diff --git a/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/MultiplatformProjectImportingTest.kt b/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/MultiplatformProjectImportingTest.kt
index 72a0450b412..dcd64054bb1 100644
--- a/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/MultiplatformProjectImportingTest.kt
+++ b/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/MultiplatformProjectImportingTest.kt
@@ -66,6 +66,49 @@ class MultiplatformProjectImportingTest : GradleImportingTestCase() {
         assertModuleModuleDepScope("js_test", "common_test", DependencyScope.COMPILE)
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun testPlatformToCommonDependencyRoot() {
+        createProjectSubFile("settings.gradle", "rootProject.name = 'foo'\ninclude ':jvm', ':js'")
+
+        val kotlinVersion = "1.1.0"
+
+        createProjectSubFile("build.gradle", """
+             buildscript {
+                repositories {
+                    mavenCentral()
+                }
+
+                dependencies {
+                    classpath("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlinVersion")
+                }
+            }
+
+            apply plugin: 'kotlin-platform-common'
+
+            project('jvm') {
+                apply plugin: 'kotlin-platform-jvm'
+
+                dependencies {
+                    implement project(':')
+                }
+            }
+
+            project('js') {
+                apply plugin: 'kotlin-platform-js'
+
+                dependencies {
+                    implement project(':')
+                }
+            }
+        """)
+
+        importProject()
+        assertModuleModuleDepScope("jvm_main", "foo_main", DependencyScope.COMPILE)
+        assertModuleModuleDepScope("jvm_test", "foo_test", DependencyScope.COMPILE)
+        assertModuleModuleDepScope("js_main", "foo_main", DependencyScope.COMPILE)
+        assertModuleModuleDepScope("js_test", "foo_test", DependencyScope.COMPILE)
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun testMultiProject() {
         createProjectSubFile("settings.gradle", "include ':common-lib', ':jvm-lib', ':js-lib', ':common-app', ':jvm-app', ':js-app'")
diff --git a/idea/kotlin-gradle-tooling/src/KotlinGradleModelBuilder.kt b/idea/kotlin-gradle-tooling/src/KotlinGradleModelBuilder.kt
index ab1cd4fdb02..4480264d034 100644
--- a/idea/kotlin-gradle-tooling/src/KotlinGradleModelBuilder.kt
+++ b/idea/kotlin-gradle-tooling/src/KotlinGradleModelBuilder.kt
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class KotlinGradleModelBuilder : ModelBuilderService {
         toProcess.add(startingProject)
         val processed = HashSet<String>()
         val result = HashSet<String>()
-        result.add(startingProject.path)
+        result.add(startingProject.pathOrName())
 
         while (toProcess.isNotEmpty()) {
             val project = toProcess.pollFirst()
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class KotlinGradleModelBuilder : ModelBuilderService {
 
             if (!project.plugins.hasPlugin(kotlinPlatformCommonPluginId)) continue
 
-            result.add(project.path)
+            result.add(project.pathOrName())
 
             val compileConfiguration = project.configurations.findByName("compile") ?: continue
             val dependencies = compileConfiguration
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ class KotlinGradleModelBuilder : ModelBuilderService {
         return result
     }
 
+    // see GradleProjectResolverUtil.getModuleId() in IDEA codebase
+    private fun Project.pathOrName() = if (path == ":") name else path
+
     @Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
     private fun Task.getCompilerArguments(methodName: String): List<String> {
         return try {