diff --git a/docs/plugins.md b/docs/plugins.md
index 9c465ddc..fda3f599 100644
--- a/docs/plugins.md
+++ b/docs/plugins.md
@@ -46,7 +46,13 @@ If the plugin is unable to be found automatically, you can load them with:
 
 ## Developing Plugins
 
-Prettier plugins are regular JavaScript modules with three exports, `languages`, `parsers` and `printers`.
+Prettier plugins are regular JavaScript modules with five exports:
+
+* `languages`
+* `parsers`
+* `printers`
+* `options`
+* `defaultOptions`
 
 ### `languages`
 
@@ -149,6 +155,33 @@ function embed(
 
 If you don't want to switch to a different parser, simply return `null` or `undefined`.
 
+### `options`
+
+`options` is an object containing the custom options your plugin supports.
+
+Example:
+
+```js
+options: {
+  openingBraceNewLine: {
+    type: "boolean",
+    category: "Global",
+    default: true,
+    description: "Move open brace for code blocks onto new line."
+  }
+}
+```
+
+### `defaultOptions`
+
+If your plugin requires different default values for some of prettier's core options, you can specify them in `defaultOptions`:
+
+```
+defaultOptions: {
+  tabWidth: 4
+}
+```
+
 ### Utility functions
 
 A `util` module from prettier core is considered a private API and is not meant to be consumed by plugins. Instead, the `util-shared` module provides the following limited set of utility functions for plugins:
diff --git a/src/cli/minimist.js b/src/cli/minimist.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aa62b68a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cli/minimist.js
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+"use strict";
+
+const minimist = require("minimist");
+
+const PLACEHOLDER = null;
+
+/**
+ * unspecified boolean flag without default value is parsed as `undefined` instead of `false`
+ */
+module.exports = function(args, options) {
+  const boolean = options.boolean || [];
+  const defaults = options.default || {};
+
+  const booleanWithoutDefault = boolean.filter(key => !(key in defaults));
+  const newDefaults = Object.assign(
+    {},
+    defaults,
+    booleanWithoutDefault.reduce(
+      (reduced, key) => Object.assign(reduced, { [key]: PLACEHOLDER }),
+      {}
+    )
+  );
+
+  const parsed = minimist(
+    args,
+    Object.assign({}, options, { default: newDefaults })
+  );
+
+  return Object.keys(parsed).reduce((reduced, key) => {
+    if (parsed[key] !== PLACEHOLDER) {
+      reduced[key] = parsed[key];
+    }
+    return reduced;
+  }, {});
+};
diff --git a/src/cli/util.js b/src/cli/util.js
index a21531d8..4ec80b64 100644
--- a/src/cli/util.js
+++ b/src/cli/util.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 const path = require("path");
 const camelCase = require("camelcase");
 const dashify = require("dashify");
-const minimist = require("minimist");
 const fs = require("fs");
 const globby = require("globby");
 const ignore = require("ignore");
@@ -11,6 +10,7 @@ const chalk = require("chalk");
 const readline = require("readline");
 const leven = require("leven");
 
+const minimist = require("./minimist");
 const prettier = require("../../index");
 const cleanAST = require("../common/clean-ast").cleanAST;
 const errors = require("../common/errors");
@@ -228,11 +228,7 @@ function parseArgsToOptions(context, overrideDefaults) {
         Object.assign({
           string: minimistOptions.string,
           boolean: minimistOptions.boolean,
-          default: Object.assign(
-            {},
-            cliifyOptions(context.apiDefaultOptions, apiDetailedOptionMap),
-            cliifyOptions(overrideDefaults, apiDetailedOptionMap)
-          )
+          default: cliifyOptions(overrideDefaults, apiDetailedOptionMap)
         })
       ),
       context.detailedOptions,
@@ -305,7 +301,7 @@ function createIgnorer(context) {
 }
 
 function eachFilename(context, patterns, callback) {
-  const ignoreNodeModules = context.argv["with-node-modules"] === false;
+  const ignoreNodeModules = context.argv["with-node-modules"] !== true;
   if (ignoreNodeModules) {
     patterns = patterns.concat(["!**/node_modules/**", "!./node_modules/**"]);
   }
@@ -613,7 +609,16 @@ function createDetailedUsage(context, optionName) {
       ? `\n\nDefault: ${createDefaultValueDisplay(optionDefaultValue)}`
       : "";
 
-  return `${header}${description}${choices}${defaults}`;
+  const pluginDefaults =
+    option.pluginDefaults && Object.keys(option.pluginDefaults).length
+      ? `\nPlugin defaults:${Object.keys(option.pluginDefaults).map(
+          key =>
+            `\n* ${key}: ${createDefaultValueDisplay(
+              option.pluginDefaults[key]
+            )}`
+        )}`
+      : "";
+  return `${header}${description}${choices}${defaults}${pluginDefaults}`;
 }
 
 function getOptionDefaultValue(context, optionName) {
@@ -743,6 +748,7 @@ function createMinimistOptions(detailedOptions) {
       .map(option => option.name),
     default: detailedOptions
       .filter(option => !option.deprecated)
+      .filter(option => !option.forwardToApi || option.name === "plugin")
       .filter(option => option.default !== undefined)
       .reduce(
         (current, option) =>
diff --git a/src/common/load-plugins.js b/src/common/load-plugins.js
index 581e5470..b4899784 100644
--- a/src/common/load-plugins.js
+++ b/src/common/load-plugins.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ function loadPlugins(plugins) {
       }
 
       const pluginPath = resolve.sync(plugin, { basedir: process.cwd() });
-      return eval("require")(pluginPath);
+      return Object.assign({ name: plugin }, eval("require")(pluginPath));
     });
 
   return deduplicate(internalPlugins.concat(externalPlugins));
diff --git a/src/common/support.js b/src/common/support.js
index 1127ef45..1ebee558 100644
--- a/src/common/support.js
+++ b/src/common/support.js
@@ -249,6 +249,16 @@ function getSupportInfo(version, opts) {
       }
 
       return newOption;
+    })
+    .map(option => {
+      const filteredPlugins = plugins.filter(
+        plugin => plugin.defaultOptions && plugin.defaultOptions[option.name]
+      );
+      const pluginDefaults = filteredPlugins.reduce((reduced, plugin) => {
+        reduced[plugin.name] = plugin.defaultOptions[option.name];
+        return reduced;
+      }, {});
+      return Object.assign(option, { pluginDefaults });
     });
 
   const usePostCssParser = semver.lt(version, "1.7.1");
diff --git a/src/main/get-plugin.js b/src/main/get-plugin.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..17e4b7bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/get-plugin.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+"use strict";
+
+function getPlugin(options) {
+  const astFormat = options.astFormat;
+
+  if (!astFormat) {
+    throw new Error("getPlugin() requires astFormat to be set");
+  }
+  const printerPlugin = options.plugins.find(
+    plugin => plugin.printers[astFormat]
+  );
+  if (!printerPlugin) {
+    throw new Error(`Couldn't find plugin for AST format "${astFormat}"`);
+  }
+
+  return printerPlugin;
+}
+
+module.exports = getPlugin;
diff --git a/src/main/get-printer.js b/src/main/get-printer.js
deleted file mode 100644
index cba1b100..00000000
--- a/src/main/get-printer.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-"use strict";
-
-function getPrinter(options) {
-  const astFormat = options.astFormat;
-
-  if (!astFormat) {
-    throw new Error("getPrinter() requires astFormat to be set");
-  }
-  const printerPlugin = options.plugins.find(
-    plugin => plugin.printers[astFormat]
-  );
-  if (!printerPlugin) {
-    throw new Error(
-      `Couldn't find printer plugin for AST format "${astFormat}"`
-    );
-  }
-
-  return printerPlugin.printers[astFormat];
-}
-
-module.exports = getPrinter;
diff --git a/src/main/options.js b/src/main/options.js
index a6b037a9..d285bfe7 100644
--- a/src/main/options.js
+++ b/src/main/options.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const getSupportInfo = require("../common/support").getSupportInfo;
 const normalizer = require("./options-normalizer");
 const loadPlugins = require("../common/load-plugins");
 const resolveParser = require("./parser").resolveParser;
-const getPrinter = require("./get-printer");
+const getPlugin = require("./get-plugin");
 
 const hiddenDefaults = {
   astFormat: "estree",
@@ -53,11 +53,27 @@ function normalize(options, opts) {
   rawOptions.astFormat = parser.astFormat;
   rawOptions.locEnd = parser.locEnd;
   rawOptions.locStart = parser.locStart;
-  rawOptions.printer = getPrinter(rawOptions);
+  const plugin = getPlugin(rawOptions);
+  rawOptions.printer = plugin.printers[rawOptions.astFormat];
 
-  Object.keys(defaults).forEach(k => {
+  const pluginDefaults = supportOptions
+    .filter(
+      optionInfo =>
+        optionInfo.pluginDefaults && optionInfo.pluginDefaults[plugin.name]
+    )
+    .reduce(
+      (reduced, optionInfo) =>
+        Object.assign(reduced, {
+          [optionInfo.name]: optionInfo.pluginDefaults[plugin.name]
+        }),
+      {}
+    );
+
+  const mixedDefaults = Object.assign({}, defaults, pluginDefaults);
+
+  Object.keys(mixedDefaults).forEach(k => {
     if (rawOptions[k] == null) {
-      rawOptions[k] = defaults[k];
+      rawOptions[k] = mixedDefaults[k];
     }
   });
 
diff --git a/tests_integration/__tests__/__snapshots__/early-exit.js.snap b/tests_integration/__tests__/__snapshots__/early-exit.js.snap
index e602e308..bbe6abca 100644
--- a/tests_integration/__tests__/__snapshots__/early-exit.js.snap
+++ b/tests_integration/__tests__/__snapshots__/early-exit.js.snap
@@ -514,6 +514,36 @@ exports[`show detailed usage with --help write (stdout) 1`] = `
 
 exports[`show detailed usage with --help write (write) 1`] = `Array []`;
 
+exports[`show detailed usage with plugin options (automatic resolution) (stderr) 1`] = `""`;
+
+exports[`show detailed usage with plugin options (automatic resolution) (stdout) 1`] = `
+"--tab-width <int>
+
+  Number of spaces per indentation level.
+
+Default: 2
+Plugin defaults:
+* prettier-plugin-bar: 4
+"
+`;
+
+exports[`show detailed usage with plugin options (automatic resolution) (write) 1`] = `Array []`;
+
+exports[`show detailed usage with plugin options (manual resolution) (stderr) 1`] = `""`;
+
+exports[`show detailed usage with plugin options (manual resolution) (stdout) 1`] = `
+"--tab-width <int>
+
+  Number of spaces per indentation level.
+
+Default: 2
+Plugin defaults:
+* ../plugins/automatic/node_modules/prettier-plugin-bar: 4
+"
+`;
+
+exports[`show detailed usage with plugin options (manual resolution) (write) 1`] = `Array []`;
+
 exports[`show usage with --help (stderr) 1`] = `""`;
 
 exports[`show usage with --help (stdout) 1`] = `
diff --git a/tests_integration/__tests__/__snapshots__/support-info.js.snap b/tests_integration/__tests__/__snapshots__/support-info.js.snap
index 96555659..9d13a454 100644
--- a/tests_integration/__tests__/__snapshots__/support-info.js.snap
+++ b/tests_integration/__tests__/__snapshots__/support-info.js.snap
@@ -661,6 +661,7 @@ exports[`CLI --support-info (stdout) 1`] = `
       \\"description\\":
         \\"Include parentheses around a sole arrow function parameter.\\",
       \\"name\\": \\"arrowParens\\",
+      \\"pluginDefaults\\": {},
       \\"since\\": \\"1.9.0\\",
       \\"type\\": \\"choice\\"
     },
@@ -670,6 +671,7 @@ exports[`CLI --support-info (stdout) 1`] = `
       \\"description\\": \\"Print spaces between brackets.\\",
       \\"name\\": \\"bracketSpacing\\",
       \\"oppositeDescription\\": \\"Do not print spaces between brackets.\\",
+      \\"pluginDefaults\\": {},
       \\"since\\": \\"0.0.0\\",
       \\"type\\": \\"boolean\\"
     },
@@ -679,6 +681,7 @@ exports[`CLI --support-info (stdout) 1`] = `
       \\"description\\":
         \\"Print (to stderr) where a cursor at the given position would move to after formatting.\\\\nThis option cannot be used with --range-start and --range-end.\\",
       \\"name\\": \\"cursorOffset\\",
+      \\"pluginDefaults\\": {},
       \\"range\\": { \\"end\\": null, \\"start\\": -1, \\"step\\": 1 },
       \\"since\\": \\"1.4.0\\",
       \\"type\\": \\"int\\"
@@ -688,6 +691,7 @@ exports[`CLI --support-info (stdout) 1`] = `
       \\"description\\":
         \\"Specify the input filepath. This will be used to do parser inference.\\",
       \\"name\\": \\"filepath\\",
+      \\"pluginDefaults\\": {},
       \\"since\\": \\"1.4.0\\",
       \\"type\\": \\"path\\"
     },
@@ -697,6 +701,7 @@ exports[`CLI --support-info (stdout) 1`] = `
       \\"description\\":
         \\"Insert @format pragma into file's first docblock comment.\\",
       \\"name\\": \\"insertPragma\\",
+      \\"pluginDefaults\\": {},
       \\"since\\": \\"1.8.0\\",
       \\"type\\": \\"boolean\\"
     },
@@ -705,6 +710,7 @@ exports[`CLI --support-info (stdout) 1`] = `
       \\"default\\": false,
       \\"description\\": \\"Put > on the last line instead of at a new line.\\",
       \\"name\\": \\"jsxBracketSameLine\\",
+      \\"pluginDefaults\\": {},
       \\"since\\": \\"0.17.0\\",
       \\"type\\": \\"boolean\\"
     },
@@ -729,6 +735,7 @@ exports[`CLI --support-info (stdout) 1`] = `
       \\"default\\": \\"babylon\\",
       \\"description\\": \\"Which parser to use.\\",
       \\"name\\": \\"parser\\",
+      \\"pluginDefaults\\": {},
       \\"since\\": \\"0.0.10\\",
       \\"type\\": \\"choice\\"
     },
@@ -739,6 +746,7 @@ exports[`CLI --support-info (stdout) 1`] = `
       \\"description\\":
         \\"Add a plugin. Multiple plugins can be passed as separate \`--plugin\`s.\\",
       \\"name\\": \\"plugins\\",
+      \\"pluginDefaults\\": {},
       \\"since\\": \\"1.10.0\\",
       \\"type\\": \\"path\\"
     },
@@ -747,6 +755,7 @@ exports[`CLI --support-info (stdout) 1`] = `
       \\"default\\": 80,
       \\"description\\": \\"The line length where Prettier will try wrap.\\",
       \\"name\\": \\"printWidth\\",
+      \\"pluginDefaults\\": {},
       \\"range\\": { \\"end\\": null, \\"start\\": 0, \\"step\\": 1 },
       \\"since\\": \\"0.0.0\\",
       \\"type\\": \\"int\\"
@@ -773,6 +782,7 @@ exports[`CLI --support-info (stdout) 1`] = `
       \\"default\\": \\"preserve\\",
       \\"description\\": \\"How to wrap prose. (markdown)\\",
       \\"name\\": \\"proseWrap\\",
+      \\"pluginDefaults\\": {},
       \\"since\\": \\"1.8.2\\",
       \\"type\\": \\"choice\\"
     },
@@ -782,6 +792,7 @@ exports[`CLI --support-info (stdout) 1`] = `
       \\"description\\":
         \\"Format code ending at a given character offset (exclusive).\\\\nThe range will extend forwards to the end of the selected statement.\\\\nThis option cannot be used with --cursor-offset.\\",
       \\"name\\": \\"rangeEnd\\",
+      \\"pluginDefaults\\": {},
       \\"range\\": { \\"end\\": null, \\"start\\": 0, \\"step\\": 1 },
       \\"since\\": \\"1.4.0\\",
       \\"type\\": \\"int\\"
@@ -792,6 +803,7 @@ exports[`CLI --support-info (stdout) 1`] = `
       \\"description\\":
         \\"Format code starting at a given character offset.\\\\nThe range will extend backwards to the start of the first line containing the selected statement.\\\\nThis option cannot be used with --cursor-offset.\\",
       \\"name\\": \\"rangeStart\\",
+      \\"pluginDefaults\\": {},
       \\"range\\": { \\"end\\": null, \\"start\\": 0, \\"step\\": 1 },
       \\"since\\": \\"1.4.0\\",
       \\"type\\": \\"int\\"
@@ -802,6 +814,7 @@ exports[`CLI --support-info (stdout) 1`] = `
       \\"description\\":
         \\"Require either '@prettier' or '@format' to be present in the file's first docblock comment\\\\nin order for it to be formatted.\\",
       \\"name\\": \\"requirePragma\\",
+      \\"pluginDefaults\\": {},
       \\"since\\": \\"1.7.0\\",
       \\"type\\": \\"boolean\\"
     },
@@ -812,6 +825,7 @@ exports[`CLI --support-info (stdout) 1`] = `
       \\"name\\": \\"semi\\",
       \\"oppositeDescription\\":
         \\"Do not print semicolons, except at the beginning of lines which may need them.\\",
+      \\"pluginDefaults\\": {},
       \\"since\\": \\"1.0.0\\",
       \\"type\\": \\"boolean\\"
     },
@@ -820,6 +834,7 @@ exports[`CLI --support-info (stdout) 1`] = `
       \\"default\\": false,
       \\"description\\": \\"Use single quotes instead of double quotes.\\",
       \\"name\\": \\"singleQuote\\",
+      \\"pluginDefaults\\": {},
       \\"since\\": \\"0.0.0\\",
       \\"type\\": \\"boolean\\"
     },
@@ -828,6 +843,7 @@ exports[`CLI --support-info (stdout) 1`] = `
       \\"default\\": 2,
       \\"description\\": \\"Number of spaces per indentation level.\\",
       \\"name\\": \\"tabWidth\\",
+      \\"pluginDefaults\\": {},
       \\"range\\": { \\"end\\": null, \\"start\\": 0, \\"step\\": 1 },
       \\"type\\": \\"int\\"
     },
@@ -849,6 +865,7 @@ exports[`CLI --support-info (stdout) 1`] = `
       \\"default\\": \\"none\\",
       \\"description\\": \\"Print trailing commas wherever possible when multi-line.\\",
       \\"name\\": \\"trailingComma\\",
+      \\"pluginDefaults\\": {},
       \\"since\\": \\"0.0.0\\",
       \\"type\\": \\"choice\\"
     },
@@ -857,6 +874,7 @@ exports[`CLI --support-info (stdout) 1`] = `
       \\"default\\": false,
       \\"description\\": \\"Indent with tabs instead of spaces.\\",
       \\"name\\": \\"useTabs\\",
+      \\"pluginDefaults\\": {},
       \\"since\\": \\"1.0.0\\",
       \\"type\\": \\"boolean\\"
     }
diff --git a/tests_integration/__tests__/early-exit.js b/tests_integration/__tests__/early-exit.js
index 0832bdcc..25b3609d 100644
--- a/tests_integration/__tests__/early-exit.js
+++ b/tests_integration/__tests__/early-exit.js
@@ -26,6 +26,27 @@ describe(`show detailed usage with --help l (alias)`, () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe(`show detailed usage with plugin options (automatic resolution)`, () => {
+  runPrettier("plugins/automatic", [
+    "--help",
+    "tab-width",
+    "--parser=bar"
+  ]).test({
+    status: 0
+  });
+});
+
+describe(`show detailed usage with plugin options (manual resolution)`, () => {
+  runPrettier("cli", [
+    "--help",
+    "tab-width",
+    "--plugin=../plugins/automatic/node_modules/prettier-plugin-bar",
+    "--parser=bar"
+  ]).test({
+    status: 0
+  });
+});
+
 commonUtil
   .arrayify(
     Object.assign(
diff --git a/tests_integration/__tests__/plugin-default-options.js b/tests_integration/__tests__/plugin-default-options.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2a9bad9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests_integration/__tests__/plugin-default-options.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+"use strict";
+
+const runPrettier = require("../runPrettier");
+
+describe("plugin default options should work", () => {
+  runPrettier(
+    "plugins/defaultOptions",
+    ["--stdin-filepath", "example.foo", "--plugin=./plugin"],
+    { input: "hello-world" }
+  ).test({
+    stdout: "tabWidth:8",
+    stderr: "",
+    status: 0,
+    write: []
+  });
+});
+
+describe("overriding plugin default options should work", () => {
+  runPrettier(
+    "plugins/defaultOptions",
+    ["--stdin-filepath", "example.foo", "--plugin=./plugin", "--tab-width=4"],
+    { input: "hello-world" }
+  ).test({
+    stdout: "tabWidth:4",
+    stderr: "",
+    status: 0,
+    write: []
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tests_integration/plugins/automatic/node_modules/prettier-plugin-bar/index.js b/tests_integration/plugins/automatic/node_modules/prettier-plugin-bar/index.js
index b878e8e3..9b4f1157 100644
--- a/tests_integration/plugins/automatic/node_modules/prettier-plugin-bar/index.js
+++ b/tests_integration/plugins/automatic/node_modules/prettier-plugin-bar/index.js
@@ -19,5 +19,8 @@ module.exports = {
     bar: {
       print: path => concat(["bar+", path.getValue().text])
     }
+  },
+  defaultOptions: {
+    tabWidth: 4
   }
 };
diff --git a/tests_integration/plugins/defaultOptions/.config.json.swp b/tests_integration/plugins/defaultOptions/.config.json.swp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5a1ea1a9
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests_integration/plugins/defaultOptions/.config.json.swp differ
diff --git a/tests_integration/plugins/defaultOptions/config.json b/tests_integration/plugins/defaultOptions/config.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..37ed1cfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests_integration/plugins/defaultOptions/config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "plugins": ["./plugin"]
+}
diff --git a/tests_integration/plugins/defaultOptions/plugin.js b/tests_integration/plugins/defaultOptions/plugin.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ba094ac7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests_integration/plugins/defaultOptions/plugin.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+"use strict";
+
+module.exports = {
+  languages: [
+    {
+      name: "foo",
+      parsers: ["foo-parser"],
+      extensions: [".foo"]
+    }
+  ],
+  defaultOptions: {
+    tabWidth: 8
+  },
+  parsers: {
+    "foo-parser": {
+      parse: text => ({ text }),
+      astFormat: "foo-ast"
+    }
+  },
+  printers: {
+    "foo-ast": {
+      print: (path, options) =>
+        options.tabWidth ? `tabWidth:${options.tabWidth}` : path.getValue().text
+    }
+  }
+};