index.ts b/packages/pockethost/src/cli/commands/ServeCommand/index.ts
index 2af41243..ff5b0d8f 100644
--- a/packages/pockethost/src/cli/commands/ServeCommand/index.ts
+++ b/packages/pockethost/src/cli/commands/ServeCommand/index.ts
@@ -3,12 +3,17 @@ import {
   LoggerService,
   doServeAction,
   doServeSlugsFilter,
+  loadPlugins,
 } from '../../../common'
 
-type Options = {
-  isolate: boolean
+type GlobalOptions = {
+  extraPlugins: string[]
 }
 
+type Options = {
+  only: string[]
+} & GlobalOptions
+
 export const ServeCommand = async () => {
   const serveSlugs = await doServeSlugsFilter([])
 
@@ -24,12 +29,15 @@ export const ServeCommand = async () => {
           .filter((s) => serveSlugs.includes(s)),
       serveSlugs,
     )
-    .action(async (options: Options) => {
+    .action(async (unused: Options, cmd: Command) => {
       const logger = LoggerService().create(`ServeCommand`)
       const { dbg, error, info, warn } = logger
       info(`Starting`)
 
-      await doServeAction({ only: serveSlugs })
+      const { only, extraPlugins } = cmd.optsWithGlobals<Options>()
+      await loadPlugins(extraPlugins)
+      dbg(`CLI:`, cmd.optsWithGlobals())
+      await doServeAction({ only })
     })
   return cmd
 }
diff --git a/packages/pockethost/src/cli/index.ts b/packages/pockethost/src/cli/index.ts
index a9d08d5b..2672a154 100755
--- a/packages/pockethost/src/cli/index.ts
+++ b/packages/pockethost/src/cli/index.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ export const main = async () => {
     .name('pockethost')
     .description('Multitenant PocketBase hosting')
     .version(version)
+    .option(`-e, --extra-plugins <plugins...>`, `Extra plugins to load`, [])
 
   const commands = await doCliCommandsFilter([
     await ServeCommand(),