diff --git a/build-tools/core/src/org/jetbrains/jet/buildtools/core/KotlinBytecodeCompiler.java b/build-tools/core/src/org/jetbrains/jet/buildtools/core/KotlinBytecodeCompiler.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5ab862111c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-tools/core/src/org/jetbrains/jet/buildtools/core/KotlinBytecodeCompiler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package org.jetbrains.jet.buildtools.core;
+
+import org.jetbrains.jet.cli.KotlinCompiler;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+
+/**
+ * Wrapper class for Kotlin bytecode compiler.
+ */
+public class KotlinBytecodeCompiler {
+
+    /**
+     * Compiles a single file.
+     *
+     * @param sourceFile           source file to compile
+     * @param destinationDirectory destination directory to compile the file to
+     */
+    public static void file ( File sourceFile, File destinationDirectory ) {
+
+        String sourcePath      = getPath( sourceFile );
+        String destinationPath = getPath( destinationDirectory );
+
+        try {
+            KotlinCompiler.main( "-src", sourcePath, "-output", destinationPath );
+        }
+        catch ( Exception e ) {
+            throw new RuntimeException( String.format( "Failed to compile [%s] to [%s]: %s", sourcePath, destinationPath, e ), e );
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * {@code file.getCanonicalFile().getPath()} convenience wrapper.
+     * @param f file to get its canonical path.
+     * @return  file's canonical path
+     */
+    private static String getPath( File f ) {
+        try {
+            return f.getCanonicalFile().getPath();
+        }
+        catch ( IOException e ) {
+            throw new RuntimeException( String.format( "Failed to resolve canonical file of [%s]: %s", f, e ), e );
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/build-tools/core/src/org/jetbrains/jet/buildtools/core/KotlinJavaScriptCompiler.java b/build-tools/core/src/org/jetbrains/jet/buildtools/core/KotlinJavaScriptCompiler.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f4079188a08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-tools/core/src/org/jetbrains/jet/buildtools/core/KotlinJavaScriptCompiler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package org.jetbrains.jet.buildtools.core;
+
+
+/**
+ * Wrapper class for Kotlin JavaScript compiler.
+ */
+public class KotlinJavaScriptCompiler {
+}
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 4084ccf2e94..19f07a6e888 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,15 @@
         </dirset>
     </path>
 
+    <path id="buildToolsSourcepath">
+        <dirset dir="${basedir}/build-tools">
+            <include name="core/src"/>
+            <include name="ant/src"/>
+            <include name="maven/src"/>
+            <include name="gradle/src"/>
+        </dirset>
+    </path>
+
     <target name="compileRT">
         <mkdir dir="${output}/classes/runtime"/>
         <javac destdir="${output}/classes/runtime" debug="true" debuglevel="lines,vars,source">
@@ -52,7 +61,7 @@
         </jar>
     </target>
 
-    
+
     <target name="compile" depends="compileRT">
         <mkdir dir="${output}/classes/compiler"/>
         <javac destdir="${output}/classes/compiler" debug="true" debuglevel="lines,vars,source">
@@ -72,7 +81,18 @@
         <delete dir="${output}"/>
     </target>
 
-    <target name="dist" depends="clean,jarRT,jar">
+    <target name="buildTools" depends="compile">
+        <mkdir dir="${output}/classes/buildTools"/>
+        <javac destdir="${output}/classes/buildTools" debug="true" debuglevel="lines,vars,source">
+            <src refid="buildToolsSourcepath"/>
+            <classpath refid="classpath.kotlin"/>
+        </javac>
+        <jar destfile="${output}/kotlin-build-tools.jar">
+            <fileset dir="${output}/classes/buildTools"/>
+        </jar>
+    </target>
+
+    <target name="dist" depends="clean,jarRT,jar,buildTools">
         <echo file="${output}/build.txt" message="${build.number}"/>
         <zip destfile="${output}/${output.name}.zip">
             <zipfileset prefix="kotlinc" file="${output}/build.txt"/>
diff --git a/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/KotlinCompiler.java b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/KotlinCompiler.java
index 9b1d16180a8..2f43457dc3d 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/KotlinCompiler.java
+++ b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/KotlinCompiler.java
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ public class KotlinCompiler {
         @Argument(value = "help", alias = "h", description = "show help")
         public boolean help;
     }
-    
+
     private static void usage(PrintStream target) {
         target.println("Usage: KotlinCompiler [-output <outputDir>|-jar <jarFileName>] [-src <filename or dirname>|-module <module file>] [-includeRuntime] [-excludeStdlib]");
     }
 
-    public static void main(String[] args) {
+    public static void main(String ... args) {
         System.setProperty("java.awt.headless", "true");
         Arguments arguments = new Arguments();
         try {
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public class KotlinCompiler {
             System.exit(1);
             return;
         }
-        
+
         if (arguments.help) {
             usage(System.out);
             System.exit(0);