diff --git a/Manifest.txt b/Manifest.txt
index 95d48a15..eca81440 100644
--- a/Manifest.txt
+++ b/Manifest.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ lib/minitest/benchmark.rb
 lib/minitest/compress.rb
 lib/minitest/expectations.rb
 lib/minitest/hell.rb
+lib/minitest/manual_plugins.rb
 lib/minitest/mock.rb
 lib/minitest/parallel.rb
 lib/minitest/pride.rb
diff --git a/lib/minitest/manual_plugins.rb b/lib/minitest/manual_plugins.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1f3d6529
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/minitest/manual_plugins.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+require "minitest"
+
+ARGV << "--no-plugins"
+
+module Minitest
+  ##
+  # Manually load plugins by name.
+
+  def self.load *names
+    names.each do |name|
+      require "minitest/#{name}_plugin"
+
+      self.extensions << name.to_s
+    end
+  end
+end