diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1769f7e24d..e00eea7321 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### New features
+
+- [#2382: Make any npm module a plugin via a proxy plugin config](https://github.com/alphagov/govuk-prototype-kit/pull/2382)
+
 ## 13.15.3
 
 ### Fixes
diff --git a/lib/manage-prototype-handlers.js b/lib/manage-prototype-handlers.js
index aca27037f4..bcab6d9171 100644
--- a/lib/manage-prototype-handlers.js
+++ b/lib/manage-prototype-handlers.js
@@ -444,7 +444,11 @@ async function prepareForPluginPage (isInstalledPage, search) {
   const plugins = isInstalledPage
     ? installedPlugins
     : allPlugins.filter(plugin => {
-      const pluginName = plugin.packageName?.toLowerCase()
+      const { packageName, available, installed } = plugin || {}
+      const pluginName = packageName?.toLowerCase()
+      if (!pluginName || (!available && !installed)) {
+        return false
+      }
       return pluginName.indexOf(search.toLowerCase()) >= 0
     })
 
diff --git a/lib/manage-prototype-handlers.test.js b/lib/manage-prototype-handlers.test.js
index 591b73d2ff..a0d0b57385 100644
--- a/lib/manage-prototype-handlers.test.js
+++ b/lib/manage-prototype-handlers.test.js
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ jest.mock('../known-plugins.json', () => {
     plugins: {}
   }
 })
+
 jest.mock('fs-extra', () => {
   return {
     readFile: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(''),
@@ -90,6 +91,12 @@ jest.mock('./plugins/plugins', () => {
   }
 })
 
+jest.mock('./plugins/plugin-utils', () => {
+  return {
+    getProxyPluginConfig: jest.fn().mockReturnValue({})
+  }
+})
+
 jest.mock('./plugins/packages', () => {
   const packageWithPluginConfig = {
     packageName: 'test-package',
diff --git a/lib/plugins/plugin-utils.js b/lib/plugins/plugin-utils.js
index 63154073d7..c673591fb6 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/plugin-utils.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/plugin-utils.js
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 // This allows npm modules to act as if they are plugins by providing the plugin config for them
+const fs = require('fs')
+const fse = require('fs-extra')
+const { projectDir } = require('../utils/paths')
+const path = require('path')
+
+let proxyPluginError = false
 function getProxyPluginConfig (packageName) {
-  const proxyPluginConfig = {
+  let proxyPluginConfig = {
     jquery: {
       scripts: ['/dist/jquery.js'],
       assets: ['/dist'],
@@ -14,6 +20,23 @@ function getProxyPluginConfig (packageName) {
       }
     }
   }
+  const proxyPluginsPath = path.join(projectDir, 'app', 'plugin-proxy.json')
+  if (fse.existsSync(proxyPluginsPath)) {
+    let userProxyPluginsContent
+    try {
+      userProxyPluginsContent = fs.readFileSync(proxyPluginsPath, 'utf8')
+      const userProxyPlugins = JSON.parse(userProxyPluginsContent)
+      proxyPluginConfig = { ...proxyPluginConfig, ...userProxyPlugins }
+      proxyPluginError = false
+    } catch (err) {
+      if (!proxyPluginError) {
+        console.error(err.message)
+        console.error(proxyPluginsPath)
+        console.error(userProxyPluginsContent)
+        proxyPluginError = true
+      }
+    }
+  }
   return proxyPluginConfig[packageName] ? { ...proxyPluginConfig[packageName] } : undefined
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/plugins/plugin-utils.spec.js b/lib/plugins/plugin-utils.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c64e9fb845
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/plugins/plugin-utils.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/* eslint-env jest */
+
+// npm dependencies
+const fs = require('fs')
+
+// local dependencies
+const { getProxyPluginConfig } = require('./plugin-utils')
+
+const testPluginConfig = {
+  scripts: './dist/test-script.js'
+}
+jest.mock('fs-extra', () => {
+  return {
+    existsSync: jest.fn().mockReturnValue(true)
+  }
+})
+
+describe('getProxyPluginConfig', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.spyOn(fs, 'readFileSync').mockImplementation(() => {
+      return JSON.stringify({
+        'test-plugin-config': testPluginConfig
+      })
+    })
+  })
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    jest.restoreAllMocks()
+  })
+
+  it('get jquery proxy plugin config', () => {
+    const pluginConfig = getProxyPluginConfig('jquery')
+    expect(Object.keys(pluginConfig)).toEqual(['scripts', 'assets', 'meta'])
+  })
+
+  it('get test script proxy plugin config', () => {
+    const pluginConfig = getProxyPluginConfig('test-plugin-config')
+    expect(pluginConfig).toEqual(testPluginConfig)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/lib/plugins/plugins.js b/lib/plugins/plugins.js
index eb3c088512..f8523286cc 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/plugins.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/plugins.js
@@ -173,7 +173,11 @@ let pluginsByType
  * @private
  */
 function setPluginsByType () {
-  pluginsByType = getPluginsByType()
+  try {
+    pluginsByType = getPluginsByType()
+  } catch (err) {
+    pluginsByType = {}
+  }
 }
 
 setPluginsByType()