diff --git a/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/jvm/K2JVMCompilerArguments.java b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/jvm/K2JVMCompilerArguments.java
index 554474a73c1..5b8a8da64fe 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/jvm/K2JVMCompilerArguments.java
+++ b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/jvm/K2JVMCompilerArguments.java
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ public class K2JVMCompilerArguments extends CompilerArguments {
     @Argument(value = "classpath", description = "classpath to use when compiling")
     public String classpath;
 
+    @Argument(value = "annotations", description = "paths to external annotations")
+    public String annotations;
+
     @Argument(value = "includeRuntime", description = "include Kotlin runtime in to resulting jar")
     public boolean includeRuntime;
 
diff --git a/compiler/testData/cli/help.out b/compiler/testData/cli/help.out
index 8968ffb3b53..1ccd9f21337 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/cli/help.out
+++ b/compiler/testData/cli/help.out
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ Usage: org.jetbrains.jet.cli.jvm.K2JVMCompilerArguments
   -jar [String] jar file name
   -src [String] source file or directory
   -classpath [String] classpath to use when compiling
+  -annotations [String] paths to external annotations
   -includeRuntime [flag]
   -stdlib [String] Path to the stdlib.jar
   -jdkHeaders [String] Path to the kotlin-jdk-headers.jar