diff --git a/packages/plugin-rsc/README.md b/packages/plugin-rsc/README.md
index a0574c065..cb5bcb6e1 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-rsc/README.md
+++ b/packages/plugin-rsc/README.md
@@ -355,6 +355,8 @@ import.meta.hot.on('rsc:update', async () => {
 
 ### `@vitejs/plugin-rsc`
 
+- Type: `rsc: (options?: RscPluginOptions) => Plugin[]`;
+
 ```js
 import rsc from '@vitejs/plugin-rsc'
 import { defineConfig } from 'vite'
@@ -390,8 +392,15 @@ export default defineConfig({
       // for example, to obtain a key through environment variable during runtime.
       // cf. https://nextjs.org/docs/app/guides/data-security#overwriting-encryption-keys-advanced
       defineEncryptionKey: 'process.env.MY_ENCRYPTION_KEY',
+
+      // see `RscPluginOptions` for full options ...
     }),
   ],
+  // the same options can be also specified via top-level `rsc` property.
+  // this allows other plugin to set options via `config` hook.
+  rsc: {
+    // ...
+  },
 })
 ```
 
diff --git a/packages/plugin-rsc/examples/ssg/vite.config.ts b/packages/plugin-rsc/examples/ssg/vite.config.ts
index 7c0fb059a..f8d92f9f9 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-rsc/examples/ssg/vite.config.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-rsc/examples/ssg/vite.config.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { type Plugin, type ResolvedConfig, defineConfig } from 'vite'
 // import inspect from 'vite-plugin-inspect'
 import { RSC_POSTFIX } from './src/framework/shared'
 
-export default defineConfig((env) => ({
+export default defineConfig({
   plugins: [
     // inspect(),
     mdx(),
@@ -20,23 +20,26 @@ export default defineConfig((env) => ({
         rsc: './src/framework/entry.rsc.tsx',
         ssr: './src/framework/entry.ssr.tsx',
       },
-      serverHandler: env.isPreview ? false : undefined,
-      useBuildAppHook: true,
     }),
     rscSsgPlugin(),
   ],
-}))
+})
 
 function rscSsgPlugin(): Plugin[] {
   return [
     {
       name: 'rsc-ssg',
-      config(_config, env) {
-        if (env.isPreview) {
+      config: {
+        order: 'pre',
+        handler(_config, env) {
           return {
-            appType: 'mpa',
+            appType: env.isPreview ? 'mpa' : undefined,
+            rsc: {
+              useBuildAppHook: true,
+              serverHandler: env.isPreview ? false : undefined,
+            },
           }
-        }
+        },
       },
       buildApp: {
         async handler(builder) {
diff --git a/packages/plugin-rsc/examples/starter-cf-single/vite.config.ts b/packages/plugin-rsc/examples/starter-cf-single/vite.config.ts
index afb3648a8..0b9bf89b9 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-rsc/examples/starter-cf-single/vite.config.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-rsc/examples/starter-cf-single/vite.config.ts
@@ -50,9 +50,4 @@ export default defineConfig({
       },
     },
   },
-  builder: {
-    // empty buildApp to disable cloudflare's buildApp
-    // https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/blob/19e2aab1d68594c7289d0aa16474544919fd5b9b/packages/vite-plugin-cloudflare/src/index.ts#L183-L186
-    buildApp: async () => {},
-  },
 })
diff --git a/packages/plugin-rsc/src/plugin.ts b/packages/plugin-rsc/src/plugin.ts
index d00db1adb..d129c1c4b 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-rsc/src/plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-rsc/src/plugin.ts
@@ -309,6 +309,14 @@ export default function vitePluginRsc(
     {
       name: 'rsc',
       async config(config, env) {
+        if (config.rsc) {
+          // mutate `rscPluginOptions` since internally this object is passed around
+          Object.assign(
+            rscPluginOptions,
+            // not sure which should win. for now plugin constructor wins.
+            vite.mergeConfig(config.rsc, rscPluginOptions),
+          )
+        }
         // crawl packages with "react" in "peerDependencies" to bundle react deps on server
         // see https://github.com/svitejs/vitefu/blob/d8d82fa121e3b2215ba437107093c77bde51b63b/src/index.js#L95-L101
         const result = await crawlFrameworkPkgs({
@@ -332,7 +340,7 @@ export default function vitePluginRsc(
         ]
 
         return {
-          appType: 'custom',
+          appType: config.appType ?? 'custom',
           define: {
             'import.meta.env.__vite_rsc_build__': JSON.stringify(
               env.command === 'build',
@@ -412,11 +420,21 @@ export default function vitePluginRsc(
           builder: {
             sharedPlugins: true,
             sharedConfigBuild: true,
-            buildApp: rscPluginOptions.useBuildAppHook ? undefined : buildApp,
+            async buildApp(builder) {
+              if (!rscPluginOptions.useBuildAppHook) {
+                await buildApp(builder)
+              }
+            },
           },
         }
       },
-      buildApp: rscPluginOptions.useBuildAppHook ? buildApp : undefined,
+      buildApp: {
+        async handler(builder) {
+          if (rscPluginOptions.useBuildAppHook) {
+            await buildApp(builder)
+          }
+        },
+      },
       configureServer(server) {
         ;(globalThis as any).__viteRscDevServer = server
 
@@ -989,6 +1007,7 @@ import.meta.hot.on("rsc:update", () => {
     ...vitePluginRscMinimal(rscPluginOptions, manager),
     ...vitePluginFindSourceMapURL(),
     ...vitePluginRscCss(rscPluginOptions, manager),
+    // TODO: delay validateImports option check after config
     ...(rscPluginOptions.validateImports !== false
       ? [validateImportPlugin()]
       : []),
diff --git a/packages/plugin-rsc/types/index.d.ts b/packages/plugin-rsc/types/index.d.ts
index dfd4de56b..ea900dcc0 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-rsc/types/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-rsc/types/index.d.ts
@@ -16,4 +16,11 @@ declare global {
   }
 }
 
+declare module 'vite' {
+  interface UserConfig {
+    /** Options for `@vitejs/plugin-rsc` */
+    rsc?: import('@vitejs/plugin-rsc').RscPluginOptions
+  }
+}
+
 export {}