diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b597a2cef..d7161c019 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ members = [
   "cln-rpc",
   "cln-grpc",
   "plugins",
+  "plugins/grpc-plugin",
 ]
diff --git a/plugins/Makefile b/plugins/Makefile
index 70302311b..e3cacde4a 100644
--- a/plugins/Makefile
+++ b/plugins/Makefile
@@ -179,8 +179,11 @@ CLN_PLUGIN_SRC = $(shell find plugins/src -name "*.rs")
 ${CLN_PLUGIN_EXAMPLES}: ${CLN_PLUGIN_SRC}
 	(cd plugins; cargo build ${CARGO_OPTS} --examples)
 
+target/${RUST_PROFILE}/grpc-plugin: ${CLN_PLUGIN_SRC}
+	cargo build ${CARGO_OPTS} --bin grpc-plugin
+
 ifneq ($(RUST),0)
-DEFAULT_TARGETS += $(CLN_PLUGIN_EXAMPLES)
+DEFAULT_TARGETS += $(CLN_PLUGIN_EXAMPLES) target/${RUST_PROFILE}/grpc-plugin
 endif
 
 include plugins/test/Makefile