diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-api/api/kotlin-gradle-plugin-api.api b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-api/api/kotlin-gradle-plugin-api.api
index ac9db54acde..2d6167b4caf 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-api/api/kotlin-gradle-plugin-api.api
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-api/api/kotlin-gradle-plugin-api.api
@@ -1161,6 +1161,7 @@ public abstract interface class org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinTarget
 	public abstract fun getPreset ()Lorg/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinTargetPreset;
 	public abstract fun getPublishable ()Z
 	public abstract fun getRuntimeElementsConfigurationName ()Ljava/lang/String;
+	public abstract fun getSourceSets ()Lorg/gradle/api/NamedDomainObjectContainer;
 	public abstract fun getSourcesElementsConfigurationName ()Ljava/lang/String;
 	public abstract fun getTargetName ()Ljava/lang/String;
 	public abstract fun getUseDisambiguationClassifierAsSourceSetNamePrefix ()Z
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-api/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinTarget.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-api/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinTarget.kt
index 4027c14dfb2..e1b3f6b58d5 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-api/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinTarget.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-api/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinTarget.kt
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import org.gradle.api.publish.maven.MavenPublication
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.PRESETS_API_IS_DEPRECATED_MESSAGE
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.DeprecatedTargetPresetApi
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.InternalKotlinGradlePluginApi
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.ExperimentalKotlinGradlePluginApi
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.KotlinCommonCompilerOptions
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.KotlinCommonOptionsDeprecated
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.KotlinGradlePluginDsl
@@ -81,6 +80,13 @@ interface KotlinTarget : Named, HasAttributes, HasProject, HasMutableExtras {
     fun compilerOptions(configure: Action<KotlinCommonCompilerOptions>) {
         throw UnsupportedOperationException("Kotlin target level compiler options DSL is not available in this release!")
     }
+
+    @Deprecated(
+        "Accessing 'sourceSets' container on the Kotlin target level DSL is deprecated. " +
+                "Consider configuring 'sourceSets' on the Kotlin extension level.",
+        level = DeprecationLevel.WARNING
+    )
+    val sourceSets: NamedDomainObjectContainer<KotlinSourceSet>
 }
 
 interface KotlinTargetWithTests<E : KotlinExecution.ExecutionSource, T : KotlinTargetTestRun<E>> : KotlinTarget {
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/api/kotlin-gradle-plugin.api b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/api/kotlin-gradle-plugin.api
index c13c1ca00aa..736c8af1fc2 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/api/kotlin-gradle-plugin.api
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/api/kotlin-gradle-plugin.api
@@ -768,6 +768,7 @@ public class org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/external/DecoratedExternalKo
 	public final fun getRuntimeElementsConfiguration ()Lorg/gradle/api/artifacts/Configuration;
 	public fun getRuntimeElementsConfigurationName ()Ljava/lang/String;
 	public final fun getRuntimeElementsPublishedConfiguration ()Lorg/gradle/api/artifacts/Configuration;
+	public fun getSourceSets ()Lorg/gradle/api/NamedDomainObjectContainer;
 	public final fun getSourcesElementsConfiguration ()Lorg/gradle/api/artifacts/Configuration;
 	public fun getSourcesElementsConfigurationName ()Ljava/lang/String;
 	public final fun getSourcesElementsPublishedConfiguration ()Lorg/gradle/api/artifacts/Configuration;
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/InternalKotlinTarget.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/InternalKotlinTarget.kt
index 6669083da1b..479b13700ae 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/InternalKotlinTarget.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/InternalKotlinTarget.kt
@@ -5,16 +5,18 @@
 
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.mpp
 
+import org.gradle.api.NamedDomainObjectContainer
 import org.gradle.api.publish.maven.MavenPublication
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.InternalKotlinGradlePluginApi
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.KotlinCommonCompilerOptions
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.KotlinProjectExtension
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.KotlinPluginLifecycle
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.KotlinTarget
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.KotlinTargetComponent
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.await
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.mpp.external.DecoratedExternalKotlinTarget
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.mpp.external.ExternalKotlinTargetImpl
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.utils.extrasStoredFuture
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.utils.getByType
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.tooling.core.HasMutableExtras
 
 internal interface InternalKotlinTarget : KotlinTarget, HasMutableExtras {
@@ -24,6 +26,14 @@ internal interface InternalKotlinTarget : KotlinTarget, HasMutableExtras {
     @InternalKotlinGradlePluginApi
     override val components: Set<KotlinTargetSoftwareComponent>
     fun onPublicationCreated(publication: MavenPublication)
+
+    @Deprecated(
+        "Accessing 'sourceSets' container on the Kotlin target level DSL is deprecated. " +
+                "Consider configuring 'sourceSets' on the Kotlin extension level.",
+        level = DeprecationLevel.WARNING
+    )
+    override val sourceSets: NamedDomainObjectContainer<KotlinSourceSet>
+        get() = project.extensions.getByType<KotlinProjectExtension>().sourceSets
 }
 
 internal val KotlinTarget.internal: InternalKotlinTarget
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/functionalTest/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/unitTests/InternalKotlinTargetTest.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/functionalTest/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/unitTests/InternalKotlinTargetTest.kt
index bf29197704f..73fd5237fb3 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/functionalTest/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/unitTests/InternalKotlinTargetTest.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/functionalTest/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/unitTests/InternalKotlinTargetTest.kt
@@ -7,14 +7,35 @@
 
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.unitTests
 
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.multiplatformExtension
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.KotlinTarget
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.mpp.InternalKotlinTarget
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.util.assertAllImplementationsAlsoImplement
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.util.buildProjectWithMPP
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.util.kotlin
 import kotlin.test.Test
+import kotlin.test.assertEquals
 
 class InternalKotlinTargetTest {
     @Test
     fun `test - all implementations of KotlinTarget - implement InternalKotlinTarget`() {
         assertAllImplementationsAlsoImplement(KotlinTarget::class, InternalKotlinTarget::class)
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `KotlinTarget sourceSets are equal to extension sourceSets`() {
+        val project = buildProjectWithMPP {
+            kotlin {
+                jvm()
+            }
+        }
+
+        project.evaluate()
+
+        @Suppress("DEPRECATION")
+        assertEquals(
+            project.multiplatformExtension.sourceSets,
+            project.multiplatformExtension.jvm().sourceSets
+        )
+    }
 }
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