diff --git a/lib/PPI.pm b/lib/PPI.pm
index b072080e..0d17052e 100644
--- a/lib/PPI.pm
+++ b/lib/PPI.pm
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ use PPI::Document::Normalized ();
 use PPI::Normal               ();
 use PPI::Tokenizer            ();
 use PPI::Lexer                ();
+use PPI::Plugin               ();
 
 # If it is installed, load in PPI::XS
 die
diff --git a/lib/PPI/Document.pm b/lib/PPI/Document.pm
index 07e9def8..44572035 100644
--- a/lib/PPI/Document.pm
+++ b/lib/PPI/Document.pm
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ sub _setattr {
 	$document->{feature_mods}              = $attr{feature_mods};
 	$document->{custom_feature_includes}   = $attr{custom_feature_includes};
 	$document->{custom_feature_include_cb} = $attr{custom_feature_include_cb};
+	$document->{plugins}                   = $attr{plugins};
 	if ( $ENV{PPI_CUSTOM_FEATURE_INCLUDES} ) {
 		my $includes = YAML::PP::Load $ENV{PPI_CUSTOM_FEATURE_INCLUDES};
 		die "\$ENV{PPI_CUSTOM_FEATURE_INCLUDES} "
@@ -431,6 +432,21 @@ sub custom_feature_include_cb {
 	$self->{custom_feature_include_cb} = shift;
 }
 
+=head2 plugins
+
+  my $plugins = $document->plugins;
+
+Returns an array reference of L<PPI::Plugin> objects registered for this
+document, or an empty array reference if none are set.
+
+=cut
+
+sub plugins {
+	my $self = shift;
+	return $self->{plugins} || [] unless @_;
+	$self->{plugins} = shift;
+}
+
 =pod
 
 =head2 save
diff --git a/lib/PPI/Lexer.pm b/lib/PPI/Lexer.pm
index 5bdeb9de..33603000 100644
--- a/lib/PPI/Lexer.pm
+++ b/lib/PPI/Lexer.pm
@@ -202,6 +202,11 @@ sub lex_tokenizer {
 		$Tokenizer->_features($feat);
 	}
 
+	# Propagate plugins to both Lexer and Tokenizer
+	my $plugins = $Document->plugins;
+	$self->{plugins} = $plugins;
+	$Tokenizer->_plugins($plugins) if @$plugins;
+
 	# Lex the token stream into the document
 	$self->{Tokenizer} = $Tokenizer;
 	if ( !eval { $self->_lex_document($Document); 1 } ) {
@@ -420,6 +425,12 @@ sub _statement {
 
 	my $is_lexsub = 0;
 
+	# Give plugins first chance to classify the statement
+	for my $plugin ( @{ $self->{plugins} || [] } ) {
+		my $pclass = $plugin->statement_class( $Token, $Parent );
+		return $pclass if defined $pclass;
+	}
+
 	# Is it a token in our known classes list
 	my $content = $Token->content;
 	my $class =
diff --git a/lib/PPI/Plugin.pm b/lib/PPI/Plugin.pm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..90f25d38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/PPI/Plugin.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+package PPI::Plugin;
+
+=pod
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+PPI::Plugin - Base class for PPI parsing plugins
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+  # Create a plugin that recognizes 'method' as starting an expression
+  package My::Plugin;
+  use parent 'PPI::Plugin';
+
+  sub statement_class {
+      my ($self, $token, $parent) = @_;
+      return 'PPI::Statement::Expression'
+        if $token->isa('PPI::Token::Word')
+        and $token->content eq 'method';
+      return;
+  }
+
+  # Use it
+  my $doc = PPI::Document->new(\$source, plugins => [My::Plugin->new]);
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+C<PPI::Plugin> provides an interface for extending PPI's parsing behavior
+without modifying PPI's internals. Plugins can hook into the lexer and
+tokenizer at well-defined points to influence how Perl source code is
+parsed into a PDOM tree.
+
+Plugins are passed to L<PPI::Document/new> via the C<plugins> parameter
+and are propagated through the Lexer and Tokenizer during parsing.
+
+=head1 METHODS
+
+=head2 new
+
+  my $plugin = PPI::Plugin->new(%params);
+
+Creates a new plugin object. The base class constructor accepts any
+key/value pairs and stores them as object attributes. Subclasses may
+override this to validate or process their parameters.
+
+=cut
+
+use strict;
+
+our $VERSION = '1.292';
+
+sub new {
+	my $class = ref $_[0] ? ref shift : shift;
+	bless { @_ }, $class;
+}
+
+=pod
+
+=head2 statement_class $token, $parent
+
+  sub statement_class {
+      my ($self, $token, $parent) = @_;
+      return 'PPI::Statement::Sub' if ...;
+      return;  # defer to default behavior
+  }
+
+Called by the Lexer when determining which C<PPI::Statement> subclass to
+use for a new statement. Receives the first significant token and the
+parent node. Return a statement class name to override the default, or
+C<undef>/empty list to defer to PPI's normal classification.
+
+=cut
+
+sub statement_class { return }
+
+=pod
+
+=head2 modify_token $token
+
+  sub modify_token {
+      my ($self, $token) = @_;
+      $token->{_my_flag} = 1 if $token->content eq 'method';
+      return;
+  }
+
+Called by the Tokenizer after each token is finalized. Receives the
+completed token object. Can modify the token in-place (e.g., set custom
+attributes). The return value is ignored.
+
+B<Note:> Plugins must not change the token's class or content in ways that
+would break round-trip safety. Adding custom attributes (with a leading
+underscore by convention) is the intended use.
+
+=cut
+
+sub modify_token { return }
+
+=pod
+
+=head2 feature_includes $include
+
+  sub feature_includes {
+      my ($self, $include) = @_;
+      return { signatures => 1 }
+        if $include->module eq 'My::Boilerplate';
+      return;
+  }
+
+Called when the Lexer encounters a C<use> or C<no> statement. Receives
+the L<PPI::Statement::Include> object. Return a hashref of features to
+enable/disable for the current scope, or C<undef>/empty list to defer
+to PPI's normal feature detection.
+
+This hook is called before PPI's built-in feature detection, so plugins
+get first chance to claim an include statement.
+
+=cut
+
+sub feature_includes { return }
+
+1;
+
+=pod
+
+=head1 WRITING PLUGINS
+
+Subclass C<PPI::Plugin> and override one or more hook methods. All hooks
+have safe defaults (return nothing), so you only implement what you need.
+
+Multiple plugins can be active simultaneously. They are called in order;
+the first plugin to return a defined value wins for C<statement_class> and
+C<feature_includes>. All plugins receive C<modify_token> calls regardless.
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+L<PPI::Document>, L<PPI::Lexer>, L<PPI::Tokenizer>
+
+=cut
diff --git a/lib/PPI/Statement/Include.pm b/lib/PPI/Statement/Include.pm
index 56644a29..a8d897c3 100644
--- a/lib/PPI/Statement/Include.pm
+++ b/lib/PPI/Statement/Include.pm
@@ -264,6 +264,11 @@ sub feature_mods {
 	if ( my $cb_features = $self->_custom_feature_include_cb->($self) )    #
 	{ return $cb_features; }
 
+	for my $plugin ( @{ $self->_plugins } ) {
+		my $pfeatures = $plugin->feature_includes($self);
+		return $pfeatures if $pfeatures;
+	}
+
 	if ( my $perl_version = $self->version ) {
 		## tried using feature.pm, but it is impossible to install future
 		## versions of it, so e.g. a 5.20 install cannot know about
@@ -343,6 +348,13 @@ sub _custom_feature_include_cb {
 	return $document->custom_feature_include_cb || sub { };
 }
 
+sub _plugins {
+	my ($self) = @_;
+	return unless                                                             #
+	  my $document = $self->document;
+	return $document->plugins;
+}
+
 1;
 
 =pod
diff --git a/lib/PPI/Tokenizer.pm b/lib/PPI/Tokenizer.pm
index 6c688a9f..35ca5435 100644
--- a/lib/PPI/Tokenizer.pm
+++ b/lib/PPI/Tokenizer.pm
@@ -633,6 +633,13 @@ sub _finalize_token {
 	my $self = shift;
 	return $self->{class} unless defined $self->{token};
 
+	# Let plugins inspect/modify the token
+	if ( my $plugins = $self->{plugins} ) {
+		for my $plugin ( @$plugins ) {
+			$plugin->modify_token( $self->{token} );
+		}
+	}
+
 	# Add the token to the token buffer
 	push @{ $self->{tokens} }, $self->{token};
 	$self->{token} = undef;
@@ -858,6 +865,11 @@ sub _features {
 	return $arg ? $self->{feature_set} = $arg : $self->{feature_set} || {};
 }
 
+sub _plugins {
+	my ( $self, $arg ) = @_;
+	return $arg ? $self->{plugins} = $arg : $self->{plugins} || [];
+}
+
 sub _current_token_has_signatures_active { shift->{feature_set}{signatures} }
 
 1;
diff --git a/t/ppi_plugin.t b/t/ppi_plugin.t
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e0ed3ee5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/ppi_plugin.t
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+use lib 't/lib';
+use PPI::Test::pragmas;
+use Test::More tests => 12 + ( $ENV{AUTHOR_TESTING} ? 1 : 0 );
+
+use PPI ();
+use PPI::Dumper;
+
+PLUGIN_BASE_CLASS: {
+	require_ok('PPI::Plugin');
+	my $plugin = eval { PPI::Plugin->new };
+	isa_ok( $plugin, 'PPI::Plugin' );
+	can_ok( 'PPI::Plugin', 'statement_class', 'modify_token', 'feature_includes' );
+}
+
+PLUGIN_PASSED_TO_DOCUMENT: {
+	my $plugin = PPI::Plugin->new;
+	my $doc = PPI::Document->new( \"my \$x = 1;", plugins => [$plugin] );
+	ok( $doc, "Document created with plugins attribute" );
+	my $plugins = $doc->plugins;
+	is( ref $plugins, 'ARRAY', "plugins accessor returns arrayref" );
+	is( scalar @$plugins, 1, "plugins list has one entry" );
+}
+
+STATEMENT_CLASS_HOOK: {
+	{
+		package TestPlugin::StatementClass;
+		use parent 'PPI::Plugin';
+		sub statement_class {
+			my ( $self, $token, $parent ) = @_;
+			return 'PPI::Statement::Expression'
+			  if $token->isa('PPI::Token::Word')
+			  and $token->content eq 'method';
+			return;
+		}
+	}
+
+	my $plugin = TestPlugin::StatementClass->new;
+	my $doc = PPI::Document->new(
+		\"method foo { 1 }",
+		plugins => [$plugin],
+	);
+	ok( $doc, "Document parsed with statement_class plugin" );
+
+	my $stmts = $doc->find('PPI::Statement::Expression');
+	ok( $stmts && @$stmts, "plugin's statement_class hook was invoked" );
+}
+
+MODIFY_TOKEN_HOOK: {
+	{
+		package TestPlugin::ModifyToken;
+		use parent 'PPI::Plugin';
+		sub modify_token {
+			my ( $self, $token ) = @_;
+			if ( $token->isa('PPI::Token::Word')
+				and $token->content eq 'method' )
+			{
+				$token->{_plugin_seen} = 1;
+			}
+			return;
+		}
+	}
+
+	my $plugin = TestPlugin::ModifyToken->new;
+	my $doc = PPI::Document->new(
+		\"method foo { 1 }",
+		plugins => [$plugin],
+	);
+	ok( $doc, "Document parsed with modify_token plugin" );
+
+	my $words = $doc->find('PPI::Token::Word');
+	my ($method_word) = grep { $_->content eq 'method' } @$words;
+	ok( $method_word && $method_word->{_plugin_seen},
+		"plugin's modify_token hook was called" );
+}
+
+FEATURE_INCLUDES_HOOK: {
+	{
+		package TestPlugin::FeatureIncludes;
+		use parent 'PPI::Plugin';
+		sub feature_includes {
+			my ( $self, $include ) = @_;
+			return { signatures => 1 }
+			  if $include->module
+			  and $include->module eq 'MyApp::Signatures';
+			return;
+		}
+	}
+
+	my $plugin = TestPlugin::FeatureIncludes->new;
+	my $doc = PPI::Document->new(
+		\"use MyApp::Signatures;\nsub foo(\$x) {}",
+		plugins => [$plugin],
+	);
+	ok( $doc, "Document parsed with feature_includes plugin" );
+
+	my $sigs = $doc->find('PPI::Structure::Signature');
+	ok( $sigs && @$sigs, "plugin's feature_includes hook enabled signatures" );
+}