diff --git a/modules/juce_audio_processors/format/juce_AudioPluginFormatManager.cpp b/modules/juce_audio_processors/format/juce_AudioPluginFormatManager.cpp
index 7e57507992..cb7b0a61ad 100644
--- a/modules/juce_audio_processors/format/juce_AudioPluginFormatManager.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_audio_processors/format/juce_AudioPluginFormatManager.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,29 @@ namespace juce
 {
 
 //==============================================================================
+void addHeadlessDefaultFormatsToManager ([[maybe_unused]] AudioPluginFormatManager& manager)
+{
+   #if JUCE_INTERNAL_HAS_AU
+    manager.addFormat (std::make_unique<AudioUnitPluginFormatHeadless>());
+   #endif
+
+   #if JUCE_INTERNAL_HAS_VST
+    manager.addFormat (std::make_unique<VSTPluginFormatHeadless>());
+   #endif
+
+   #if JUCE_INTERNAL_HAS_VST3
+    manager.addFormat (std::make_unique<VST3PluginFormatHeadless>());
+   #endif
+
+   #if JUCE_INTERNAL_HAS_LADSPA
+    manager.addFormat (std::make_unique<LADSPAPluginFormatHeadless>());
+   #endif
+
+   #if JUCE_INTERNAL_HAS_LV2
+    manager.addFormat (std::make_unique<LV2PluginFormatHeadless>());
+   #endif
+}
+
 void addDefaultFormatsToManager ([[maybe_unused]] AudioPluginFormatManager& manager)
 {
    #if JUCE_INTERNAL_HAS_AU
diff --git a/modules/juce_audio_processors/format/juce_AudioPluginFormatManager.h b/modules/juce_audio_processors/format/juce_AudioPluginFormatManager.h
index 1175c81767..e8a2378cc1 100644
--- a/modules/juce_audio_processors/format/juce_AudioPluginFormatManager.h
+++ b/modules/juce_audio_processors/format/juce_AudioPluginFormatManager.h
@@ -154,6 +154,18 @@ private:
     JUCE_DECLARE_NON_COPYABLE_WITH_LEAK_DETECTOR (AudioPluginFormatManager)
 };
 
+/** Add all standard plugin formats to the AudioPluginFormatManager, *without* UI support.
+
+    If you use one of these formats to load a plugin, the resulting plugin will always return
+    false from hasEditor(), and return nullptr from createEditor().
+
+    This function is intended for use in commandline projects that never need to load plugin UIs.
+    In such cases, build times can be improved by omitting UI code from the project.
+
+    This is a cut-down version of the old AudioPluginFormatManager::addDefaultFormats().
+*/
+void addHeadlessDefaultFormatsToManager (AudioPluginFormatManager&);
+
 /** Add all standard plugin formats to the AudioPluginFormatManager, *with* UI support.
 
     This function replaces AudioPluginFormatManager::addDefaultFormats().