diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index b9315c9ca4f..75ec393d5a4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 
 **Changes**
 
-*
+* fix (`#1618`_): properly consider explicitly blocked plugins
+  by considering pluginargs before setuptools plugin
+  (which avoids calling addopts from a plugin that was asked to be disabled)
 
 *
 
diff --git a/_pytest/config.py b/_pytest/config.py
index 463d8f04f9d..c78e5cb3c07 100644
--- a/_pytest/config.py
+++ b/_pytest/config.py
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ def import_plugin(self, modname):
         # basename for historic purposes but must be imported with the
         # _pytest prefix.
         assert isinstance(modname, str)
-        if self.get_plugin(modname) is not None:
+        if self.get_plugin(modname) is not None or self.is_blocked(modname):
             return
         if modname in builtin_plugins:
             importspec = "_pytest." + modname
@@ -894,9 +894,9 @@ def fromdictargs(cls, option_dict, args):
         """ constructor useable for subprocesses. """
         config = get_config()
         config.option.__dict__.update(option_dict)
-        config.parse(args, addopts=False)
         for x in config.option.plugins:
             config.pluginmanager.consider_pluginarg(x)
+        config.parse(args, addopts=False)
         return config
 
     def _processopt(self, opt):
diff --git a/testing/test_config.py b/testing/test_config.py
index fe550dbdd2e..9950504ff86 100644
--- a/testing/test_config.py
+++ b/testing/test_config.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def test_confcutdir(self, testdir):
         """)
         result = testdir.inline_run("--confcutdir=.")
         assert result.ret == 0
-        
+
 class TestConfigCmdlineParsing:
     def test_parsing_again_fails(self, testdir):
         config = testdir.parseconfig()
@@ -352,6 +352,25 @@ def test_inifilename(self, tmpdir):
         assert config.inicfg.get('name') == 'value'
         assert config.inicfg.get('should_not_be_set') is None
 
+    @pytest.mark.issue1618
+    def test_consider_plugin(self, testdir):
+        pytest.importorskip('xdist')
+        print (testdir)
+        testdir.makepyfile(conftest="""
+                pytest_plugins = ['plugin']
+            """,
+            plugin="""
+                raise ImportError
+            """,
+            test_foo="""
+                def test():
+                    pass
+            """,
+        )
+        res = testdir.inline_run(
+            '-n1',
+            '-p', 'no:plugin')
+        assert res.res == 0
 
 def test_options_on_small_file_do_not_blow_up(testdir):
     def runfiletest(opts):
@@ -671,4 +690,4 @@ def test_multiple_options(pytestconfig):
             "ini2:url=/tmp/user2?a=b&d=e",
             "ini3:True",
             "ini4:False"
-        ])
\ No newline at end of file
+        ])