diff --git a/scripts/build/plugins b/scripts/build/plugins
index 0e4f62d8d63f..fa78b9536bd1 100755
--- a/scripts/build/plugins
+++ b/scripts/build/plugins
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ for p in cli-plugins/examples/* "$@" ; do
     mkdir -p "$(dirname "${TARGET_PLUGIN}")"
 
     echo "Building $GO_LINKMODE $(basename "${TARGET_PLUGIN}")"
-    (set -x ; CGO_ENABLED=0 GO111MODULE=auto go build -o "${TARGET_PLUGIN}" -tags "${GO_BUILDTAGS}" -ldflags "${GO_LDFLAGS}" "github.com/docker/cli/${p}")
+    (set -x ; CGO_ENABLED=0 GO111MODULE=auto go build -o "${TARGET_PLUGIN}" -tags "${GO_BUILDTAGS}" -ldflags "${GO_LDFLAGS}" ${GO_BUILDMODE} "github.com/docker/cli/${p}")
 done