diff --git a/src/libs/extensionsystem/pluginmanager.cpp b/src/libs/extensionsystem/pluginmanager.cpp
index bc30f954f93..7f34130e265 100644
--- a/src/libs/extensionsystem/pluginmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/extensionsystem/pluginmanager.cpp
@@ -1410,7 +1410,15 @@ void PluginManagerPrivate::loadPlugins()
 
 void PluginManagerPrivate::loadPluginsAtRuntime(const QSet<PluginSpec *> &plugins)
 {
-    QTC_CHECK(allOf(plugins, [](PluginSpec *spec) { return spec->isSoftLoadable(); }));
+    const bool allSoftloadable = allOf(plugins, &PluginSpec::isSoftLoadable);
+    if (!allSoftloadable) {
+        const QStringList notSoftLoadablePlugins = Utils::transform<QStringList>(
+            Utils::filtered(plugins, std::not_fn(&PluginSpec::isSoftLoadable)),
+            &PluginSpec::displayName);
+        qWarning().noquote()
+            << "PluginManagerPrivate::loadPluginsAtRuntime(): trying to load non-softloadable"
+            << "plugin(s):" << notSoftLoadablePlugins.join(", ");
+    }
 
     // load the plugins and their dependencies (if possible) ordered by dependency
     const QList<PluginSpec *> queue = filtered(loadQueue(), [&plugins](PluginSpec *spec) {