diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index a4815ec2489e9..a49a8b14ca83d 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ task:
     - flutter channel master
     - flutter upgrade
     - git fetch origin master
+  submodules_script:
+    - git submodule init
+    - git submodule update
   matrix:
     - name: publishable
       script:
@@ -121,6 +124,9 @@ task:
     - flutter channel master
     - flutter upgrade
     - git fetch origin master
+  submodules_script:
+    - git submodule init
+    - git submodule update
   matrix:
     - name: build-linux+drive-examples
       install_script:
@@ -145,6 +151,9 @@ task:
     - flutter channel master
     - flutter upgrade
     - git fetch origin master
+  submodules_script:
+    - git submodule init
+    - git submodule update
   create_simulator_script:
     - xcrun simctl list
     - xcrun simctl create Flutter-iPhone com.apple.CoreSimulator.SimDeviceType.iPhone-11 com.apple.CoreSimulator.SimRuntime.iOS-14-3 | xargs xcrun simctl boot
@@ -198,6 +207,9 @@ task:
     - flutter channel master
     - flutter upgrade
     - git fetch origin master
+  submodules_script:
+    - git submodule init
+    - git submodule update
   create_simulator_script:
     - xcrun simctl list
     - xcrun simctl create Flutter-iPhone com.apple.CoreSimulator.SimDeviceType.iPhone-X com.apple.CoreSimulator.SimRuntime.iOS-13-3 | xargs xcrun simctl boot
@@ -227,6 +239,9 @@ task:
     - flutter channel master
     - flutter upgrade
     - git fetch origin master
+  submodules_script:
+    - git submodule init
+    - git submodule update
   matrix:
     - name: build_all_plugins_app
       script:
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d83ab14b23a0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "script/plugin_tools"]
+	path = script/plugin_tools
+	url = https://github.com/flutter/plugin_tools.git
diff --git a/script/check_publish.sh b/script/check_publish.sh
index 9f435e9ba42cd..5584fc6019164 100755
--- a/script/check_publish.sh
+++ b/script/check_publish.sh
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ source "$SCRIPT_DIR/common.sh"
 
 function check_publish() {
   local failures=()
-  pub_command global activate flutter_plugin_tools
-  for dir in $(pub_command global run flutter_plugin_tools list --plugins="$1"); do
+  for dir in $(plugin_tools list --plugins="$1"); do
     local package_name=$(basename "$dir")
 
     echo "Checking that $package_name can be published."
diff --git a/script/common.sh b/script/common.sh
index cd2c1ca3fd83e..4c8aff9822f60 100644
--- a/script/common.sh
+++ b/script/common.sh
@@ -46,18 +46,8 @@ function check_changed_packages() {
   return 0
 }
 
-# Normalizes the call to the pub command.
-function pub_command() {
-  if [ "$(expr substr $(uname -s) 1 5)" == "MINGW" ]; then
-    pub.bat "$@"
-  else
-    pub "$@"
-  fi
-}
-
-# Activates the Flutter plugin tool to ensures that the plugin tools dependencies
-# are resolved  using the current Dart SDK.
-# Finally, runs the tool with the parameters.
+# Runs the plugin tools from the plugin_tools git submodule.
 function plugin_tools() {
-  pub_command global activate flutter_plugin_tools && pub_command global run flutter_plugin_tools "$@"
+  (pushd "$REPO_DIR/script/plugin_tools" && dart pub get && popd) >/dev/null
+  dart run "$REPO_DIR/script/plugin_tools/lib/src/main.dart" "$@"
 }
diff --git a/script/plugin_tools b/script/plugin_tools
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000000..432c56da35880
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/plugin_tools
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 432c56da35880e95f6cbb02c40e9da0361771f48