diff --git a/registry/coder/modules/jetbrains/README.md b/registry/coder/modules/jetbrains/README.md
index 718613599..3f957b938 100644
--- a/registry/coder/modules/jetbrains/README.md
+++ b/registry/coder/modules/jetbrains/README.md
@@ -61,6 +61,31 @@ module "jetbrains" {
 }
 ```
 
+### Plugin Pre-installation
+
+Automatically install plugins when the workspace starts. Find plugin IDs on the [JetBrains Marketplace](https://plugins.jetbrains.com/) in the "Additional Information" section of each plugin page.
+
+```tf
+module "jetbrains" {
+  count    = data.coder_workspace.me.start_count
+  source   = "registry.coder.com/coder/jetbrains/coder"
+  version  = "1.3.0"
+  agent_id = coder_agent.example.id
+  folder   = "/home/coder/project"
+  default  = ["IU", "PY"]
+
+  # Pre-install plugins
+  plugins = [
+    "com.intellij.plugins.terminal", # Terminal plugin
+    "org.rust.lang",                 # Rust language support
+    "com.github.copilot",            # GitHub Copilot
+  ]
+}
+```
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> Plugins are installed on workspace startup. If an IDE is not yet installed via Toolbox, plugins will be installed during the first IDE launch.
+
 ### Early Access Preview (EAP) Versions
 
 ```tf
diff --git a/registry/coder/modules/jetbrains/install-plugins.sh b/registry/coder/modules/jetbrains/install-plugins.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6bb86393c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/registry/coder/modules/jetbrains/install-plugins.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# install-plugins.sh - Install JetBrains plugins in workspace IDEs
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+PLUGINS="${PLUGINS}"
+PLUGIN_INSTALL_ARGS="${PLUGIN_INSTALL_ARGS}"
+FOLDER="${FOLDER}"
+IDE_METADATA='${IDE_METADATA}'
+
+BOLD='\033[0;1m'
+GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
+RED='\033[0;31m'
+RESET='\033[0m'
+
+echo -e "$${BOLD}🔌 JetBrains Plugin Installer$${RESET}"
+echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+
+# Parse plugin list
+IFS=',' read -r -a PLUGIN_LIST <<< "$PLUGINS"
+
+if [ $${#PLUGIN_LIST[@]} -eq 0 ] || [ -z "$${PLUGIN_LIST[0]}" ]; then
+  echo "No plugins to install."
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+echo "Plugins to install: $${#PLUGIN_LIST[@]}"
+for plugin in "$${PLUGIN_LIST[@]}"; do
+  echo "  - $plugin"
+done
+echo ""
+
+# Parse IDE metadata using jq if available, otherwise use basic parsing
+if command -v jq &> /dev/null; then
+  IDE_CODES=$(echo "$IDE_METADATA" | jq -r 'keys[]')
+else
+  # Fallback: extract IDE codes without jq
+  IDE_CODES=$(echo "$IDE_METADATA" | grep -o '"[A-Z][A-Z]"' | tr -d '"' | sort -u)
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$IDE_CODES" ]; then
+  echo -e "$${YELLOW}⚠️  No IDEs selected. Plugins will be installed when you launch an IDE.$${RESET}"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+echo "Selected IDEs:"
+for ide_code in $IDE_CODES; do
+  if command -v jq &> /dev/null; then
+    ide_name=$(echo "$IDE_METADATA" | jq -r ".\"$ide_code\".name")
+  else
+    ide_name="$ide_code"
+  fi
+  echo "  - $ide_name ($ide_code)"
+done
+echo ""
+
+# Function to find IDE binary path
+find_ide_binary() {
+  local ide_code="$1"
+  local binary_name=""
+
+  # Map IDE codes to binary names
+  case "$ide_code" in
+    CL) binary_name="clion" ;;
+    GO) binary_name="goland" ;;
+    IU) binary_name="idea" ;;
+    PS) binary_name="phpstorm" ;;
+    PY) binary_name="pycharm" ;;
+    RD) binary_name="rider" ;;
+    RM) binary_name="rubymine" ;;
+    RR) binary_name="rustrover" ;;
+    WS) binary_name="webstorm" ;;
+    *) return 1 ;;
+  esac
+
+  # Common JetBrains installation paths
+  local search_paths=(
+    "$HOME/.local/share/JetBrains/Toolbox/apps/$binary_name"
+    "$HOME/.cache/JetBrains/Toolbox/apps/$binary_name"
+    "/opt/$binary_name/bin/$binary_name.sh"
+    "/usr/local/bin/$binary_name"
+    "/usr/bin/$binary_name"
+  )
+
+  # Search for the IDE binary
+  for base_path in "$${search_paths[@]}"; do
+    if [ -d "$base_path" ]; then
+      # For Toolbox installations, find the latest version
+      local latest_version=$(find "$base_path" -maxdepth 1 -type d -name "ch-*" | sort -V | tail -n 1)
+      if [ -n "$latest_version" ] && [ -f "$latest_version/bin/$binary_name.sh" ]; then
+        echo "$latest_version/bin/$binary_name.sh"
+        return 0
+      fi
+    elif [ -f "$base_path" ]; then
+      echo "$base_path"
+      return 0
+    fi
+  done
+
+  # Try to find in PATH
+  if command -v "$binary_name" &> /dev/null; then
+    command -v "$binary_name"
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  return 1
+}
+
+# Function to install plugins for a specific IDE
+install_plugins_for_ide() {
+  local ide_code="$1"
+  local ide_binary="$2"
+  local ide_name="$3"
+
+  echo -e "$${BOLD}Installing plugins for $ide_name ($ide_code)...$${RESET}"
+
+  local failed_plugins=()
+  local success_count=0
+
+  for plugin in "$${PLUGIN_LIST[@]}"; do
+    if [ -z "$plugin" ]; then
+      continue
+    fi
+
+    echo -n "  🔌 Installing $plugin... "
+
+    # Run the plugin installation command
+    # Note: The IDE must be closed for this to work
+    if output=$("$ide_binary" installPlugins $PLUGIN_INSTALL_ARGS "$plugin" 2>&1); then
+      echo -e "$${GREEN}✓$${RESET}"
+      ((success_count++))
+    else
+      echo -e "$${RED}✗$${RESET}"
+      failed_plugins+=("$plugin")
+      echo "     Error: $output"
+    fi
+  done
+
+  echo ""
+
+  if [ $success_count -gt 0 ]; then
+    echo -e "$${GREEN}✓ Successfully installed $success_count plugin(s) for $ide_name$${RESET}"
+  fi
+
+  if [ $${#failed_plugins[@]} -gt 0 ]; then
+    echo -e "$${YELLOW}⚠️  Failed to install $${#failed_plugins[@]} plugin(s) for $ide_name:$${RESET}"
+    for failed_plugin in "$${failed_plugins[@]}"; do
+      echo "     - $failed_plugin"
+    done
+  fi
+
+  echo ""
+}
+
+# Main installation loop
+echo -e "$${BOLD}🔍 Searching for IDE installations...$${RESET}"
+echo ""
+
+installed_count=0
+skipped_count=0
+
+for ide_code in $IDE_CODES; do
+  if ide_binary=$(find_ide_binary "$ide_code"); then
+    if command -v jq &> /dev/null; then
+      ide_name=$(echo "$IDE_METADATA" | jq -r ".\"$ide_code\".name")
+    else
+      ide_name="$ide_code"
+    fi
+
+    echo -e "$${GREEN}✓$${RESET} Found $ide_name: $ide_binary"
+    install_plugins_for_ide "$ide_code" "$ide_binary" "$ide_name"
+    ((installed_count++))
+  else
+    if command -v jq &> /dev/null; then
+      ide_name=$(echo "$IDE_METADATA" | jq -r ".\"$ide_code\".name")
+    else
+      ide_name="$ide_code"
+    fi
+    echo -e "$${YELLOW}⚠️$${RESET}  $ide_name ($ide_code) not found - skipping"
+    ((skipped_count++))
+  fi
+done
+
+echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+
+if [ $installed_count -eq 0 ]; then
+  echo -e "$${YELLOW}⚠️  No IDE installations found.$${RESET}"
+  echo "Plugins will be installed automatically when you first launch a JetBrains IDE via Toolbox."
+else
+  echo -e "$${GREEN}✓ Plugin installation completed for $installed_count IDE(s).$${RESET}"
+  if [ $skipped_count -gt 0 ]; then
+    echo -e "$${YELLOW}⚠️  Skipped $skipped_count IDE(s) (not installed yet).$${RESET}"
+  fi
+fi
+
+echo ""
+echo "Note: You may need to restart any running IDEs for plugins to take effect."
diff --git a/registry/coder/modules/jetbrains/jetbrains.tftest.hcl b/registry/coder/modules/jetbrains/jetbrains.tftest.hcl
index 21726c253..53a351881 100644
--- a/registry/coder/modules/jetbrains/jetbrains.tftest.hcl
+++ b/registry/coder/modules/jetbrains/jetbrains.tftest.hcl
@@ -294,3 +294,67 @@ run "output_multiple_ides" {
     error_message = "Expected ide_metadata['PY'].build to be the fallback '${var.expected_ide_config["PY"].build}'"
   }
 }
+
+run "no_script_when_plugins_empty" {
+  command = plan
+
+  variables {
+    agent_id = "foo"
+    folder   = "/home/coder"
+    default  = ["GO"]
+    plugins  = []
+  }
+
+  assert {
+    condition     = length(resource.coder_script.jetbrains_plugin_installer) == 0
+    error_message = "Expected no coder_script when plugins list is empty"
+  }
+}
+
+run "script_created_when_plugins_provided" {
+  command = plan
+
+  variables {
+    agent_id = "foo"
+    folder   = "/home/coder"
+    default  = ["GO"]
+    plugins  = ["com.intellij.plugins.terminal", "org.rust.lang"]
+  }
+
+  assert {
+    condition     = length(resource.coder_script.jetbrains_plugin_installer) == 1
+    error_message = "Expected coder_script when plugins list is not empty"
+  }
+}
+
+run "script_runs_on_start" {
+  command = plan
+
+  variables {
+    agent_id = "foo"
+    folder   = "/home/coder"
+    default  = ["GO"]
+    plugins  = ["com.intellij.plugins.terminal"]
+  }
+
+  assert {
+    condition     = resource.coder_script.jetbrains_plugin_installer[0].run_on_start == true
+    error_message = "Expected plugin installer script to run on start"
+  }
+}
+
+run "no_script_when_no_ides_selected" {
+  command = plan
+
+  variables {
+    agent_id = "foo"
+    folder   = "/home/coder"
+    # default is empty, so no IDEs selected
+    plugins = ["com.intellij.plugins.terminal"]
+  }
+
+  assert {
+    condition     = length(resource.coder_script.jetbrains_plugin_installer) == 0
+    error_message = "Expected no coder_script when no IDEs are selected even if plugins are specified"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/registry/coder/modules/jetbrains/main.tf b/registry/coder/modules/jetbrains/main.tf
index 51f7c8168..2e7b82d02 100644
--- a/registry/coder/modules/jetbrains/main.tf
+++ b/registry/coder/modules/jetbrains/main.tf
@@ -173,6 +173,18 @@ variable "ide_config" {
   }
 }
 
+variable "plugins" {
+  type        = list(string)
+  description = "List of JetBrains plugin IDs to pre-install. Find plugin IDs on the JetBrains Marketplace (e.g., \"com.intellij.plugins.terminal\", \"org.rust.lang\")."
+  default     = []
+}
+
+variable "plugin_install_args" {
+  type        = string
+  description = "Additional arguments to pass to the plugin installation command."
+  default     = ""
+}
+
 locals {
   # Parse HTTP responses once with error handling for air-gapped environments
   parsed_responses = {
@@ -259,6 +271,25 @@ resource "coder_app" "jetbrains" {
   ])
 }
 
+resource "coder_script" "jetbrains_plugin_installer" {
+  count        = length(var.plugins) > 0 && length(local.selected_ides) > 0 ? 1 : 0
+  agent_id     = var.agent_id
+  display_name = "JetBrains Plugins"
+  icon         = "/icon/jetbrains-toolbox.svg"
+  script = templatefile("${path.module}/install-plugins.sh", {
+    PLUGINS : join(",", var.plugins),
+    PLUGIN_INSTALL_ARGS : var.plugin_install_args,
+    FOLDER : var.folder,
+    IDE_METADATA : jsonencode({
+      for key in local.selected_ides : key => {
+        code = key
+        name = local.options_metadata[key].name
+      }
+    })
+  })
+  run_on_start = true
+}
+
 output "ide_metadata" {
   description = "A map of the metadata for each selected JetBrains IDE."
   value = {