diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index e5f175319..4acaa01fb 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Revision history for {{$dist->name}}
 
 {{$NEXT}}
+        - more plugins add their config to metadata when [MetaConfig] is used
 
 5.044     2016-04-06 20:32:14-04:00 America/New_York
         - require a newer List::Util to avoid a dumb bug caused by relying on
diff --git a/corpus/dist/AuthorDeps/dist.ini b/corpus/dist/AuthorDeps/dist.ini
index 322ea0e71..7bbcee652 100644
--- a/corpus/dist/AuthorDeps/dist.ini
+++ b/corpus/dist/AuthorDeps/dist.ini
@@ -23,3 +23,5 @@ version = 2
 :version = 5.0
 encoding = bytes
 filename = t/data.bin
+
+[MetaConfig]
diff --git a/corpus/dist/AutoPrereqs/dist.ini b/corpus/dist/AutoPrereqs/dist.ini
index 4feebdc1b..b20834f06 100644
--- a/corpus/dist/AutoPrereqs/dist.ini
+++ b/corpus/dist/AutoPrereqs/dist.ini
@@ -20,3 +20,5 @@ filename = t/data.bin
 
 [Prereqs / DevelopRequires]
 String::Formatter = 0
+
+[MetaConfig]
diff --git a/corpus/dist/DZ-NonAscii/dist.ini b/corpus/dist/DZ-NonAscii/dist.ini
index 46e0c934a..e7c4ce5c7 100644
--- a/corpus/dist/DZ-NonAscii/dist.ini
+++ b/corpus/dist/DZ-NonAscii/dist.ini
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ copyright_holder = ภูมิพลอดุลยเดช
 [@Classic]
 [MetaJSON]
 [NextRelease]
+[MetaConfig]
diff --git a/corpus/dist/DZ1/dist.ini b/corpus/dist/DZ1/dist.ini
index 1215b7e23..1ed1b5fe5 100644
--- a/corpus/dist/DZ1/dist.ini
+++ b/corpus/dist/DZ1/dist.ini
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ license = Perl_5
 copyright_holder = E. Xavier Ample
 
 [@Classic]
+[MetaConfig]
diff --git a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/AutoPrereqs.pm b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/AutoPrereqs.pm
index e2b3988f9..056c9137f 100644
--- a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/AutoPrereqs.pm
+++ b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/AutoPrereqs.pm
@@ -126,8 +126,23 @@ has scanners => (
 has skips => (
   is  => 'ro',
   isa => 'ArrayRef[Str]',
+  default => sub { [] },
 );
 
+around dump_config => sub {
+  my $orig = shift;
+  my $self = shift;
+
+  my $config = $self->$orig;
+
+  $config->{+__PACKAGE__} = {
+    (map { $_ => [ sort @{ $self->$_ } ] } qw(finder test_finder configure_finder extra_scanners skips)),
+    ($self->has_scanners ? (scanners => $self->scanners) : ()),
+  };
+
+  return $config;
+};
+
 sub register_prereqs {
   my $self  = shift;
 
diff --git a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/AutoVersion.pm b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/AutoVersion.pm
index 67066f3f4..8a3c25c52 100644
--- a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/AutoVersion.pm
+++ b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/AutoVersion.pm
@@ -64,6 +64,19 @@ has format => (
             . q<{{$ENV{DEV} ? (sprintf '_%03u', $ENV{DEV}) : ''}}>
 );
 
+around dump_config => sub {
+  my $orig = shift;
+  my $self = shift;
+
+  my $config = $self->$orig;
+
+  $config->{+__PACKAGE__} = {
+    map { $_ => $self->$_ } qw(major format time_zone),
+  };
+
+  return $config;
+};
+
 sub provide_version {
   my ($self) = @_;
 
diff --git a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/CPANFile.pm b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/CPANFile.pm
index aa1a5c170..aaf0b02e0 100644
--- a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/CPANFile.pm
+++ b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/CPANFile.pm
@@ -37,6 +37,17 @@ sub _hunkify_hunky_hunk_hunks {
   return $str;
 }
 
+around dump_config => sub {
+  my $orig = shift;
+  my $self = shift;
+
+  my $config = $self->$orig;
+
+  $config->{+__PACKAGE__} = { filename => $self->filename };
+
+  return $config;
+};
+
 sub gather_files {
   my ($self, $arg) = @_;
 
diff --git a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/Encoding.pm b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/Encoding.pm
index f2ec4db9f..d1dd11440 100644
--- a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/Encoding.pm
+++ b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/Encoding.pm
@@ -78,6 +78,20 @@ has ignore => (
   default => sub { [] },
 );
 
+around dump_config => sub {
+  my $orig = shift;
+  my $self = shift;
+
+  my $config = $self->$orig;
+
+  $config->{+__PACKAGE__} = {
+    encoding => $self->encoding,
+    map { $_ => [ sort @{ $self->$_ } ] } qw(filenames matches),
+  };
+
+  return $config;
+};
+
 sub set_file_encodings {
   my ($self) = @_;
 
diff --git a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/ExecDir.pm b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/ExecDir.pm
index fb4257dec..e51433287 100644
--- a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/ExecDir.pm
+++ b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/ExecDir.pm
@@ -32,5 +32,17 @@ sub find_files {
 }
 
 with 'Dist::Zilla::Role::ExecFiles';
+
+around dump_config => sub {
+  my $orig = shift;
+  my $self = shift;
+
+  my $config = $self->$orig;
+
+  $config->{+__PACKAGE__} = { dir => $self->dir };
+
+  return $config;
+};
+
 __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable;
 1;
diff --git a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/FakeRelease.pm b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/FakeRelease.pm
index 6d730aea4..52b820bfc 100644
--- a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/FakeRelease.pm
+++ b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/FakeRelease.pm
@@ -13,6 +13,17 @@ has user => (
   default  => 'AUTHORID',
 );
 
+around dump_config => sub {
+  my $orig = shift;
+  my $self = shift;
+
+  my $config = $self->$orig;
+
+  $config->{+__PACKAGE__} = { user => $self->user };
+
+  return $config;
+};
+
 sub release {
   my $self = shift;
 
diff --git a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/FileFinder/ByName.pm b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/FileFinder/ByName.pm
index c50933e89..661d84c24 100644
--- a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/FileFinder/ByName.pm
+++ b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/FileFinder/ByName.pm
@@ -107,6 +107,19 @@ sub _join_re {
   $re;
 }
 
+around dump_config => sub {
+  my $orig = shift;
+  my $self = shift;
+
+  my $config = $self->$orig;
+
+  $config->{+__PACKAGE__} = {
+    map { $_ => [ sort @{ $self->$_ } ] } qw(dirs files matches skips),
+  };
+
+  return $config;
+};
+
 sub find_files {
   my $self = shift;
 
diff --git a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/FileFinder/Filter.pm b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/FileFinder/Filter.pm
index 89f01667f..7d257d075 100644
--- a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/FileFinder/Filter.pm
+++ b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/FileFinder/Filter.pm
@@ -59,6 +59,19 @@ sub mvp_aliases { +{ qw(
 
 sub mvp_multivalue_args { qw(skips) }
 
+around dump_config => sub {
+  my $orig = shift;
+  my $self = shift;
+
+  my $config = $self->$orig;
+
+  $config->{+__PACKAGE__} = {
+    map { $_ => [ sort @{ $self->$_ } ] } qw(finder skips),
+  };
+
+  return $config;
+};
+
 sub find_files {
   my $self = shift;
 
diff --git a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/FinderCode.pm b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/FinderCode.pm
index fb14f0869..03d35ed5a 100644
--- a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/FinderCode.pm
+++ b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/FinderCode.pm
@@ -20,6 +20,17 @@ has style => (
   required => 1,
 );
 
+around dump_config => sub {
+  my $orig = shift;
+  my $self = shift;
+
+  my $config = $self->$orig;
+
+  $config->{+__PACKAGE__} = { style => $self->style };
+
+  return $config;
+};
+
 sub find_files {
   my ($self) = @_;
 
diff --git a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/GenerateFile.pm b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/GenerateFile.pm
index 20b02ff78..a7ddc3ee4 100644
--- a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/GenerateFile.pm
+++ b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/GenerateFile.pm
@@ -103,6 +103,20 @@ has name_is_template => (
   default => 0,
 );
 
+around dump_config => sub {
+  my $orig = shift;
+  my $self = shift;
+
+  my $config = $self->$orig;
+
+  $config->{+__PACKAGE__} = {
+    filename => $self->filename,
+    map { $_ => $self->$_ ? 1 : 0 } qw(content_is_template name_is_template),
+  };
+
+  return $config;
+};
+
 sub gather_files {
   my ($self, $arg) = @_;
 
diff --git a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/License.pm b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/License.pm
index ac2f8cd73..eb565305f 100644
--- a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/License.pm
+++ b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/License.pm
@@ -26,6 +26,19 @@ has filename => (
   default => 'LICENSE',
 );
 
+around dump_config => sub {
+  my $orig = shift;
+  my $self = shift;
+
+  my $config = $self->$orig;
+
+  $config->{+__PACKAGE__} = {
+    filename => $self->filename,
+  };
+
+  return $config;
+};
+
 sub gather_files {
   my ($self, $arg) = @_;
 
diff --git a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/MakeMaker.pm b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/MakeMaker.pm
index 0615e1e99..54b568c10 100644
--- a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/MakeMaker.pm
+++ b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/MakeMaker.pm
@@ -91,6 +91,20 @@ with qw(
   Dist::Zilla::Role::TextTemplate
 );
 
+around dump_config => sub {
+  my $orig = shift;
+  my $self = shift;
+
+  my $config = $self->$orig;
+
+  $config->{+__PACKAGE__} = {
+    make_path => $self->make_path,
+    # default_jobs is dumped by TestRunner
+  };
+
+  return $config;
+};
+
 my $template = q!# This file was automatically generated by {{ $generated_by }}.
 use strict;
 use warnings;
diff --git a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/ManifestSkip.pm b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/ManifestSkip.pm
index c295a7409..f0e28d60c 100644
--- a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/ManifestSkip.pm
+++ b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/ManifestSkip.pm
@@ -33,6 +33,17 @@ Other modules: L<ExtUtils::Manifest>.
 
 has skipfile => (is => 'ro', required => 1, default => 'MANIFEST.SKIP');
 
+around dump_config => sub {
+  my $orig = shift;
+  my $self = shift;
+
+  my $config = $self->$orig;
+
+  $config->{+__PACKAGE__} = { skipfile => $self->skipfile };
+
+  return $config;
+};
+
 sub prune_files {
   my ($self) = @_;
   my $files = $self->zilla->files;
diff --git a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/MetaJSON.pm b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/MetaJSON.pm
index 2146477bf..d85bcc185 100644
--- a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/MetaJSON.pm
+++ b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/MetaJSON.pm
@@ -42,6 +42,19 @@ has version => (
   default => '2',
 );
 
+around dump_config => sub {
+  my $orig = shift;
+  my $self = shift;
+
+  my $config = $self->$orig;
+
+  $config->{+__PACKAGE__} = {
+    map { $_ => $self->$_ } qw(filename version),
+  };
+
+  return $config;
+};
+
 sub gather_files {
   my ($self, $arg) = @_;
 
diff --git a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/MetaNoIndex.pm b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/MetaNoIndex.pm
index 49bf721b1..0ec6c2b36 100644
--- a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/MetaNoIndex.pm
+++ b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/MetaNoIndex.pm
@@ -92,6 +92,19 @@ for my $attr (keys %ATTR_ALIAS) {
   );
 }
 
+around dump_config => sub {
+  my $orig = shift;
+  my $self = shift;
+
+  my $config = $self->$orig;
+
+  $config->{+__PACKAGE__} = {
+    map { $_ => [ sort @{ $self->$_ } ] } qw(directories files packages namespaces),
+  };
+
+  return $config;
+};
+
 =method metadata
 
 Returns a reference to a hash containing the distribution's no_index metadata.
diff --git a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/MetaResources.pm b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/MetaResources.pm
index 16f5c9f5d..3816d89f7 100644
--- a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/MetaResources.pm
+++ b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/MetaResources.pm
@@ -64,6 +64,18 @@ around BUILDARGS => sub {
   };
 };
 
+around dump_config => sub {
+  my $orig = shift;
+  my $self = shift;
+
+  my $config = $self->$orig;
+
+  $config->{+__PACKAGE__} = { resources => $self->resources };
+
+  return $config;
+};
+
+
 sub metadata {
   my ($self) = @_;
 
diff --git a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/MetaYAML.pm b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/MetaYAML.pm
index 068c0cfc7..a429b9285 100644
--- a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/MetaYAML.pm
+++ b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/MetaYAML.pm
@@ -45,6 +45,17 @@ has version => (
   default => '1.4',
 );
 
+around dump_config => sub {
+  my $orig = shift;
+  my $self = shift;
+
+  my $config = $self->$orig;
+
+  $config->{+__PACKAGE__} = { version => $self->version };
+
+  return $config;
+};
+
 sub gather_files {
   my ($self, $arg) = @_;
 
diff --git a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/ModuleBuild.pm b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/ModuleBuild.pm
index a789e5ad4..313bacdaf 100644
--- a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/ModuleBuild.pm
+++ b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/ModuleBuild.pm
@@ -127,6 +127,19 @@ sub _add_build_elements {
   return '$build->add_build_element($_) for qw(' . join(' ', @elems) . ');';
 }
 
+around dump_config => sub {
+  my $orig = shift;
+  my $self = shift;
+
+  my $config = $self->$orig;
+
+  $config->{+__PACKAGE__} = {
+    map { $_ => $self->$_ } qw(mb_version mb_class mb_lib),
+  };
+
+  return $config;
+};
+
 sub register_prereqs {
   my ($self) = @_;
 
diff --git a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/ModuleShareDirs.pm b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/ModuleShareDirs.pm
index 29684f07c..a3fc9ff29 100644
--- a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/ModuleShareDirs.pm
+++ b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/ModuleShareDirs.pm
@@ -62,5 +62,17 @@ around BUILDARGS => sub {
 };
 
 with 'Dist::Zilla::Role::ShareDir';
+
+around dump_config => sub {
+  my $orig = shift;
+  my $self = shift;
+
+  my $config = $self->$orig;
+
+  $config->{+__PACKAGE__} = { module_map => $self->_module_map };
+
+  return $config;
+};
+
 __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable;
 1;
diff --git a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/NextRelease.pm b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/NextRelease.pm
index 37797cb5e..1679c3cba 100644
--- a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/NextRelease.pm
+++ b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/NextRelease.pm
@@ -103,6 +103,19 @@ sub section_header {
   return _format_version($self->format, $self);
 }
 
+around dump_config => sub {
+  my $orig = shift;
+  my $self = shift;
+
+  my $config = $self->$orig;
+
+  $config->{+__PACKAGE__} = {
+    map { $_ => $self->$_ } qw(time_zone format filename update_filename user_stash),
+  };
+
+  return $config;
+};
+
 has _original_changes_content => (
   is  => 'rw',
   isa => 'Str',
diff --git a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/PkgVersion.pm b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/PkgVersion.pm
index 0641c05cb..65bae322f 100644
--- a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/PkgVersion.pm
+++ b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/PkgVersion.pm
@@ -97,6 +97,19 @@ sub BUILD {
     if $self->use_our;
 }
 
+around dump_config => sub {
+  my $orig = shift;
+  my $self = shift;
+
+  my $config = $self->$orig;
+
+  $config->{+__PACKAGE__} = {
+    map { $_ => $self->$_ ? 1 : 0 } qw(die_on_existing_version die_on_line_insertion),
+  };
+
+  return $config;
+};
+
 sub munge_files {
   my ($self) = @_;
 
diff --git a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/PodVersion.pm b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/PodVersion.pm
index 8168251f0..150b25c5d 100644
--- a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/PodVersion.pm
+++ b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/PodVersion.pm
@@ -20,6 +20,20 @@ will not be added.
 
 =cut
 
+around dump_config => sub {
+  my $orig = shift;
+  my $self = shift;
+
+  my $config = $self->$orig;
+
+  $config->{+__PACKAGE__} = {
+      finder => [ sort @{ $self->finder } ],
+  };
+
+  return $config;
+};
+
+
 sub munge_files {
   my ($self) = @_;
 
diff --git a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/PruneCruft.pm b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/PruneCruft.pm
index b0ddf7e1f..2e8336617 100644
--- a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/PruneCruft.pm
+++ b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/PruneCruft.pm
@@ -84,6 +84,19 @@ sub exclude_file {
   return;
 }
 
+around dump_config => sub {
+  my $orig = shift;
+  my $self = shift;
+
+  my $config = $self->$orig;
+
+  $config->{+__PACKAGE__} = {
+      except => [ sort @{ $self->except } ],
+  };
+
+  return $config;
+};
+
 sub prune_files {
   my ($self) = @_;
 
diff --git a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/PruneFiles.pm b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/PruneFiles.pm
index 7d15752a9..6dad26015 100644
--- a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/PruneFiles.pm
+++ b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/PruneFiles.pm
@@ -55,6 +55,19 @@ has matches => (
   default => sub { [] },
 );
 
+around dump_config => sub {
+  my $orig = shift;
+  my $self = shift;
+
+  my $config = $self->$orig;
+
+  $config->{+__PACKAGE__} = {
+    map { $_ => [ sort @{ $self->$_ } ] } qw(filenames matches),
+  };
+
+  return $config;
+};
+
 sub prune_files {
   my ($self) = @_;
 
diff --git a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/ShareDir.pm b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/ShareDir.pm
index c12d5abcd..0c64b57c1 100644
--- a/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/ShareDir.pm
+++ b/lib/Dist/Zilla/Plugin/ShareDir.pm
@@ -41,5 +41,17 @@ sub share_dir_map {
 }
 
 with 'Dist::Zilla::Role::ShareDir';
+
+around dump_config => sub {
+  my $orig = shift;
+  my $self = shift;
+
+  my $config = $self->$orig;
+
+  $config->{+__PACKAGE__} = { dir => $self->dir };
+
+  return $config;
+};
+
 __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable;
 1;
diff --git a/t/commands/authordeps.t b/t/commands/authordeps.t
index 7571e8cb8..6751b20d5 100644
--- a/t/commands/authordeps.t
+++ b/t/commands/authordeps.t
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ cmp_deeply(
       +{ perl => '5.005' },
       +{ 'List::MoreUtils'=> '!= 0.407' },
       ( map { +{"Dist::Zilla::Plugin::$_" => '5.0'} } qw<AutoPrereqs Encoding ExecDir> ),
-      ( map { +{"Dist::Zilla::Plugin::$_" => 0} } qw<GatherDir MetaYAML> ),
+      ( map { +{"Dist::Zilla::Plugin::$_" => 0} } qw<GatherDir MetaConfig MetaYAML> ),
       +{ 'Software::License::Perl_5' => '0' },
     ],
     "authordeps in corpus/dist/AuthorDeps"