diff --git a/php/wp-settings-cli.php b/php/wp-settings-cli.php
index 1326e24954..a2e2cd9957 100644
--- a/php/wp-settings-cli.php
+++ b/php/wp-settings-cli.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 // Include files required for initialization.
 require( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/load.php' );
 require( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/default-constants.php' );
+require( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/plugin.php' );
 
 /*
  * These can't be directly globalized in version.php. When updating,
@@ -66,7 +67,6 @@
 require( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/functions.php' );
 require( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-wp.php' );
 require( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-wp-error.php' );
-require( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/plugin.php' );
 require( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/pomo/mo.php' );
 
 // WP_CLI: Early hooks