diff --git a/api/internal/plugins/loader/loader.go b/api/internal/plugins/loader/loader.go
index a1a2e1d841..7e989ee98c 100644
--- a/api/internal/plugins/loader/loader.go
+++ b/api/internal/plugins/loader/loader.go
@@ -87,10 +87,10 @@ func (l *Loader) LoadGenerator(
 }
 
 func (l *Loader) LoadTransformers(
-	ldr ifc.Loader, v ifc.Validator, rm resmap.ResMap) ([]*resmap.TransformerWithProperties, error) {
+	ldr ifc.Loader, v ifc.Validator, rm resmap.ResMap, kt resmap.KustTargetInterface) ([]*resmap.TransformerWithProperties, error) {
 	var result []*resmap.TransformerWithProperties
 	for _, res := range rm.Resources() {
-		t, err := l.LoadTransformer(ldr, v, res)
+		t, err := l.LoadTransformer(ldr, v, res, kt)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ func (l *Loader) LoadTransformers(
 }
 
 func (l *Loader) LoadTransformer(
-	ldr ifc.Loader, v ifc.Validator, res *resource.Resource) (*resmap.TransformerWithProperties, error) {
-	c, err := l.loadAndConfigurePlugin(ldr, v, res, nil)
+	ldr ifc.Loader, v ifc.Validator, res *resource.Resource, kt resmap.KustTargetInterface) (*resmap.TransformerWithProperties, error) {
+	c, err := l.loadAndConfigurePlugin(ldr, v, res, kt)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/api/internal/target/kusttarget.go b/api/internal/target/kusttarget.go
index bd1a6b9b63..275271085f 100644
--- a/api/internal/target/kusttarget.go
+++ b/api/internal/target/kusttarget.go
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ func (kt *KustTarget) configureExternalTransformers(transformers []string) ([]*r
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return kt.pLdr.LoadTransformers(kt.ldr, kt.validator, ra.ResMap())
+	return kt.pLdr.LoadTransformers(kt.ldr, kt.validator, ra.ResMap(), kt)
 }
 
 func (kt *KustTarget) runValidators(ra *accumulator.ResAccumulator) error {