diff --git a/source/backend/engine/CarlaEngineNative.cpp b/source/backend/engine/CarlaEngineNative.cpp
index ba12689e2..8ac9f610d 100644
--- a/source/backend/engine/CarlaEngineNative.cpp
+++ b/source/backend/engine/CarlaEngineNative.cpp
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ class CarlaEngineNativeUI : public CarlaExternalUI
 public:
     CarlaEngineNativeUI(CarlaEngine* const engine)
         : fEngine(engine),
+          fIsReady(false),
           leakDetector_CarlaEngineNativeUI()
     {
         carla_debug("CarlaEngineNativeUI::CarlaEngineNativeUI(%p)", engine);
@@ -74,6 +75,11 @@ public:
         carla_debug("CarlaEngineNativeUI::~CarlaEngineNativeUI()");
     }
 
+    bool isReady() const noexcept
+    {
+        return fIsReady;
+    }
+
 protected:
     bool msgReceived(const char* const msg) noexcept override
     {
@@ -531,6 +537,10 @@ protected:
             if (CarlaPlugin* const plugin = fEngine->getPlugin(pluginId))
                 plugin->showCustomUI(yesNo);
         }
+        else if (std::strcmp(msg, "ready") == 0)
+        {
+            fIsReady = true;
+        }
         else
         {
             carla_stderr("CarlaEngineNativeUI::msgReceived : %s", msg);
@@ -550,6 +560,7 @@ protected:
 
 private:
     CarlaEngine* const fEngine;
+    bool               fIsReady;
 
     CARLA_DECLARE_NON_COPYABLE_WITH_LEAK_DETECTOR(CarlaEngineNativeUI)
 };
@@ -1484,6 +1495,16 @@ protected:
 
             if (kIsPatchbay)
                 patchbayRefresh(false);
+
+            if (std::getenv("CARLA_PLUGIN_EMBED_WINID") != nullptr)
+            {
+                carla_stdout("Using Carla plugin embedded, waiting for it to be ready...");
+
+                for (; fUiServer.isPipeRunning() && ! fUiServer.isReady();)
+                    fUiServer.idlePipe();
+
+                carla_stdout("Done!");
+            }
         }
         else
         {
diff --git a/source/native-plugins/resources/carla-plugin b/source/native-plugins/resources/carla-plugin
index f017ad403..16a89d187 100755
--- a/source/native-plugins/resources/carla-plugin
+++ b/source/native-plugins/resources/carla-plugin
@@ -423,6 +423,8 @@ if LINUX and not config_UseQt5:
             self.embedInto(winId)
             self.show()
 
+            gui.send(["ready"])
+
         def addShortcutActions(self, actions):
             for action in actions:
                 if not action.shortcut().isEmpty():