diff --git a/lightningd/plugin.c b/lightningd/plugin.c
index 55fc5f538f17..1c3e2a107754 100644
--- a/lightningd/plugin.c
+++ b/lightningd/plugin.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <ccan/utf8/utf8.h>
 #include <common/utils.h>
 #include <common/version.h>
+#include <libgen.h>
 #include <lightningd/json.h>
 #include <lightningd/notification.h>
 #include <lightningd/options.h>
@@ -1086,9 +1087,35 @@ void json_add_opt_plugins(struct json_stream *response,
 			  const struct plugins *plugins)
 {
 	struct plugin *p;
+	struct plugin_opt *opt;
+	const char *opt_name;
+	const char *plugin_name;
+	char *plugin_ext;
+
+	/* we output 'plugins' and their config as substructure:
+	 * "plugins" : { "name" -> { "param" : "value" }, ... }  */
+	json_object_start(response, "plugins");
 	list_for_each(&plugins->plugins, p, list) {
-		json_add_string(response, "plugin", p->cmd);
+
+		/* guess a suitable plugin name: basename without extension */
+		plugin_name = tal_strdup(p, basename(p->cmd));
+		plugin_ext = strrchr(plugin_name, '.');
+		if (plugin_ext != NULL)
+			plugin_ext[0] = 0;
+		json_object_start(response, plugin_name);
+		tal_free(plugin_name);
+
+		json_add_string(response, "_cmd", p->cmd);
+		list_for_each(&p->plugin_opts, opt, list) {
+			/* Trim the `--` that we added before */
+			opt_name = opt->name + 2;
+			if (opt->value->as_str) {
+				json_add_string(response, opt_name, opt->value->as_str);
+			}
+		}
+		json_object_end(response);
 	}
+	json_object_end(response);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/tests/test_misc.py b/tests/test_misc.py
index e1f01d4794c3..9a4282ad11d6 100644
--- a/tests/test_misc.py
+++ b/tests/test_misc.py
@@ -742,12 +742,22 @@ def test_listconfigs(node_factory, bitcoind, chainparams):
 
     # Test one at a time.
     for c in configs.keys():
-        if c.startswith('#'):
+        if c.startswith('#') or c.startswith('plugins'):
             continue
         oneconfig = l1.rpc.listconfigs(config=c)
         assert(oneconfig[c] == configs[c])
 
 
+def test_listconfigs_plugins(node_factory, bitcoind, chainparams):
+    l1 = node_factory.get_node()
+
+    # assert that we have _cmd paths and a pay plugin
+    configs = l1.rpc.listconfigs()
+    assert configs['plugins'] and configs['plugins']['pay']
+    for p in configs['plugins'].keys():
+        assert configs['plugins'][p]['_cmd']
+
+
 def test_multirpc(node_factory):
     """Test that we can do multiple RPC without waiting for response"""
     l1 = node_factory.get_node()