diff --git a/libexec/rbenv-version-origin b/libexec/rbenv-version-origin
index ae7abf9c..a9d21c4c 100755
--- a/libexec/rbenv-version-origin
+++ b/libexec/rbenv-version-origin
@@ -3,7 +3,16 @@
 set -e
 [ -n "$RBENV_DEBUG" ] && set -x
 
-if [ -n "$RBENV_VERSION" ]; then
+OLDIFS="$IFS"
+IFS=$'\n' scripts=(`rbenv-hooks version-origin`)
+IFS="$OLDIFS"
+for script in "${scripts[@]}"; do
+  source "$script"
+done
+
+if [ -n "$RBENV_VERSION_ORIGIN" ]; then
+  echo "$RBENV_VERSION_ORIGIN"
+elif [ -n "$RBENV_VERSION" ]; then
   echo "RBENV_VERSION environment variable"
 else
   rbenv-version-file
diff --git a/test/version-origin.bats b/test/version-origin.bats
index 8ad4db04..fed0aaa5 100644
--- a/test/version-origin.bats
+++ b/test/version-origin.bats
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 load test_helper
 
+export RBENV_HOOK_PATH="${RBENV_ROOT}/rbenv.d"
+
+create_hook() {
+  mkdir -p "${RBENV_ROOT}/rbenv.d/version-origin"
+  cat > "${RBENV_ROOT}/rbenv.d/version-origin/$1" <<<"$2"
+}
+
 setup() {
   mkdir -p "$RBENV_TEST_DIR"
   cd "$RBENV_TEST_DIR"
@@ -36,3 +43,12 @@ setup() {
   run rbenv-version-origin
   assert_success "${PWD}/.rbenv-version"
 }
+
+@test "reports from hook" {
+  touch .ruby-version
+  create_hook test.bash "RBENV_VERSION_ORIGIN=plugin"
+
+  RBENV_VERSION=1 run rbenv-version-origin
+
+  assert_success "plugin"
+}