diff --git a/lib/plugins/index.js b/lib/plugins/index.js
index 5570f12f..a9b4aa14 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/index.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/index.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ module.exports = (context, pluginsPath) => {
           if (isPlainObject(plugin)) {
             Object.entries(plugin).forEach(([type, func]) => {
               if (PLUGINS_DEFINITIONS[type]) {
+                Reflect.defineProperty(func, 'pluginName', {value: 'Inline plugin', writable: false, enumerable: true});
                 plugins[type] = [...(PLUGINS_DEFINITIONS[type].multiple ? plugins[type] || [] : []), [func, config]];
               }
             });
diff --git a/lib/plugins/normalize.js b/lib/plugins/normalize.js
index f7cf97e6..0a555173 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/normalize.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/normalize.js
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ module.exports = (context, type, pluginOpt, pluginsPath) => {
     return noop;
   }
 
-  const [path, config] = parseConfig(pluginOpt);
-  const pluginName = isFunction(path) ? `[Function: ${path.name}]` : path;
-  const plugin = loadPlugin(context, path, pluginsPath);
+  const [name, config] = parseConfig(pluginOpt);
+  const pluginName = name.pluginName ? name.pluginName : isFunction(name) ? `[Function: ${name.name}]` : name;
+  const plugin = loadPlugin(context, name, pluginsPath);
 
   let func;
   if (isFunction(plugin)) {
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ module.exports = (context, type, pluginOpt, pluginsPath) => {
   Reflect.defineProperty(validator, 'pluginName', {value: pluginName, writable: false, enumerable: true});
 
   if (!isFunction(pluginOpt)) {
-    if (pluginsPath[path]) {
-      logger.success(`Loaded plugin "${type}" from "${path}" in shareable config "${pluginsPath[path]}"`);
+    if (pluginsPath[name]) {
+      logger.success(`Loaded plugin "${type}" from "${pluginName}" in shareable config "${pluginsPath[name]}"`);
     } else {
-      logger.success(`Loaded plugin "${type}" from "${path}"`);
+      logger.success(`Loaded plugin "${type}" from "${pluginName}"`);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/plugins/utils.js b/lib/plugins/utils.js
index 368ac092..8a9421d4 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/utils.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/utils.js
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ const validateSingleStep = conf => {
     return false;
   }
 
-  const [path, config] = parseConfig(conf[0]);
-  return (isString(path) || isFunction(path)) && isPlainObject(config);
+  const [name, config] = parseConfig(conf[0]);
+  return (isString(name) || isFunction(name)) && isPlainObject(config);
 };
 
 const validateMultipleStep = conf => {
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ function validateStep({multiple, required}, conf) {
   return conf.length === 0 || (multiple ? validateMultipleStep : validateSingleStep)(conf);
 }
 
-function loadPlugin({cwd}, path, pluginsPath) {
-  const basePath = pluginsPath[path]
-    ? dirname(resolveFrom.silent(__dirname, pluginsPath[path]) || resolveFrom(cwd, pluginsPath[path]))
+function loadPlugin({cwd}, name, pluginsPath) {
+  const basePath = pluginsPath[name]
+    ? dirname(resolveFrom.silent(__dirname, pluginsPath[name]) || resolveFrom(cwd, pluginsPath[name]))
     : __dirname;
-  return isFunction(path) ? path : require(resolveFrom.silent(basePath, path) || resolveFrom(cwd, path));
+  return isFunction(name) ? name : require(resolveFrom.silent(basePath, name) || resolveFrom(cwd, name));
 }
 
 function parseConfig(plugin) {
diff --git a/test/plugins/plugins.test.js b/test/plugins/plugins.test.js
index 249574d2..d33f4e8b 100644
--- a/test/plugins/plugins.test.js
+++ b/test/plugins/plugins.test.js
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ test('Export plugins based on "plugins" config (array)', async t => {
   const plugin1 = {verifyConditions: stub(), publish: stub()};
   const plugin2 = {verifyConditions: stub(), verifyRelease: stub()};
   const plugins = getPlugins(
-    {cwd, logger: t.context.logger, options: {plugins: [plugin1, plugin2], verifyRelease: () => {}}},
+    {cwd, logger: t.context.logger, options: {plugins: [plugin1, [plugin2, {}]], verifyRelease: () => {}}},
     {}
   );
 
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ test('Use only last definition of single plugin steps declared in "plugins" conf
   t.is(typeof plugins.fail, 'function');
 });
 
-test('Merge global options, "plugins" options and sptep options', async t => {
+test('Merge global options, "plugins" options and step options', async t => {
   const plugin1 = [{verifyConditions: stub(), publish: stub()}, {pluginOpt1: 'plugin1'}];
   const plugin2 = [{verifyConditions: stub()}, {pluginOpt2: 'plugin2'}];
   const plugin3 = [stub(), {pluginOpt3: 'plugin3'}];