diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d87bf6786..f98de31de 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 * A new "import_quiet_fallback" option specifies what should happen in
   quiet mode when there is no strong recommendation. The options are
   "skip" (the default) and "asis".
+* The "version" command now lists all the loaded plugins.
 * Fix a bug where some files would be erroneously interpreted as MP4.
 * Fix permission bits applied to album art files.
 * Fix malformed MusicBrainz queries caused by null characters.
diff --git a/beets/ui/commands.py b/beets/ui/commands.py
index 3295685f6..57abf297b 100644
--- a/beets/ui/commands.py
+++ b/beets/ui/commands.py
@@ -804,6 +804,15 @@ default_commands.append(stats_cmd)
 
 def show_version(lib, config, opts, args):
     print 'beets version %s' % beets.__version__
+    # Show plugins.
+    names = []
+    for plugin in plugins.find_plugins():
+        modname = plugin.__module__
+        names.append(modname.split('.')[-1])
+    if names:
+        print 'plugins:', ', '.join(names)
+    else:
+        print 'no plugins loaded'
 version_cmd = ui.Subcommand('version',
     help='output version information')
 version_cmd.func = show_version