diff --git a/packages/dsw-document-worker/dsw/document_worker/cli.py b/packages/dsw-document-worker/dsw/document_worker/cli.py
index 700cddd5..825d6018 100644
--- a/packages/dsw-document-worker/dsw/document_worker/cli.py
+++ b/packages/dsw-document-worker/dsw/document_worker/cli.py
@@ -60,3 +60,11 @@ def main(config: DocumentWorkerConfig, workdir: str):
         SentryReporter.capture_exception(e)
         click.echo(f'Ended with error: {e}')
         exit(2)
+
+
+@click.command(name='list-plugins')
+def list_plugins():
+    from .plugins import get_plugin_manager
+    plugin_manager = get_plugin_manager()
+    for plugin in plugin_manager.list_name_plugin():
+        click.echo(plugin)
diff --git a/packages/dsw-document-worker/dsw/document_worker/consts.py b/packages/dsw-document-worker/dsw/document_worker/consts.py
index 77636319..c28c753b 100644
--- a/packages/dsw-document-worker/dsw/document_worker/consts.py
+++ b/packages/dsw-document-worker/dsw/document_worker/consts.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 CMD_CHANNEL = 'doc_worker'
 CMD_COMPONENT = 'doc_worker'
 COMPONENT_NAME = 'Document Worker'
+PACKAGE_NAME = 'dsw-document-worker'
 CURRENT_METAMODEL = 14
 DEFAULT_ENCODING = 'utf-8'
 EXIT_SUCCESS = 0
diff --git a/packages/dsw-document-worker/dsw/document_worker/plugins/__init__.py b/packages/dsw-document-worker/dsw/document_worker/plugins/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..78412b8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/dsw-document-worker/dsw/document_worker/plugins/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from .host import get_plugin_manager, hookimpl
+
+__all__ = ['get_plugin_manager', 'hookimpl']
diff --git a/packages/dsw-document-worker/dsw/document_worker/plugins/hookspecs.py b/packages/dsw-document-worker/dsw/document_worker/plugins/hookspecs.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..22691ab2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/dsw-document-worker/dsw/document_worker/plugins/hookspecs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import pluggy
+
+from ..consts import PACKAGE_NAME
+from ..templates.steps import Step
+
+
+hookspec = pluggy.HookspecMarker(PACKAGE_NAME)
+
+
+class PluginInfo:
+
+    def __init__(self, name, version):
+        self.name = name
+        self.version = version
+
+
+@hookspec
+def document_worker_steps() -> list[Step]:
+    pass
+
+@hookspec
+def document_worker_jinja_tests() -> dict:
+    pass
+
+@hookspec
+def document_worker_jinja_filters() -> dict:
+    pass
+
+@hookspec
+def document_worker_plugin_info() -> PluginInfo:
+    pass
diff --git a/packages/dsw-document-worker/dsw/document_worker/plugins/host.py b/packages/dsw-document-worker/dsw/document_worker/plugins/host.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f5387206
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/dsw-document-worker/dsw/document_worker/plugins/host.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import pluggy
+
+from ..consts import PACKAGE_NAME
+from . import hookspecs
+
+hookimpl = pluggy.HookimplMarker(PACKAGE_NAME)
+
+def get_plugin_manager():
+    pm = pluggy.PluginManager(PACKAGE_NAME)
+    pm.add_hookspecs(hookspecs)
+    pm.load_setuptools_entrypoints(PACKAGE_NAME)
+    # TODO: load local plugins
+    return pm
diff --git a/packages/dsw-document-worker/pyproject.toml b/packages/dsw-document-worker/pyproject.toml
index 4d2e94db..b28edac4 100644
--- a/packages/dsw-document-worker/pyproject.toml
+++ b/packages/dsw-document-worker/pyproject.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ dependencies = [
     'Markdown',
     'MarkupSafe',
     'pathvalidate',
+    'pluggy',
     'python-dateutil',
     'python-slugify',
     'rdflib',
diff --git a/packages/dsw-document-worker/requirements.txt b/packages/dsw-document-worker/requirements.txt
index bde9f278..430231ed 100644
--- a/packages/dsw-document-worker/requirements.txt
+++ b/packages/dsw-document-worker/requirements.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ minio==7.2.8
 panflute==2.3.1
 pathvalidate==3.2.1
 Pillow==10.4.0
+pluggy==1.5.0
 psycopg==3.2.2
 psycopg-binary==3.2.2
 pycparser==2.22
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 03125346..73cac129 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ multidict==6.1.0
 pathspec==0.12.1
 pathvalidate==3.2.1
 Pillow==10.4.0
+pluggy==1.5.0
 psycopg==3.2.2
 psycopg-binary==3.2.2
 pycparser==2.22