diff --git a/spring-restdocs-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/config/SnippetConfigurer.java b/spring-restdocs-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/config/SnippetConfigurer.java
index cb72f152..d6475aad 100644
--- a/spring-restdocs-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/config/SnippetConfigurer.java
+++ b/spring-restdocs-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/config/SnippetConfigurer.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.springframework.restdocs.config;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -38,9 +39,9 @@ import org.springframework.restdocs.templates.TemplateFormats;
 public abstract class SnippetConfigurer<PARENT, TYPE>
 		extends AbstractNestedConfigurer<PARENT> {
 
-	private List<Snippet> defaultSnippets = Arrays.asList(CliDocumentation.curlRequest(),
-			CliDocumentation.httpieRequest(), HttpDocumentation.httpRequest(),
-			HttpDocumentation.httpResponse());
+	private List<Snippet> defaultSnippets = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(
+			CliDocumentation.curlRequest(), CliDocumentation.httpieRequest(),
+			HttpDocumentation.httpRequest(), HttpDocumentation.httpResponse()));
 
 	/**
 	 * The default encoding for documentation snippets.
@@ -97,10 +98,24 @@ public abstract class SnippetConfigurer<PARENT, TYPE>
 	 *
 	 * @param defaultSnippets the default snippets
 	 * @return {@code this}
+	 * @see #withAdditionalDefaults(Snippet...)
 	 */
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	public TYPE withDefaults(Snippet... defaultSnippets) {
-		this.defaultSnippets = Arrays.asList(defaultSnippets);
+		this.defaultSnippets = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(defaultSnippets));
+		return (TYPE) this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Configures additional documentation snippets that will be produced by default.
+	 *
+	 * @param additionalDefaultSnippets the additional default snippets
+	 * @return {@code this}
+	 * @see #withDefaults(Snippet...)
+	 */
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	public TYPE withAdditionalDefaults(Snippet... additionalDefaultSnippets) {
+		this.defaultSnippets.addAll(Arrays.asList(additionalDefaultSnippets));
 		return (TYPE) this;
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/config/RestDocumentationConfigurerTests.java b/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/config/RestDocumentationConfigurerTests.java
index a629283f..0872c20d 100644
--- a/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/config/RestDocumentationConfigurerTests.java
+++ b/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/config/RestDocumentationConfigurerTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2016 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2014-2016 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -119,6 +119,26 @@ public class RestDocumentationConfigurerTests {
 		assertThat(defaultSnippets, contains(instanceOf(CurlRequestSnippet.class)));
 	}
 
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	@Test
+	public void additionalDefaultSnippets() {
+		Map<String, Object> configuration = new HashMap<>();
+		Snippet snippet = mock(Snippet.class);
+		this.configurer.snippets().withAdditionalDefaults(snippet).apply(configuration,
+				createContext());
+		assertThat(configuration,
+				hasEntry(
+						equalTo(RestDocumentationGenerator.ATTRIBUTE_NAME_DEFAULT_SNIPPETS),
+						instanceOf(List.class)));
+		List<Snippet> defaultSnippets = (List<Snippet>) configuration
+				.get(RestDocumentationGenerator.ATTRIBUTE_NAME_DEFAULT_SNIPPETS);
+		assertThat(defaultSnippets,
+				contains(instanceOf(CurlRequestSnippet.class),
+						instanceOf(HttpieRequestSnippet.class),
+						instanceOf(HttpRequestSnippet.class),
+						instanceOf(HttpResponseSnippet.class), equalTo(snippet)));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void customSnippetEncoding() {
 		Map<String, Object> configuration = new HashMap<>();