diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 6297fa9e..7b6fc03c 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ A template plugin can be found in (plugins/TEMPLATE.nix)[https://github.com/nix-
 | **callSetup**                | Indicating whether to call the setup function. Useful when `setup` function needs customizations.                                                                                                                                                    | No       | `true`                                                                                          |
 | **colorscheme**              | The name of the colorscheme.                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | No       | `name` parameter                                                                                |
 | **configLocation**           | The option location where the lua configuration should be installed. Nested option locations can be represented as a list. The location can also be wrapped using `lib.mkBefore`, `lib.mkAfter`, or `lib.mkOrder`.                                   | No       | `"extraConfigLuaPre"` if `isColorscheme` then `extraConfigLuaPre`, otherwise `"extraConfigLua"` |
+| **dependencies**             | A list of [`dependencies`] to enable by default with this plugin. (List of strings)                                                                                                                                                                  | No       | `[]`                                                                                            |
 | **deprecateExtraOptions**    | Indicating whether to deprecate the `extraOptions` attribute. Mainly used for old plugins.                                                                                                                                                           | No       | `false`                                                                                         |
 | **description**              | A brief description of the plugin. Can also be used for non-normative documentation, warnings, tips and tricks.                                                                                                                                      | No       | `null`                                                                                          |
 | **extraConfig**              | Additional configuration for the plugin. Either an attrset, a function accepting `cfg`, or a function accepting `cfg` and `opts`.                                                                                                                    | No       | `{}`                                                                                            |
@@ -126,6 +127,7 @@ Such plugins are usually configured via vim globals, but often have no configura
 | **name**                     | The name of the Vim plugin.                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | Yes      | N/A                                   |
 | **url**                      | The URL of the plugin repository.                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Yes      | `package` parameter's `meta.homepage` |
 | **colorscheme**              | The name of the colorscheme.                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | No       | `name` parameter                      |
+| **dependencies**             | A list of [`dependencies`] to enable by default with this plugin. (List of strings)                                                                                                                                                                | No       | `[]`                                  |
 | **deprecateExtraConfig**     | Flag to deprecate extra configuration.                                                                                                                                                                                                             | No       | `false`                               |
 | **description**              | A description of the plugin. Can also be used for non-normative documentation, warnings, tips and tricks.                                                                                                                                          | No       | `null`                                |
 | **extraConfig**              | Extra configuration for the plugin. Either an attrset, a function accepting `cfg`, or a function accepting `cfg` and `opts`.                                                                                                                       | No       | `{}`                                  |
@@ -316,3 +318,4 @@ considerably. To use it, just install cachix and run `cachix use nix-community`.
 [`mkNeovimPlugin`]: #mkneovimplugin
 [Writing option examples]: #writing-option-examples
 [Declaring plugin options]: #declaring-plugin-options
+[`dependencies`]: https://nix-community.github.io/nixvim/dependencies/bat.html
diff --git a/lib/plugins/mk-neovim-plugin.nix b/lib/plugins/mk-neovim-plugin.nix
index b1afd5e0..9fe94bc7 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/mk-neovim-plugin.nix
+++ b/lib/plugins/mk-neovim-plugin.nix
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
   # - An option will be used as-is, but should be built using `lib.mkPackageOption`
   # Defaults to `name`, i.e. `pkgs.vimPlugins.${name}`
   package ? name,
+  # Which dependencies to enable by default
+  dependencies ? [ ],
   settingsOptions ? { },
   settingsExample ? null,
   settingsDescription ? "Options provided to the `require('${moduleName}')${setup}` function.",
@@ -105,6 +107,8 @@ let
                 }
               ))
 
+              (lib.nixvim.plugins.utils.enableDependencies dependencies)
+
               # When lazy loading is enabled for this plugin, route its configuration to the enabled provider
               (lib.mkIf cfg.lazyLoad.enable {
                 assertions = [
diff --git a/lib/plugins/mk-vim-plugin.nix b/lib/plugins/mk-vim-plugin.nix
index a0d71f79..5637e70e 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/mk-vim-plugin.nix
+++ b/lib/plugins/mk-vim-plugin.nix
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
   # - An option will be used as-is, but should be built using `lib.mkPackageOption`
   # Defaults to `name`, i.e. `pkgs.vimPlugins.${name}`
   package ? name,
+  # Which dependencies to enable by default
+  dependencies ? [ ],
   settingsOptions ? { },
   settingsExample ? null,
   globalPrefix ? "",
@@ -78,6 +80,7 @@ let
               inherit extraConfig cfg opts;
             }
           ))
+          (lib.nixvim.plugins.utils.enableDependencies dependencies)
         ]
       );
     };
diff --git a/lib/plugins/utils.nix b/lib/plugins/utils.nix
index b687e60a..f281b89c 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/utils.nix
+++ b/lib/plugins/utils.nix
@@ -111,4 +111,18 @@
         };
       };
     };
+
+  enableDependencies = depsToEnable: {
+    dependencies =
+      let
+        enableDepConditionally = dep: {
+          name = dep.name or dep;
+          value.enable = lib.mkIf (dep.enable or true) (lib.mkDefault true);
+        };
+      in
+      lib.pipe depsToEnable [
+        (builtins.map enableDepConditionally)
+        lib.listToAttrs
+      ];
+  };
 }