diff --git a/common/content/dactyl.js b/common/content/dactyl.js
index a9605542..ab54687f 100644
--- a/common/content/dactyl.js
+++ b/common/content/dactyl.js
@@ -739,8 +739,9 @@ const Dactyl = Module("dactyl", {
             dactyl.assert(dir.isReadable(), "E484: Can't open file " + dir.path);
 
             dactyl.log("Sourcing plugin directory: " + dir.path + "...", 3);
+            let loadplugins = options.get("loadplugins");
             dir.readDirectory(true).forEach(function (file) {
-                if (file.isFile() && /\.(js|vimp)$/i.test(file.path) && !(file.path in dactyl.pluginFiles)) {
+                if (file.isFile() && loadplugins.getKey(file.path) && !(file.path in dactyl.pluginFiles)) {
                     try {
                         io.source(file.path, false);
                         dactyl.pluginFiles[file.path] = true;
@@ -1287,8 +1288,8 @@ const Dactyl = Module("dactyl", {
             "string", "intro");
 
         options.add(["loadplugins", "lpl"],
-            "Load plugin scripts when starting up",
-            "boolean", true);
+            "A regex list that defines which plugins are loaded at startup and via :loadplugins",
+            "regexlist", "\\.(js|vimp)$");
 
         options.add(["titlestring"],
             "Change the title of the window",
diff --git a/common/locale/en-US/options.xml b/common/locale/en-US/options.xml
index 777b7d89..2a0f8e6f 100644
--- a/common/locale/en-US/options.xml
+++ b/common/locale/en-US/options.xml
@@ -883,15 +883,17 @@
     <tags>'nolpl' 'lpl'</tags>
     <tags>'noloadplugins' 'loadplugins'</tags>
     <spec>'loadplugins' 'lpl'</spec>
-    <type>boolean</type>
-    <default>on</default>
+    <type>regexlist</type>
+    <default>\.(js|vimp)$</default>
     <description>
         <p>
-            Load plugin scripts when starting up. When on, yet unloaded plugins
-            are automatically loaded after the <tt><t>&dactyl.name;rc</t></tt> file has been
-            sourced. To load plugins earlier, use the <ex>:loadplugins</ex>
-            command within <tt><t>&dactyl.name;rc</t></tt>.
+            A regular expression list that defines which plugins are loaded at
+            startup and via <ex>:loadplugins</ex>. The first item to match is
+            the one that takes effect. If no items match, the file is not
+            loaded. Setting this to a blank value effectively disables plugin
+            loading. See also <ex>:runtime</ex>.
         </p>
+        <example><ex>:set loadplugins^=</ex>!<str delim="'">foobar-plugin</str></example>
     </description>
 </item>
 
diff --git a/pentadactyl/NEWS b/pentadactyl/NEWS
index c6913fc5..3759507b 100644
--- a/pentadactyl/NEWS
+++ b/pentadactyl/NEWS
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
       - Supports reverse incremental search.
     * IMPORTANT: Plugins are now loaded from the 'plugins/'
       directory in 'runtimepath' rather than 'plugin/'.
+    * IMPORTANT: 'loadplugins' is not a regexlist option rather than
+      a boolean.
     * IMPORTANT: Single quotes no longer treat \s specially.
       I.e., 'fo\o''bar' ≡ fo\o'bar
     * IMPORTANT: 'cdpath' and 'runtimepath' no longer treat ‘,,’
diff --git a/pentadactyl/TODO b/pentadactyl/TODO
index f4e56397..bb40b9a1 100644
--- a/pentadactyl/TODO
+++ b/pentadactyl/TODO
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ BUGS:
 - The MOW shouldn't close when executing hints and ;F isn't working.
 
 FEATURES:
-9 Make 'loadplugins' a regexlist
 9 Add quoting help tag
 9 JavaScript completer: show function parameter spec
 9 Fix the arbitrary distinction between 'hinttags' and