diff --git a/diff_cover/diff_quality_tool.py b/diff_cover/diff_quality_tool.py
index 9b0e9305..d7d7318c 100644
--- a/diff_cover/diff_quality_tool.py
+++ b/diff_cover/diff_quality_tool.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 import argparse
 import contextlib
+import inspect
 import io
 import logging
 import os
@@ -297,6 +298,27 @@ def generate_quality_report(
     return reporter.total_percent_covered()
 
 
+def _call_reporter_factory(factory_fn, reports, options):
+    """
+    Call a plugin's ``diff_cover_report_quality`` implementation.
+
+    Plugins are free to declare only the arguments they need (including none
+    at all, as documented in the README), so pass only what the function
+    actually accepts.
+    """
+    available = {"reports": reports, "options": options}
+    try:
+        parameters = inspect.signature(factory_fn).parameters
+    except (TypeError, ValueError):  # pragma: no cover - builtins/C callables
+        return factory_fn(**available)
+
+    if any(p.kind is inspect.Parameter.VAR_KEYWORD for p in parameters.values()):
+        return factory_fn(**available)
+
+    kwargs = {name: value for name, value in available.items() if name in parameters}
+    return factory_fn(**kwargs)
+
+
 def main(argv=None, directory=None):
     """
     Main entry point for the tool, script installed via pyproject.toml
@@ -366,8 +388,8 @@ def main(argv=None, directory=None):
 
                 reporter = QualityReporter(driver, input_reports, user_options)
             elif reporter_factory_fn:
-                reporter = reporter_factory_fn(
-                    reports=input_reports, options=user_options
+                reporter = _call_reporter_factory(
+                    reporter_factory_fn, input_reports, user_options
                 )
 
             percent_passing = generate_quality_report(
diff --git a/diff_cover/hookspecs.py b/diff_cover/hookspecs.py
index 3a79cc66..bfb8d079 100644
--- a/diff_cover/hookspecs.py
+++ b/diff_cover/hookspecs.py
@@ -4,9 +4,13 @@
 
 
 @hookspec
-def diff_cover_report_quality():
+def diff_cover_report_quality(reports, options):
     """
     Return a 2-part tuple:
     - Quality plugin name
     - Object that implements the BaseViolationReporter protocol
+
+    ``reports`` is the list of open pre-generated report file handles and
+    ``options`` the user options string; both are passed by ``diff-quality``.
+    A plugin may declare either or neither argument.
     """
diff --git a/tests/test_diff_quality_main.py b/tests/test_diff_quality_main.py
index 98f11af4..57e9b63b 100644
--- a/tests/test_diff_quality_main.py
+++ b/tests/test_diff_quality_main.py
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 
 """Test for diff_cover.diff_quality - main"""
 
+import pluggy
 import pytest
 
+from diff_cover import hookspecs
 from diff_cover.diff_quality_tool import main, parse_quality_args
 
 
@@ -147,3 +149,33 @@ def _run_main(report, argv):
     quality_reporter = report.call_args[0][0]
     assert quality_reporter.driver.name == "pylint"
     assert quality_reporter.options == "--foobar"
+
+
+def test_plugin_may_declare_hook_arguments():
+    """A plugin declaring reports/options must validate against the hookspec."""
+    hookimpl = pluggy.HookimplMarker("diff_cover")
+
+    class Plugin:
+        @hookimpl
+        def diff_cover_report_quality(self, reports, options):
+            return (reports, options)
+
+    plugin_manager = pluggy.PluginManager("diff_cover")
+    plugin_manager.add_hookspecs(hookspecs)
+    plugin_manager.register(Plugin(), name="myplugin")
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "factory,expected",
+    [
+        (lambda: "none", "none"),
+        (lambda options: options, "--foobar"),
+        (lambda reports: reports, ["report"]),
+        (lambda reports, options: (reports, options), (["report"], "--foobar")),
+        (lambda **kwargs: kwargs, {"reports": ["report"], "options": "--foobar"}),
+    ],
+)
+def test_call_reporter_factory_passes_declared_arguments(factory, expected):
+    from diff_cover.diff_quality_tool import _call_reporter_factory
+
+    assert _call_reporter_factory(factory, ["report"], "--foobar") == expected