diff --git a/dev-tools/build-packages/base/generate_base.sh b/dev-tools/build-packages/base/generate_base.sh
index 8e78494c18bf..8b60acb401fc 100755
--- a/dev-tools/build-packages/base/generate_base.sh
+++ b/dev-tools/build-packages/base/generate_base.sh
@@ -127,23 +127,24 @@ build() {
     echo Building the package...
     echo
 
-    # Install plugins
-    bin/opensearch-dashboards-plugin install alertingDashboards
-    bin/opensearch-dashboards-plugin install customImportMapDashboards
-    bin/opensearch-dashboards-plugin install ganttChartDashboards
-    bin/opensearch-dashboards-plugin install indexManagementDashboards
-    bin/opensearch-dashboards-plugin install notificationsDashboards
-    bin/opensearch-dashboards-plugin install reportsDashboards
     # Install Wazuh apps and Security app
-    plugins=$(ls $tmp_dir/applications)
-    echo $plugins
+
+    plugins=$(ls $tmp_dir/applications)' '$(cat ../../plugins)
     for plugin in $plugins; do
-        echo $plugin
         if [[ $plugin =~ .*\.zip ]]; then
-            bin/opensearch-dashboards-plugin install file:../applications/$plugin
+            install='file:../applications/'$plugin
+        else
+            install=$plugin
+        fi
+        if bin/opensearch-dashboards-plugin install $install | tee /dev/tty | grep -iE 'unsuccessful|error|fail' > /dev/null; then
+          echo "Plugin installation failed"
+          clean 1
         fi
     done
 
+    echo
+    echo Finished installing plugins
+    echo
 
     # Move installed plugins from categories after generating the package
     category_explore='{id:"explore",label:"Explore",order:100,euiIconType:"search"}'
diff --git a/dev-tools/build-packages/base/plugins b/dev-tools/build-packages/base/plugins
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6a31dc91f76b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-tools/build-packages/base/plugins
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+alertingDashboards
+customImportMapDashboards
+ganttChartDashboards
+indexManagementDashboards
+notificationsDashboards
+reportsDashboards