diff --git a/src/libs/extensionsystem/pluginmanager.cpp b/src/libs/extensionsystem/pluginmanager.cpp
index 7114813bd71..22ce4786046 100644
--- a/src/libs/extensionsystem/pluginmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/extensionsystem/pluginmanager.cpp
@@ -322,11 +322,9 @@ void PluginManager::loadPlugins()
     d->loadPlugins();
 }
 
-void PluginManager::loadPlugin(PluginSpec *spec)
+void PluginManager::loadPluginsAtRuntime(const QSet<PluginSpec *> &plugins)
 {
-    d->loadPlugin(spec, PluginSpec::Loaded);
-    d->loadPlugin(spec, PluginSpec::Initialized);
-    d->loadPlugin(spec, PluginSpec::Running);
+    d->loadPluginsAtRuntime(plugins);
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -1389,6 +1387,32 @@ void PluginManagerPrivate::loadPlugins()
     delayedInitializeTimer.start();
 }
 
+void PluginManagerPrivate::loadPluginsAtRuntime(const QSet<PluginSpec *> &plugins)
+{
+    QTC_CHECK(allOf(plugins, [](PluginSpec *spec) { return spec->isSoftLoadable(); }));
+    // load the plugins ordered by dependency
+    const QList<PluginSpec *> queue = filtered(loadQueue(), [&plugins](PluginSpec *spec) {
+        return plugins.contains(spec);
+    });
+    std::queue<PluginSpec *> localDelayedInitializeQueue;
+    for (PluginSpec *spec : queue)
+        loadPlugin(spec, PluginSpec::Loaded);
+    for (PluginSpec *spec : queue)
+        loadPlugin(spec, PluginSpec::Initialized);
+    Utils::reverseForeach(queue,
+                          [this](PluginSpec *spec) { loadPlugin(spec, PluginSpec::Running); });
+    Utils::reverseForeach(queue, [](PluginSpec *spec) {
+        if (spec->state() == PluginSpec::Running) {
+            const bool delay = spec->d->delayedInitialize();
+            if (delay)
+                QCoreApplication::processEvents(QEventLoop::ExcludeUserInputEvents);
+        } else {
+            // Plugin initialization failed, so cleanup after it
+            spec->d->kill();
+        }
+    });
+}
+
 /*!
     \internal
 */
diff --git a/src/libs/extensionsystem/pluginmanager.h b/src/libs/extensionsystem/pluginmanager.h
index 97bb7f26473..a38f3c3fe7b 100644
--- a/src/libs/extensionsystem/pluginmanager.h
+++ b/src/libs/extensionsystem/pluginmanager.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public:
     // Plugin operations
     static QVector<PluginSpec *> loadQueue();
     static void loadPlugins();
-    static void loadPlugin(PluginSpec *);
+    static void loadPluginsAtRuntime(const QSet<PluginSpec *> &plugins);
     static QStringList pluginPaths();
     static void setPluginPaths(const QStringList &paths);
     static QString pluginIID();
diff --git a/src/libs/extensionsystem/pluginmanager_p.h b/src/libs/extensionsystem/pluginmanager_p.h
index 3de21388bbb..c92eb5be2e4 100644
--- a/src/libs/extensionsystem/pluginmanager_p.h
+++ b/src/libs/extensionsystem/pluginmanager_p.h
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ public:
     // Plugin operations
     void checkForProblematicPlugins();
     void loadPlugins();
+    void loadPluginsAtRuntime(const QSet<PluginSpec *> &plugins);
     void shutdown();
     void setPluginPaths(const QStringList &paths);
     const QVector<ExtensionSystem::PluginSpec *> loadQueue();
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/plugindialog.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/plugindialog.cpp
index 8aa87d4e829..cedf5438a61 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/plugindialog.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/plugindialog.cpp
@@ -88,10 +88,9 @@ void PluginDialog::closeDialog()
 {
     PluginManager::writeSettings();
 
-    for (PluginSpec *plugin : m_softLoad) {
-        PluginManager::loadPlugin(plugin);
+    PluginManager::loadPluginsAtRuntime(m_softLoad);
+    for (PluginSpec *plugin : std::as_const(m_softLoad))
         CorePlugin::loadMimeFromPlugin(plugin);
-    }
 
     if (m_isRestartRequired) {
         RestartDialog restartDialog(ICore::dialogParent(),