diff --git a/pkgs/shells/nushell/default.nix b/pkgs/shells/nushell/default.nix
index d87d842be08c3..3b2b6d24bad3a 100644
--- a/pkgs/shells/nushell/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/shells/nushell/default.nix
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 , testers
 , nushell
 , nix-update-script
+, makeBinaryWrapper
+, plugins ? []
 }:
 
 let
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
 
   cargoHash = "sha256-NtTCuTWbGTrGKF7ulm3Bfal/WuBtPEX7QvHoOyKY1V8=";
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ]
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config makeBinaryWrapper ]
     ++ lib.optionals (withDefaultFeatures && stdenv.isLinux) [ python3 ]
     ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ rustPlatform.bindgenHook ];
 
@@ -59,6 +61,20 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
     runHook postCheck
   '';
 
+  postInstall = lib.optional (plugins != []) (
+    let
+      pluginRegistryPath = "$out/share/nushell/plugins.nu";
+      pluginRegistrations = (map (p: ''$out/bin/nu --plugin-config ${pluginRegistryPath} -c "register ${p}/bin/${p.meta.mainProgram}"'') plugins);
+    in
+    ''
+      mkdir -p "$(dirname ${pluginRegistryPath})"
+      touch ${pluginRegistryPath}
+      ${builtins.concatStringsSep "\n" pluginRegistrations}
+      wrapProgram $out/bin/nu \
+        --add-flags --plugin-config \
+        --add-flags "${pluginRegistryPath}"
+    '');
+
   passthru = {
     shellPath = "/bin/nu";
     tests.version = testers.testVersion {
diff --git a/pkgs/shells/nushell/plugins/formats.nix b/pkgs/shells/nushell/plugins/formats.nix
index bc63789633a23..14ea900b865fe 100644
--- a/pkgs/shells/nushell/plugins/formats.nix
+++ b/pkgs/shells/nushell/plugins/formats.nix
@@ -25,5 +25,6 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
     license = licenses.mpl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ viraptor ];
     platforms = with platforms; all;
+    mainProgram = "nu_plugin_formats";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/shells/nushell/plugins/gstat.nix b/pkgs/shells/nushell/plugins/gstat.nix
index 39af12a6a9350..6906d3876f7f3 100644
--- a/pkgs/shells/nushell/plugins/gstat.nix
+++ b/pkgs/shells/nushell/plugins/gstat.nix
@@ -25,5 +25,6 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
     license = licenses.mpl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ mrkkrp ];
     platforms = with platforms; all;
+    mainProgram = "nu_plugin_gstat";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/shells/nushell/plugins/query.nix b/pkgs/shells/nushell/plugins/query.nix
index 0988d4f80bb78..39f057b96a78a 100644
--- a/pkgs/shells/nushell/plugins/query.nix
+++ b/pkgs/shells/nushell/plugins/query.nix
@@ -32,5 +32,6 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
     license = licenses.mpl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ happysalada ];
     platforms = with platforms; all;
+    mainProgram = "nu_plugin_query";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c498c4bf3498b..6ddbbdd314ec9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -28507,6 +28507,7 @@ with pkgs;
   nushell = darwin.apple_sdk_11_0.callPackage ../shells/nushell {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk_11_0) Libsystem;
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk_11_0.frameworks) AppKit Security;
+    plugins = with nushellPlugins; [ formats gstat query ];
   };
 
   nushellFull = nushell.override { additionalFeatures = p: p ++ ["dataframe" "extra"]; };