diff --git a/pkg/docker-compose/build.go b/pkg/docker-compose/build.go
index 5bd4a1b..d23db02 100644
--- a/pkg/docker-compose/build.go
+++ b/pkg/docker-compose/build.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func (m *Mixin) Build(ctx context.Context) error {
 	}
 
 	dockerfileLines := fmt.Sprintf(`ADD --chmod=755 https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/v%s/docker-compose-linux-x86_64 /usr/local/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose
-RUN ln -s /usr/local/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose /usr/local/bin/docker-compose`, dockerComposeVersion)
+ENV PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/lib/docker/cli-plugins"`, dockerComposeVersion)
 
 	fmt.Fprintln(m.Out, dockerfileLines)
 
diff --git a/pkg/docker-compose/build_test.go b/pkg/docker-compose/build_test.go
index 8819334..70826ac 100644
--- a/pkg/docker-compose/build_test.go
+++ b/pkg/docker-compose/build_test.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 
 func TestMixin_Build(t *testing.T) {
 	const buildOutput = `ADD --chmod=755 https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/v2.10.2/docker-compose-linux-x86_64 /usr/local/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose
-RUN ln -s /usr/local/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
+ENV PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/lib/docker/cli-plugins"
 `
 
 	t.Run("build", func(t *testing.T) {