diff --git a/libraries/scripting/jvm-host/src/kotlin/script/experimental/jvmhost/impl/KJvmCompilerImpl.kt b/libraries/scripting/jvm-host/src/kotlin/script/experimental/jvmhost/impl/KJvmCompilerImpl.kt
index 67fc5dd2621..826c28f6bd7 100644
--- a/libraries/scripting/jvm-host/src/kotlin/script/experimental/jvmhost/impl/KJvmCompilerImpl.kt
+++ b/libraries/scripting/jvm-host/src/kotlin/script/experimental/jvmhost/impl/KJvmCompilerImpl.kt
@@ -109,7 +109,12 @@ class KJvmCompilerImpl(val hostConfiguration: ScriptingHostConfiguration) : KJvm
                         }
                     )
                 }
-                fun addRoot(moduleName: String, file: File) {
+
+                // TODO: implement logic similar to compiler's  -no-stdlib (and -no-reflect?)
+                val standardLibs = arrayListOf("kotlin.stdlib" to KotlinJars.stdlib)
+                KotlinJars.scriptRuntimeOrNull?.let { standardLibs.add("kotlin.script.runtime" to it) }
+
+                for ((moduleName, file) in standardLibs) {
                     if (isModularJava) {
                         add(CLIConfigurationKeys.CONTENT_ROOTS, JvmModulePathRoot(file))
                         add(JVMConfigurationKeys.ADDITIONAL_JAVA_MODULES, moduleName)
@@ -117,9 +122,9 @@ class KJvmCompilerImpl(val hostConfiguration: ScriptingHostConfiguration) : KJvm
                         add(CLIConfigurationKeys.CONTENT_ROOTS, JvmClasspathRoot(file))
                     }
                 }
-                // TODO: implement logic similar to compiler's  -no-stdlib (and -no-reflect?)
-                addRoot("kotlin.stdlib", KotlinJars.stdlib)
-                KotlinJars.scriptRuntimeOrNull?.let { addRoot("kotlin.script.runtime", it) }
+                updatedConfiguration = ScriptCompilationConfiguration(updatedConfiguration) {
+                    dependencies.append(JvmDependency(standardLibs.map { it.second }))
+                }
 
                 put(CommonConfigurationKeys.MODULE_NAME, "kotlin-script") // TODO" take meaningful and valid name from somewhere
                 languageVersionSettings = LanguageVersionSettingsImpl(