diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index f5213cbf18c5..9ad2bc79b52c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -74,6 +74,19 @@ RUN --mount=type=bind,target=.,ro \
     TARGET=/out ./scripts/build/binary && \
     xx-verify $([ "$GO_LINKMODE" = "static" ] && echo "--static") /out/docker
 
+FROM build-${BASE_VARIANT} AS build-trust
+ARG GO_LINKMODE=static
+ARG GO_BUILDTAGS
+ARG GO_STRIP
+ARG CGO_ENABLED
+ARG VERSION
+RUN --mount=ro --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache \
+    xx-go --wrap && \
+    TARGET=/out ./scripts/build/trust-plugin
+
+FROM scratch AS trust
+COPY --link --from=build-trust /out/docker-trust /
+
 FROM build-${BASE_VARIANT} AS test
 COPY --link --from=gotestsum /out/gotestsum /usr/bin/gotestsum
 ENV GO111MODULE=auto
@@ -114,6 +127,7 @@ COPY --link --from=build /out ./build/
 COPY --link --from=build-plugins /out ./build/
 COPY --link --from=buildx  /buildx         /usr/libexec/docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx
 COPY --link --from=compose /docker-compose /usr/libexec/docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose
+COPY --link --from=trust   /docker-trust   /usr/libexec/docker/cli-plugins/docker-trust
 COPY --link . .
 ENV DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1
 ENV PATH=/go/src/github.com/docker/cli/build:$PATH
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0ec30ba6683b..f837d2a73961 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -69,6 +69,15 @@ dynbinary: ## build dynamically linked binary
 plugins: ## build example CLI plugins
 	scripts/build/plugins
 
+.PHONY: trust-plugin
+trust-plugin: ## build docker-trust CLI plugins
+	scripts/build/trust-plugin
+
+.PHONY: install-trust-plugin
+install-trust-plugin: trust-plugin
+install-trust-plugin: ## install docker-trust CLI plugins
+	install -D -m 0755 "$$(readlink -f build/docker-trust)" /usr/libexec/docker/cli-plugins/docker-trust
+
 .PHONY: vendor
 vendor: ## update vendor with go modules
 	rm -rf vendor
diff --git a/cli/command/commands/commands.go b/cli/command/commands/commands.go
index d3929293999d..e96a0f1a1ed4 100644
--- a/cli/command/commands/commands.go
+++ b/cli/command/commands/commands.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/command/stack"
 	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/command/swarm"
 	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/command/system"
-	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/command/trust"
 	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/command/volume"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
@@ -53,7 +52,6 @@ func AddCommands(cmd *cobra.Command, dockerCli command.Cli) {
 		network.NewNetworkCommand(dockerCli),
 		plugin.NewPluginCommand(dockerCli),
 		system.NewSystemCommand(dockerCli),
-		trust.NewTrustCommand(dockerCli),
 		volume.NewVolumeCommand(dockerCli),
 
 		// orchestration (swarm) commands
diff --git a/cmd/docker-trust/main.go b/cmd/docker-trust/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bf6bc2e0115f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/docker-trust/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"syscall"
+
+	cerrdefs "github.com/containerd/errdefs"
+	"github.com/docker/cli/cli"
+	"github.com/docker/cli/cli-plugins/metadata"
+	"github.com/docker/cli/cli-plugins/plugin"
+	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/command"
+	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/version"
+	"github.com/docker/cli/cmd/docker-trust/trust"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
+)
+
+func runStandalone(cmd *command.DockerCli) error {
+	defer flushMetrics(cmd)
+	executable := os.Args[0]
+	rootCmd := trust.NewRootCmd(filepath.Base(executable), false, cmd)
+	return rootCmd.Execute()
+}
+
+// flushMetrics will manually flush metrics from the configured
+// meter provider. This is needed when running in standalone mode
+// because the meter provider is initialized by the cli library,
+// but the mechanism for forcing it to report is not presently
+// exposed and not invoked when run in standalone mode.
+// There are plans to fix that in the next release, but this is
+// needed temporarily until the API for this is more thorough.
+func flushMetrics(cmd *command.DockerCli) {
+	if mp, ok := cmd.MeterProvider().(command.MeterProvider); ok {
+		if err := mp.ForceFlush(context.Background()); err != nil {
+			otel.Handle(err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func runPlugin(cmd *command.DockerCli) error {
+	rootCmd := trust.NewRootCmd("trust", true, cmd)
+	return plugin.RunPlugin(cmd, rootCmd, metadata.Metadata{
+		SchemaVersion: "0.1.0",
+		Vendor:        "Docker Inc.",
+		Version:       version.Version,
+	})
+}
+
+func run(cmd *command.DockerCli) error {
+	if plugin.RunningStandalone() {
+		return runStandalone(cmd)
+	}
+	return runPlugin(cmd)
+}
+
+type errCtxSignalTerminated struct {
+	signal os.Signal
+}
+
+func (errCtxSignalTerminated) Error() string {
+	return ""
+}
+
+func main() {
+	cmd, err := command.NewDockerCli()
+	if err != nil {
+		_, _ = fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	if err = run(cmd); err == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	if errors.As(err, &errCtxSignalTerminated{}) {
+		os.Exit(getExitCode(err))
+	}
+
+	if !cerrdefs.IsCanceled(err) {
+		if err.Error() != "" {
+			_, _ = fmt.Fprintln(cmd.Err(), err)
+		}
+		os.Exit(getExitCode(err))
+	}
+}
+
+// getExitCode returns the exit-code to use for the given error.
+// If err is a [cli.StatusError] and has a StatusCode set, it uses the
+// status-code from it, otherwise it returns "1" for any error.
+func getExitCode(err error) int {
+	if err == nil {
+		return 0
+	}
+
+	var userTerminatedErr errCtxSignalTerminated
+	if errors.As(err, &userTerminatedErr) {
+		s, ok := userTerminatedErr.signal.(syscall.Signal)
+		if !ok {
+			return 1
+		}
+		return 128 + int(s)
+	}
+
+	var stErr cli.StatusError
+	if errors.As(err, &stErr) && stErr.StatusCode != 0 { // FIXME(thaJeztah): StatusCode should never be used with a zero status-code. Check if we do this anywhere.
+		return stErr.StatusCode
+	}
+
+	// No status-code provided; all errors should have a non-zero exit code.
+	return 1
+}
diff --git a/cli/command/trust/cmd.go b/cmd/docker-trust/trust/cmd.go
similarity index 100%
rename from cli/command/trust/cmd.go
rename to cmd/docker-trust/trust/cmd.go
diff --git a/cmd/docker-trust/trust/commands.go b/cmd/docker-trust/trust/commands.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a878de56b83c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/docker-trust/trust/commands.go
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+package trust
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/docker/cli-docs-tool/annotation"
+	"github.com/docker/cli/cli"
+	"github.com/docker/cli/cli-plugins/plugin"
+	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/command"
+	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/debug"
+	cliflags "github.com/docker/cli/cli/flags"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
+)
+
+func NewRootCmd(name string, isPlugin bool, dockerCLI *command.DockerCli) *cobra.Command {
+	var opt rootOptions
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   name,
+		Short: "Manage trust on Docker images",
+		Long:  `Extended build capabilities with BuildKit`,
+		Annotations: map[string]string{
+			annotation.CodeDelimiter: `"`,
+		},
+		CompletionOptions: cobra.CompletionOptions{
+			HiddenDefaultCmd: true,
+		},
+		PersistentPreRunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			if opt.debug {
+				debug.Enable()
+			}
+			// cmd.SetContext(appcontext.Context())
+			if !isPlugin {
+				// InstallFlags and SetDefaultOptions are necessary to match
+				// the plugin mode behavior to handle env vars such as
+				// DOCKER_TLS, DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY, ... and we also need to use a
+				// new flagset to avoid conflict with the global debug flag
+				// that we already handle in the root command otherwise it
+				// would panic.
+				nflags := pflag.NewFlagSet(cmd.DisplayName(), pflag.ContinueOnError)
+				options := cliflags.NewClientOptions()
+				options.InstallFlags(nflags)
+				options.SetDefaultOptions(nflags)
+				return dockerCLI.Initialize(options)
+			}
+			return plugin.PersistentPreRunE(cmd, args)
+		},
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			if len(args) == 0 {
+				return cmd.Help()
+			}
+			_ = cmd.Help()
+			return cli.StatusError{
+				StatusCode: 1,
+				Status:     fmt.Sprintf("ERROR: unknown command: %q", args[0]),
+			}
+		},
+	}
+	if !isPlugin {
+		// match plugin behavior for standalone mode
+		// https://github.com/docker/cli/blob/6c9eb708fa6d17765d71965f90e1c59cea686ee9/cli-plugins/plugin/plugin.go#L117-L127
+		cmd.SilenceUsage = true
+		cmd.SilenceErrors = true
+		cmd.TraverseChildren = true
+		cmd.DisableFlagsInUseLine = true
+		cli.DisableFlagsInUseLine(cmd)
+	}
+
+	cmd.AddCommand(
+		newRevokeCommand(dockerCLI),
+		newSignCommand(dockerCLI),
+		newTrustKeyCommand(dockerCLI),
+		newTrustSignerCommand(dockerCLI),
+		newInspectCommand(dockerCLI),
+	)
+
+	return cmd
+}
+
+type rootOptions struct {
+	debug bool
+}
diff --git a/cli/command/trust/common.go b/cmd/docker-trust/trust/common.go
similarity index 100%
rename from cli/command/trust/common.go
rename to cmd/docker-trust/trust/common.go
diff --git a/cli/command/trust/common_test.go b/cmd/docker-trust/trust/common_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from cli/command/trust/common_test.go
rename to cmd/docker-trust/trust/common_test.go
diff --git a/cli/command/trust/formatter.go b/cmd/docker-trust/trust/formatter.go
similarity index 100%
rename from cli/command/trust/formatter.go
rename to cmd/docker-trust/trust/formatter.go
diff --git a/cli/command/trust/formatter_test.go b/cmd/docker-trust/trust/formatter_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from cli/command/trust/formatter_test.go
rename to cmd/docker-trust/trust/formatter_test.go
diff --git a/cli/command/trust/helpers.go b/cmd/docker-trust/trust/helpers.go
similarity index 100%
rename from cli/command/trust/helpers.go
rename to cmd/docker-trust/trust/helpers.go
diff --git a/cli/command/trust/inspect.go b/cmd/docker-trust/trust/inspect.go
similarity index 100%
rename from cli/command/trust/inspect.go
rename to cmd/docker-trust/trust/inspect.go
diff --git a/cli/command/trust/inspect_pretty.go b/cmd/docker-trust/trust/inspect_pretty.go
similarity index 100%
rename from cli/command/trust/inspect_pretty.go
rename to cmd/docker-trust/trust/inspect_pretty.go
diff --git a/cli/command/trust/inspect_pretty_test.go b/cmd/docker-trust/trust/inspect_pretty_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from cli/command/trust/inspect_pretty_test.go
rename to cmd/docker-trust/trust/inspect_pretty_test.go
diff --git a/cli/command/trust/inspect_test.go b/cmd/docker-trust/trust/inspect_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from cli/command/trust/inspect_test.go
rename to cmd/docker-trust/trust/inspect_test.go
diff --git a/cli/command/trust/key.go b/cmd/docker-trust/trust/key.go
similarity index 100%
rename from cli/command/trust/key.go
rename to cmd/docker-trust/trust/key.go
diff --git a/cli/command/trust/key_generate.go b/cmd/docker-trust/trust/key_generate.go
similarity index 100%
rename from cli/command/trust/key_generate.go
rename to cmd/docker-trust/trust/key_generate.go
diff --git a/cli/command/trust/key_generate_test.go b/cmd/docker-trust/trust/key_generate_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from cli/command/trust/key_generate_test.go
rename to cmd/docker-trust/trust/key_generate_test.go
diff --git a/cli/command/trust/key_load.go b/cmd/docker-trust/trust/key_load.go
similarity index 100%
rename from cli/command/trust/key_load.go
rename to cmd/docker-trust/trust/key_load.go
diff --git a/cli/command/trust/key_load_test.go b/cmd/docker-trust/trust/key_load_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from cli/command/trust/key_load_test.go
rename to cmd/docker-trust/trust/key_load_test.go
diff --git a/cli/command/trust/revoke.go b/cmd/docker-trust/trust/revoke.go
similarity index 100%
rename from cli/command/trust/revoke.go
rename to cmd/docker-trust/trust/revoke.go
diff --git a/cli/command/trust/revoke_test.go b/cmd/docker-trust/trust/revoke_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from cli/command/trust/revoke_test.go
rename to cmd/docker-trust/trust/revoke_test.go
diff --git a/cli/command/trust/sign.go b/cmd/docker-trust/trust/sign.go
similarity index 100%
rename from cli/command/trust/sign.go
rename to cmd/docker-trust/trust/sign.go
diff --git a/cli/command/trust/sign_test.go b/cmd/docker-trust/trust/sign_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from cli/command/trust/sign_test.go
rename to cmd/docker-trust/trust/sign_test.go
diff --git a/cli/command/trust/signer.go b/cmd/docker-trust/trust/signer.go
similarity index 100%
rename from cli/command/trust/signer.go
rename to cmd/docker-trust/trust/signer.go
diff --git a/cli/command/trust/signer_add.go b/cmd/docker-trust/trust/signer_add.go
similarity index 100%
rename from cli/command/trust/signer_add.go
rename to cmd/docker-trust/trust/signer_add.go
diff --git a/cli/command/trust/signer_add_test.go b/cmd/docker-trust/trust/signer_add_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from cli/command/trust/signer_add_test.go
rename to cmd/docker-trust/trust/signer_add_test.go
diff --git a/cli/command/trust/signer_remove.go b/cmd/docker-trust/trust/signer_remove.go
similarity index 100%
rename from cli/command/trust/signer_remove.go
rename to cmd/docker-trust/trust/signer_remove.go
diff --git a/cli/command/trust/signer_remove_test.go b/cmd/docker-trust/trust/signer_remove_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from cli/command/trust/signer_remove_test.go
rename to cmd/docker-trust/trust/signer_remove_test.go
diff --git a/cli/command/trust/testdata/trust-inspect-empty-repo.golden b/cmd/docker-trust/trust/testdata/trust-inspect-empty-repo.golden
similarity index 100%
rename from cli/command/trust/testdata/trust-inspect-empty-repo.golden
rename to cmd/docker-trust/trust/testdata/trust-inspect-empty-repo.golden
diff --git a/cli/command/trust/testdata/trust-inspect-full-repo-no-signers.golden b/cmd/docker-trust/trust/testdata/trust-inspect-full-repo-no-signers.golden
similarity index 100%
rename from cli/command/trust/testdata/trust-inspect-full-repo-no-signers.golden
rename to cmd/docker-trust/trust/testdata/trust-inspect-full-repo-no-signers.golden
diff --git a/cli/command/trust/testdata/trust-inspect-full-repo-with-signers.golden b/cmd/docker-trust/trust/testdata/trust-inspect-full-repo-with-signers.golden
similarity index 100%
rename from cli/command/trust/testdata/trust-inspect-full-repo-with-signers.golden
rename to cmd/docker-trust/trust/testdata/trust-inspect-full-repo-with-signers.golden
diff --git a/cli/command/trust/testdata/trust-inspect-multiple-repos-with-signers.golden b/cmd/docker-trust/trust/testdata/trust-inspect-multiple-repos-with-signers.golden
similarity index 100%
rename from cli/command/trust/testdata/trust-inspect-multiple-repos-with-signers.golden
rename to cmd/docker-trust/trust/testdata/trust-inspect-multiple-repos-with-signers.golden
diff --git a/cli/command/trust/testdata/trust-inspect-one-tag-no-signers.golden b/cmd/docker-trust/trust/testdata/trust-inspect-one-tag-no-signers.golden
similarity index 100%
rename from cli/command/trust/testdata/trust-inspect-one-tag-no-signers.golden
rename to cmd/docker-trust/trust/testdata/trust-inspect-one-tag-no-signers.golden
diff --git a/cli/command/trust/testdata/trust-inspect-pretty-full-repo-no-signers.golden b/cmd/docker-trust/trust/testdata/trust-inspect-pretty-full-repo-no-signers.golden
similarity index 100%
rename from cli/command/trust/testdata/trust-inspect-pretty-full-repo-no-signers.golden
rename to cmd/docker-trust/trust/testdata/trust-inspect-pretty-full-repo-no-signers.golden
diff --git a/cli/command/trust/testdata/trust-inspect-pretty-full-repo-with-signers.golden b/cmd/docker-trust/trust/testdata/trust-inspect-pretty-full-repo-with-signers.golden
similarity index 100%
rename from cli/command/trust/testdata/trust-inspect-pretty-full-repo-with-signers.golden
rename to cmd/docker-trust/trust/testdata/trust-inspect-pretty-full-repo-with-signers.golden
diff --git a/cli/command/trust/testdata/trust-inspect-pretty-one-tag-no-signers.golden b/cmd/docker-trust/trust/testdata/trust-inspect-pretty-one-tag-no-signers.golden
similarity index 100%
rename from cli/command/trust/testdata/trust-inspect-pretty-one-tag-no-signers.golden
rename to cmd/docker-trust/trust/testdata/trust-inspect-pretty-one-tag-no-signers.golden
diff --git a/cli/command/trust/testdata/trust-inspect-pretty-unsigned-tag-with-signers.golden b/cmd/docker-trust/trust/testdata/trust-inspect-pretty-unsigned-tag-with-signers.golden
similarity index 100%
rename from cli/command/trust/testdata/trust-inspect-pretty-unsigned-tag-with-signers.golden
rename to cmd/docker-trust/trust/testdata/trust-inspect-pretty-unsigned-tag-with-signers.golden
diff --git a/cli/command/trust/testdata/trust-inspect-uninitialized.golden b/cmd/docker-trust/trust/testdata/trust-inspect-uninitialized.golden
similarity index 100%
rename from cli/command/trust/testdata/trust-inspect-uninitialized.golden
rename to cmd/docker-trust/trust/testdata/trust-inspect-uninitialized.golden
diff --git a/cli/command/trust/testdata/trust-inspect-unsigned-tag-with-signers.golden b/cmd/docker-trust/trust/testdata/trust-inspect-unsigned-tag-with-signers.golden
similarity index 100%
rename from cli/command/trust/testdata/trust-inspect-unsigned-tag-with-signers.golden
rename to cmd/docker-trust/trust/testdata/trust-inspect-unsigned-tag-with-signers.golden
diff --git a/cli/command/trust/testdata/trust-revoke-prompt-termination.golden b/cmd/docker-trust/trust/testdata/trust-revoke-prompt-termination.golden
similarity index 100%
rename from cli/command/trust/testdata/trust-revoke-prompt-termination.golden
rename to cmd/docker-trust/trust/testdata/trust-revoke-prompt-termination.golden
diff --git a/docs/reference/commandline/docker.md b/docs/reference/commandline/docker.md
index 69b1c91303be..da4c731e28e3 100644
--- a/docs/reference/commandline/docker.md
+++ b/docs/reference/commandline/docker.md
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ The base command for the Docker CLI.
 | [`system`](system.md)         | Manage Docker                                                                 |
 | [`tag`](tag.md)               | Create a tag TARGET_IMAGE that refers to SOURCE_IMAGE                         |
 | [`top`](top.md)               | Display the running processes of a container                                  |
-| [`trust`](trust.md)           | Manage trust on Docker images                                                 |
 | [`unpause`](unpause.md)       | Unpause all processes within one or more containers                           |
 | [`update`](update.md)         | Update configuration of one or more containers                                |
 | [`version`](version.md)       | Show the Docker version information                                           |
diff --git a/e2e/global/cli_test.go b/e2e/global/cli_test.go
index f79acd1aa76b..07e37a317f16 100644
--- a/e2e/global/cli_test.go
+++ b/e2e/global/cli_test.go
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ func TestPromptExitCode(t *testing.T) {
 			case <-writeDone:
 				buf.Reset()
 				assert.NilError(t, bufioWriter.Flush())
-				assert.Equal(t, buf.String(), "\n", "expected a new line after the process exits from SIGINT")
+				assert.Equal(t, strings.HasSuffix(buf.String(), "\n"), true, "expected a new line after the process exits from SIGINT")
 			}
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/scripts/build/trust-plugin b/scripts/build/trust-plugin
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..beb8487b25a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build/trust-plugin
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Build plugins examples for the host OS/ARCH
+#
+
+set -eu -o pipefail
+
+# Disable CGO - we don't need it for these plugins.
+#
+# Important: this must be done before sourcing "./scripts/build/.variables",
+# because some other variables are conditionally set whether CGO is enabled.
+export CGO_ENABLED=0
+
+source ./scripts/build/.variables
+
+TARGET_PLUGIN="$(dirname "${TARGET}")/docker-trust-${GOOS}-${GOARCH}"
+mkdir -p "$(dirname "${TARGET_PLUGIN}")"
+
+echo "Building $GO_LINKMODE $(basename "${TARGET_PLUGIN}")"
+(set -x ; GO111MODULE=auto go build -o "${TARGET_PLUGIN}" -tags "${GO_BUILDTAGS}" -ldflags "${GO_LDFLAGS}" ${GO_BUILDMODE} "github.com/docker/cli/cmd/docker-trust")
+
+ln -sf "$(basename "${TARGET_PLUGIN}")" "$(dirname "${TARGET}")/docker-trust"