diff --git a/make/common.sh b/make/common.sh
index 48918e4de..84531cbb9 100644
--- a/make/common.sh
+++ b/make/common.sh
@@ -103,14 +103,19 @@ function check_docker {
 }
 
 function check_dockercompose {
-	if ! docker-compose --version &> /dev/null
+	if [! docker compose version] &> /dev/null || [! docker-compose --version] &> /dev/null
 	then
-		error "Need to install docker-compose(1.18.0+) by yourself first and run this script again."
+		error "Need to install docker-compose(1.18.0+) or a docker-compose-plugin (https://docs.docker.com/compose/)by yourself first and run this script again."
 		exit 1
 	fi
 
-	# docker-compose has been installed, check its version
-	if [[ $(docker-compose --version) =~ (([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)([\.0-9]*)) ]]
+	# either docker compose plugin has been installed
+	if docker compose version &> /dev/null
+	then
+		note "$(docker compose version)"
+
+	# or docker-compose has been installed, check its version
+	elif [[ $(docker-compose --version) =~ (([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)([\.0-9]*)) ]]
 	then
 		docker_compose_version=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
 		docker_compose_version_part1=${BASH_REMATCH[2]}