diff --git a/R/revealjs_presentation.R b/R/revealjs_presentation.R
index e970326..3778568 100644
--- a/R/revealjs_presentation.R
+++ b/R/revealjs_presentation.R
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 #' @param reveal_options Additional options to specify for reveal.js (see 
 #'   \href{https://github.com/hakimel/reveal.js#configuration}{https://github.com/hakimel/reveal.js#configuration}
 #'   for details).
+#' @param reveal_plugins Reveal plugins to include. Available plugins include "notes", 
+#'   "search", and "zoom". Note that \code{self_contained} must be set to 
+#'   \code{FALSE} in order to use Reveal plugins.
 #' @param template Pandoc template to use for rendering. Pass "default" to use
 #'   the rmarkdown package default template; pass \code{NULL} to use pandoc's
 #'   built-in template; pass a path to use a custom template that you've
@@ -69,6 +72,7 @@
                                   transition = "default",
                                   background_transition = "default",
                                   reveal_options = NULL,
+                                  reveal_plugins = NULL,
                                   highlight = "default",
                                   mathjax = "default",
                                   template = "default",
@@ -142,6 +146,26 @@
     }
   }
   
+  # reveal plugins
+  if (is.character(reveal_plugins)) {
+    
+    # validate that we need to use self_contained for plugins
+    if (self_contained)
+      stop("Using reveal_plugins requires self_contained: false")
+    
+    # validate specified plugins are supported
+    supported_plugins <- c("notes", "search", "zoom")
+    invalid_plugins <- setdiff(reveal_plugins, supported_plugins)
+    if (length(invalid_plugins) > 0)
+      stop("The following plugin(s) are not supported: ",
+           paste(invalid_plugins, collapse = ", "), call. = FALSE)
+    
+    # add plugins
+    sapply(reveal_plugins, function(plugin) {
+      args <<- c(args, pandoc_variable_arg(paste0("plugin-", plugin), "1"))
+    })    
+  }
+  
   # content includes
   args <- c(args, includes_to_pandoc_args(includes))