diff --git a/cli-plugins/plugin/plugin.go b/cli-plugins/plugin/plugin.go
index 3d98662220..bdb5a64875 100644
--- a/cli-plugins/plugin/plugin.go
+++ b/cli-plugins/plugin/plugin.go
@@ -133,7 +133,9 @@ func newPluginCommand(dockerCli *command.DockerCli, plugin *cobra.Command, meta
 	}
 	opts, flags := cli.SetupPluginRootCommand(cmd)
 
+	cmd.SetIn(dockerCli.In())
 	cmd.SetOut(dockerCli.Out())
+	cmd.SetErr(dockerCli.Err())
 
 	cmd.AddCommand(
 		plugin,
diff --git a/cmd/docker/docker.go b/cmd/docker/docker.go
index 78336bea24..9becec2c07 100644
--- a/cmd/docker/docker.go
+++ b/cmd/docker/docker.go
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ func newDockerCommand(dockerCli *command.DockerCli) *cli.TopLevelCommand {
 			DisableDescriptions: true,
 		},
 	}
+	cmd.SetIn(dockerCli.In())
+	cmd.SetOut(dockerCli.Out())
+	cmd.SetErr(dockerCli.Err())
+
 	opts, flags, helpCmd = cli.SetupRootCommand(cmd)
 	registerCompletionFuncForGlobalFlags(dockerCli, cmd)
 	flags.BoolP("version", "v", false, "Print version information and quit")