diff --git a/common/hugo/hugo.go b/common/hugo/hugo.go
index 67e8e40a6d0..b330b4ccb76 100644
--- a/common/hugo/hugo.go
+++ b/common/hugo/hugo.go
@@ -89,6 +89,12 @@ func GetExecEnviron(workDir string, cfg config.Provider, fs afero.Fs) []string {
 	if np := os.Getenv("NODE_PATH"); np != "" {
 		nodepath = workDir + string(os.PathListSeparator) + np
 	}
+
+	// For tailwindcss-jit -- we must make sure that we don't start their watcher
+	// as that currently will not work.
+	// See https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss-jit#getting-started
+	config.SetEnvVars(&env, "TAILWIND_MODE", "build")
+
 	config.SetEnvVars(&env, "NODE_PATH", nodepath)
 	config.SetEnvVars(&env, "PWD", workDir)
 	config.SetEnvVars(&env, "HUGO_ENVIRONMENT", cfg.GetString("environment"))
diff --git a/common/loggers/loggers.go b/common/loggers/loggers.go
index c9b5d21be47..58a93fa7a74 100644
--- a/common/loggers/loggers.go
+++ b/common/loggers/loggers.go
@@ -327,3 +327,8 @@ func newLogger(stdoutThreshold, logThreshold jww.Threshold, outHandle, logHandle
 		errors: errorBuff,
 	}
 }
+
+func TimeTrack(start time.Time, name string) {
+	elapsed := time.Since(start)
+	fmt.Printf("%s took %s\n", name, elapsed)
+}
diff --git a/resources/resource_transformers/babel/babel.go b/resources/resource_transformers/babel/babel.go
index e291b210b03..5278ef47e1c 100644
--- a/resources/resource_transformers/babel/babel.go
+++ b/resources/resource_transformers/babel/babel.go
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ func (t *babelTransformation) Transform(ctx *resources.ResourceTransformationCtx
 	// Create compile into a real temp file:
 	// 1. separate stdout/stderr messages from babel (https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/8136)
 	// 2. allow generation and retrieval of external source map.
-	compileOutput, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "compileOut-*.js")
+	compileOutput, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "babel-out-*.js")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/resources/resource_transformers/postcss/postcss.go b/resources/resource_transformers/postcss/postcss.go
index 652770078b5..033f56ba38d 100644
--- a/resources/resource_transformers/postcss/postcss.go
+++ b/resources/resource_transformers/postcss/postcss.go
@@ -19,11 +19,13 @@ import (
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/cli/safeexec"
 
@@ -141,6 +143,7 @@ func (t *postcssTransformation) Key() internal.ResourceTransformationKey {
 // npm install -g postcss-cli
 // npm install -g autoprefixer
 func (t *postcssTransformation) Transform(ctx *resources.ResourceTransformationCtx) error {
+	defer loggers.TimeTrack(time.Now(), "PostCSS")
 	const localPostCSSPath = "node_modules/.bin/"
 	const binaryName = "postcss"
 
@@ -178,11 +181,18 @@ func (t *postcssTransformation) Transform(ctx *resources.ResourceTransformationC
 		}
 	}
 
-	var cmdArgs []string
+	// tailwindcss-jit currently does not support reading from stdin.
+	inFile, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "postcss-in-*.css")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer os.Remove(inFile.Name())
+
+	cmdArgs := []string{inFile.Name()}
 
 	if configFile != "" {
 		logger.Infoln("postcss: use config file", configFile)
-		cmdArgs = []string{"--config", configFile}
+		cmdArgs = append(cmdArgs, "--config", configFile)
 	}
 
 	if optArgs := t.options.toArgs(); len(optArgs) > 0 {
@@ -202,11 +212,6 @@ func (t *postcssTransformation) Transform(ctx *resources.ResourceTransformationC
 
 	cmd.Env = hugo.GetExecEnviron(t.rs.WorkingDir, t.rs.Cfg, t.rs.BaseFs.Assets.Fs)
 
-	stdin, err := cmd.StdinPipe()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
 	src := ctx.From
 
 	imp := newImportResolver(
@@ -223,10 +228,9 @@ func (t *postcssTransformation) Transform(ctx *resources.ResourceTransformationC
 		}
 	}
 
-	go func() {
-		defer stdin.Close()
-		io.Copy(stdin, src)
-	}()
+	if _, err := io.Copy(inFile, src); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
 	err = cmd.Run()
 	if err != nil {