diff --git a/src/traffic_ctl/CtrlCommands.cc b/src/traffic_ctl/CtrlCommands.cc
index 85d98f92f9a..dad853d4893 100644
--- a/src/traffic_ctl/CtrlCommands.cc
+++ b/src/traffic_ctl/CtrlCommands.cc
@@ -439,6 +439,7 @@ PluginCommand::plugin_msg()
   }
   BasicPluginMessageRequest request{params};
   auto response = invoke_rpc(request);
+  _printer->write_output(response);
 }
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 DirectRPCCommand::DirectRPCCommand(ts::Arguments *args) : CtrlCommand(args)