diff --git a/scripts/rpc.py b/scripts/rpc.py
index 9b8809630..fb3688994 100755
--- a/scripts/rpc.py
+++ b/scripts/rpc.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from rpc.helpers import deprecated_aliases
 
 import logging
 import argparse
+import importlib
 import rpc
 import sys
 import shlex
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
                                 pipes and can be used as a faster way to send RPC commands. If enabled, rpc.py \
                                 must be executed without any other parameters.")
     parser.set_defaults(is_server=False)
+    parser.add_argument('--plugin', dest='rpc_plugin', help='Module name of plugin with additional RPC commands')
     subparsers = parser.add_subparsers(help='RPC methods', dest='called_rpc_name', metavar='')
 
     def framework_start_init(args):
@@ -2401,6 +2403,21 @@ Format: 'user:u1 secret:s1 muser:mu1 msecret:ms1,user:u2 secret:s2 muser:mu2 mse
                 print(ex.message)
                 exit(1)
 
+    # Create temporary parser, pull out the plugin parameter, load the module, and then run the real argument parser
+    plugin_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(add_help=False)
+    plugin_parser.add_argument('--plugin', dest='rpc_plugin', help='Module name of plugin with additional RPC commands')
+
+    rpc_module = plugin_parser.parse_known_args()[0].rpc_plugin
+    if rpc_module is not None:
+        try:
+            rpc_plugin = importlib.import_module(rpc_module)
+            try:
+                rpc_plugin.spdk_rpc_plugin_initialize(subparsers)
+            except AttributeError:
+                print("Module %s does not contain 'spdk_rpc_plugin_initialize' function" % rpc_module)
+        except ModuleNotFoundError:
+            print("Module %s not found" % rpc_module)
+
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     if sys.stdin.isatty() and not hasattr(args, 'func'):