diff --git a/idea/idea-core/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/core/script/configuration/DefaultScriptingSupport.kt b/idea/idea-core/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/core/script/configuration/DefaultScriptingSupport.kt
index 64c5d118d1a..2cb03d42260 100644
--- a/idea/idea-core/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/core/script/configuration/DefaultScriptingSupport.kt
+++ b/idea/idea-core/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/core/script/configuration/DefaultScriptingSupport.kt
@@ -444,20 +444,21 @@ abstract class DefaultScriptingSupportBase(val manager: CompositeScriptConfigura
     /**
      * Load new configuration and suggest to apply it (only if it is changed)
      */
-    fun ensureUpToDatedConfigurationSuggested(file: KtFile, skipNotification: Boolean = false) {
-        reloadIfOutOfDate(file, skipNotification)
+    fun ensureUpToDatedConfigurationSuggested(file: KtFile, skipNotification: Boolean = false, forceSync: Boolean = false) {
+        reloadIfOutOfDate(file, skipNotification, forceSync)
     }
 
-    private fun reloadIfOutOfDate(file: KtFile, skipNotification: Boolean = false) {
+    private fun reloadIfOutOfDate(file: KtFile, skipNotification: Boolean = false, forceSync: Boolean = false) {
         if (!ScriptDefinitionsManager.getInstance(project).isReady()) return
 
         manager.updater.update {
             val virtualFile = file.originalFile.virtualFile
             if (virtualFile != null) {
                 val state = cache[virtualFile]
-                if (state == null || !state.isUpToDate(project, virtualFile, file)) {
+                if (state == null || forceSync || !state.isUpToDate(project, virtualFile, file)) {
                     reloadOutOfDateConfiguration(
                         file,
+                        forceSync = forceSync,
                         isFirstLoad = state == null,
                         skipNotification = skipNotification
                     )
diff --git a/idea/resources/META-INF/extensions/ide.xml b/idea/resources/META-INF/extensions/ide.xml
index ef26c494b9a..2c665b65c8a 100644
--- a/idea/resources/META-INF/extensions/ide.xml
+++ b/idea/resources/META-INF/extensions/ide.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@
                         interface="kotlin.script.experimental.intellij.ScriptDefinitionsProvider"
                         area="IDEA_PROJECT" dynamic="true"/>
 
+        <extensionPoint qualifiedName="org.jetbrains.kotlin.ideScriptConfigurationControlFacade"
+                        interface="kotlin.script.experimental.intellij.IdeScriptConfigurationControlFacade"
+                        area="IDEA_PROJECT" dynamic="true"/>
+
         <extensionPoint qualifiedName="org.jetbrains.kotlin.syntheticScopeProviderExtension"
                         interface="org.jetbrains.kotlin.synthetic.SyntheticScopeProviderExtension"
                         area="IDEA_PROJECT"/>
@@ -98,6 +102,8 @@
         <scriptDefinitionsProvider id="MainKtsScriptDefinitionSource"
                                    implementation="org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.script.MainKtsScriptDefinitionSource"/>
 
+        <ideScriptConfigurationControlFacade implementation="org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.script.DefaultIdeScriptingConfigurationFacade"/>
+
         <scratchFileLanguageProvider language="kotlin" implementationClass="org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.scratch.KtScratchFileLanguageProvider"/>
         <scriptAdditionalIdeaDependenciesProvider implementation="org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.scratch.ScratchAdditionalIdeaDependenciesProvider"/>
 
diff --git a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/script/DefaultIdeScriptingConfigurationFacade.kt b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/script/DefaultIdeScriptingConfigurationFacade.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e5663f02870
--- /dev/null
+++ b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/script/DefaultIdeScriptingConfigurationFacade.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2020 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
+ * Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the license/LICENSE.txt file.
+ */
+
+package org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.script
+
+import com.intellij.psi.PsiFile
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.core.script.configuration.DefaultScriptingSupport
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtFile
+import kotlin.script.experimental.intellij.IdeScriptConfigurationControlFacade
+
+class DefaultIdeScriptingConfigurationFacade : IdeScriptConfigurationControlFacade {
+    override fun reloadScriptConfiguration(scriptFile: PsiFile, updateEditorWithoutNotification: Boolean) {
+
+        (scriptFile as? KtFile) ?: error("Should be called with script KtFile, but called with $scriptFile")
+        DefaultScriptingSupport.getInstance(scriptFile.project)
+            .ensureUpToDatedConfigurationSuggested(
+                scriptFile,
+                skipNotification = updateEditorWithoutNotification,
+                forceSync = true
+            )
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libraries/scripting/intellij/src/kotlin/script/experimental/intellij/scriptConfigurationTools.kt b/libraries/scripting/intellij/src/kotlin/script/experimental/intellij/scriptConfigurationTools.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3b68b924539
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/scripting/intellij/src/kotlin/script/experimental/intellij/scriptConfigurationTools.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2020 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
+ * Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the license/LICENSE.txt file.
+ */
+
+package kotlin.script.experimental.intellij
+
+import com.intellij.openapi.extensions.ExtensionPointName
+import com.intellij.openapi.extensions.Extensions
+import com.intellij.psi.PsiFile
+
+/**
+ * Force reloading the script definition associated with the passed [scriptFile] in the Kotlin plugin
+ *
+ * [updateEditorWithoutNotification] controls whether the update of the indexes and highlighting of the script files
+ * based on the reloaded definition should be reloaded automatically or using notification and explicit reload action
+ */
+fun reloadScriptConfiguration(scriptFile: PsiFile, updateEditorWithoutNotification: Boolean = false) {
+    val extensions = Extensions.getArea(scriptFile.project).getExtensionPoint(IdeScriptConfigurationControlFacade.EP_NAME).extensions
+    for (extension in extensions) {
+        extension.reloadScriptConfiguration(scriptFile, updateEditorWithoutNotification)
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * The IntelliJ extension point needed for the [reloadScriptConfiguration] function. Should not be used directly.
+ */
+interface IdeScriptConfigurationControlFacade {
+
+    fun reloadScriptConfiguration(scriptFile: PsiFile, updateEditorWithoutNotification: Boolean = false)
+
+    companion object {
+        val EP_NAME: ExtensionPointName<IdeScriptConfigurationControlFacade> =
+            ExtensionPointName.create("org.jetbrains.kotlin.ideScriptConfigurationControlFacade")
+    }
+}