diff --git a/cmd/control/console_init.go b/cmd/control/console_init.go
index 1b0c2ef5e..e67d8ca9d 100644
--- a/cmd/control/console_init.go
+++ b/cmd/control/console_init.go
@@ -203,6 +203,13 @@ $(tput sgr0)
 		}
 	}
 
+	// create Docker CLI plugins folder
+	if _, err := os.Stat("/usr/libexec/docker/cli-plugins"); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		if err = os.MkdirAll("/usr/libexec/docker/cli-plugins", 0755); err != nil {
+			log.Error(err)
+		}
+	}
+
 	baseSymlink := symLinkEngineBinary()
 
 	if _, err := os.Stat(dockerCompletionFile); err == nil {
@@ -211,40 +218,6 @@ $(tput sgr0)
 		})
 	}
 
-	// create placeholder for docker binary with "docker compose" support
-	const DockerPlaceholder = `#!/bin/bash
-if [ "$1" == "compose" ]; then
-  /usr/local/bin/docker-compose "${@:2}"
-elif [ "$1" == "build" ]; then
-  DOCKER_VERSION=$(sudo system-docker inspect --format "{{.Config.Image}}" docker | cut -d ":" -f 2)
-  docker run -it --rm -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -w /build -v $PWD:/build docker:$DOCKER_VERSION-cli docker build "${@:2}"
-elif [ "$1" == "builder" ]; then
-  DOCKER_VERSION=$(sudo system-docker inspect --format "{{.Config.Image}}" docker | cut -d ":" -f 2)
-  docker run -it --rm -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -w /builder -v $PWD:/builder docker:$DOCKER_VERSION-cli docker builder "${@:2}"
-elif [ "$1" == "buildx" ]; then
-  DOCKER_VERSION=$(sudo system-docker inspect --format "{{.Config.Image}}" docker | cut -d ":" -f 2)
-  docker run -it --rm -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -w /buildx -v $PWD:/buildx docker:$DOCKER_VERSION-cli docker buildx "${@:2}"
-else
-  /usr/bin/docker "$@"
-fi
-`
-	if _, err := os.Stat("/usr/local/bin/docker"); os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		if err := ioutil.WriteFile("/usr/local/bin/docker", []byte(DockerPlaceholder), 0755); err != nil {
-			log.Error(err)
-		}
-	}
-
-	// create placeholder for docker-compose binary
-	const ComposePlaceholder = `#!/bin/bash
-DOCKER_VERSION=$(sudo system-docker inspect --format "{{.Config.Image}}" docker | cut -d ":" -f 2)
-docker run -it --rm -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -w /compose -v $PWD:/compose docker:$DOCKER_VERSION-cli docker compose "$@"
-`
-	if _, err := os.Stat("/usr/local/bin/docker-compose"); os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		if err := ioutil.WriteFile("/usr/local/bin/docker-compose", []byte(ComposePlaceholder), 0755); err != nil {
-			log.Error(err)
-		}
-	}
-
 	for _, link := range baseSymlink {
 		syscall.Unlink(link.newname)
 		if err := os.Symlink(link.oldname, link.newname); err != nil {
@@ -317,14 +290,6 @@ docker run -it --rm -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -w /compose -v
 		log.Error(err)
 	}
 
-	if err := util.RunScript("/etc/rc.local"); err != nil {
-		log.Error(err)
-	}
-
-	if err := util.RunScript("/etc/init.d/apparmor", "start"); err != nil {
-		log.Error(err)
-	}
-
 	// Check if user Docker has ever run in this installation yet and switch to latest version if not
 	if _, err := os.Stat("/var/lib/docker/engine-id"); os.IsNotExist(err) {
 		log.Warn("User Docker does not exist, switching to latest version")
@@ -336,6 +301,14 @@ docker run -it --rm -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -w /compose -v
 		}
 	}
 
+	if err := util.RunScript("/etc/rc.local"); err != nil {
+		log.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	if err := util.RunScript("/etc/init.d/apparmor", "start"); err != nil {
+		log.Error(err)
+	}
+
 	// Enable Bash colors
 	enableBashRC("/root", 0, 0)
 	enableBashRC(rancherHome, 1100, 1100)
diff --git a/cmd/control/user_docker.go b/cmd/control/user_docker.go
index 03f320ca0..7849485e5 100644
--- a/cmd/control/user_docker.go
+++ b/cmd/control/user_docker.go
@@ -22,11 +22,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	defaultStorageContext = "console"
-	dockerPidFile         = "/var/run/docker.pid"
-	sourceDirectory       = "/engine"
-	destDirectory         = "/var/lib/rancher/engine"
-	dockerCompletionFName = "completion"
+	defaultStorageContext  = "console"
+	dockerPidFile          = "/var/run/docker.pid"
+	sourceDirectory        = "/engine"
+	destDirectory          = "/var/lib/rancher/engine"
+	pluginsSourceDirectory = "/engine-plugins"
+	pluginsDestDirectory   = "/var/lib/rancher/engine-plugins"
+	dockerCompletionFName  = "completion"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -41,6 +43,10 @@ func userDockerAction(c *cli.Context) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if err := copyBinaries(pluginsSourceDirectory, pluginsDestDirectory); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	if err := syscall.Mount("/host/sys", "/sys", "", syscall.MS_BIND|syscall.MS_REC, ""); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/control/util.go b/cmd/control/util.go
index e899dd995..0dea4eee0 100644
--- a/cmd/control/util.go
+++ b/cmd/control/util.go
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ func symLinkEngineBinary() []symlink {
 		{"/var/lib/rancher/engine/docker-containerd-ctr", "/usr/bin/docker-containerd-ctr"},
 		{"/var/lib/rancher/engine/docker-containerd-shim", "/usr/bin/docker-containerd-shim"},
 		{"/var/lib/rancher/engine/docker-runc", "/usr/bin/docker-runc"},
+
+		// Docker CLI plugins
+		{"/var/lib/rancher/engine-plugins/docker-compose", "/usr/bin/docker-compose"},
+		{"/var/lib/rancher/engine-plugins/docker-compose", "/usr/libexec/docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose"},
+		{"/var/lib/rancher/engine-plugins/docker-buildx", "/usr/libexec/docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx"},
 	}
 	return baseSymlink
 }