diff --git a/elasticsearch/start b/elasticsearch/start
index df8827f4..fd9266c0 100755
--- a/elasticsearch/start
+++ b/elasticsearch/start
@@ -19,15 +19,25 @@ OPTS="-Des.path.conf=/conf \
 if [ -n "$CLUSTER" ]; then
   OPTS="$OPTS -Des.cluster.name=$CLUSTER"
 fi
+
 if [ -n "$NODE_NAME" ]; then
   OPTS="$OPTS -Des.node.name=$NODE_NAME"
 fi
+
 if [ -n "$UNICAST_HOSTS" ]; then
   OPTS="$OPTS -Des.discovery.zen.ping.unicast.hosts=$UNICAST_HOSTS"
 fi
+
 if [ -n "$PUBLISH_AS" ]; then
   OPTS="$OPTS -Des.transport.publish_host=$(echo $PUBLISH_AS | awk -F: '{print $1}')"
   OPTS="$OPTS -Des.transport.publish_port=$(echo $PUBLISH_AS | awk -F: '{if ($2) print $2; else print 9300}')"
 fi
 
+if [ -n "$PLUGINS" ]; then
+  for p in $(echo $PLUGINS | awk -v RS=, '{print}')
+  do
+    $ES_HOME/bin/plugin --install $p
+  done
+fi
+
 $ES_HOME/bin/elasticsearch $OPTS