diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 296733ac6..53fa6254e 100755
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ NYC.prototype._createInstrumenter = function () {
     compact: this.config.compact,
     preserveComments: this.config.preserveComments,
     esModules: this.config.esModules,
-    plugins: this.config.plugins
+    plugins: this.config.parserPlugins
   })
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/hash.js b/lib/hash.js
index 02f605715..ebf6c7d3a 100644
--- a/lib/hash.js
+++ b/lib/hash.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ function getInvalidatingOptions (config) {
     'ignoreClassMethods',
     'instrument',
     'instrumenter',
-    'plugins',
+    'parserPlugins',
     'preserveComments',
     'produceSourceMap',
     'sourceMap'
diff --git a/lib/instrumenters/istanbul.js b/lib/instrumenters/istanbul.js
index 5e823a431..7e8dd8f91 100644
--- a/lib/instrumenters/istanbul.js
+++ b/lib/instrumenters/istanbul.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const convertSourceMap = require('convert-source-map')
 const mergeSourceMap = require('merge-source-map')
 
 function InstrumenterIstanbul (cwd, options) {
-  const plugins = options.plugins
+  const plugins = options.parserPlugins
   const configPlugins = plugins ? { plugins } : {}
 
   const instrumenter = createInstrumenter(Object.assign({