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))
   
diff --git a/README.Rmd b/README.Rmd
index da4e86a..ea976f9 100644
--- a/README.Rmd
+++ b/README.Rmd
@@ -299,6 +299,26 @@
         lib_dir: libs
     ---
 
+## Reveal.js Plugins
+
+You can enable various reveal.js plugins using the `reveal_plugins` option. Plugins currently supported include:
+
+| Plugin | Description  |
+|----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
+| [notes](https://github.com/hakimel/reveal.js/#speaker-notes) | Present per-slide notes in a separate browser window. |
+| [zoom](http://lab.hakim.se/zoom-js/) | Zoom in and out of selected content with Alt+Click. |
+| [search](https://github.com/hakimel/reveal.js/blob/master/plugin/search/search.js) | Find a text string anywhere in the slides and show the next occurrence to the user. |
+
+Note that the use of plugins requires that the `self_contained` option be set to false. For example, this presentation includes both the "notes" and "search" plugins:
+
+    ---
+    title: "Habits"
+    output:
+      revealjs::revealjs_presentation:
+        self_contained: false
+        reveal_plugins: ["notes", "search"]
+    ---
+
 ## Advanced Customization
 
 ### Includes
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 163fd23..69ef645 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 -   [Figure Options](#figure-options)
 -   [MathJax Equations](#mathjax-equations)
 -   [Document Dependencies](#document-dependencies)
+-   [Reveal.js Plugins](#reveal.js-plugins)
 -   [Advanced Customization](#advanced-customization)
 -   [Shared Options](#shared-options)
 
@@ -306,6 +307,48 @@
         lib_dir: libs
     ---
 
+Reveal.js Plugins
+-----------------
+
+You can enable various reveal.js plugins using the `reveal_plugins` option. Plugins currently supported include:
+
+<table>
+<colgroup>
+<col width="38%" />
+<col width="61%" />
+</colgroup>
+<thead>
+<tr class="header">
+<th>Plugin</th>
+<th>Description</th>
+</tr>
+</thead>
+<tbody>
+<tr class="odd">
+<td><a href="https://github.com/hakimel/reveal.js/#speaker-notes">notes</a></td>
+<td>Present per-slide notes in a separate browser window.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="even">
+<td><a href="http://lab.hakim.se/zoom-js/">zoom</a></td>
+<td>Zoom in and out of selected content with Alt+Click</td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="odd">
+<td><a href="https://github.com/hakimel/reveal.js/blob/master/plugin/search/search.js">search</a></td>
+<td>Find a text string anywhere in the slides and show the next occurrence to the user.</td>
+</tr>
+</tbody>
+</table>
+
+Note that the use of plugins requires that the `self_contained` option be set to false. For example, this presentation includes both the "notes" and "search" plugins:
+
+    ---
+    title: "Habits"
+    output:
+      revealjs::revealjs_presentation:
+        self_contained: false
+        reveal_plugins: ["notes", "search"]
+    ---
+
 Advanced Customization
 ----------------------
 
diff --git a/examples/simple.Rmd b/examples/simple.Rmd
index 8a8b485..f868d42 100644
--- a/examples/simple.Rmd
+++ b/examples/simple.Rmd
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 title: "Untitled"
 output: 
   revealjs::revealjs_presentation:
-    self_contained: true
+    self_contained: false
+    reveal_plugins: ["search", "zoom", "notes"]
 ---
 
 ```{r setup, include=FALSE}
@@ -21,6 +22,10 @@
 - Bullet 2
 - Bullet 3
 
+<aside class="notes">
+Here are some notes.
+</aside>
+
 ## Slide with R Output
 
 ```{r cars, echo = TRUE}
diff --git a/inst/NEWS b/inst/NEWS
index 9c5ff24..8f2c072 100644
--- a/inst/NEWS
+++ b/inst/NEWS
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 - Respect slide_level option
 
+- Support for zoom, search, and notes reveal.js plugins
+
 
 Version 0.6
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -16,4 +18,4 @@
 Version 0.5
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-- Initial relase to CRAN
\ No newline at end of file
+- Initial relase to CRAN
diff --git a/inst/rmarkdown/templates/revealjs_presentation/resources/default.html b/inst/rmarkdown/templates/revealjs_presentation/resources/default.html
index ef9c50e..49bd060 100644
--- a/inst/rmarkdown/templates/revealjs_presentation/resources/default.html
+++ b/inst/rmarkdown/templates/revealjs_presentation/resources/default.html
@@ -284,7 +284,17 @@
 $endif$
 
         // Optional reveal.js plugins
-        dependencies: []
+        dependencies: [
+$if(plugin-notes)$
+          { src: '$revealjs-url$/plugin/notes/notes.js', async: true },
+$endif$
+$if(plugin-search)$
+          { src: '$revealjs-url$/plugin/search/search.js', async: true },
+$endif$
+$if(plugin-zoom)$
+          { src: '$revealjs-url$/plugin/zoom-js/zoom.js', async: true },
+$endif$
+        ]
       });
     </script>
 $if(mathjax-url)$
diff --git a/man/revealjs_presentation.Rd b/man/revealjs_presentation.Rd
index 2120856..d29c7b1 100644
--- a/man/revealjs_presentation.Rd
+++ b/man/revealjs_presentation.Rd
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
   slide_level = 2, fig_width = 8, fig_height = 6, fig_retina = if
   (!fig_caption) 2, fig_caption = FALSE, smart = TRUE,
   self_contained = TRUE, theme = "simple", transition = "default",
-  background_transition = "default", history = TRUE,
-  reveal_options = NULL, highlight = "default", mathjax = "default",
+  background_transition = "default", reveal_options = NULL,
+  reveal_plugins = NULL, highlight = "default", mathjax = "default",
   template = "default", css = NULL, includes = NULL, keep_md = FALSE,
   lib_dir = NULL, pandoc_args = NULL, ...)
 }
@@ -31,12 +31,11 @@
 
 \item{fig_height}{Default width (in inches) for figures}
 
-\item{fig_retina}{Scaling to perform for retina displays (defaults to 2 when
-\code{fig_caption} is \code{FALSE}, which currently works for all widely
-used retina displays). Set to \code{NULL} to prevent retina scaling. Note
-that this will always be \code{NULL} when \code{keep_md} is specified (this
-is because \code{fig_retina} relies on outputting HTML directly into the
-markdown document).}
+\item{fig_retina}{Scaling to perform for retina displays (defaults to 2, which
+currently works for all widely used retina displays). Set to \code{NULL} to
+prevent retina scaling. Note that this will always be \code{NULL} when
+\code{keep_md} is specified (this is because \code{fig_retina} relies on
+outputting HTML directly into the markdown document).}
 
 \item{fig_caption}{\code{TRUE} to render figures with captions}
 
@@ -59,12 +58,14 @@
 \item{background_transition}{Slide background-transition ("default", "none",
 "fade", "slide", "convex", "concave" or "zoom")}
 
-\item{history}{\code{TRUE} to push each slide change to the browser history.}
-
 \item{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).}
 
+\item{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.}
+
 \item{highlight}{Syntax highlighting style. Supported styles include
 "default", "tango", "pygments", "kate", "monochrome", "espresso",
 "zenburn", and "haddock". Pass \code{NULL} to prevent syntax highlighting.}