diff --git a/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2JSCompilerArguments.kt b/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2JSCompilerArguments.kt
index 1ac840bd657..2841ed056df 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2JSCompilerArguments.kt
+++ b/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2JSCompilerArguments.kt
@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@ class K2JSCompilerArguments : CommonCompilerArguments() {
     )
     var libraries: String? by NullableStringFreezableVar(null)
 
+    @Argument(
+        value = "-Xrepositories",
+        valueDescription = "<path>",
+        description = "Paths to additional places where libraries could be found"
+    )
+    var repositries: String? by NullableStringFreezableVar(null)
+
     @GradleOption(DefaultValues.BooleanFalseDefault::class)
     @Argument(value = "-source-map", description = "Generate source map")
     var sourceMap: Boolean by FreezableVar(false)
diff --git a/compiler/cli/cli-js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/js/K2JsIrCompiler.kt b/compiler/cli/cli-js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/js/K2JsIrCompiler.kt
index ac0653c9598..7c3cb426ade 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/cli-js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/js/K2JsIrCompiler.kt
+++ b/compiler/cli/cli-js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/js/K2JsIrCompiler.kt
@@ -113,9 +113,11 @@ class K2JsIrCompiler : CLICompiler<K2JSCompilerArguments>() {
 
         val libraries: List<String> = configureLibraries(arguments.libraries) + listOfNotNull(arguments.includes)
         val friendLibraries: List<String> = configureLibraries(arguments.friendModules)
+        val repositories: List<String> = configureLibraries(arguments.repositries)
 
         configuration.put(JSConfigurationKeys.LIBRARIES, libraries)
         configuration.put(JSConfigurationKeys.TRANSITIVE_LIBRARIES, libraries)
+        configuration.put(JSConfigurationKeys.REPOSITORIES, repositories)
 
         val commonSourcesArray = arguments.commonSources
         val commonSources = commonSourcesArray?.toSet() ?: emptySet()
diff --git a/compiler/testData/cli/js/jsExtraHelp.out b/compiler/testData/cli/js/jsExtraHelp.out
index 63f9b4b89f7..e53c25cb0d9 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/cli/js/jsExtraHelp.out
+++ b/compiler/testData/cli/js/jsExtraHelp.out
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ where advanced options include:
   -Xir-property-lazy-initialization
                              Perform lazy initialization for properties
   -Xmetadata-only            Generate *.meta.js and *.kjsm files only
+  -Xrepositories=<path>      Paths to additional places where libraries could be found
   -Xtyped-arrays             Translate primitive arrays to JS typed arrays
   -Xwasm                     Use experimental WebAssembly compiler backend
   -Xallow-kotlin-package     Allow compiling code in package 'kotlin' and allow not requiring kotlin.stdlib in module-info