diff --git a/bootstrap.xml b/bootstrap.xml
index 1697aacc6b7..dc7c8bd8763 100644
--- a/bootstrap.xml
+++ b/bootstrap.xml
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@
         <unzip dest="ideaSDK">
             <fileset dir="ideaSDK" includes="ideaIC*.zip"/>
         </unzip>
+        <echo file="idea/idea.properties" message="idea.home=${basedir}/ideaSDK"/>
     </target>
 </project>