diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/LauncherReplTest.kt b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/LauncherReplTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9daef0e3d3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/LauncherReplTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2019 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.cli
+
+import com.intellij.openapi.util.SystemInfo
+import junit.framework.TestCase
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.TestCaseWithTmpdir
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.utils.PathUtil
+import java.io.File
+import java.io.InputStream
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
+import kotlin.concurrent.thread
+
+class LauncherReplTest : TestCaseWithTmpdir() {
+
+    private fun runInteractive(
+        executableName: String,
+        vararg inputs: String,
+        expectedOutPatterns: List<String> = emptyList(),
+        expectedExitCode: Int = 0,
+        workDirectory: File? = null
+    ) {
+        val executableFileName = if (SystemInfo.isWindows) "$executableName.bat" else executableName
+        val launcherFile = File(PathUtil.kotlinPathsForDistDirectory.homePath, "bin/$executableFileName")
+        assertTrue("Launcher script not found, run dist task: ${launcherFile.absolutePath}", launcherFile.exists())
+
+        val processBuilder = ProcessBuilder(launcherFile.absolutePath)
+        if (workDirectory != null) {
+            processBuilder.directory(workDirectory)
+        }
+        val process = processBuilder.start()
+
+        val inputIter = inputs.iterator()
+
+        data class ExceptionContainer(
+            var value: Throwable? = null
+        )
+
+        fun InputStream.captureStream(): Triple<Thread, ExceptionContainer, ArrayList<String>> {
+            val out = ArrayList<String>()
+            val exceptionContainer = ExceptionContainer()
+            val thread = thread {
+                try {
+                    reader().forEachLine {
+                        out.add(it.trim())
+                    }
+                } catch (e: Throwable) {
+                    exceptionContainer.value = e
+                }
+            }
+            return Triple(thread, exceptionContainer, out)
+        }
+
+        val (stdoutThread, stdoutException, processOut) = process.inputStream.captureStream()
+        val (stderrThread, stderrException, processErr) = process.errorStream.captureStream()
+
+        var stdinException: Throwable? = null
+        val stdinThread =
+            thread {
+                try {
+                    val writer = process.outputStream.writer()
+                    val eol = System.getProperty("line.separator")
+                    while (inputIter.hasNext()) {
+                        with(writer) {
+                            write(inputIter.next())
+                            write(eol)
+                            flush()
+                        }
+                    }
+                } catch (e: Throwable) {
+                    stdinException = e
+                }
+            }
+
+        process.waitFor(10000, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
+
+        try {
+            if (process.isAlive) {
+                process.destroyForcibly()
+                TestCase.fail("Process terminated forcibly")
+            }
+            stdoutThread.join(100)
+            TestCase.assertFalse("stdout thread not finished", stdoutThread.isAlive)
+            TestCase.assertNull(stdoutException.value)
+            TestCase.assertFalse("stderr thread not finished", stderrThread.isAlive)
+            TestCase.assertNull(stderrException.value)
+            TestCase.assertFalse("stdin thread not finished", stdinThread.isAlive)
+            TestCase.assertNull(stdinException)
+            TestCase.assertEquals(expectedOutPatterns.size, processOut.size)
+            for (i in 0 until expectedOutPatterns.size) {
+                val expectedPattern = expectedOutPatterns[i]
+                val actualLine = processOut[i]
+                TestCase.assertTrue(
+                    "line \"$actualLine\" do not match with expected pattern \"$expectedPattern\"",
+                    Regex(expectedPattern).matches(actualLine)
+                )
+            }
+            TestCase.assertEquals(expectedExitCode, process.exitValue())
+            TestCase.assertFalse(inputIter.hasNext())
+
+        } catch (e: Throwable) {
+            println("OUT:\n${processOut.joinToString("\n")}")
+            println("ERR:\n${processErr.joinToString("\n")}")
+            println("REMAINING IN:\n${inputIter.asSequence().joinToString("\n")}")
+            throw e
+        }
+    }
+
+    fun testSimpleRepl() {
+        runInteractive(
+            "kotlinc",
+            "println(42)",
+            ":quit",
+            expectedOutPatterns = listOf(
+                "Welcome to Kotlin version .*",
+                "Type :help for help, :quit for quit",
+                ".*42$",
+                ".*"
+            )
+        )
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/LauncherScriptTest.kt b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/LauncherScriptTest.kt
index 996c04ca98e..58c7762f91a 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/LauncherScriptTest.kt
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/LauncherScriptTest.kt
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class LauncherScriptTest : TestCaseWithTmpdir() {
     ) {
         val executableFileName = if (SystemInfo.isWindows) "$executableName.bat" else executableName
         val launcherFile = File(PathUtil.kotlinPathsForDistDirectory.homePath, "bin/$executableFileName")
-        assertTrue("Launcher script not found, run 'ant dist': ${launcherFile.absolutePath}", launcherFile.exists())
+        assertTrue("Launcher script not found, run dist task: ${launcherFile.absolutePath}", launcherFile.exists())
 
         val cmd = GeneralCommandLine(launcherFile.absolutePath, *args)
         workDirectory?.let(cmd::withWorkDirectory)