diff --git a/lib/svgo.js b/lib/svgo.js
index e57fb2e1e..e164294c4 100644
--- a/lib/svgo.js
+++ b/lib/svgo.js
@@ -4,11 +4,21 @@ import { builtin } from './builtin.js';
 import { invokePlugins } from './svgo/plugins.js';
 import { encodeSVGDatauri } from './svgo/tools.js';
 
+/**
+ * @template T {any}
+ * @typedef {import('./types.js').PluginConfig<T>} PluginConfig<T>
+ */
+
 const pluginsMap = {};
 for (const plugin of builtin) {
   pluginsMap[plugin.name] = plugin;
 }
 
+/**
+ * @template T {any}
+ * @param {string | PluginConfig<T>} plugin plugin name or plugin config
+ * @returns {PluginConfig<T> | null} plugin config or null if plugin was not found
+ */
 const resolvePluginConfig = (plugin) => {
   if (typeof plugin === 'string') {
     // resolve builtin plugin specified as string
@@ -77,11 +87,53 @@ export const optimize = (input, config) => {
         'Warning: plugins list includes null or undefined elements, these will be ignored.',
       );
     }
+
+    const disablePlugins = config.disable;
+    if (disablePlugins != null && !Array.isArray(disablePlugins)) {
+      throw Error('malformed config, `disable` property must be an array.');
+    }
+
+    const resolvedPluginsWithDisable = disablePlugins
+      ? resolvedPlugins.filter(
+          (plugin) => !disablePlugins.includes(plugin.name),
+        )
+      : resolvedPlugins;
+
+    const enablePlugins = config.enable;
+    if (enablePlugins != null && !Array.isArray(enablePlugins)) {
+      throw Error('malformed config, `enable` property must be an array.');
+    }
+
+    const resolvedEnablePlugins = enablePlugins
+      ? enablePlugins
+          .filter((plugin) => plugin != null)
+          .map(resolvePluginConfig)
+      : null;
+
+    if (
+      resolvedEnablePlugins &&
+      resolvedEnablePlugins.length < enablePlugins.length
+    ) {
+      console.warn(
+        'Warning: enable plugins list includes null or undefined elements, these will be ignored.',
+      );
+    }
+
+    const resolvedPluginsWithDisableEnable = resolvedEnablePlugins
+      ? resolvedPluginsWithDisable.concat(resolvedEnablePlugins)
+      : resolvedPluginsWithDisable;
+
     const globalOverrides = {};
     if (config.floatPrecision != null) {
       globalOverrides.floatPrecision = config.floatPrecision;
     }
-    invokePlugins(ast, info, resolvedPlugins, null, globalOverrides);
+    invokePlugins(
+      ast,
+      info,
+      resolvedPluginsWithDisableEnable,
+      null,
+      globalOverrides,
+    );
     output = stringifySvg(ast, config.js2svg);
     if (output.length < prevResultSize) {
       input = output;
diff --git a/lib/svgo/coa.js b/lib/svgo/coa.js
index 62404fc34..0da2a8464 100644
--- a/lib/svgo/coa.js
+++ b/lib/svgo/coa.js
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ export default function makeProgram(program) {
       'Only output error messages, not regular status messages',
     )
     .option('--show-plugins', 'Show available plugins and exit')
+    .option('--disable <PLUGINS...>', 'Disable selected plugins')
+    .option(
+      '--enable <PLUGINS...>',
+      'Enable selected plugins. Takes precedence over `disable`',
+    )
     // used by picocolors internally
     .option('--no-color', 'Output plain text without color')
     .action(action);
diff --git a/lib/types.d.ts b/lib/types.d.ts
index 9c6a194e7..e93c5cd15 100644
--- a/lib/types.d.ts
+++ b/lib/types.d.ts
@@ -111,6 +111,12 @@ export type Plugin<Params> = (
   info: PluginInfo,
 ) => Visitor | null | void;
 
+export type PluginConfig<Params> = {
+  name: string;
+  params: any;
+  fn: Plugin<Params> | null;
+};
+
 export type Specificity = [number, number, number];
 
 export type StylesheetDeclaration = {