diff --git a/compiler/daemon/daemon-client/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/daemon/client/NativePlatformUtil.kt b/compiler/daemon/daemon-client/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/daemon/client/NativePlatformUtil.kt
index 7119bc99e9d..317c470b342 100644
--- a/compiler/daemon/daemon-client/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/daemon/client/NativePlatformUtil.kt
+++ b/compiler/daemon/daemon-client/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/daemon/client/NativePlatformUtil.kt
@@ -20,9 +20,12 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.daemon.common.DaemonReportCategory
 import java.io.IOException
 
 private class NativePlatformLauncherWrapper {
+    private val nativeLauncher: net.rubygrapefruit.platform.ProcessLauncher by lazy {
+        net.rubygrapefruit.platform.Native.get(net.rubygrapefruit.platform.ProcessLauncher::class.java)
+    }
+
     fun launch(processBuilder: ProcessBuilder): Process =
             try {
-                val nativeLauncher = net.rubygrapefruit.platform.Native.get(net.rubygrapefruit.platform.ProcessLauncher::class.java)
                 nativeLauncher.start(processBuilder)
             }
             catch (e: net.rubygrapefruit.platform.NativeException) {
@@ -33,14 +36,23 @@ private class NativePlatformLauncherWrapper {
 
 fun launchProcessWithFallback(processBuilder: ProcessBuilder, reportingTargets: DaemonReportingTargets, reportingSource: String = "process launcher"): Process =
         try {
+            // A separate class to delay classloading until this point, where we can catch class loading errors in case then the native lib is not in the classpath
             NativePlatformLauncherWrapper().launch(processBuilder)
         }
+        catch (e: UnsatisfiedLinkError) {
+            reportingTargets.report(DaemonReportCategory.DEBUG, "Could not start process with native process launcher, falling back to ProcessBuilder#start ($e)", reportingSource)
+            null
+        }
         catch (e: IOException) {
-            reportingTargets.report(DaemonReportCategory.DEBUG, "Could not start process with native process launcher, falling back to ProcessBuilder#start (${e.cause})")
+            reportingTargets.report(DaemonReportCategory.DEBUG, "Could not start process with native process launcher, falling back to ProcessBuilder#start (${e.cause})", reportingSource)
             null
         }
         catch (e: NoClassDefFoundError) {
-            reportingTargets.report(DaemonReportCategory.DEBUG, "net.rubygrapefruit.platform library is not in the classpath, falling back to ProcessBuilder#start")
+            reportingTargets.report(DaemonReportCategory.DEBUG, "net.rubygrapefruit.platform library is not in the classpath, falling back to ProcessBuilder#start ($e)", reportingSource)
+            null
+        }
+        catch (e: ClassNotFoundException) {
+            reportingTargets.report(DaemonReportCategory.DEBUG, "net.rubygrapefruit.platform library is not in the classpath, falling back to ProcessBuilder#start ($e)", reportingSource)
             null
         }
         ?: processBuilder.start()
diff --git a/jps-plugin/jps-tests/jps-tests.iml b/jps-plugin/jps-tests/jps-tests.iml
index 4cec7e15e41..3363179a26b 100644
--- a/jps-plugin/jps-tests/jps-tests.iml
+++ b/jps-plugin/jps-tests/jps-tests.iml
@@ -20,5 +20,6 @@
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="incremental-compilation-impl" scope="TEST" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="kotlin-reflect" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="cli" scope="TEST" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" scope="PROVIDED" name="native-platform-uberjar" level="project" />
   </component>
 </module>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/source-sections/source-sections-compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/sourceSections/SourceSectionsTest.kt b/plugins/source-sections/source-sections-compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/sourceSections/SourceSectionsTest.kt
index f4705bb43dc..ddfb1f5f0ed 100644
--- a/plugins/source-sections/source-sections-compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/sourceSections/SourceSectionsTest.kt
+++ b/plugins/source-sections/source-sections-compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/sourceSections/SourceSectionsTest.kt
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class SourceSectionsTest : TestCaseWithTmpdir() {
     }
 
     val compilerClassPath = listOf(kotlinPaths.compilerPath)
-    val scriptRuntimeClassPath = listOf( kotlinPaths.runtimePath, kotlinPaths.scriptRuntimePath)
+    val scriptRuntimeClassPath = listOf( kotlinPaths.stdlibPath, kotlinPaths.scriptRuntimePath)
     val sourceSectionsPluginJar = File(kotlinPaths.libPath, "kotlin-source-sections-compiler-plugin.jar")
     val compilerId by lazy(LazyThreadSafetyMode.NONE) { CompilerId.makeCompilerId(compilerClassPath) }
 
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ class SourceSectionsTest : TestCaseWithTmpdir() {
 
             val daemonWithSession = KotlinCompilerClient.connectAndLease(compilerId, aliveFile, daemonJVMOptions, daemonOptions,
                                                                          DaemonReportingTargets(messageCollector = messageCollector), autostart = true, leaseSession = true)
-            assertNotNull("failed to connect daemon", daemonWithSession)
+            assertNotNull("failed to connect daemon:\ncompiler id: $compilerId\ndaemon opts: $daemonOptions\njvm opts: $daemonJVMOptions\nalive file: $aliveFile\n", daemonWithSession)
 
             try {