diff --git a/cli-plugins/manager/manager_windows.go b/cli-plugins/manager/manager_windows.go
index b628685803..2ce5a75973 100644
--- a/cli-plugins/manager/manager_windows.go
+++ b/cli-plugins/manager/manager_windows.go
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ import (
 
 var defaultSystemPluginDirs = []string{
 	filepath.Join(os.Getenv("ProgramData"), "Docker", "cli-plugins"),
+	filepath.Join(os.Getenv("ProgramFiles"), "Docker", "cli-plugins"),
 }
diff --git a/docs/extend/cli_plugins.md b/docs/extend/cli_plugins.md
index 4721bafcd1..766e54ff3a 100644
--- a/docs/extend/cli_plugins.md
+++ b/docs/extend/cli_plugins.md
@@ -111,7 +111,8 @@ the `/usr/local/lib` or `/usr/local/libexec` equivalents but packages
 should not do so.
 
 Plugins distributed on Windows for system wide installation should be
-installed in `%PROGRAMDATA%\Docker\cli-plugins`.
+installed in either `%ProgramData%\Docker\cli-plugins` or
+`%ProgramFiles%\Docker\cli-plugins`.
 
 User's may on all systems install plugins into `~/.docker/cli-plugins`.