diff --git a/.changeset/wicked-needles-brake.md b/.changeset/wicked-needles-brake.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..781b20b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/wicked-needles-brake.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"node-plop": patch
+---
+
+Fix passing configuration to loaded plopfiles.
diff --git a/packages/node-plop/src/node-plop.js b/packages/node-plop/src/node-plop.js
index 043bd12..0154e35 100644
--- a/packages/node-plop/src/node-plop.js
+++ b/packages/node-plop/src/node-plop.js
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ async function nodePlop(plopfilePath = "", plopCfg = {}) {
       targets = [targets];
     }
     const config = Object.assign(
+      {}, // forces shallow copy of plopCfg
+      plopCfg,
       {
         destBasePath: getDestBasePath(),
       },