diff --git a/cmd/example.go b/cmd/example.go
deleted file mode 100644
index d92dc36c5..000000000
--- a/cmd/example.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-package cmd
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"io"
-
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-)
-
-func NewExampleCommand(out io.Writer, args []string) *cobra.Command {
-	exampleCommand := &cobra.Command{
-		Use:   "example",
-		Short: "an example command",
-		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-			fmt.Fprintln(out, "Hello world!")
-		},
-	}
-	return exampleCommand
-}
diff --git a/cmd/plugins.go b/cmd/plugins.go
index a786ff42c..f3e9b5373 100644
--- a/cmd/plugins.go
+++ b/cmd/plugins.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"github.com/ian-howell/exampleplugin"
 )
 
 // builtinPlugins are the plugins that are built and maintained by the
@@ -15,5 +16,5 @@ var builtinPlugins = []func(io.Writer, []string) *cobra.Command{
 // externalPlugins are external. The function to create a command should be
 // placed here
 var externalPlugins = []func(io.Writer, []string) *cobra.Command{
-	NewExampleCommand, // This is an example and shouldn't be enabled in production builds
+	exampleplugin.NewExampleCommand, // This is an example and shouldn't be enabled in production builds
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 20f421b0f..47c90957e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ require (
 	github.com/golangci/golangci-lint v1.16.0
 	github.com/google/gofuzz v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/googleapis/gnostic v0.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/ian-howell/exampleplugin v0.0.0-20190517155332-c2802087ee41
 	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.7 // indirect
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.6 // indirect
 	github.com/shuLhan/go-bindata v3.4.0+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v0.0.3
-	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.3 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190422183909-d864b10871cd // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190420063019-afa5a82059c6 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20190402181905-9f3314589c9a // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9a714f0f9..57562cb65 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ github.com/hashicorp/hcl v0.0.0-20180404174102-ef8a98b0bbce h1:xdsDDbiBDQTKASoGE
 github.com/hashicorp/hcl v0.0.0-20180404174102-ef8a98b0bbce/go.mod h1:oZtUIOe8dh44I2q6ScRibXws4Ajl+d+nod3AaR9vL5w=
 github.com/hpcloud/tail v1.0.0 h1:nfCOvKYfkgYP8hkirhJocXT2+zOD8yUNjXaWfTlyFKI=
 github.com/hpcloud/tail v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ab1qPbhIpdTxEkNHXyeSf5vhxWSCs/tWer42PpOxQnU=
+github.com/ian-howell/exampleplugin v0.0.0-20190517155332-c2802087ee41 h1:7id5OLQ6anGo6Vx4MnvSqhPfFm0Q5Rq2vwZqGzD7w5Q=
+github.com/ian-howell/exampleplugin v0.0.0-20190517155332-c2802087ee41/go.mod h1:8kk62mP18Zi2+BzITEc0n+QKWQLT9xN+5GBRwETQYEk=
 github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.5/go.mod h1:2EnlNZ0deacrJVfApfmtdGgDfMuh/nq6Ok1EcJh5FfA=
 github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.7 h1:Y+UAYTZ7gDEuOfhxKWy+dvb5dRQ6rJjFSdX2HZY1/gI=
 github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.7/go.mod h1:2EnlNZ0deacrJVfApfmtdGgDfMuh/nq6Ok1EcJh5FfA=