diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/MainFunctionDetector.java b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/MainFunctionDetector.java
index 52e2b74ff2a..a3344971f25 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/MainFunctionDetector.java
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/MainFunctionDetector.java
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public class MainFunctionDetector {
         if (!KotlinBuiltIns.isString(typeArgument)) {
             return false;
         }
-        if (typeArguments.get(0).getProjectionKind() != Variance.INVARIANT) {
+        if (typeArguments.get(0).getProjectionKind() == Variance.IN_VARIANCE) {
             return false;
         }
 
diff --git a/idea/testData/run/MainInTest/module/src/mainInPackageVarianceOut.kt b/idea/testData/run/MainInTest/module/src/mainInPackageVarianceOut.kt
index 07b47be2695..b429e9d5e17 100644
--- a/idea/testData/run/MainInTest/module/src/mainInPackageVarianceOut.kt
+++ b/idea/testData/run/MainInTest/module/src/mainInPackageVarianceOut.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 package pkg5
 
 fun main(args: Array<out String>) {
-    // no
+    // yes
 }
diff --git a/idea/testData/run/MainInTest/module/src/varargMain.kt b/idea/testData/run/MainInTest/module/src/varargMain.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2e0b0f91f79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/idea/testData/run/MainInTest/module/src/varargMain.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package varargMain
+
+fun main(vararg args: String) {
+    // yes
+}
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