diff --git a/lib/Git/Hooks.pm b/lib/Git/Hooks.pm
index 909df8b..62acf1a 100644
--- a/lib/Git/Hooks.pm
+++ b/lib/Git/Hooks.pm
@@ -1278,6 +1278,13 @@ is useful if you want to enable a plugin globally and only disable it for some
 repositories. You can even re-enable it later, if you want, by mentioning it
 again without the prefix.
 
+Plugins can be OR-ed by separating them with a pipe (C<|>) instead of a space.
+
+    [githooks]
+      plugin = CheckFile|CheckJira CheckWhitespace
+
+In this case CheckWhitespace C<AND> either CheckFile C<OR> CheckJira has to match.
+
 =head2 [DEPRECATED after v3.3.0] disable PLUGIN...
 
 B<This option is deprecated.> Please, use the C<githooks.plugin> option with an
diff --git a/lib/Git/Repository/Plugin/GitHooks.pm b/lib/Git/Repository/Plugin/GitHooks.pm
index 6fbc039..69334d8 100644
--- a/lib/Git/Repository/Plugin/GitHooks.pm
+++ b/lib/Git/Repository/Plugin/GitHooks.pm
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ sub load_plugins {
 
     my %plugins;
 
-    foreach my $plugin (map {split} $git->get_config(githooks => 'plugin')) {
+    foreach my $plugin (map {split /[\|\s]/} $git->get_config(githooks => 'plugin')) {
         my ($negation, $prefix, $basename) = ($plugin =~ /^(\!?)((?:.+::)?)(.+)/);
 
         if (exists $ENV{$basename} && ! $ENV{$basename}) {
@@ -803,10 +803,11 @@ sub fault {
     my $colors = _githooks_colors($git);
 
     my $msg;
+    my $prefix;
 
     {
-        my $prefix = $info->{prefix} || caller;
         my @context;
+        $prefix = $info->{prefix} || caller;
         if (my $commit = $info->{commit}) {
             $commit = $commit->commit
                 if ref $commit; # It's a Git::Repository::Log object
@@ -834,7 +835,7 @@ sub fault {
         $msg .= "\n$colors->{details}$details$colors->{reset}\n\n";
     }
 
-    push @{$git->{_plugin_githooks}{faults}}, $msg;
+    push @{$git->{_plugin_githooks}{faults}}, {msg => $msg, plugin => ($prefix) =~ /.*Git::Hooks::(\w+)/};
 
     # Return true to allow for the idiom: <expression> or $git->fault(...) and <next|last|return>;
     return 1;
@@ -853,7 +854,18 @@ sub get_faults {
         $faults .= $colors->{header} . qx{$header} . "$colors->{reset}\n"; ## no critic (ProhibitBacktickOperators)
     }
 
-    $faults .= join("\n\n", @{$git->{_plugin_githooks}{faults}});
+    my @conditions = split(" ", $git->get_config(githooks => 'plugin'));
+    map {s/(\||$)/(ok)$1/g} @conditions;
+
+    foreach my $fault (@{$git->{_plugin_githooks}{faults}}) {
+        map {s/($fault->{plugin})\(ok\)/$1(failed)/g} @conditions;
+    }
+
+    # If any parts of the condition don't have an 'OK', they've failed and we need to deny the commit
+    if (grep {!/\(ok\)/} @conditions) {
+        $faults .= join("\n\n", map {$_->{msg}} @{$git->{_plugin_githooks}{faults}});
+        $faults .= "\n\nOur configured plugins as they were evaluated:\n" . join(" ", @conditions) . "\n\n";
+    }
 
     if ($git->{_plugin_githooks}{hookname} =~ /^commit-msg|pre-commit$/
             && ! $git->get_config_boolean(githooks => 'abort-commit')) {