diff --git a/plugins.go b/plugins.go
index 668c51654..cf2d54253 100644
--- a/plugins.go
+++ b/plugins.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ func globalPluginDirs() []string {
 		log.Printf("[ERROR] Error finding global config directory: %s", err)
 	} else {
 		machineDir := fmt.Sprintf("%s_%s", runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH)
+		ret = append(ret, filepath.Join(dir, "plugins"))
 		ret = append(ret, filepath.Join(dir, "plugins", machineDir))
 	}