diff --git a/proxy-wasm-java-host/src/main/java/io/roastedroot/proxywasm/PluginFactory.java b/proxy-wasm-java-host/src/main/java/io/roastedroot/proxywasm/PluginFactory.java
index d1cdc16..00fdee0 100644
--- a/proxy-wasm-java-host/src/main/java/io/roastedroot/proxywasm/PluginFactory.java
+++ b/proxy-wasm-java-host/src/main/java/io/roastedroot/proxywasm/PluginFactory.java
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
 import com.dylibso.chicory.wasm.WasmModule;
 import io.roastedroot.proxywasm.internal.ProxyWasm;
 import java.net.URI;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
@@ -82,6 +84,7 @@ final class Builder {
         private SharedQueueHandler sharedQueueHandler;
         private SharedDataHandler sharedDataHandler;
         private boolean shared;
+        private HashMap<List<String>, byte[]> properties = new HashMap<>();
 
         /**
          * Private constructor for the Builder.
@@ -105,6 +108,42 @@ public PluginFactory.Builder withName(String name) {
             return this;
         }
 
+        /**
+         * Sets the properties for this plugin instance.
+         *
+         * @param properties A map where keys are the property names expected by the WASM module,
+         *                  and values are the corresponding byte arrays.
+         * @return this {@code Builder} instance for method chaining.
+         */
+        public PluginFactory.Builder withProperties(Map<List<String>, byte[]> properties) {
+            this.properties = new HashMap<>(properties);
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Sets a single property for this plugin instance.
+         *
+         * @param key The key of the property to set.
+         * @param value The value of the property to set.
+         * @return this {@code Builder} instance for method chaining.
+         */
+        public PluginFactory.Builder withProperty(List<String> key, byte[] value) {
+            this.properties.put(key, value);
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Sets a single property for this plugin instance.
+         *
+         * @param key The key of the property to set.
+         * @param value The value of the property to set.
+         * @return this {@code Builder} instance for method chaining.
+         */
+        public PluginFactory.Builder withProperty(List<String> key, String value) {
+            this.properties.put(key, bytes(value));
+            return this;
+        }
+
         /**
          * Registers foreign (host-provided) functions that can be called by the WASM plugin.
          * These functions allow the plugin to interact with the host environment beyond the standard
@@ -362,6 +401,15 @@ public PluginFactory build() {
             SharedDataHandler sharedDataHandler = this.sharedDataHandler;
             boolean shared = this.shared;
 
+            HashMap<List<String>, byte[]> properties = new HashMap<>();
+            if (this.properties != null) {
+                for (Map.Entry<List<String>, byte[]> listEntry : this.properties.entrySet()) {
+                    byte[] value = listEntry.getValue();
+                    value = Arrays.copyOf(value, value.length);
+                    this.properties.put(List.copyOf(listEntry.getKey()), value);
+                }
+            }
+
             return new PluginFactory() {
 
                 @Override
@@ -389,7 +437,8 @@ public Plugin create() throws Exception {
                             pluginConfig,
                             metricsHandler,
                             sharedQueueHandler,
-                            sharedDataHandler);
+                            sharedDataHandler,
+                            properties);
                 }
             };
         }
diff --git a/proxy-wasm-java-host/src/main/java/io/roastedroot/proxywasm/internal/Plugin.java b/proxy-wasm-java-host/src/main/java/io/roastedroot/proxywasm/internal/Plugin.java
index f693d60..c345a68 100644
--- a/proxy-wasm-java-host/src/main/java/io/roastedroot/proxywasm/internal/Plugin.java
+++ b/proxy-wasm-java-host/src/main/java/io/roastedroot/proxywasm/internal/Plugin.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import static io.roastedroot.proxywasm.internal.WellKnownHeaders.PATH;
 import static io.roastedroot.proxywasm.internal.WellKnownHeaders.SCHEME;
 import static io.roastedroot.proxywasm.internal.WellKnownProperties.PLUGIN_NAME;
+import static io.roastedroot.proxywasm.internal.WellKnownProperties.PLUGIN_ROOT_ID;
 import static io.roastedroot.proxywasm.internal.WellKnownProperties.PLUGIN_VM_ID;
 
 import io.roastedroot.proxywasm.ForeignFunction;
@@ -50,7 +51,8 @@ public Plugin(
             byte[] pluginConfig,
             MetricsHandler metricsHandler,
             SharedQueueHandler sharedQueueHandler,
-            SharedDataHandler sharedDataHandler)
+            SharedDataHandler sharedDataHandler,
+            HashMap<List<String>, byte[]> properties)
             throws StartException {
         Objects.requireNonNull(proxyWasm);
         this.name = Objects.requireNonNullElse(name, "default");
@@ -61,12 +63,12 @@ public Plugin(
         this.vmConfig = vmConfig;
         this.pluginConfig = pluginConfig;
         this.logger = Objects.requireNonNullElse(logger, LogHandler.DEFAULT);
-        ;
         this.metricsHandler = Objects.requireNonNullElse(metricsHandler, MetricsHandler.DEFAULT);
         this.sharedQueueHandler =
                 Objects.requireNonNullElse(sharedQueueHandler, SharedQueueHandler.DEFAULT);
         this.sharedDataHandler =
                 Objects.requireNonNullElse(sharedDataHandler, SharedDataHandler.DEFAULT);
+        this.properties = Objects.requireNonNull(properties);
 
         this.wasm = proxyWasm;
         this.wasm.setPluginHandler(new HandlerImpl());
@@ -138,7 +140,7 @@ public void close() {
     private Runnable cancelTick;
     private final HashMap<String, ForeignFunction> foreignFunctions;
     private byte[] funcCallData = new byte[0];
-    private final HashMap<List<String>, byte[]> properties = new HashMap<>();
+    private final HashMap<List<String>, byte[]> properties;
 
     class HandlerImpl extends ChainedHandler {
 
@@ -170,6 +172,9 @@ public byte[] getProperty(List<String> path) throws WasmException {
             if (PLUGIN_VM_ID.equals(path)) {
                 return bytes(name);
             }
+            if (PLUGIN_ROOT_ID.equals(path)) {
+                return bytes(name);
+            }
             if (PLUGIN_NAME.equals(path)) {
                 return bytes(name);
             }