diff --git a/cli/command/cli.go b/cli/command/cli.go
index 7e9ed3c8f5..cfa43921b3 100644
--- a/cli/command/cli.go
+++ b/cli/command/cli.go
@@ -271,17 +271,17 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) Initialize(opts *cliflags.ClientOptions, ops ...Initialize
 // NewAPIClientFromFlags creates a new APIClient from command line flags
 func NewAPIClientFromFlags(opts *cliflags.CommonOptions, configFile *configfile.ConfigFile) (client.APIClient, error) {
 	storeConfig := DefaultContextStoreConfig()
-	store := &ContextStoreWithDefault{
+	contextStore := &ContextStoreWithDefault{
 		Store: store.New(cliconfig.ContextStoreDir(), storeConfig),
 		Resolver: func() (*DefaultContext, error) {
 			return ResolveDefaultContext(opts, configFile, storeConfig, io.Discard)
 		},
 	}
-	contextName, err := resolveContextName(opts, configFile, store)
+	contextName, err := resolveContextName(opts, configFile, contextStore)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	endpoint, err := resolveDockerEndpoint(store, contextName)
+	endpoint, err := resolveDockerEndpoint(contextStore, contextName)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "unable to resolve docker endpoint")
 	}
@@ -422,12 +422,13 @@ type ClientInfo struct {
 // It applies by default the standard streams, and the content trust from
 // environment.
 func NewDockerCli(ops ...DockerCliOption) (*DockerCli, error) {
-	cli := &DockerCli{}
 	defaultOps := []DockerCliOption{
 		WithContentTrustFromEnv(),
+		WithDefaultContextStoreConfig(),
 	}
-	cli.contextStoreConfig = DefaultContextStoreConfig()
 	ops = append(defaultOps, ops...)
+
+	cli := &DockerCli{}
 	if err := cli.Apply(ops...); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/cli/command/cli_options.go b/cli/command/cli_options.go
index 290cae45c3..cd81794982 100644
--- a/cli/command/cli_options.go
+++ b/cli/command/cli_options.go
@@ -94,3 +94,11 @@ func WithContextEndpointType(endpointName string, endpointType store.TypeGetter)
 		return nil
 	}
 }
+
+// WithDefaultContextStoreConfig configures the cli to use the default context store configuration.
+func WithDefaultContextStoreConfig() DockerCliOption {
+	return func(cli *DockerCli) error {
+		cli.contextStoreConfig = DefaultContextStoreConfig()
+		return nil
+	}
+}