diff --git a/plugins/base/base.go b/plugins/base/base.go
index 7a9f7c5f6..f0939da79 100644
--- a/plugins/base/base.go
+++ b/plugins/base/base.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ type BasePlugin interface {
 
 	// SetConfig is used to set the configuration by passing a MessagePack
 	// encoding of it.
-	SetConfig(data []byte, config *ClientAgentConfig) error
+	SetConfig(c *Config) error
 }
 
 // PluginInfoResponse returns basic information about the plugin such that Nomad
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ type PluginInfoResponse struct {
 	// Type returns the plugins type
 	Type string
 
-	// PluginApiVersion returns the version of the Nomad plugin API it is built
-	// against.
-	PluginApiVersion string
+	// PluginApiVersions returns the versions of the Nomad plugin API that the
+	// plugin supports.
+	PluginApiVersions []string
 
 	// PluginVersion is the version of the plugin.
 	PluginVersion string
@@ -35,8 +35,21 @@ type PluginInfoResponse struct {
 	Name string
 }
 
-// ClientAgentConfig is the nomad client configuration sent to all plugins
-type ClientAgentConfig struct {
+// Config contains the configuration for the plugin.
+type Config struct {
+	// ApiVersion is the negotiated plugin API version to use.
+	ApiVersion string
+
+	// PluginConfig is the MessagePack encoding of the plugins user
+	// configuration.
+	PluginConfig []byte
+
+	// AgentConfig is the Nomad agents configuration as applicable to plugins
+	AgentConfig *AgentConfig
+}
+
+// AgentConfig is the Nomad agent's configuration sent to all plugins
+type AgentConfig struct {
 	Driver *ClientDriverConfig
 }
 
@@ -51,7 +64,7 @@ type ClientDriverConfig struct {
 	ClientMinPort uint
 }
 
-func (c *ClientAgentConfig) toProto() *proto.NomadConfig {
+func (c *AgentConfig) toProto() *proto.NomadConfig {
 	if c == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -68,12 +81,12 @@ func (c *ClientAgentConfig) toProto() *proto.NomadConfig {
 	return cfg
 }
 
-func nomadConfigFromProto(pb *proto.NomadConfig) *ClientAgentConfig {
+func nomadConfigFromProto(pb *proto.NomadConfig) *AgentConfig {
 	if pb == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	cfg := &ClientAgentConfig{}
+	cfg := &AgentConfig{}
 	if pb.Driver != nil {
 		cfg.Driver = &ClientDriverConfig{
 			ClientMaxPort: uint(pb.Driver.ClientMaxPort),
diff --git a/plugins/base/client.go b/plugins/base/client.go
index 6baf9a07d..80bc7ef4b 100644
--- a/plugins/base/client.go
+++ b/plugins/base/client.go
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ func (b *BasePluginClient) PluginInfo() (*PluginInfoResponse, error) {
 	}
 
 	resp := &PluginInfoResponse{
-		Type:             ptype,
-		PluginApiVersion: presp.GetPluginApiVersion(),
-		PluginVersion:    presp.GetPluginVersion(),
-		Name:             presp.GetName(),
+		Type:              ptype,
+		PluginApiVersions: presp.GetPluginApiVersions(),
+		PluginVersion:     presp.GetPluginVersion(),
+		Name:              presp.GetName(),
 	}
 
 	return resp, nil
@@ -52,11 +52,12 @@ func (b *BasePluginClient) ConfigSchema() (*hclspec.Spec, error) {
 	return presp.GetSpec(), nil
 }
 
-func (b *BasePluginClient) SetConfig(data []byte, config *ClientAgentConfig) error {
+func (b *BasePluginClient) SetConfig(c *Config) error {
 	// Send the config
 	_, err := b.Client.SetConfig(b.DoneCtx, &proto.SetConfigRequest{
-		MsgpackConfig: data,
-		NomadConfig:   config.toProto(),
+		MsgpackConfig:    c.PluginConfig,
+		NomadConfig:      c.AgentConfig.toProto(),
+		PluginApiVersion: c.ApiVersion,
 	})
 
 	return err
diff --git a/plugins/base/plugin_test.go b/plugins/base/plugin_test.go
index b64ba0edf..19172f009 100644
--- a/plugins/base/plugin_test.go
+++ b/plugins/base/plugin_test.go
@@ -16,27 +16,30 @@ func TestBasePlugin_PluginInfo_GRPC(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	require := require.New(t)
 
+	var (
+		apiVersions = []string{"v0.1.0", "v0.1.1"}
+	)
+
 	const (
-		apiVersion    = "v0.1.0"
 		pluginVersion = "v0.2.1"
 		pluginName    = "mock"
 	)
 
 	knownType := func() (*PluginInfoResponse, error) {
 		info := &PluginInfoResponse{
-			Type:             PluginTypeDriver,
-			PluginApiVersion: apiVersion,
-			PluginVersion:    pluginVersion,
-			Name:             pluginName,
+			Type:              PluginTypeDriver,
+			PluginApiVersions: apiVersions,
+			PluginVersion:     pluginVersion,
+			Name:              pluginName,
 		}
 		return info, nil
 	}
 	unknownType := func() (*PluginInfoResponse, error) {
 		info := &PluginInfoResponse{
-			Type:             "bad",
-			PluginApiVersion: apiVersion,
-			PluginVersion:    pluginVersion,
-			Name:             pluginName,
+			Type:              "bad",
+			PluginApiVersions: apiVersions,
+			PluginVersion:     pluginVersion,
+			Name:              pluginName,
 		}
 		return info, nil
 	}
@@ -63,7 +66,7 @@ func TestBasePlugin_PluginInfo_GRPC(t *testing.T) {
 
 	resp, err := impl.PluginInfo()
 	require.NoError(err)
-	require.Equal(apiVersion, resp.PluginApiVersion)
+	require.Equal(apiVersions, resp.PluginApiVersions)
 	require.Equal(pluginVersion, resp.PluginVersion)
 	require.Equal(pluginName, resp.Name)
 	require.Equal(PluginTypeDriver, resp.Type)
@@ -118,8 +121,8 @@ func TestBasePlugin_SetConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		ConfigSchemaF: func() (*hclspec.Spec, error) {
 			return TestSpec, nil
 		},
-		SetConfigF: func(data []byte, cfg *ClientAgentConfig) error {
-			receivedData = data
+		SetConfigF: func(cfg *Config) error {
+			receivedData = cfg.PluginConfig
 			return nil
 		},
 	}
@@ -147,7 +150,7 @@ func TestBasePlugin_SetConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 	cdata, err := msgpack.Marshal(config, config.Type())
 	require.NoError(err)
-	require.NoError(impl.SetConfig(cdata, &ClientAgentConfig{}))
+	require.NoError(impl.SetConfig(&Config{PluginConfig: cdata}))
 	require.Equal(cdata, receivedData)
 
 	// Decode the value back
diff --git a/plugins/base/server.go b/plugins/base/server.go
index f7ccc3fb7..af01faee4 100644
--- a/plugins/base/server.go
+++ b/plugins/base/server.go
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ func (b *basePluginServer) PluginInfo(context.Context, *proto.PluginInfoRequest)
 	}
 
 	presp := &proto.PluginInfoResponse{
-		Type:             ptype,
-		PluginApiVersion: resp.PluginApiVersion,
-		PluginVersion:    resp.PluginVersion,
-		Name:             resp.Name,
+		Type:              ptype,
+		PluginApiVersions: resp.PluginApiVersions,
+		PluginVersion:     resp.PluginVersion,
+		Name:              resp.Name,
 	}
 
 	return presp, nil
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func (b *basePluginServer) SetConfig(ctx context.Context, req *proto.SetConfigRe
 
 	// Client configuration is filtered based on plugin type
 	cfg := nomadConfigFromProto(req.GetNomadConfig())
-	filteredCfg := new(ClientAgentConfig)
+	filteredCfg := new(AgentConfig)
 
 	if cfg != nil {
 		switch info.Type {
@@ -70,8 +70,15 @@ func (b *basePluginServer) SetConfig(ctx context.Context, req *proto.SetConfigRe
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Build the config request
+	c := &Config{
+		ApiVersion:   req.GetPluginApiVersion(),
+		PluginConfig: req.GetMsgpackConfig(),
+		AgentConfig:  filteredCfg,
+	}
+
 	// Set the config
-	if err := b.impl.SetConfig(req.GetMsgpackConfig(), filteredCfg); err != nil {
+	if err := b.impl.SetConfig(c); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("SetConfig failed: %v", err)
 	}
 
diff --git a/plugins/base/testing.go b/plugins/base/testing.go
index bf72fe1f9..f3107a55e 100644
--- a/plugins/base/testing.go
+++ b/plugins/base/testing.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ type TestConfig struct {
 
 type PluginInfoFn func() (*PluginInfoResponse, error)
 type ConfigSchemaFn func() (*hclspec.Spec, error)
-type SetConfigFn func([]byte, *ClientAgentConfig) error
+type SetConfigFn func(*Config) error
 
 // MockPlugin is used for testing.
 // Each function can be set as a closure to make assertions about how data
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ type MockPlugin struct {
 
 func (p *MockPlugin) PluginInfo() (*PluginInfoResponse, error) { return p.PluginInfoF() }
 func (p *MockPlugin) ConfigSchema() (*hclspec.Spec, error)     { return p.ConfigSchemaF() }
-func (p *MockPlugin) SetConfig(data []byte, cfg *ClientAgentConfig) error {
-	return p.SetConfigF(data, cfg)
+func (p *MockPlugin) SetConfig(cfg *Config) error {
+	return p.SetConfigF(cfg)
 }
 
 // Below are static implementations of the base plugin functions
@@ -89,5 +89,5 @@ func TestConfigSchema() ConfigSchemaFn {
 
 // NoopSetConfig is a noop implementation of set config
 func NoopSetConfig() SetConfigFn {
-	return func(_ []byte, _ *ClientAgentConfig) error { return nil }
+	return func(_ *Config) error { return nil }
 }