diff --git a/components/cli/command/plugin/enable.go b/components/cli/command/plugin/enable.go
index 0fd8f469dd..d84da24668 100644
--- a/components/cli/command/plugin/enable.go
+++ b/components/cli/command/plugin/enable.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package plugin
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
+	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/cli"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/cli/command"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/reference"
@@ -10,20 +11,32 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/net/context"
 )
 
+type enableOpts struct {
+	timeout int
+	name    string
+}
+
 func newEnableCommand(dockerCli *command.DockerCli) *cobra.Command {
+	var opts enableOpts
+
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "enable PLUGIN",
 		Short: "Enable a plugin",
 		Args:  cli.ExactArgs(1),
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			return runEnable(dockerCli, args[0])
+			opts.name = args[0]
+			return runEnable(dockerCli, &opts)
 		},
 	}
 
+	flags := cmd.Flags()
+	flags.IntVar(&opts.timeout, "timeout", 0, "HTTP client timeout (in seconds)")
 	return cmd
 }
 
-func runEnable(dockerCli *command.DockerCli, name string) error {
+func runEnable(dockerCli *command.DockerCli, opts *enableOpts) error {
+	name := opts.name
+
 	named, err := reference.ParseNamed(name) // FIXME: validate
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -35,7 +48,11 @@ func runEnable(dockerCli *command.DockerCli, name string) error {
 	if !ok {
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid name: %s", named.String())
 	}
-	if err := dockerCli.Client().PluginEnable(context.Background(), ref.String()); err != nil {
+	if opts.timeout < 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("negative timeout %d is invalid", opts.timeout)
+	}
+
+	if err := dockerCli.Client().PluginEnable(context.Background(), ref.String(), types.PluginEnableOptions{Timeout: opts.timeout}); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	fmt.Fprintln(dockerCli.Out(), name)