diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/durabletask/PowershellScript.java b/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/durabletask/PowershellScript.java
index 3c8680e1..958965d7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/durabletask/PowershellScript.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/durabletask/PowershellScript.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 public final class PowershellScript extends FileMonitoringTask {
     private final String script;
     private String powershellBinary = "powershell";
+    private boolean loadProfile = false;
     private boolean capturingOutput;
     
     @DataBoundConstructor public PowershellScript(String script) {
@@ -63,6 +64,11 @@ public void setPowershellBinary(String powershellBinary) {
         this.powershellBinary = powershellBinary;
     }
 
+    public boolean isLoadProfile() { return loadProfile; }
+
+    @DataBoundSetter
+    public void setLoadProfile(boolean loadProfile) { this.loadProfile = loadProfile; }
+
     public String getScript() {
         return script;
     }
@@ -94,9 +100,12 @@ public String getScript() {
 
         String powershellArgs;
         if (launcher.isUnix()) {
-            powershellArgs = "-NoProfile -NonInteractive";
+            powershellArgs = "-NonInteractive";
         } else {
-            powershellArgs = "-NoProfile -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Bypass";
+            powershellArgs = "-NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Bypass";
+        }
+        if (!loadProfile) {
+            powershellArgs = "-NoProfile " + powershellArgs;
         }
         args.add(powershellBinary);
         args.addAll(Arrays.asList(powershellArgs.split(" ")));
diff --git a/src/main/resources/org/jenkinsci/plugins/durabletask/PowershellScript/config.jelly b/src/main/resources/org/jenkinsci/plugins/durabletask/PowershellScript/config.jelly
index 0d561e9e..d6a7d549 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/org/jenkinsci/plugins/durabletask/PowershellScript/config.jelly
+++ b/src/main/resources/org/jenkinsci/plugins/durabletask/PowershellScript/config.jelly
@@ -7,4 +7,7 @@
     <f:entry field="powershellBinary" title="Executable">
         <f:select />
     </f:entry>
+    <f:entry field="loadProfile" title="Load Profile">
+        <f:checkbox />
+    </f:entry>
 </j:jelly>