diff --git a/api/swagger.yaml b/api/swagger.yaml
index 3991437e67..a8b4b553c0 100644
--- a/api/swagger.yaml
+++ b/api/swagger.yaml
@@ -1452,6 +1452,10 @@ definitions:
           - Env
           - Args
         properties:
+          DockerVersion:
+            description: "Docker Version used to create the plugin"
+            type: "string"
+            x-nullable: false
           Description:
             type: "string"
             x-nullable: false
diff --git a/api/types/plugin.go b/api/types/plugin.go
index 14f0f956be..ed3c2c26e4 100644
--- a/api/types/plugin.go
+++ b/api/types/plugin.go
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ type PluginConfig struct {
 	// Required: true
 	Description string `json:"Description"`
 
+	// Docker Version used to create the plugin
+	DockerVersion string `json:"DockerVersion,omitempty"`
+
 	// documentation
 	// Required: true
 	Documentation string `json:"Documentation"`
diff --git a/plugin/backend_linux.go b/plugin/backend_linux.go
index 31587efbe6..8924daa996 100644
--- a/plugin/backend_linux.go
+++ b/plugin/backend_linux.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/docker/distribution"
 	progressutils "github.com/docker/docker/distribution/utils"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/distribution/xfer"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/dockerversion"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/image"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/layer"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/chrootarchive"
@@ -758,6 +759,8 @@ func (pm *Manager) CreateFromContext(ctx context.Context, tarCtx io.ReadCloser,
 		DiffIds: []string{layerDigester.Digest().String()},
 	}
 
+	config.DockerVersion = dockerversion.Version
+
 	configBlob, err := pm.blobStore.New()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err