diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6bac1bb29..9c9bc286d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Packed binaries from github.com/shuLhan/go-bindata
+bindata.go
+
 # Binaries for programs and plugins
 *.exe
 *.exe~
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 75c8993a5..5e42bf96b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@ EXECUTABLE_CLI := airshipctl
 
 SCRIPTS_DIR    := scripts
 
-PLUGIN_DIR     := _plugins
+PLUGIN_DIR := _plugins
 PLUGIN_BIN := $(PLUGIN_DIR)/bin
 PLUGIN_INT := $(patsubst $(PLUGIN_DIR)/internal/%,$(PLUGIN_BIN)/%.so,$(wildcard $(PLUGIN_DIR)/internal/*))
 PLUGIN_EXT := $(wildcard $(PLUGIN_DIR)/external/*)
+BINDATA    := "github.com/shuLhan/go-bindata/cmd/go-bindata"
 
 # linting
 LINTER_CMD     := "github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint" run
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ MIN_COVERAGE := 70
 
 
 .PHONY: build
-build:
+build: plugin
 	@go build -o $(BINDIR)/$(EXECUTABLE_CLI)
 
 .PHONY: test
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ update-golden:
 .PHONY: plugin
 plugin: $(PLUGIN_INT)
 	@for plugin in $(PLUGIN_EXT); do $(MAKE) -C $${plugin}; done
+	@go run $(BINDATA) $(PLUGIN_BIN)
 
 $(PLUGIN_BIN)/%.so: $(PLUGIN_DIR)/*/%/*.go
 	@go build -buildmode=plugin -o $@ $^
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 61290504e..20f421b0f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/googleapis/gnostic v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.7 // indirect
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.6 // indirect
+	github.com/shuLhan/go-bindata v3.4.0+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v0.0.3
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.3 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190422183909-d864b10871cd // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 20d3f33be..9a714f0f9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -177,6 +177,8 @@ github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.1.0/go.mod h1:M8bDsm7K2OlrFYOpmOWEs/qY81heoFR
 github.com/ryanuber/go-glob v0.0.0-20170128012129-256dc444b735/go.mod h1:807d1WSdnB0XRJzKNil9Om6lcp/3a0v4qIHxIXzX/Yc=
 github.com/shirou/gopsutil v0.0.0-20180427012116-c95755e4bcd7/go.mod h1:5b4v6he4MtMOwMlS0TUMTu2PcXUg8+E1lC7eC3UO/RA=
 github.com/shirou/w32 v0.0.0-20160930032740-bb4de0191aa4/go.mod h1:qsXQc7+bwAM3Q1u/4XEfrquwF8Lw7D7y5cD8CuHnfIc=
+github.com/shuLhan/go-bindata v3.4.0+incompatible h1:xlNGW4LRRs+BPBpefnlrgSqb9x7vNF9YyzKeMuuqMpk=
+github.com/shuLhan/go-bindata v3.4.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:pkcPAATLBDD2+SpAPnX5vEM90F7fcwHCvvLCMXcmw3g=
 github.com/shurcooL/go v0.0.0-20180423040247-9e1955d9fb6e h1:MZM7FHLqUHYI0Y/mQAt3d2aYa0SiNms/hFqC9qJYolM=
 github.com/shurcooL/go v0.0.0-20180423040247-9e1955d9fb6e/go.mod h1:TDJrrUr11Vxrven61rcy3hJMUqaf/CLWYhHNPmT14Lk=
 github.com/shurcooL/go-goon v0.0.0-20170922171312-37c2f522c041 h1:llrF3Fs4018ePo4+G/HV/uQUqEI1HMDjCeOf2V6puPc=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 16b8d455e..7392cd4eb 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -7,5 +7,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 func main() {
+	if err := RestoreAssets("", "_plugins"); err != nil {
+		panic(err.Error())
+	}
 	cmd.Execute(os.Stdout)
 }
diff --git a/tools/tools.go b/tools/tools.go
index ad291c848..60de72fd8 100644
--- a/tools/tools.go
+++ b/tools/tools.go
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ package tools
 
 import (
 	_ "github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint"
+	_ "github.com/shuLahn/go-bindata/cmd/go-bindata"
 )