diff --git a/packages/histoire-plugin-nuxt/src/index.ts b/packages/histoire-plugin-nuxt/src/index.ts
index b2c6f891..13fd7a01 100644
--- a/packages/histoire-plugin-nuxt/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/histoire-plugin-nuxt/src/index.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export function HstNuxt (): Plugin {
     name: '@histoire/plugin-nuxt',
 
     // @ts-expect-error Different versions of Vite in devDependencies @TODO update when Nuxt switches to Vite 3
-    async config () {
+    async defaultConfig () {
       const nuxtConfig = await useNuxtViteConfig()
       nuxt = nuxtConfig.nuxt
       const plugins = nuxtConfig.viteConfig.plugins.filter((p: any) => !ignorePlugins.includes(p?.name))
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ async function useNuxtViteConfig () {
   return {
     viteConfig: await new Promise<ViteConfig>((resolve) => {
       nuxt.hook('vite:extendConfig', (config, { isClient }) => {
+        // @ts-expect-error Different versions of Vite in devDependencies @TODO update when Nuxt switches to Vite 3
         if (isClient) resolve({ ...config })
       })
       nuxt.ready().then(async () => {
diff --git a/packages/histoire-plugin-vue/src/index.ts b/packages/histoire-plugin-vue/src/index.ts
index 865c8973..d08a1c50 100644
--- a/packages/histoire-plugin-vue/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/histoire-plugin-vue/src/index.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ export function HstVue (): Plugin {
   return {
     name: '@histoire/plugin-vue',
 
-    config () {
+    defaultConfig () {
       return {
         supportMatch: [
           {
diff --git a/packages/histoire-plugin-vue2/src/index.ts b/packages/histoire-plugin-vue2/src/index.ts
index b53d0bd2..8a3584b6 100644
--- a/packages/histoire-plugin-vue2/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/histoire-plugin-vue2/src/index.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ export function HstVue (): Plugin {
   return {
     name: '@histoire/plugin-vue2',
 
-    config () {
+    defaultConfig () {
       return {
         supportMatch: [
           {
diff --git a/packages/histoire/src/node/builtin-plugins/vanilla-support/plugin.ts b/packages/histoire/src/node/builtin-plugins/vanilla-support/plugin.ts
index 1937cadd..ce4db75c 100644
--- a/packages/histoire/src/node/builtin-plugins/vanilla-support/plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/histoire/src/node/builtin-plugins/vanilla-support/plugin.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export function vanillaSupport (): Plugin {
   return {
     name: 'builtin:vanilla-support',
 
-    config () {
+    defaultConfig () {
       return {
         supportMatch: [
           {
diff --git a/packages/histoire/src/node/config.ts b/packages/histoire/src/node/config.ts
index 8a85ac76..22ae58e1 100644
--- a/packages/histoire/src/node/config.ts
+++ b/packages/histoire/src/node/config.ts
@@ -409,7 +409,11 @@ export async function resolveConfig (cwd: string = process.cwd(), mode: ConfigMo
   }
   const viteConfig = await resolveViteConfig({}, 'serve')
   const viteHistoireConfig = (viteConfig.histoire ?? {}) as HistoireConfig
-  return processConfig(mergeConfig(result, viteHistoireConfig, getDefaultConfig()), mode)
+
+  const preUserConfig = mergeConfig(result, viteHistoireConfig)
+  const processedDefaultConfig = await processDefaultConfig(getDefaultConfig(), preUserConfig, mode)
+
+  return processConfig(mergeConfig(preUserConfig, processedDefaultConfig), mode)
 }
 
 export async function processConfig (config: HistoireConfig, mode: ConfigMode): Promise<HistoireConfig> {
@@ -425,6 +429,18 @@ export async function processConfig (config: HistoireConfig, mode: ConfigMode):
   return config
 }
 
+export async function processDefaultConfig (defaultConfig: HistoireConfig, preUserConfig: HistoireConfig, mode: ConfigMode): Promise<HistoireConfig> {
+  for (const plugin of [...defaultConfig.plugins, ...preUserConfig.plugins]) {
+    if (plugin.defaultConfig) {
+      const result = await plugin.defaultConfig(defaultConfig, mode)
+      if (result) {
+        defaultConfig = mergeConfig(result, defaultConfig)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return defaultConfig
+}
+
 export function defineConfig (config: Partial<HistoireConfig>) {
   return config
 }
diff --git a/packages/histoire/src/node/plugin.ts b/packages/histoire/src/node/plugin.ts
index 9ce759b3..caf07b98 100644
--- a/packages/histoire/src/node/plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/histoire/src/node/plugin.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@ export interface Plugin {
    * Name of the plugin
    */
   name: string
+  /**
+   * Modify histoire default config. The hook can either mutate the passed config or
+   * return a partial config object that will be deeply merged into the existing
+   * config. User config will have higher priority than default config.
+   *
+   * Note: User plugins are resolved before running this hook so injecting other
+   * plugins inside  the `config` hook will have no effect.
+   */
+  defaultConfig?: (defaultConfig: HistoireConfig, mode: ConfigMode) => Partial<HistoireConfig> | null | void | Promise<Partial<HistoireConfig> | null | void>
   /**
    * Modify histoire config. The hook can either mutate the passed config or
    * return a partial config object that will be deeply merged into the existing