diff --git a/codegen/config/binder.go b/codegen/config/binder.go
index 7ac9bff01eb..0ebf415735a 100644
--- a/codegen/config/binder.go
+++ b/codegen/config/binder.go
@@ -23,12 +23,7 @@ type Binder struct {
 	SawInvalid bool
 }
 
-func (c *Config) NewBinder(s *ast.Schema) (*Binder, error) {
-	pkgs, err := packages.Load(&packages.Config{Mode: packages.LoadTypes | packages.LoadSyntax}, c.Models.ReferencedPackages()...)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
+func (c *Config) NewBinder(s *ast.Schema, pkgs []*packages.Package) (*Binder, error) {
 	mp := map[string]*packages.Package{}
 	var pkgErrs PkgErrors
 	for _, p := range pkgs {
diff --git a/codegen/config/config.go b/codegen/config/config.go
index 45f8a7bd81a..f766206f591 100644
--- a/codegen/config/config.go
+++ b/codegen/config/config.go
@@ -385,14 +385,10 @@ func (c *Config) normalize() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (c *Config) Autobind(s *ast.Schema) error {
+func (c *Config) Autobind(s *ast.Schema, ps []*packages.Package) error {
 	if len(c.AutoBind) == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
-	ps, err := packages.Load(&packages.Config{Mode: packages.LoadTypes}, c.AutoBind...)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
 
 	for _, t := range s.Types {
 		if c.Models.UserDefined(t.Name) {
diff --git a/codegen/data.go b/codegen/data.go
index 71206885be1..211cb593909 100644
--- a/codegen/data.go
+++ b/codegen/data.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/99designs/gqlgen/codegen/config"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/vektah/gqlparser/ast"
+	"golang.org/x/tools/go/packages"
 )
 
 // Data is a unified model of the code to be generated. Plugins may modify this structure to do things like implement
@@ -51,14 +52,19 @@ func BuildData(cfg *config.Config) (*Data, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	err = cfg.Autobind(b.Schema)
+	cfg.InjectBuiltins(b.Schema)
+
+	ps, err := packages.Load(&packages.Config{Mode: packages.LoadTypes | packages.LoadSyntax}, append(cfg.Models.ReferencedPackages(), cfg.AutoBind...)...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	cfg.InjectBuiltins(b.Schema)
+	err = cfg.Autobind(b.Schema, ps)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 
-	b.Binder, err = b.Config.NewBinder(b.Schema)
+	b.Binder, err = b.Config.NewBinder(b.Schema, ps)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/plugin/modelgen/models.go b/plugin/modelgen/models.go
index b7b224d7cbc..9adc220023c 100644
--- a/plugin/modelgen/models.go
+++ b/plugin/modelgen/models.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/99designs/gqlgen/codegen/templates"
 	"github.com/99designs/gqlgen/plugin"
 	"github.com/vektah/gqlparser/ast"
+	"golang.org/x/tools/go/packages"
 )
 
 type BuildMutateHook = func(b *ModelBuild) *ModelBuild
@@ -81,14 +82,19 @@ func (m *Plugin) MutateConfig(cfg *config.Config) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	err = cfg.Autobind(schema)
+	cfg.InjectBuiltins(schema)
+
+	ps, err := packages.Load(&packages.Config{Mode: packages.LoadTypes | packages.LoadSyntax}, append(cfg.Models.ReferencedPackages(), cfg.AutoBind...)...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	cfg.InjectBuiltins(schema)
+	err = cfg.Autobind(schema, ps)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
-	binder, err := cfg.NewBinder(schema)
+	binder, err := cfg.NewBinder(schema, ps)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}