diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/GradleProjectModuleBuilder.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/GradleProjectModuleBuilder.kt
index 010dade2c5f..6d6735e9f29 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/GradleProjectModuleBuilder.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/GradleProjectModuleBuilder.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*
+/*
  * 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.
  */
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import org.gradle.api.artifacts.Dependency
 import org.gradle.api.artifacts.ModuleDependency
 import org.gradle.api.artifacts.ProjectDependency
 import org.gradle.api.artifacts.result.ResolvedComponentResult
-import org.gradle.api.artifacts.result.ResolvedDependencyResult
 import org.gradle.api.attributes.Attribute
 import org.gradle.api.attributes.AttributeContainer
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.*
@@ -288,11 +287,13 @@ class GradleModuleVariantResolver(val project: Project) : ModuleVariantResolver
 
         val dependencyModuleId = ModuleIds.fromComponent(project, component)
         // FIXME check composite builds, it's likely that resolvedVariantProvider fails on them?
-        val variantName =
-            resolvedVariantProvider.getResolvedVariantName(dependencyModuleId, compileClasspath)
-                ?.let(::kotlinVariantNameFromPublishedVariantName)
+        val resolvedGradleVariantName = resolvedVariantProvider.getResolvedVariantName(dependencyModuleId, compileClasspath)
+        val kotlinVariantName = when (dependencyModule) {
+            is KotlinGradleModule -> dependencyModule.variants.single { resolvedGradleVariantName in it.gradleVariantNames }.name
+            else -> resolvedGradleVariantName?.let(::kotlinVariantNameFromPublishedVariantName)
+        }
 
-        val resultVariant = dependencyModule.variants.singleOrNull { it.fragmentName == variantName }
+        val resultVariant = dependencyModule.variants.singleOrNull { it.fragmentName == kotlinVariantName }
 
         return if (resultVariant == null)
             VariantResolution.NoVariantMatch(requestingVariant, dependencyModule)
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/pm20/DependencyGraphResolver.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/pm20/DependencyGraphResolver.kt
index 65a60896980..dfbf6364e4b 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/pm20/DependencyGraphResolver.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/pm20/DependencyGraphResolver.kt
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class GradleKotlinDependencyGraphResolver(
                     (module as? ExternalImportedKotlinModule)
                         ?.takeIf { it.hasLegacyMetadataModule }
                         ?.let { (component.dependencies.singleOrNull() as? ResolvedDependencyResult)?.selected }
-                    ?: component
+                        ?: component
 
                 val resolvedComponentDependencies = componentContainingTransitiveDependencies.dependencies
                     .filterIsInstance<ResolvedDependencyResult>()
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/pm20/abstractVariantFactories.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/pm20/abstractVariantFactories.kt
index 6a38ee85c1a..1db5b3e7e7b 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/pm20/abstractVariantFactories.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/pm20/abstractVariantFactories.kt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import org.gradle.api.component.SoftwareComponentFactory
 import org.gradle.api.internal.project.ProjectInternal
 import org.gradle.api.publish.PublishingExtension
 import org.gradle.api.publish.maven.MavenPublication
+import org.gradle.api.publish.maven.internal.publication.DefaultMavenPublication
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.KotlinPlatformType
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.mpp.KotlinUsages
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.mpp.pm20.util.CalculatedCapability
@@ -171,6 +172,7 @@ abstract class AbstractKotlinGradleRuntimePublishedVariantFactory<T : KotlinGrad
             project.pluginManager.withPlugin("maven-publish") {
                 project.extensions.getByType(PublishingExtension::class.java).apply {
                     publications.create(platformComponentName, MavenPublication::class.java).apply {
+                        (this as DefaultMavenPublication).isAlias = true
                         from(platformComponent)
                         variant.assignMavenPublication(this)
                         artifactId = dashSeparatedName(project.name, variant.defaultPublishedModuleSuffix)