diff --git a/source/backend/utils/PluginDiscovery.cpp b/source/backend/utils/PluginDiscovery.cpp
index c48791f70..24788c0f5 100644
--- a/source/backend/utils/PluginDiscovery.cpp
+++ b/source/backend/utils/PluginDiscovery.cpp
@@ -458,6 +458,8 @@ private:
         const CarlaScopedEnvVar sev2("WINEPREFIX", winePrefix.toRawUTF8());
        #endif
 
+        const CarlaScopedEnvVar sev3("CARLA_DISCOVERY_NO_PROCESSING_CHECKS", "1");
+
         if (fBinaries.empty())
         {
             if (fBinaryType == CB::BINARY_NATIVE)
@@ -522,10 +524,10 @@ private:
 
            #ifndef CARLA_OS_WIN
             if (helperTool.isNotEmpty())
-                startPipeServer(helperTool.toRawUTF8(), fDiscoveryTool, getPluginTypeAsString(fPluginType), ":all");
+                startPipeServer(helperTool.toRawUTF8(), fDiscoveryTool, getPluginTypeAsString(fPluginType), ":all", -1, 2000);
             else
            #endif
-                startPipeServer(fDiscoveryTool, getPluginTypeAsString(fPluginType), ":all");
+                startPipeServer(fDiscoveryTool, getPluginTypeAsString(fPluginType), ":all", -1, 2000);
         }
         else
         {
@@ -548,10 +550,10 @@ private:
 
            #ifndef CARLA_OS_WIN
             if (helperTool.isNotEmpty())
-                startPipeServer(helperTool.toRawUTF8(), fDiscoveryTool, getPluginTypeAsString(fPluginType), filename.toRawUTF8());
+                startPipeServer(helperTool.toRawUTF8(), fDiscoveryTool, getPluginTypeAsString(fPluginType), filename.toRawUTF8(), -1, 2000);
             else
            #endif
-                startPipeServer(fDiscoveryTool, getPluginTypeAsString(fPluginType), filename.toRawUTF8());
+                startPipeServer(fDiscoveryTool, getPluginTypeAsString(fPluginType), filename.toRawUTF8(), -1, 2000);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/source/utils/CarlaPipeUtils.cpp b/source/utils/CarlaPipeUtils.cpp
index de5644355..b28e59a57 100644
--- a/source/utils/CarlaPipeUtils.cpp
+++ b/source/utils/CarlaPipeUtils.cpp
@@ -1497,7 +1497,8 @@ bool CarlaPipeServer::startPipeServer(const char* const helperTool,
                                       const char* const filename,
                                       const char* const arg1,
                                       const char* const arg2,
-                                      const int size) noexcept
+                                      const int size,
+                                      int timeOutMilliseconds) noexcept
 {
     CARLA_SAFE_ASSERT_RETURN(pData->pipeRecv == INVALID_PIPE_VALUE, false);
     CARLA_SAFE_ASSERT_RETURN(pData->pipeSend == INVALID_PIPE_VALUE, false);
@@ -1512,6 +1513,9 @@ bool CarlaPipeServer::startPipeServer(const char* const helperTool,
     CARLA_SAFE_ASSERT_RETURN(arg2 != nullptr, false);
     carla_debug("CarlaPipeServer::startPipeServer(\"%s\", \"%s\", \"%s\")", filename, arg1, arg2);
 
+    if (timeOutMilliseconds < 0)
+        timeOutMilliseconds = 10 * 1000;
+
     char pipeRecvServerStr[100+1];
     char pipeSendServerStr[100+1];
     char pipeRecvClientStr[100+1];
@@ -1714,7 +1718,7 @@ bool CarlaPipeServer::startPipeServer(const char* const helperTool,
     void* const process = nullptr;
 #endif
 
-    if (waitForClientFirstMessage(pipeRecvClient, ovRecv, process, 10*1000 /* 10 secs */))
+    if (waitForClientFirstMessage(pipeRecvClient, ovRecv, process, timeOutMilliseconds))
     {
         pData->pipeRecv = pipeRecvClient;
         pData->pipeSend = pipeSendClient;
@@ -1768,9 +1772,10 @@ bool CarlaPipeServer::startPipeServer(const char* const helperTool,
 bool CarlaPipeServer::startPipeServer(const char* const filename,
                                       const char* const arg1,
                                       const char* const arg2,
-                                      const int size) noexcept
+                                      const int size,
+                                      const int timeOutMilliseconds) noexcept
 {
-    return startPipeServer(nullptr, filename, arg1, arg2, size);
+    return startPipeServer(nullptr, filename, arg1, arg2, size, timeOutMilliseconds);
 }
 
 void CarlaPipeServer::stopPipeServer(const uint32_t timeOutMilliseconds) noexcept
diff --git a/source/utils/CarlaPipeUtils.hpp b/source/utils/CarlaPipeUtils.hpp
index cafc2d489..dd05d0f65 100644
--- a/source/utils/CarlaPipeUtils.hpp
+++ b/source/utils/CarlaPipeUtils.hpp
@@ -285,14 +285,15 @@ public:
      * Start the pipe server using @a filename with 2 arguments.
      * @see fail()
      */
-    bool startPipeServer(const char* helperTool,
-                         const char* filename, const char* arg1, const char* arg2, int size = -1) noexcept;
+    bool startPipeServer(const char* helperTool, const char* filename, const char* arg1, const char* arg2,
+                         int size = -1, int timeOutMilliseconds = -1) noexcept;
 
     /*!
      * Start the pipe server using @a filename with 2 arguments.
      * @see fail()
      */
-    bool startPipeServer(const char* filename, const char* arg1, const char* arg2, int size = -1) noexcept;
+    bool startPipeServer(const char* filename, const char* arg1, const char* arg2,
+                         int size = -1, int timeOutMilliseconds = -1) noexcept;
 
     /*!
      * Stop the pipe server.