diff --git a/plugins/jk-plugin-echo/main.go b/plugins/jk-plugin-echo/main.go
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/jk-plugin-echo/main.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/go-hclog"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/go-plugin"
+
+	"github.com/jkcfg/jk/pkg/plugin/renderer"
+)
+
+// Echo outputs its input.
+type Echo struct {
+	log hclog.Logger
+}
+
+// Render implements renderer.Renderer.
+func (h *Echo) Render(input []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+	h.log.Debug("debug message from echo plugin")
+	return input, nil
+}
+
+func main() {
+	logger := hclog.New(&hclog.LoggerOptions{
+		Level:  hclog.Info,
+		Output: os.Stderr,
+	})
+
+	r := &Echo{
+		log: logger,
+	}
+	// pluginMap is the map of plugins we can dispense.
+	var pluginMap = map[string]plugin.Plugin{
+		"renderer": &renderer.Plugin{Impl: r},
+	}
+
+	plugin.Serve(&plugin.ServeConfig{
+		HandshakeConfig: renderer.RendererV1,
+		Plugins:         pluginMap,
+	})
+}
diff --git a/tests/echo.json b/tests/echo.json
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index 00000000..bcea0422
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/echo.json
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+{
+  "name": "echo",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "binaries": {
+    "linux-amd64": "jk-plugin-echo",
+    "darwin-amd64": "jk-plugin-echo"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/test-plugin-echo.js b/tests/test-plugin-echo.js
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index 00000000..914e4ff7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test-plugin-echo.js
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+import * as std from '@jkcfg/std';
+import { render } from '@jkcfg/std/render';
+
+render('echo.json', { message: 'success' }).then(r => std.log(r.message));
diff --git a/tests/test-plugin-echo.js.expected b/tests/test-plugin-echo.js.expected
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2e9ba477
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test-plugin-echo.js.expected
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+success