diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-shared-utils/lib/ipc.js b/packages/@vue/cli-shared-utils/lib/ipc.js
index bf4639697..606f74739 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli-shared-utils/lib/ipc.js
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli-shared-utils/lib/ipc.js
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 const ipc = require('node-ipc')
 
+const defaultId = process.env.VUE_CLI_IPC || 'vue-cli'
+
 exports.IpcMessenger = class IpcMessenger {
-  constructor (id = 'vue-cli') {
+  constructor (id = defaultId) {
     ipc.config.id = this.id = id
     ipc.config.retry = 1500
     ipc.config.silent = true
diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-ui/package.json b/packages/@vue/cli-ui/package.json
index 8e6323d96..be376250b 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli-ui/package.json
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli-ui/package.json
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
     "serve": "vue-cli-service serve",
     "build": "vue-cli-service build",
     "lint": "vue-cli-service lint",
-    "graphql-api": "cross-env VUE_CLI_DEBUG=true VUE_CLI_UI_DEV=true vue-cli-service graphql-api",
+    "graphql-api": "cross-env VUE_CLI_DEBUG=true VUE_CLI_UI_DEV=true VUE_CLI_IPC=vue-cli-dev vue-cli-service graphql-api",
     "run-graphql-api": "vue-cli-service run-graphql-api",
-    "test-graphql-api": "cross-env VUE_CLI_UI_TEST=true VUE_APP_GRAPHQL_PORT=4040 VUE_APP_CLI_UI_URL=ws://localhost:4040/graphql yarn run graphql-api",
+    "test-graphql-api": "cross-env VUE_CLI_UI_TEST=true VUE_APP_GRAPHQL_PORT=4040 VUE_APP_CLI_UI_URL=ws://localhost:4040/graphql VUE_CLI_IPC=vue-cli-test yarn run graphql-api",
     "prepublishOnly": "yarn run lint --no-fix && yarn run build",
     "test:e2e:dev": "cross-env VUE_APP_CLI_UI_URL=ws://localhost:4040/graphql vue-cli-service test:e2e --mode development",
     "test:e2e:run": "vue-cli-service test:e2e --mode production --headless --url=http://localhost:4040",
diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-ui/src/graphql-api/utils/ipc.js b/packages/@vue/cli-ui/src/graphql-api/utils/ipc.js
index 3710e592c..d03c24b45 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli-ui/src/graphql-api/utils/ipc.js
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli-ui/src/graphql-api/utils/ipc.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ const ipc = require('node-ipc')
 // Utils
 const { log, dumpObject } = require('../utils/logger')
 
-ipc.config.id = 'vue-cli'
+ipc.config.id = process.env.VUE_CLI_IPC || 'vue-cli'
 ipc.config.retry = 1500
 ipc.config.silent = true
 
diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli/lib/ui.js b/packages/@vue/cli/lib/ui.js
index 00d64f15f..dc3218a31 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli/lib/ui.js
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli/lib/ui.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const { log, error, openBrowser } = require('@vue/cli-shared-utils')
 const { portfinder, server } = require('@vue/cli-ui/server')
+const shortid = require('shortid')
 
 async function ui (options = {}, context = process.cwd()) {
   let port = options.port
@@ -18,6 +19,11 @@ async function ui (options = {}, context = process.cwd()) {
     process.env.VUE_CLI_UI_DEV = true
   }
 
+  if (!process.env.VUE_CLI_IPC) {
+    // Prevent IPC id conflicts
+    process.env.VUE_CLI_IPC = `vue-cli-${shortid()}`
+  }
+
   if (!options.quiet) log(`🚀  Starting GUI...`)
 
   const opts = {
diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli/package.json b/packages/@vue/cli/package.json
index d2d8f3e4d..8a3a13d6e 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli/package.json
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
     "request-promise-native": "^1.0.5",
     "resolve": "^1.5.0",
     "semver": "^5.4.1",
+    "shortid": "^2.2.8",
     "slash": "^1.0.0",
     "validate-npm-package-name": "^3.0.0",
     "yaml-front-matter": "^3.4.1"