diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1bf3fe35b..def1cdcf4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -78,8 +78,15 @@ tarball: npm_licenses common-tarball
 .PHONY: docker
 docker: npm_licenses common-docker
 
+plugins/plugins.go: plugins.yml plugins/generate.go
+	@echo ">> creating plugins list"
+	$(GO) generate -tags plugins ./plugins
+
+.PHONY: plugins
+plugins: plugins/plugins.go
+
 .PHONY: build
-build: assets assets-compress common-build
+build: assets assets-compress common-build plugins
 
 .PHONY: bench_tsdb
 bench_tsdb: $(PROMU)
diff --git a/cmd/prometheus/main.go b/cmd/prometheus/main.go
index fbdb96109..08564eb0f 100644
--- a/cmd/prometheus/main.go
+++ b/cmd/prometheus/main.go
@@ -53,13 +53,13 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/config"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery"
-	_ "github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/install" // Register service discovery implementations.
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/legacymanager"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/targetgroup"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/exemplar"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/labels"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/relabel"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/notifier"
+	_ "github.com/prometheus/prometheus/plugins" // Register plugins.
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/promql"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/rules"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/scrape"
diff --git a/cmd/promtool/main.go b/cmd/promtool/main.go
index bc1b2928a..dbdc825fe 100644
--- a/cmd/promtool/main.go
+++ b/cmd/promtool/main.go
@@ -51,12 +51,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/config"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/file"
-	_ "github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/install" // Register service discovery implementations.
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/kubernetes"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/targetgroup"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/labels"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/rulefmt"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/notifier"
+	_ "github.com/prometheus/prometheus/plugins" // Register plugins.
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/promql"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/scrape"
 )
diff --git a/plugins.yml b/plugins.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..498ec22c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+- github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/aws
+- github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/azure
+- github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/consul
+- github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/digitalocean
+- github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/dns
+- github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/eureka
+- github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/gce
+- github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/hetzner
+- github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/kubernetes
+- github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/linode
+- github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/marathon
+- github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/moby
+- github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/openstack
+- github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/puppetdb
+- github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/scaleway
+- github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/triton
+- github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/uyuni
+- github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/xds
+- github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/zookeeper
diff --git a/plugins/generate.go b/plugins/generate.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7054b109b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/generate.go
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+// Copyright 2022 The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+//go:build plugins
+// +build plugins
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+)
+
+//go:generate go run generate.go
+
+func main() {
+	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join("..", "plugins.yml"))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	var plugins []string
+	err = yaml.Unmarshal(data, &plugins)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	f, err := os.Create("plugins.go")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+	_, err = f.WriteString(`// Copyright 2022 The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+// This file is generated by "make plugins".
+
+package plugins
+
+`)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if len(plugins) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	_, err = f.WriteString("import (\n")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	for i, plugin := range plugins {
+		_, err = f.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("\t// Register %s plugin.\n", path.Base(plugin)))
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		_, err = f.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("\t_ \"%s\"\n", plugin))
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		if i < len(plugins)-1 {
+			_, err = f.WriteString("\n")
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Fatal(err)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	_, err = f.WriteString(")\n")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/plugins/minimum.go b/plugins/minimum.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8541de922
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/minimum.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// Copyright 2022 The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package plugins
+
+import (
+	_ "github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/file" // Register file plugin.
+	_ "github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/http" // Register http plugin.
+)
diff --git a/plugins/plugins.go b/plugins/plugins.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2247f805a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/plugins.go
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+// Copyright 2022 The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+// This file is generated by "make plugins".
+
+package plugins
+
+import (
+	// Register aws plugin.
+	_ "github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/aws"
+
+	// Register azure plugin.
+	_ "github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/azure"
+
+	// Register consul plugin.
+	_ "github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/consul"
+
+	// Register digitalocean plugin.
+	_ "github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/digitalocean"
+
+	// Register dns plugin.
+	_ "github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/dns"
+
+	// Register eureka plugin.
+	_ "github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/eureka"
+
+	// Register gce plugin.
+	_ "github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/gce"
+
+	// Register hetzner plugin.
+	_ "github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/hetzner"
+
+	// Register kubernetes plugin.
+	_ "github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/kubernetes"
+
+	// Register linode plugin.
+	_ "github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/linode"
+
+	// Register marathon plugin.
+	_ "github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/marathon"
+
+	// Register moby plugin.
+	_ "github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/moby"
+
+	// Register openstack plugin.
+	_ "github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/openstack"
+
+	// Register puppetdb plugin.
+	_ "github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/puppetdb"
+
+	// Register scaleway plugin.
+	_ "github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/scaleway"
+
+	// Register triton plugin.
+	_ "github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/triton"
+
+	// Register uyuni plugin.
+	_ "github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/uyuni"
+
+	// Register xds plugin.
+	_ "github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/xds"
+
+	// Register zookeeper plugin.
+	_ "github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery/zookeeper"
+)