diff --git a/src/browser/application.es6 b/src/browser/application.es6
index 5973a5ec0..4f4cef838 100644
--- a/src/browser/application.es6
+++ b/src/browser/application.es6
@@ -707,6 +707,8 @@ export default class Application extends EventEmitter {
     } else if (parts.protocol === 'nylas:') {
       if (parts.host === 'calendar') {
         this.openCalendarURL(parts.path);
+      } else if (parts.host === 'plugins') {
+        main.sendMessage('changePluginStateFromUrl', urlToOpen);
       } else {
         main.sendMessage('openExternalThread', urlToOpen);
       }
diff --git a/src/package-manager.coffee b/src/package-manager.coffee
index 03ded0d77..103710eb3 100644
--- a/src/package-manager.coffee
+++ b/src/package-manager.coffee
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 path = require 'path'
+url = require 'url'
 
 _ = require 'underscore'
-{remote} = require 'electron'
+{ipcRenderer, remote} = require 'electron'
 EmitterMixin = require('emissary').Emitter
 {Emitter} = require 'event-kit'
 fs = require 'fs-plus'
@@ -58,6 +59,8 @@ class PackageManager
     @packageActivators = []
     @registerPackageActivator(this, ['nylas'])
 
+    ipcRenderer.on("changePluginStateFromUrl", @_onChangePluginState)
+
 
   pluginIdFor: (packageName) =>
     env = NylasEnv.config.get("env")
@@ -67,6 +70,12 @@ class PackageManager
       @cachedPackagePluginIds[cacheKey] = @_resolvePluginIdFor(packageName, env)
     return @cachedPackagePluginIds[cacheKey]
 
+  _onChangePluginState: (event, urlToOpen = "") =>
+    {query} = url.parse(urlToOpen, true)
+    for name, state of query
+      if state is "off" then @deactivatePackage(name)
+      else if state is "on" then @activatePackage(name)
+
   _resolvePluginIdFor: (packageName, env) =>
     metadata = @loadedPackages[packageName]?.metadata