diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 83adbbdae0..adda99de55 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ ifeq ($(DETECTED_OS),Windows)
 endif
 
 TEST_COVERAGE_FLAGS = -race -coverprofile=coverage.out -covermode=atomic
-TEST_FLAGS?= -timeout 15m
+TEST_FLAGS?=
 E2E_TEST?=
 ifeq ($(E2E_TEST),)
 else
@@ -61,12 +61,10 @@ install: binary
 
 .PHONY: e2e-compose
 e2e-compose: ## Run end to end local tests in plugin mode. Set E2E_TEST=TestName to run a single test
-	docker compose version
 	go test $(TEST_FLAGS) $(TEST_COVERAGE_FLAGS) -count=1 ./pkg/e2e
 
 .PHONY: e2e-compose-standalone
 e2e-compose-standalone: ## Run End to end local tests in standalone mode. Set E2E_TEST=TestName to run a single test
-	docker-compose version
 	go test $(TEST_FLAGS) -v -count=1 -parallel=1 --tags=standalone ./pkg/e2e
 
 .PHONY: build-and-e2e-compose
diff --git a/pkg/e2e/framework.go b/pkg/e2e/framework.go
index 5cc846f523..9c90bc2d5e 100644
--- a/pkg/e2e/framework.go
+++ b/pkg/e2e/framework.go
@@ -44,9 +44,12 @@ var (
 	// DockerComposeExecutableName is the OS dependent Docker CLI binary name
 	DockerComposeExecutableName = "docker-" + compose.PluginName
 
-	// DockerScanExecutableName is the OS dependent Docker CLI binary name
+	// DockerScanExecutableName is the OS dependent Docker Scan plugin binary name
 	DockerScanExecutableName = "docker-scan"
 
+	// DockerBuildxExecutableName is the Os dependent Buildx plugin binary name
+	DockerBuildxExecutableName = "docker-buildx"
+
 	// WindowsExecutableSuffix is the Windows executable suffix
 	WindowsExecutableSuffix = ".exe"
 )
@@ -56,6 +59,7 @@ func init() {
 		DockerExecutableName += WindowsExecutableSuffix
 		DockerComposeExecutableName += WindowsExecutableSuffix
 		DockerScanExecutableName += WindowsExecutableSuffix
+		DockerBuildxExecutableName += WindowsExecutableSuffix
 	}
 }
 
@@ -99,7 +103,7 @@ func NewCLI(t testing.TB, opts ...CLIOption) *CLI {
 	for _, opt := range opts {
 		opt(c)
 	}
-
+	t.Log(c.RunDockerComposeCmdNoCheck(t, "version").Combined())
 	return c
 }
 
@@ -129,12 +133,19 @@ func initializePlugins(t testing.TB, configDir string) {
 
 	require.NoError(t, os.MkdirAll(filepath.Join(configDir, "cli-plugins"), 0o755),
 		"Failed to create cli-plugins directory")
-	composePlugin, err := findExecutable(DockerComposeExecutableName)
-	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		t.Logf("WARNING: docker-compose cli-plugin not found")
+	composePlugin, err := findExecutable(t, DockerComposeExecutableName)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("WARNING: docker-compose cli-plugin not found %s", err.Error())
 	}
+
 	if err == nil {
 		CopyFile(t, composePlugin, filepath.Join(configDir, "cli-plugins", DockerComposeExecutableName))
+		buildxPlugin, err := findPluginExecutable(DockerBuildxExecutableName)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Logf("WARNING: docker-buildx cli-plugin not found, using default buildx installation.")
+		} else {
+			CopyFile(t, buildxPlugin, filepath.Join(configDir, "cli-plugins", DockerBuildxExecutableName))
+		}
 		// We don't need a functional scan plugin, but a valid plugin binary
 		CopyFile(t, composePlugin, filepath.Join(configDir, "cli-plugins", DockerScanExecutableName))
 	}
@@ -149,16 +160,24 @@ func dirContents(dir string) []string {
 	return res
 }
 
-func findExecutable(executableName string) (string, error) {
-	_, filename, _, _ := runtime.Caller(0)
-	root := filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(filename), "..", "..")
+func findExecutable(t testing.TB, executableName string) (string, error) {
+	filename, err := os.Getwd()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	t.Logf("Current dir %s", filename)
+	root := filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(filename), "..")
+	t.Logf("Root dir %s", root)
+
 	buildPath := filepath.Join(root, "bin", "build")
 
 	bin, err := filepath.Abs(filepath.Join(buildPath, executableName))
 	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Error finding compose binary %s", err.Error())
 		return "", err
 	}
 
+	t.Logf("binary path %s", bin)
 	if _, err := os.Stat(bin); err == nil {
 		return bin, nil
 	}
@@ -166,22 +185,47 @@ func findExecutable(executableName string) (string, error) {
 	return "", errors.Wrap(os.ErrNotExist, "executable not found")
 }
 
+func findPluginExecutable(pluginExecutableName string) (string, error) {
+	dockerUserDir := ".docker/cli-plugins"
+	userDir, err := os.UserHomeDir()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	bin, err := filepath.Abs(filepath.Join(userDir, dockerUserDir, pluginExecutableName))
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	if _, err := os.Stat(bin); err == nil {
+		return bin, nil
+	}
+	return "", errors.Wrap(os.ErrNotExist, fmt.Sprintf("plugin not found %s", pluginExecutableName))
+}
+
 // CopyFile copies a file from a sourceFile to a destinationFile setting permissions to 0755
 func CopyFile(t testing.TB, sourceFile string, destinationFile string) {
 	t.Helper()
+	t.Logf("copy %s to %s", sourceFile, destinationFile)
 
 	src, err := os.Open(sourceFile)
 	require.NoError(t, err, "Failed to open source file: %s")
 	//nolint:errcheck
 	defer src.Close()
+	t.Logf("Source file opened %s ", src.Name())
 
 	dst, err := os.OpenFile(destinationFile, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, 0o755)
 	require.NoError(t, err, "Failed to open destination file: %s", destinationFile)
 	//nolint:errcheck
 	defer dst.Close()
+	t.Logf("Destination file opened %s ", dst.Name())
 
 	_, err = io.Copy(dst, src)
 	require.NoError(t, err, "Failed to copy file: %s", sourceFile)
+	t.Logf("File copied?  %s ", err)
+	fileStat, err := dst.Stat()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Logf("Can't get file stat %s ", err)
+	}
+	t.Logf("File stat: %+v", fileStat)
 }
 
 // BaseEnvironment provides the minimal environment variables used across all
@@ -302,7 +346,7 @@ func ComposeStandalonePath(t testing.TB) string {
 	if !composeStandaloneMode {
 		require.Fail(t, "Not running in standalone mode")
 	}
-	composeBinary, err := findExecutable(DockerComposeExecutableName)
+	composeBinary, err := findExecutable(t, DockerComposeExecutableName)
 	require.NoError(t, err, "Could not find standalone Compose binary (%q)",
 		DockerComposeExecutableName)
 	return composeBinary