diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9abc927f156..e91bb614b1b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 * The search UI has had a complete overhaul, with a fresh new modal UI with better context for search results and a filter mechanism to remove unwanted results. The client-side search engine has been changed from LunrJs to MinisearchJs. ([#1437], [#2141], [#2147], [#2202])
 
+* The `doctest` routine can now internally forward select additional keyword arguments to `makedocs`. Specifically, this includes the `plugins` argument, enabling `doctest` to run if any plugin with a mandatory `Plugin` object is loaded, e.g., [DocumenterCitations](https://github.com/JuliaDocs/DocumenterCitations.jl). ([#2245])
+
 ### Fixed
 
 * Line endings in Markdown source files are now normalized to `LF` before parsing, to work around [a bug in the Julia Markdown parser][julia-29344] where parsing is sensitive to line endings, and can therefore cause platform-dependent behavior. ([#1906])
diff --git a/src/doctest.jl b/src/doctest.jl
index 07c6996ef9d..f3494f1fc3b 100644
--- a/src/doctest.jl
+++ b/src/doctest.jl
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ manual pages can be disabled if `source` is set to `nothing`.
     develop mode and commit any staged changes. You should also review all the changes made
     by `doctest` before committing them, as there may be edge cases when the automatic
     fixing fails.
+
+Select other keyword arguments, e.g., `plugins`, are internally forwarded to
+[`makedocs`](@ref). These should only be used as directed, e.g., in the documentation of a
+third-party plugin.
 """
 function doctest(
         source::Union{AbstractString,Nothing},
@@ -66,6 +70,7 @@ function doctest(
         fix = false,
         testset = "Doctests",
         doctestfilters = Regex[],
+        kwargs...
     )
     function all_doctests()
         dir = mktempdir()
@@ -75,7 +80,7 @@ function doctest(
                 source = joinpath(dir, "src")
                 mkdir(source)
             end
-            makedocs(
+            makedocs(;
                 root = dir,
                 source = source,
                 sitename = "",
@@ -85,6 +90,10 @@ function doctest(
                 # When doctesting, we don't really want to get bogged down with issues
                 # related to determining the remote repositories for edit URLs and such
                 remotes = nothing,
+                # Forward other keyword arguments. Users are warned to "only use as
+                # directed", but e.g. `plugins` may be necessary for some third-party
+                # plugins.
+                kwargs...,
             )
             true
         catch err
diff --git a/test/plugins/make.jl b/test/plugins/make.jl
index 4689787171f..5d409da101b 100644
--- a/test/plugins/make.jl
+++ b/test/plugins/make.jl
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ A = _TestPluginA(false)
     plugins=[_RunPluginTests(true), A],
     sitename="-", modules = [PluginsTestModule], warnonly=false
 ) === nothing
-@test A.processed = true
+@test A.processed
 
 
 # Errors
@@ -115,4 +115,15 @@ catch exc
 end
 
 
+# Doctests  - the `doctest` function must also be able to process plugins
+
+A = _TestPluginA(false)
+@test !(A.processed)
+doctest(
+    joinpath(@__DIR__, "src"),
+    [PluginsTestModule];
+    plugins=[_RunPluginTests(true), A]
+)
+@test A.processed
+
 end