diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 35e4665b2..c2393c3f1 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ FROM build as development
 COPY --chown=etherpad:etherpad ./src/package.json .npmrc ./src/pnpm-lock.yaml ./src/
 COPY --chown=etherpad:etherpad --from=adminBuild /opt/etherpad-lite/admin/dist ./src/templates/admin
 
-RUN bin/installDeps.sh && { [ -z "${ETHERPAD_PLUGINS}" ] || \
-      pnpm install --workspace-root ${ETHERPAD_PLUGINS}; }
+RUN src/bin/installDeps.sh %% \
+    { [ -z "${ETHERPAD_PLUGINS}" ] || pnpm run install-plugins --prefix ./src ${ETHERPAD_PLUGINS}; }
 
 FROM build as production
 
@@ -119,9 +119,9 @@ ENV ETHERPAD_PRODUCTION=true
 COPY --chown=etherpad:etherpad ./src ./src
 COPY --chown=etherpad:etherpad --from=adminBuild /opt/etherpad-lite/admin/dist ./src/templates/admin
 
-RUN bin/installDeps.sh && { [ -z "${ETHERPAD_PLUGINS}" ] || \
-      pnpm install --workspace-root ${ETHERPAD_PLUGINS}; } && \
-    rm -rf ~/.npm
+RUN src/bin/installDeps.sh && rm -rf ~/.npm && \
+    { [ -z "${ETHERPAD_PLUGINS}" ] || pnpm run install-plugins ./src ${ETHERPAD_PLUGINS}; }
+
 
 # Copy the configuration file.
 COPY --chown=etherpad:etherpad ${SETTINGS} "${EP_DIR}"/settings.json
diff --git a/src/bin/installPlugins.js b/src/bin/installPlugins.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6c3e6393b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bin/installPlugins.js
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+'use strict';
+
+const {promises: fs} = require('fs');
+const pluginsModule = require('../static/js/pluginfw/plugins');
+const installer = require('../static/js/pluginfw/installer');
+
+if (process.argv.length === 2) {
+    console.error('Expected at least one argument!');
+    process.exit(1);
+}
+
+const plugins = process.argv.slice(2)
+
+const persistInstalledPlugins = async () => {
+    const installedPlugins = {plugins: []};
+    for (const pkg of Object.values(await pluginsModule.getPackages())) {
+        installedPlugins.plugins.push({
+            name: pkg.name,
+            version: pkg.version,
+        });
+    }
+    installedPlugins.plugins = [...new Set(installedPlugins.plugins)];
+    await fs.writeFile(installer.installedPluginsPath, JSON.stringify(installedPlugins));
+};
+
+async function run() {
+    for (const plugin of plugins) {
+        await installer.manager.install(plugin);
+    }
+}
+
+(async () => {
+    await run();
+    await persistInstalledPlugins();
+})()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/package.json b/src/package.json
index 9e955d21a..9f9bba12e 100644
--- a/src/package.json
+++ b/src/package.json
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@
     "test-container": "mocha --import=tsx --timeout 5000 tests/container/specs/api",
     "dev": "node --import tsx node/server.ts",
     "prod": "node --import tsx node/server.ts",
+    "install-plugins": "node --import tsx bin/installPlugins.js",
     "ts-check": "tsc --noEmit",
     "ts-check:watch": "tsc --noEmit --watch",
     "test-ui": "npx playwright test tests/frontend-new/specs",
diff --git a/src/static/js/pluginfw/installer.js b/src/static/js/pluginfw/installer.js
index ed7b328e3..22da6b233 100644
--- a/src/static/js/pluginfw/installer.js
+++ b/src/static/js/pluginfw/installer.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const logger = log4js.getLogger('plugins');
 
 exports.manager = new PluginManager();
 
-const installedPluginsPath = path.join(settings.root, 'var/installed_plugins.json');
+exports.installedPluginsPath = path.join(settings.root, 'var/installed_plugins.json');
 
 const onAllTasksFinished = async () => {
   await plugins.update();
@@ -67,12 +67,12 @@ exports.checkForMigration = async () => {
   logger.info('check installed plugins for migration');
 
   try {
-    await fs.access(installedPluginsPath, fs.constants.F_OK);
+    await fs.access(exports.installedPluginsPath, fs.constants.F_OK);
   } catch (err) {
     await migratePluginsFromNodeModules();
   }
 
-  const fileContent = await fs.readFile(installedPluginsPath);
+  const fileContent = await fs.readFile(exports.installedPluginsPath);
   const installedPlugins = JSON.parse(fileContent.toString());
 
   for (const plugin of installedPlugins.plugins) {
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ const persistInstalledPlugins = async () => {
     });
   }
   installedPlugins.plugins = [...new Set(installedPlugins.plugins)];
-  await fs.writeFile(installedPluginsPath, JSON.stringify(installedPlugins));
+  await fs.writeFile(exports.installedPluginsPath, JSON.stringify(installedPlugins));
 };
 
 exports.uninstall = async (pluginName, cb = null) => {