diff --git a/src/main/scala/sbt/ProjectMatrix.scala b/src/main/scala/sbt/ProjectMatrix.scala
index d98148637..6563457fe 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/sbt/ProjectMatrix.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/sbt/ProjectMatrix.scala
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import java.util.Locale
 import scala.collection.immutable.ListMap
 import Keys._
 import sbt.librarymanagement.CrossVersion.partialVersion
+import scala.util.Try
 
 /**
  * A project matrix is an implementation of a composite project
@@ -210,8 +211,23 @@ object ProjectMatrix {
       jsPlatform(scalaVersions, Nil)
     
     override def jsPlatform(scalaVersions: Seq[String], settings: Seq[Setting[_]]): ProjectMatrix =
-      custom(jsIdSuffix, jsDirectorySuffix, scalaVersions, { _.settings(settings) })
-    
+      custom(jsIdSuffix, jsDirectorySuffix, scalaVersions,
+        { _
+            .enablePlugins(scalajsPlugin(this.getClass.getClassLoader).getOrElse(
+              sys.error("""Scala.js plugin was not found. Add the sbt-scalajs plugin into project/plugins.sbt:
+                          |  addSbtPlugin("org.scala-js" % "sbt-scalajs" % "x.y.z")
+                          |""".stripMargin)
+            ))
+            .settings(settings)
+        })
+
+    def scalajsPlugin(classLoader: ClassLoader): Try[AutoPlugin] = {
+      import sbtprojectmatrix.ReflectionUtil._
+      withContextClassloader(classLoader) { loader =>
+        getSingletonObject[AutoPlugin](loader, "org.scalajs.sbtplugin.ScalaJSPlugin$")
+      }
+    }
+
     override def js: ProjectFinder = new SuffixBaseProjectFinder(jsIdSuffix)
 
     override def crossLibrary(scalaVersions: Seq[String], suffix: String, settings: Seq[Setting[_]]): ProjectMatrix =
diff --git a/src/main/scala/sbtprojectmatrix/ReflectionUtil.scala b/src/main/scala/sbtprojectmatrix/ReflectionUtil.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..77081ec6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/scala/sbtprojectmatrix/ReflectionUtil.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package sbtprojectmatrix
+
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
+import scala.reflect.ClassTag
+import scala.util.Try
+
+object ReflectionUtil {
+  def getSingletonObject[A: ClassTag](classLoader: ClassLoader, className: String): Try[A] =
+    Try {
+      val clazz = classLoader.loadClass(className)
+      val t = implicitly[ClassTag[A]].runtimeClass
+      Option(clazz.getField("MODULE$").get(null)) match {
+        case None                        => throw new ClassNotFoundException(s"Unable to find $className using classloader: $classLoader")
+        case Some(c) if !t.isInstance(c) => throw new ClassCastException(s"${clazz.getName} is not a subtype of $t")
+        case Some(c: A)                  => c
+      }
+    }
+    .recover {
+      case i: InvocationTargetException if i.getTargetException != null => throw i.getTargetException
+    }
+
+  def objectExists(classLoader: ClassLoader, className: String): Boolean =
+    try {
+      classLoader.loadClass(className).getField("MODULE$").get(null) != null
+    } catch {
+      case _: Throwable => false
+    }
+
+  def withContextClassloader[A](loader: ClassLoader)(body: ClassLoader => A): A = {
+    val current = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader
+    try {
+      Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(loader)
+      body(loader)
+    } finally Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(current)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/sbt-test/projectMatrix/js/project/plugins.sbt b/src/sbt-test/projectMatrix/js/project/plugins.sbt
index 4e80bbafc..70858c7d8 100644
--- a/src/sbt-test/projectMatrix/js/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/src/sbt-test/projectMatrix/js/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ sys.props.get("plugin.version") match {
   case _ => sys.error("""|The system property 'plugin.version' is not defined.
                          |Specify this property using the scriptedLaunchOpts -D.""".stripMargin)
 }
+addSbtPlugin("org.scala-js" % "sbt-scalajs" % "0.6.27")
diff --git a/src/sbt-test/projectMatrix/js/test b/src/sbt-test/projectMatrix/js/test
index 8ade538b7..553c6bf3a 100644
--- a/src/sbt-test/projectMatrix/js/test
+++ b/src/sbt-test/projectMatrix/js/test
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-> compile
+> fastOptJS
 
-$ exists core/target/js-2.12/classes/a/Core.class
-$ exists core/target/js-2.11/classes/a/Core.class
+$ exists app/target/js-2.12/app-fastopt.js
+$ exists core/target/js-2.12/core-fastopt.js
+$ exists core/target/js-2.11/core-fastopt.js