diff --git a/lib/types/default.nix b/lib/types/default.nix
index 6d5777d..bfaa38d 100644
--- a/lib/types/default.nix
+++ b/lib/types/default.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
   typesLanguage = import ./languages.nix {inherit lib;};
 in {
   inherit (typesDag) dagOf;
-  inherit (typesPlugin) pluginsOpt;
+  inherit (typesPlugin) pluginsOpt extraPluginType;
   inherit (typesLanguage) diagnostics mkGrammarOption;
 }
diff --git a/lib/types/plugins.nix b/lib/types/plugins.nix
index aed65f4..47b9ab2 100644
--- a/lib/types/plugins.nix
+++ b/lib/types/plugins.nix
@@ -90,15 +90,37 @@ with lib; let
     "copilot-cmp"
   ];
   # You can either use the name of the plugin or a package.
-  pluginsType = with types;
-    listOf (
-      nullOr (
-        either
-        (enum availablePlugins)
-        package
-      )
+  pluginType = with types;
+    nullOr (
+      either
+      package
+      (enum availablePlugins)
     );
+
+  pluginsType = types.listOf pluginType;
+
+  extraPluginType = with types;
+    submodule {
+      options = {
+        package = mkOption {
+          type = pluginType;
+        };
+        after = mkOption {
+          type = listOf str;
+          default = [];
+          description = "Setup this plugin after the following ones.";
+        };
+        setup = mkOption {
+          type = lines;
+          default = "";
+          description = "Lua code to run during setup.";
+          example = "require('aerial').setup {}";
+        };
+      };
+    };
 in {
+  inherit extraPluginType;
+
   pluginsOpt = {
     description,
     default ? [],
diff --git a/modules/core/default.nix b/modules/core/default.nix
index 9261caf..fd097ef 100644
--- a/modules/core/default.nix
+++ b/modules/core/default.nix
@@ -158,6 +158,27 @@ in {
       description = "List of plugins to optionally load";
     };
 
+    extraPlugins = mkOption {
+      type = types.attrsOf nvim.types.extraPluginType;
+      default = {};
+      description = ''
+        List of plugins and related config.
+        Note that these are setup after builtin plugins.
+      '';
+      example = literalExpression ''
+          with pkgs.vimPlugins; {
+          aerial = {
+            package = aerial-nvim;
+            setup = "require('aerial').setup {}";
+          };
+          harpoon = {
+            package = harpoon;
+            setup = "require('harpoon').setup {}";
+            after = ["aerial"];
+          };
+        }'';
+    };
+
     globals = mkOption {
       default = {};
       description = "Set containing global variable values";
@@ -297,6 +318,7 @@ in {
       result;
   in {
     vim = {
+      startPlugins = map (x: x.package) (attrValues cfg.extraPlugins);
       configRC = {
         globalsScript = nvim.dag.entryAnywhere (concatStringsSep "\n" globalsScript);
 
@@ -314,6 +336,27 @@ in {
         in
           nvim.dag.entryAfter ["globalsScript"] luaConfig;
 
+        extraPluginConfigs = let
+          mkSection = r: ''
+            -- SECTION: ${r.name}
+            ${r.data}
+          '';
+          mapResult = r: (wrapLuaConfig (concatStringsSep "\n" (map mkSection r)));
+          extraPluginsDag = mapAttrs (_: {
+            after,
+            setup,
+            ...
+          }:
+            nvim.dag.entryAfter after setup)
+          cfg.extraPlugins;
+          pluginConfig = resolveDag {
+            name = "extra plugins config";
+            dag = extraPluginsDag;
+            inherit mapResult;
+          };
+        in
+          nvim.dag.entryAfter ["luaScript"] pluginConfig;
+
         # This is probably not the right way to set the config. I'm not sure how it should look like.
         mappings = let
           maps = [