diff --git a/experiments/Interop/Indexer/src/main/kotlin/clang/Clang.def b/experiments/Interop/Indexer/src/main/kotlin/clang/Clang.def
index 0bdc0bb86ba..6156817f404 100644
--- a/experiments/Interop/Indexer/src/main/kotlin/clang/Clang.def
+++ b/experiments/Interop/Indexer/src/main/kotlin/clang/Clang.def
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ libName = clangbridge
 
 headers = clang-c/Index.h
 
-compiler = cc
+compiler = clang
 
-compilerOpts = -std=c99 -I/usr/local/Cellar/llvm/3.8.1/include  -fPIC
+compilerOpts = -std=c99 -fPIC
 
-linker = cc
+linker = clang
 
 linkerOpts = -fPIC \
-    -L/usr/local/Cellar/llvm/3.8.1/lib -lclang
+    -lclang
 
 excludedFunctions =
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diff --git a/experiments/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/main.kt b/experiments/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/main.kt
index e250227f8bc..fa569384a44 100644
--- a/experiments/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/main.kt
+++ b/experiments/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/main.kt
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import java.util.*
 import kotlin.system.exitProcess
 
 fun main(args: Array<String>) {
+    val llvmInstallPath = System.getProperty("llvmInstallPath")!!
+
     val ktSrcRoot = args[0]
     val ktGenRoot = args[1]
     val nativeLibsDir = args[2]
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ fun main(args: Array<String>) {
         val javaHome = System.getProperty("java.home")
         val compilerArgsForJniIncludes = listOf("", "linux", "darwin").map { "-I$javaHome/../include/$it" }.toTypedArray()
 
-        val compilerCmd = arrayOf(compiler, *compilerOpts.toTypedArray(),
+        val compilerCmd = arrayOf("$llvmInstallPath/bin/$compiler", *compilerOpts.toTypedArray(),
                 *compilerArgsForJniIncludes,
                 "-c", outCFile.path, "-o", outOFile.path)
 
@@ -78,7 +80,7 @@ fun main(args: Array<String>) {
 
         val outLib = nativeLibsDir + "/" + System.mapLibraryName(libName)
 
-        val linkerCmd = arrayOf(linker, *linkerOpts, outOFile.path, "-shared", "-o", outLib,
+        val linkerCmd = arrayOf("$llvmInstallPath/bin/$linker", *linkerOpts, outOFile.path, "-shared", "-o", outLib,
                 "-Wl,-flat_namespace,-undefined,dynamic_lookup")
 
         println(linkerCmd.joinToString(" "))
diff --git a/experiments/InteropExample/build.gradle b/experiments/InteropExample/build.gradle
index bc10e15d947..c787447c284 100644
--- a/experiments/InteropExample/build.gradle
+++ b/experiments/InteropExample/build.gradle
@@ -22,4 +22,10 @@ dependencies {
     compile "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:$kotlin_version"
 }
 
+genInteropStubs {
+    // these variables will be passed to native toolchain used by stub generator:
+    environment 'CPATH'        : "$llvmInstallPath/include"
+    environment 'LIBRARY_PATH' : "$llvmInstallPath/lib"
+}
+
 mainClassName = 'MainKt'
diff --git a/experiments/InteropExample/src/main/kotlin/llvm/LLVM.def b/experiments/InteropExample/src/main/kotlin/llvm/LLVM.def
index 6b38a4e8596..978549441d8 100644
--- a/experiments/InteropExample/src/main/kotlin/llvm/LLVM.def
+++ b/experiments/InteropExample/src/main/kotlin/llvm/LLVM.def
@@ -3,27 +3,27 @@ libName = llvmbridge
 headers = llvm-c/Core.h llvm-c/ExecutionEngine.h llvm-c/Target.h llvm-c/Analysis.h llvm-c/BitWriter.h
 
 
-compiler = cc
+compiler = clang
 
-compilerOpts = -std=c99 -I/opt/local/libexec/llvm-3.8/include  -fPIC \
+compilerOpts = -std=c99 -fPIC \
     -Wall -W -Wno-unused-parameter -Wwrite-strings -Wmissing-field-initializers \
     -pedantic -Wno-long-long -Wcovered-switch-default -Wdelete-non-virtual-dtor \
     -DNDEBUG -D__STDC_CONSTANT_MACROS -D__STDC_FORMAT_MACROS -D__STDC_LIMIT_MACROS
 
 
-linker = c++
+linker = clang++
 
 linkerOpts = -stdlib=libc++ -fPIC -fvisibility-inlines-hidden \
     -Wall -W -Wno-unused-parameter -Wwrite-strings -Wcast-qual -Wmissing-field-initializers \
     -pedantic -Wno-long-long -Wcovered-switch-default -Wnon-virtual-dtor -Wdelete-non-virtual-dtor \
     -std=c++11 \
     -DNDEBUG -D__STDC_CONSTANT_MACROS -D__STDC_FORMAT_MACROS -D__STDC_LIMIT_MACROS \
-    -L/opt/local/libexec/llvm-3.8/lib -Wl,-search_paths_first -Wl,-headerpad_max_install_names \
+    -Wl,-search_paths_first -Wl,-headerpad_max_install_names \
     -lLLVMX86Disassembler -lLLVMX86AsmParser -lLLVMX86CodeGen -lLLVMSelectionDAG -lLLVMAsmPrinter \
     -lLLVMX86Desc -lLLVMMCDisassembler -lLLVMX86Info -lLLVMX86AsmPrinter -lLLVMX86Utils -lLLVMInterpreter \
     -lLLVMCodeGen -lLLVMScalarOpts -lLLVMInstCombine -lLLVMInstrumentation -lLLVMProfileData -lLLVMTransformUtils \
     -lLLVMBitWriter -lLLVMExecutionEngine -lLLVMTarget -lLLVMAnalysis -lLLVMRuntimeDyld -lLLVMObject -lLLVMMCParser \
     -lLLVMBitReader -lLLVMMC -lLLVMCore -lLLVMSupport -lcurses -lpthread -lz -lm \
-    -L/opt/local/lib -lffi
+    -lffi
 
 excludedFunctions =
diff --git a/experiments/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/jetbrains/kotlin/NativeInteropPlugin.groovy b/experiments/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/jetbrains/kotlin/NativeInteropPlugin.groovy
index da6e325b5d2..06d94e5fa6e 100644
--- a/experiments/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/jetbrains/kotlin/NativeInteropPlugin.groovy
+++ b/experiments/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/jetbrains/kotlin/NativeInteropPlugin.groovy
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ class NativeInteropPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
             main = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.native.interop.gen.jvm.MainKt"
             args = [srcDir, generatedSrcDir, nativeLibsDir]
             systemProperties "java.library.path" : new File(prj.findProject(":Interop:Indexer").buildDir, "nativelibs")
+            systemProperties "llvmInstallPath" : prj.llvmInstallPath
             environment "LIBCLANG_DISABLE_CRASH_RECOVERY": "1"
             environment "DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH": "${prj.llvmInstallPath}/lib"
 
diff --git a/experiments/translator-bc/build.gradle b/experiments/translator-bc/build.gradle
index 3a68118ad86..60c23f8cbca 100644
--- a/experiments/translator-bc/build.gradle
+++ b/experiments/translator-bc/build.gradle
@@ -42,3 +42,8 @@ sourceSets {
     main.java.srcDirs += 'src/main/kotlin'
 }
 
+genInteropStubs {
+    environment 'CPATH'        : "$llvmInstallPath/include"
+    environment 'LIBRARY_PATH' : "$llvmInstallPath/lib"
+}
+
diff --git a/experiments/translator-bc/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/llvm/LLVM.def b/experiments/translator-bc/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/llvm/LLVM.def
index 6b38a4e8596..978549441d8 100644
--- a/experiments/translator-bc/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/llvm/LLVM.def
+++ b/experiments/translator-bc/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/llvm/LLVM.def
@@ -3,27 +3,27 @@ libName = llvmbridge
 headers = llvm-c/Core.h llvm-c/ExecutionEngine.h llvm-c/Target.h llvm-c/Analysis.h llvm-c/BitWriter.h
 
 
-compiler = cc
+compiler = clang
 
-compilerOpts = -std=c99 -I/opt/local/libexec/llvm-3.8/include  -fPIC \
+compilerOpts = -std=c99 -fPIC \
     -Wall -W -Wno-unused-parameter -Wwrite-strings -Wmissing-field-initializers \
     -pedantic -Wno-long-long -Wcovered-switch-default -Wdelete-non-virtual-dtor \
     -DNDEBUG -D__STDC_CONSTANT_MACROS -D__STDC_FORMAT_MACROS -D__STDC_LIMIT_MACROS
 
 
-linker = c++
+linker = clang++
 
 linkerOpts = -stdlib=libc++ -fPIC -fvisibility-inlines-hidden \
     -Wall -W -Wno-unused-parameter -Wwrite-strings -Wcast-qual -Wmissing-field-initializers \
     -pedantic -Wno-long-long -Wcovered-switch-default -Wnon-virtual-dtor -Wdelete-non-virtual-dtor \
     -std=c++11 \
     -DNDEBUG -D__STDC_CONSTANT_MACROS -D__STDC_FORMAT_MACROS -D__STDC_LIMIT_MACROS \
-    -L/opt/local/libexec/llvm-3.8/lib -Wl,-search_paths_first -Wl,-headerpad_max_install_names \
+    -Wl,-search_paths_first -Wl,-headerpad_max_install_names \
     -lLLVMX86Disassembler -lLLVMX86AsmParser -lLLVMX86CodeGen -lLLVMSelectionDAG -lLLVMAsmPrinter \
     -lLLVMX86Desc -lLLVMMCDisassembler -lLLVMX86Info -lLLVMX86AsmPrinter -lLLVMX86Utils -lLLVMInterpreter \
     -lLLVMCodeGen -lLLVMScalarOpts -lLLVMInstCombine -lLLVMInstrumentation -lLLVMProfileData -lLLVMTransformUtils \
     -lLLVMBitWriter -lLLVMExecutionEngine -lLLVMTarget -lLLVMAnalysis -lLLVMRuntimeDyld -lLLVMObject -lLLVMMCParser \
     -lLLVMBitReader -lLLVMMC -lLLVMCore -lLLVMSupport -lcurses -lpthread -lz -lm \
-    -L/opt/local/lib -lffi
+    -lffi
 
 excludedFunctions =