diff --git a/src/utils/hookActions.ts b/src/utils/hookActions.ts
index 69269bbb27f..01608209f55 100644
--- a/src/utils/hookActions.ts
+++ b/src/utils/hookActions.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
 import process from 'process';
 import { HookAction, PluginDriver } from './PluginDriver';
 
@@ -19,6 +20,13 @@ function formatAction([pluginName, hookName, args]: HookAction): string {
 	return action;
 }
 
+// We do not directly listen on process to avoid max listeners warnings for
+// complicated build processes
+const beforeExitEvent = 'beforeExit';
+const beforeExitEmitter = new EventEmitter();
+beforeExitEmitter.setMaxListeners(0);
+process.on(beforeExitEvent, () => beforeExitEmitter.emit(beforeExitEvent));
+
 export async function catchUnfinishedHookActions<T>(
 	pluginDriver: PluginDriver,
 	callback: () => Promise<T>
@@ -34,10 +42,10 @@ export async function catchUnfinishedHookActions<T>(
 				)
 			);
 		};
-		process.once('beforeExit', handleEmptyEventLoop);
+		beforeExitEmitter.once(beforeExitEvent, handleEmptyEventLoop);
 	});
 
 	const result = await Promise.race([callback(), emptyEventLoopPromise]);
-	process.off('beforeExit', handleEmptyEventLoop!);
+	beforeExitEmitter.off(beforeExitEvent, handleEmptyEventLoop!);
 	return result;
 }