diff --git a/src/libs/extensionsystem/iplugin.cpp b/src/libs/extensionsystem/iplugin.cpp
index 9f7ca221e51..6661a46f610 100644
--- a/src/libs/extensionsystem/iplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/extensionsystem/iplugin.cpp
@@ -161,12 +161,47 @@
 namespace ExtensionSystem {
 namespace Internal {
 
+class ObjectInitializer
+{
+public:
+    ObjectCreator creator;
+    ObjectDestructor destructor;
+    ObjectCreationPolicy policy;
+};
+
 class IPluginPrivate
 {
 public:
+    void tryCreateObjects();
+
     QList<TestCreator> testCreators;
+
+    QList<ObjectInitializer> objectInitializers;
+    QList<std::function<void()>> objectDestructors;
+
+    // For debugging purposes:
+    QList<void *> createdObjects; // Not owned.
 };
 
+void IPluginPrivate::tryCreateObjects()
+{
+    QList<ObjectInitializer> unhandledObjectInitializers;
+
+    for (const ObjectInitializer &initializer : std::as_const(objectInitializers)) {
+        if (!initializer.policy.dependsOn.isEmpty()) {
+            qWarning("Initialization dependencies are not supported yet");
+            unhandledObjectInitializers.append(initializer);
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        void *object = initializer.creator();
+        createdObjects.append(object);
+        objectDestructors.append([initializer, object] { initializer.destructor(object); });
+    }
+
+    objectInitializers = unhandledObjectInitializers;
+}
+
 } // Internal
 
 /*!
@@ -182,10 +217,20 @@ IPlugin::IPlugin()
 */
 IPlugin::~IPlugin()
 {
+    for (const std::function<void()> &dtor : std::as_const(d->objectDestructors))
+        dtor();
+
     delete d;
     d = nullptr;
 }
 
+void IPlugin::addManagedHelper(const ObjectCreator &creator,
+                               const ObjectDestructor &destructor,
+                               const ObjectCreationPolicy &policy)
+{
+    d->objectInitializers.append({creator, destructor, policy});
+}
+
 bool IPlugin::initialize(const QStringList &arguments, QString *errorString)
 {
     Q_UNUSED(arguments)
@@ -194,6 +239,14 @@ bool IPlugin::initialize(const QStringList &arguments, QString *errorString)
     return true;
 }
 
+/*!
+    \internal
+*/
+void IPlugin::tryCreateObjects()
+{
+    d->tryCreateObjects();
+}
+
 /*!
     Registers a function object that creates a test object.
 
diff --git a/src/libs/extensionsystem/iplugin.h b/src/libs/extensionsystem/iplugin.h
index 5a8fceb3d6e..3e477e42e81 100644
--- a/src/libs/extensionsystem/iplugin.h
+++ b/src/libs/extensionsystem/iplugin.h
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 #include "extensionsystem_global.h"
 
+#include <utils/id.h>
+
 #include <QObject>
 
 #include <functional>
@@ -15,6 +17,17 @@ namespace Internal { class IPluginPrivate; }
 
 using TestCreator = std::function<QObject *()>;
 
+using ObjectCreator = std::function<void *()>;
+using ObjectDestructor = std::function<void(void *)>;
+
+struct EXTENSIONSYSTEM_EXPORT ObjectCreationPolicy
+{
+    // Can be empty if nothing depends on it.
+    Utils::Id id;
+    // Objects with empty dependencies are created as soon as possible.
+    QList<Utils::Id> dependsOn;
+};
+
 class EXTENSIONSYSTEM_EXPORT IPlugin : public QObject
 {
     Q_OBJECT
@@ -39,6 +52,7 @@ public:
 
     // Deprecated in 10.0, use addTest()
     virtual QVector<QObject *> createTestObjects() const;
+    virtual void tryCreateObjects();
 
 protected:
     virtual void initialize() {}
@@ -47,6 +61,17 @@ protected:
     void addTest(Args && ...args) { addTestCreator([args...] { return new Test(args...); }); }
     void addTestCreator(const TestCreator &creator);
 
+    template <typename Type>
+    void addManaged(const ObjectCreationPolicy &policy = {}) {
+        addManagedHelper([]() -> void * { return new Type(); },
+                             [](void *p) { delete static_cast<Type *>(p); },
+                             policy);
+    }
+
+    void addManagedHelper(const ObjectCreator &creator,
+                          const ObjectDestructor &destructor,
+                          const ObjectCreationPolicy &policy);
+
 signals:
     void asynchronousShutdownFinished();
 
diff --git a/src/libs/extensionsystem/pluginspec.cpp b/src/libs/extensionsystem/pluginspec.cpp
index d18f410e818..62b3c0096f6 100644
--- a/src/libs/extensionsystem/pluginspec.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/extensionsystem/pluginspec.cpp
@@ -1119,6 +1119,7 @@ bool PluginSpecPrivate::initializePlugin()
         hasError = true;
         return false;
     }
+    plugin->tryCreateObjects();
     state = PluginSpec::Initialized;
     return true;
 }
@@ -1145,6 +1146,7 @@ bool PluginSpecPrivate::initializeExtensions()
         return false;
     }
     plugin->extensionsInitialized();
+    plugin->tryCreateObjects();
     state = PluginSpec::Running;
     return true;
 }
@@ -1164,7 +1166,9 @@ bool PluginSpecPrivate::delayedInitialize()
         hasError = true;
         return false;
     }
-    return plugin->delayedInitialize();
+    const bool res =  plugin->delayedInitialize();
+    plugin->tryCreateObjects();
+    return res;
 }
 
 /*!