diff --git a/lib/fs_utils/generate.js b/lib/fs_utils/generate.js
index 71efde349..daa0485b8 100644
--- a/lib/fs_utils/generate.js
+++ b/lib/fs_utils/generate.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const fsWriteFile = promisify(require('fs').writeFile);
 const mkdirp = promisify(require('mkdirp'));
 const unlink = promisify(require('fs').unlink);
 const deppack = require('deppack'); // needsProcessing, processFiles
-const helpers = require('../helpers'); // flatten, promisifyPlugin
+const helpers = require('../helpers'); // flatten, callPlugin
 const processJob = require('../workers').processJob;
 const isHmrEnabled = require('../hmr').isEnabled;
 const hmrGenerate = require('../hmr').generate;
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ const OptimizeJob = {
     const optimizerArgs = optimizer.optimize.length === 2 || optimizer.optimize.length === 1 ?
       [params] : [params.data, params.path];
 
-    return helpers.promisifyPlugin(1, optimizer.optimize)
+    return helpers.callPlugin(optimizer, optimizer.optimize, 1, optimizerArgs)
       .apply(optimizer, optimizerArgs);
   }
 };
diff --git a/lib/fs_utils/pipeline.js b/lib/fs_utils/pipeline.js
index 3c300eeaf..cd79c207f 100644
--- a/lib/fs_utils/pipeline.js
+++ b/lib/fs_utils/pipeline.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const logger = require('loggy');
 const debug = require('debug')('brunch:pipeline');
 const promisify = require('micro-promisify');
 const readFromCache = promisify(require('fcache').readFile);
-const promisifyPlugin = require('../helpers').promisifyPlugin;
+const callPlugin = require('../helpers').callPlugin;
 const deppack = require('deppack'); // wrapInModule, exploreDeps, isNpm
 const processJob = require('../workers').processJob;
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ const lint = (data, path, linters) => {
   const reduceLinter = (previousPromise, linter) => {
     debug(`Linting '${path}' with '${linter.constructor.name}'`);
     return previousPromise.then(() => {
-      return promisifyPlugin(2, linter.lint).call(linter, data, path);
+      return callPlugin(linter, linter.lint, 2, [data, path]);
     }, err => {
       return Promise.reject(err);
     });
@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@ const getDependencies = (data, path, compilerDeps, compiler) => {
         'Remove "getDependencies" method.');
     }
     debug(`Dependencies ${path} @ ${name}`);
-    return promisifyPlugin(2, compiler.getDependencies)
-      .call(compiler, data, path)
+    return callPlugin(compiler, compiler.getDependencies, 2, [data, path])
       .then(deps => {
         return deps.map(x => sysPath.normalize(x));
       });
@@ -86,7 +85,7 @@ const _compileStatic = (path, source, compiler) => {
     compilationTime = Date.now();
     compiled = typeof _compiled === 'object' ? _compiled.data : _compiled;
     if (compiler.getDependencies) {
-      return promisifyPlugin(2, compiler.getDependencies).call(compiler, source, path)
+      return callPlugin(compiler, compiler.getDependencies, 2, [source, path])
         .then(null, error => prepareError('Dependency parsing', error));
     } else {
       return [];
@@ -109,12 +108,13 @@ const compilerChain = (previousPromise, compiler) => {
     const compilerData = compiled || source;
     const fn = compiler.compile;
 
+
     // New API: compile({data, path}, callback)
     // Old API: compile(data, path, callback)
     const compilerArgs = (fn.length === 2 || fn.length === 1) ?
       [{data: compilerData, path: path, map: sourceMap}] :
       [compilerData, path];
-    return promisifyPlugin(1, fn).apply(compiler, compilerArgs)
+    return callPlugin(compiler, fn, 1, compilerArgs, `compile ${path}`)
       .then(result => {
         if (result == null) return Promise.resolve();
         const isObject = toString.call(result) === '[object Object]';
diff --git a/lib/helpers.js b/lib/helpers.js
index ae1f3653b..94f1e3203 100644
--- a/lib/helpers.js
+++ b/lib/helpers.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 const getBasename = require('./path').basename;
 const SourceNode = require('source-map').SourceNode;
 const promisify = require('micro-promisify');
+const logger = require('loggy');
 
 exports.isWindows = require('os').platform() === 'win32';
 
@@ -10,6 +11,37 @@ exports.flatten = (array) => [].concat.apply([], array);
 
 exports.promisifyPlugin = (arity, fn) => fn.length === arity ? fn : promisify(fn);
 
+exports.safePromise = (promise, intervalTime, timeoutMessage) => {
+  let resolved;
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    promise.then(val => {
+      if (resolved) return;
+      resolved = true;
+      resolve(val);
+    }, err => {
+      if (resolved) return;
+      resolved = true;
+      reject(err);
+    });
+
+    const interval = setInterval(() => {
+      if (resolved) {
+        clearInterval(interval);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      logger.warn(timeoutMessage);
+    }, intervalTime);
+  });
+};
+
+exports.callPlugin = (plugin, fn, arity, args, msg) => {
+  const promise = exports.promisifyPlugin(arity, fn).apply(plugin, args);
+  if (!msg) msg = 'process';
+
+  return exports.safePromise(promise, 15000, `${plugin.constructor.name} is taking long to ${msg}`);
+};
+
 exports.asyncFilter = (arr, fn) => {
   const promises = arr.map(item => fn(item).then(result => [item, result]));
   return Promise.all(promises).then(data => {