diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runcontrol.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runcontrol.cpp
index 3b601d45cbd..6085a720832 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runcontrol.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runcontrol.cpp
@@ -1264,6 +1264,7 @@ public:
 
     bool m_stopReported = false;
     bool m_stopForced = false;
+    bool m_suppressDefaultStdOutHandling = false;
 
     void forwardStarted();
     void forwardDone();
@@ -1372,6 +1373,9 @@ void SimpleTargetRunnerPrivate::handleDone()
 
 void SimpleTargetRunnerPrivate::handleStandardOutput()
 {
+    if (m_suppressDefaultStdOutHandling)
+        return;
+
     const QByteArray data = m_process.readAllRawStandardOutput();
     const QString msg = m_outputCodec->toUnicode(
                 data.constData(), data.length(), &m_outputCodecState);
@@ -1380,6 +1384,9 @@ void SimpleTargetRunnerPrivate::handleStandardOutput()
 
 void SimpleTargetRunnerPrivate::handleStandardError()
 {
+    if (m_suppressDefaultStdOutHandling)
+        return;
+
     const QByteArray data = m_process.readAllRawStandardError();
     const QString msg = m_outputCodec->toUnicode(
                 data.constData(), data.length(), &m_errorCodecState);
@@ -1571,6 +1578,16 @@ void SimpleTargetRunner::setProcessMode(Utils::ProcessMode processMode)
     d->m_process.setProcessMode(processMode);
 }
 
+Process *SimpleTargetRunner::process() const
+{
+    return &d->m_process;
+}
+
+void SimpleTargetRunner::suppressDefaultStdOutHandling()
+{
+    d->m_suppressDefaultStdOutHandling = true;
+}
+
 void SimpleTargetRunner::forceRunOnHost()
 {
     const FilePath executable = d->m_command.executable();
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runcontrol.h b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runcontrol.h
index 0c47ff18b6a..94288664361 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runcontrol.h
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/runcontrol.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class Icon;
 class MacroExpander;
 class OutputLineParser;
 class ProcessRunData;
+class Process;
 } // Utils
 
 namespace ProjectExplorer {
@@ -271,7 +272,9 @@ protected:
     void setEnvironment(const Utils::Environment &environment);
     void setWorkingDirectory(const Utils::FilePath &workingDirectory);
     void setProcessMode(Utils::ProcessMode processMode);
+    Utils::Process *process() const;
 
+    void suppressDefaultStdOutHandling();
     void forceRunOnHost();
     void addExtraData(const QString &key, const QVariant &value);