diff --git a/cli-plugins/manager/manager.go b/cli-plugins/manager/manager.go
index d3b7b7b52601..031b04f6bb49 100644
--- a/cli-plugins/manager/manager.go
+++ b/cli-plugins/manager/manager.go
@@ -240,8 +240,7 @@ func PluginRunCommand(dockerCli command.Cli, name string, rootcmd *cobra.Command
 		cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
 		cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
 
-		cmd.Env = os.Environ()
-		cmd.Env = append(cmd.Env, ReexecEnvvar+"="+os.Args[0])
+		cmd.Env = append(cmd.Environ(), ReexecEnvvar+"="+os.Args[0])
 		cmd.Env = appendPluginResourceAttributesEnvvar(cmd.Env, rootcmd, plugin)
 
 		return cmd, nil