diff --git a/cli/command/plugin/client_test.go b/cli/command/plugin/client_test.go
index 436748da33..6dc4a0a625 100644
--- a/cli/command/plugin/client_test.go
+++ b/cli/command/plugin/client_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ type fakeClient struct {
 	pluginRemoveFunc  func(name string, options types.PluginRemoveOptions) error
 	pluginInstallFunc func(name string, options types.PluginInstallOptions) (io.ReadCloser, error)
 	pluginListFunc    func(filter filters.Args) (types.PluginsListResponse, error)
+	pluginInspectFunc func(name string) (*types.Plugin, []byte, error)
 }
 
 func (c *fakeClient) PluginCreate(ctx context.Context, createContext io.Reader, createOptions types.PluginCreateOptions) error {
@@ -61,3 +62,11 @@ func (c *fakeClient) PluginList(context context.Context, filter filters.Args) (t
 
 	return types.PluginsListResponse{}, nil
 }
+
+func (c *fakeClient) PluginInspectWithRaw(ctx context.Context, name string) (*types.Plugin, []byte, error) {
+	if c.pluginInspectFunc != nil {
+		return c.pluginInspectFunc(name)
+	}
+
+	return nil, nil, nil
+}
diff --git a/cli/command/plugin/inspect_test.go b/cli/command/plugin/inspect_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ac892b5039
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/command/plugin/inspect_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+package plugin
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/docker/cli/internal/test"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types"
+
+	"gotest.tools/assert"
+	"gotest.tools/golden"
+)
+
+var pluginFoo = &types.Plugin{
+	ID:   "id-foo",
+	Name: "name-foo",
+	Config: types.PluginConfig{
+		Description:   "plugin foo description",
+		DockerVersion: "17.12.1-ce",
+		Documentation: "plugin foo documentation",
+		Entrypoint:    []string{"/foo"},
+		Interface: types.PluginConfigInterface{
+			Socket: "pluginfoo.sock",
+		},
+		Linux: types.PluginConfigLinux{
+			Capabilities: []string{"CAP_SYS_ADMIN"},
+		},
+		WorkDir: "workdir-foo",
+		Rootfs: &types.PluginConfigRootfs{
+			DiffIds: []string{"sha256:8603eedd4ea52cebb2f22b45405a3dc8f78ba3e31bf18f27b4547a9ff930e0bd"},
+			Type:    "layers",
+		},
+	},
+}
+
+func TestInspectErrors(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		description   string
+		args          []string
+		flags         map[string]string
+		expectedError string
+		inspectFunc   func(name string) (*types.Plugin, []byte, error)
+	}{
+		{
+			description:   "too few arguments",
+			args:          []string{},
+			expectedError: "requires at least 1 argument",
+		},
+		{
+			description:   "error inspecting plugin",
+			args:          []string{"foo"},
+			expectedError: "error inspecting plugin",
+			inspectFunc: func(name string) (*types.Plugin, []byte, error) {
+				return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("error inspecting plugin")
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			description: "invalid format",
+			args:        []string{"foo"},
+			flags: map[string]string{
+				"format": "{{invalid format}}",
+			},
+			expectedError: "Template parsing error",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.description, func(t *testing.T) {
+			cli := test.NewFakeCli(&fakeClient{pluginInspectFunc: tc.inspectFunc})
+			cmd := newInspectCommand(cli)
+			cmd.SetArgs(tc.args)
+			for key, value := range tc.flags {
+				cmd.Flags().Set(key, value)
+			}
+			cmd.SetOutput(ioutil.Discard)
+			assert.ErrorContains(t, cmd.Execute(), tc.expectedError)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestInspect(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		description string
+		args        []string
+		flags       map[string]string
+		golden      string
+		inspectFunc func(name string) (*types.Plugin, []byte, error)
+	}{
+		{
+			description: "inspect single plugin with format",
+			args:        []string{"foo"},
+			flags: map[string]string{
+				"format": "{{ .Name }}",
+			},
+			golden: "plugin-inspect-single-with-format.golden",
+			inspectFunc: func(name string) (*types.Plugin, []byte, error) {
+				return &types.Plugin{
+					ID:   "id-foo",
+					Name: "name-foo",
+				}, []byte{}, nil
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			description: "inspect single plugin without format",
+			args:        []string{"foo"},
+			golden:      "plugin-inspect-single-without-format.golden",
+			inspectFunc: func(name string) (*types.Plugin, []byte, error) {
+				return pluginFoo, nil, nil
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			description: "inspect multiple plugins with format",
+			args:        []string{"foo", "bar"},
+			flags: map[string]string{
+				"format": "{{ .Name }}",
+			},
+			golden: "plugin-inspect-multiple-with-format.golden",
+			inspectFunc: func(name string) (*types.Plugin, []byte, error) {
+				switch name {
+				case "foo":
+					return &types.Plugin{
+						ID:   "id-foo",
+						Name: "name-foo",
+					}, []byte{}, nil
+				case "bar":
+					return &types.Plugin{
+						ID:   "id-bar",
+						Name: "name-bar",
+					}, []byte{}, nil
+				default:
+					return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected plugin name: %s", name)
+				}
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.description, func(t *testing.T) {
+			cli := test.NewFakeCli(&fakeClient{pluginInspectFunc: tc.inspectFunc})
+			cmd := newInspectCommand(cli)
+			cmd.SetArgs(tc.args)
+			for key, value := range tc.flags {
+				cmd.Flags().Set(key, value)
+			}
+			assert.NilError(t, cmd.Execute())
+			golden.Assert(t, cli.OutBuffer().String(), tc.golden)
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cli/command/plugin/testdata/plugin-inspect-multiple-with-format.golden b/cli/command/plugin/testdata/plugin-inspect-multiple-with-format.golden
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3adb038a4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/command/plugin/testdata/plugin-inspect-multiple-with-format.golden
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+name-foo
+name-bar
diff --git a/cli/command/plugin/testdata/plugin-inspect-single-with-format.golden b/cli/command/plugin/testdata/plugin-inspect-single-with-format.golden
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ab347b6919
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/command/plugin/testdata/plugin-inspect-single-with-format.golden
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+name-foo
diff --git a/cli/command/plugin/testdata/plugin-inspect-single-without-format.golden b/cli/command/plugin/testdata/plugin-inspect-single-without-format.golden
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..65c8d39ce9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/command/plugin/testdata/plugin-inspect-single-without-format.golden
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+[
+    {
+        "Config": {
+            "Args": {
+                "Description": "",
+                "Name": "",
+                "Settable": null,
+                "Value": null
+            },
+            "Description": "plugin foo description",
+            "DockerVersion": "17.12.1-ce",
+            "Documentation": "plugin foo documentation",
+            "Entrypoint": [
+                "/foo"
+            ],
+            "Env": null,
+            "Interface": {
+                "Socket": "pluginfoo.sock",
+                "Types": null
+            },
+            "IpcHost": false,
+            "Linux": {
+                "AllowAllDevices": false,
+                "Capabilities": [
+                    "CAP_SYS_ADMIN"
+                ],
+                "Devices": null
+            },
+            "Mounts": null,
+            "Network": {
+                "Type": ""
+            },
+            "PidHost": false,
+            "PropagatedMount": "",
+            "User": {},
+            "WorkDir": "workdir-foo",
+            "rootfs": {
+                "diff_ids": [
+                    "sha256:8603eedd4ea52cebb2f22b45405a3dc8f78ba3e31bf18f27b4547a9ff930e0bd"
+                ],
+                "type": "layers"
+            }
+        },
+        "Enabled": false,
+        "Id": "id-foo",
+        "Name": "name-foo",
+        "Settings": {
+            "Args": null,
+            "Devices": null,
+            "Env": null,
+            "Mounts": null
+        }
+    }
+]