diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8ba7b75..5073f8f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@ npm install --save react-remarkable
 ```jsx
 import React from 'react';
 import Markdown from 'react-remarkable';
+import Emoji from 'remarkable-emoji'
 
 const MyComponent = () => (
   <div>
     {/* Pass Markdown source to the `source` prop */}
-    <Markdown source="**Markdown is awesome!**" />
+    <Markdown source="**Markdown is awesome! :)**" plugins={[Emoji]} />
 
     {/* Or pass it as children */}
     {/* You can nest React components, too */}
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ Available props:
 - `options` - Hash of Remarkable options
 - `source`  - Markdown source. You can also pass the source as children, which allows you to mix React components and Markdown.
 - `container` - Element to use as container. Defaults to `div`.
+- `plugins` - Array of remarkable plugins
 
 ## Syntax Highlighting
 
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 44efa45..c15f7a3 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class Remarkable extends React.Component {
 
   componentWillUpdate(nextProps, nextState) {
     if (nextProps.options !== this.props.options) {
-      this.md = new Markdown(nextProps.options);
+      this.md = this.createMarkdown(nextProps.options, nextProps.plugins);
     }
   }
 
@@ -71,17 +71,24 @@ class Remarkable extends React.Component {
 
   renderMarkdown(source) {
     if (!this.md) {
-      this.md = new Markdown(this.props.options);
+      this.md = this.createMarkdown(this.props.options, this.props.plugins);
     }
 
     return this.md.render(source);
   }
+
+  createMarkdown(options, plugins) {
+    return plugins.reduce((md, plugin) => {
+      return md.use(plugin);
+    }, new Markdown(options));
+  }
 }
 
 Remarkable.defaultProps = {
   container: 'div',
   contentWrapper: 'span',
   options: {},
+  plugins: [],
 };
 
 export default Remarkable;