diff --git a/src/main/scala/de/johoop/findbugs4sbt/CommandLine.scala b/src/main/scala/de/johoop/findbugs4sbt/CommandLine.scala
index 2ded8b3..3fa5766 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/de/johoop/findbugs4sbt/CommandLine.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/de/johoop/findbugs4sbt/CommandLine.scala
@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@ package de.johoop.findbugs4sbt
 import sbt._
 import sbt.Keys._
 
+import scala.io.Source
 import scala.xml.Node
 
-import java.io.File
+import java.io.{PrintWriter, File}
 
 import ReportType._
 import Priority._
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ import Effort._
 
 private[findbugs4sbt] trait CommandLine extends Plugin with Filters with Settings {
 
-  def commandLine(findbugsClasspath: Classpath, compileClasspath: Classpath, 
+  def commandLine(findbugsPluginList: Seq[String], findbugsClasspath: Classpath, compileClasspath: Classpath,
       paths: PathSettings, filters: FilterSettings, filterPath: File, misc: MiscSettings, streams: TaskStreams) = {
     
     def findbugsCommandLine = findbugsJavaCall ++ findbugsCallOptions ++ findbugsCallArguments
@@ -32,13 +33,13 @@ private[findbugs4sbt] trait CommandLine extends Plugin with Filters with Setting
     def findbugsJavaCall = {
       val classpath = commandLineClasspath(findbugsClasspath.files)
       streams.log.debug("FindBugs classpath: %s" format classpath)
-  
+
       List("-Xmx%dm".format(misc.maxMemory),
           "-cp", classpath, "edu.umd.cs.findbugs.LaunchAppropriateUI", "-textui")
     }
 
     def findbugsCallArguments = paths.analyzedPath map (_.getPath)
-    
+
     def findbugsCallOptions = {
       if (paths.reportPath.isDefined && ! misc.reportType.isDefined) 
         sys.error("If a report path is defined, a report type is required!")
@@ -50,7 +51,8 @@ private[findbugs4sbt] trait CommandLine extends Plugin with Filters with Setting
         paths.reportPath.map(path => List("-output", path.absolutePath)).getOrElse(Nil) ++ List(
           "-nested:%b".format(misc.analyzeNestedArchives),
           "-auxclasspath", commandLineClasspath(auxClasspath), misc.priority.toString,
-          "-effort:%s".format(misc.effort.toString)))))
+          "-effort:%s".format(misc.effort.toString),
+          "-pluginList", findbugsPluginList.mkString(":")))))
     }
   
     def addOnlyAnalyzeParameter(arguments: List[String]) = misc.onlyAnalyze match {
diff --git a/src/main/scala/de/johoop/findbugs4sbt/FindBugs.scala b/src/main/scala/de/johoop/findbugs4sbt/FindBugs.scala
index 9603ba6..3f40961 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/de/johoop/findbugs4sbt/FindBugs.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/de/johoop/findbugs4sbt/FindBugs.scala
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ import Keys._
 object FindBugs extends Plugin 
     with Settings with CommandLine with CommandLineExecutor {
 
-  override def findbugsTask(findbugsClasspath: Classpath, compileClasspath: Classpath, 
-      paths: PathSettings, filters: FilterSettings, misc: MiscSettings, javaHome: Option[File], 
+  override def findbugsTask(findbugsPluginList: Seq[String], findbugsClasspath: Classpath, compileClasspath: Classpath,
+      paths: PathSettings, filters: FilterSettings, misc: MiscSettings, javaHome: Option[File],
       streams: TaskStreams): Unit = {
 
     IO.withTemporaryDirectory { filterPath =>
-      val cmd = commandLine(findbugsClasspath, compileClasspath, paths, filters, filterPath, misc, streams)
+      val cmd = commandLine(findbugsPluginList, findbugsClasspath, compileClasspath, paths, filters, filterPath, misc, streams)
       streams.log.debug("FindBugs command line to execute: \"%s\"" format (cmd mkString " "))
       executeCommandLine(cmd, javaHome, streams.log)
     }
diff --git a/src/main/scala/de/johoop/findbugs4sbt/Settings.scala b/src/main/scala/de/johoop/findbugs4sbt/Settings.scala
index a61ad8d..a0a7b13 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/de/johoop/findbugs4sbt/Settings.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/de/johoop/findbugs4sbt/Settings.scala
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ private[findbugs4sbt] trait Settings extends Plugin {
 
   val findbugs = TaskKey[Unit]("findbugs")
 
+  val findbugsPluginList = TaskKey[Seq[String]]("findbugs-plugin-list")
   val findbugsClasspath = TaskKey[Classpath]("findbugs-classpath")
   val findbugsPathSettings = TaskKey[PathSettings]("findbugs-path-settings")
   val findbugsFilterSettings = TaskKey[FilterSettings]("findbugs-filter-settings")
@@ -79,8 +80,8 @@ private[findbugs4sbt] trait Settings extends Plugin {
     * <code>None</code> by default. */ 
   val findbugsExcludeFilters = TaskKey[Option[Node]]("findbugs-exclude-filter")
 
-  protected def findbugsTask(findbugsClasspath: Classpath, compileClasspath: Classpath, 
-      paths: PathSettings, filters: FilterSettings, misc: MiscSettings, javaHome: Option[File], 
+  protected def findbugsTask(findbugsPluginList: Seq[String], findbugsClasspath: Classpath, compileClasspath: Classpath,
+      paths: PathSettings, filters: FilterSettings, misc: MiscSettings, javaHome: Option[File],
       streams: TaskStreams): Unit
 
   private val findbugsConfig = config("findbugs") hide
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ private[findbugs4sbt] trait Settings extends Plugin {
       "com.google.code.findbugs" % "jsr305" % "3.0.0" % "findbugs->default"
     ),
       
-    findbugs <<= (findbugsClasspath, managedClasspath in Compile, 
+    findbugs <<= (findbugsPluginList, findbugsClasspath, managedClasspath in Compile,
       findbugsPathSettings, findbugsFilterSettings, findbugsMiscSettings, javaHome, streams) map findbugsTask,
     
     findbugsPathSettings <<= (findbugsReportPath, findbugsAnalyzedPath, findbugsAuxiliaryPath) map PathSettings dependsOn (compile in Compile),
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ private[findbugs4sbt] trait Settings extends Plugin {
     findbugsMiscSettings <<= (findbugsReportType, findbugsPriority, findbugsOnlyAnalyze, findbugsMaxMemory, 
         findbugsAnalyzeNestedArchives, findbugsSortReportByClassNames, findbugsEffort) map MiscSettings,
 
+    findbugsPluginList := Seq(),
     findbugsClasspath := Classpaths managedJars (findbugsConfig, classpathTypes value, update value),
 
     findbugsReportType := Some(ReportType.Xml),