diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 558f764..58be608 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -97,9 +97,11 @@ WORKDIR /opt/netbox/netbox
 
 # Must set permissions for '/opt/netbox/netbox/media' directory
 # to g+w so that pictures can be uploaded to netbox.
-RUN mkdir -p static /opt/unit/state/ /opt/unit/tmp/ \
+RUN mkdir -p static /opt/unit/state/ /opt/unit/tmp/ /opt/netbox/plugins \
       && chown -R unit:root /opt/unit/ media reports scripts \
       && chmod -R g+w /opt/unit/ media reports scripts \
+      # Add additional path to sys.path, to enable plugin installation without having to build a new Docker image
+      && echo "/opt/netbox/plugins" > /opt/netbox/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/plugins.pth \
       && cd /opt/netbox/ && SECRET_KEY="dummyKeyWithMinimumLength-------------------------" /opt/netbox/venv/bin/python -m mkdocs build \
           --config-file /opt/netbox/mkdocs.yml --site-dir /opt/netbox/netbox/project-static/docs/ \
       && SECRET_KEY="dummyKeyWithMinimumLength-------------------------" /opt/netbox/venv/bin/python /opt/netbox/netbox/manage.py collectstatic --no-input
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 38cd658..a61fd69 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ services:
       test: "curl -f http://localhost:8080/api/ || exit 1"
     volumes:
     - ./configuration:/etc/netbox/config:z,ro
+    - ./plugins:/opt/netbox/plugins:z,ro
     - netbox-media-files:/opt/netbox/netbox/media:rw
     - netbox-reports-files:/opt/netbox/netbox/reports:rw
     - netbox-scripts-files:/opt/netbox/netbox/scripts:rw
diff --git a/plugins/.gitignore b/plugins/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72e8ffc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*
diff --git a/plugins/.gitkeep b/plugins/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29