diff --git a/command/console.go b/command/console.go
index 7d366fb2d..08c85d62f 100644
--- a/command/console.go
+++ b/command/console.go
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ func (c *ConsoleCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 		return 1
 	}
 
+	// Check for user-supplied plugin path
+	if c.pluginPath, err = c.loadPluginPath(); err != nil {
+		c.Ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error loading plugin path: %s", err))
+		return 1
+	}
+
 	var diags tfdiags.Diagnostics
 
 	backendConfig, backendDiags := c.loadBackendConfig(configPath)