diff --git a/samples/settings.gradle b/samples/settings.gradle
index 33c0b60c5e8..d2bbeb5e1c7 100644
--- a/samples/settings.gradle
+++ b/samples/settings.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // NOTE: If a new sample uses only platform libs,
 // please add it into the 'buildSamplesWithPlatfromLibs' task in build.gradle.
+enableFeaturePreview('GRADLE_METADATA')
 include ':csvparser'
 include ':gitchurn'
 include ':globalState'
diff --git a/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KonanPlugin.kt b/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KonanPlugin.kt
index d833437ce82..5576a5c9017 100644
--- a/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KonanPlugin.kt
+++ b/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KonanPlugin.kt
@@ -280,7 +280,8 @@ class KonanPlugin @Inject constructor(private val registry: ToolingModelBuilderR
         // TODO: Remove them when an API for env vars is provided.
         KONAN_CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR  ("konan.configuration.build.dir"),
         KONAN_DEBUGGING_SYMBOLS        ("konan.debugging.symbols"),
-        KONAN_OPTIMIZATIONS_ENABLE     ("konan.optimizations.enable")
+        KONAN_OPTIMIZATIONS_ENABLE     ("konan.optimizations.enable"),
+        KONAN_PUBLICATION_ENABLED      ("konan.publication.enabled")
     }
 
     companion object {
@@ -310,6 +311,11 @@ class KonanPlugin @Inject constructor(private val registry: ToolingModelBuilderR
         project.tasks.create(KONAN_GENERATE_CMAKE_TASK_NAME, KonanGenerateCMakeTask::class.java)
         project.extensions.create(KONAN_EXTENSION_NAME, KonanExtension::class.java)
         val container = project.extensions.create(KonanArtifactContainer::class.java, ARTIFACTS_CONTAINER_NAME, KonanArtifactContainer::class.java, project)
+        val isPublicationEnabled = project.gradle.services.get(FeaturePreviews::class.java).isFeatureEnabled(FeaturePreviews.Feature.GRADLE_METADATA)
+        project.setProperty(ProjectProperty.KONAN_PUBLICATION_ENABLED, isPublicationEnabled)
+        if (!isPublicationEnabled) {
+            project.logger.warn("feature GRADLE_METADATA is not enabled: publication is disabled")
+        }
 
         // Set additional project properties like konan.home, konan.build.targets etc.
         if (!project.hasProperty(ProjectProperty.KONAN_HOME)) {
@@ -348,10 +354,12 @@ class KonanPlugin @Inject constructor(private val registry: ToolingModelBuilderR
             }
         }
         //project.gradle.experimentalFeatures.enable()
-        project.gradle.services.get(FeaturePreviews::class.java).enableFeature(FeaturePreviews.Feature.GRADLE_METADATA)
+
         // Enable multiplatform support
         project.pluginManager.apply(KotlinNativePlatformPlugin::class.java)
         project.afterEvaluate {
+            if (!isPublicationEnabled)
+                return@afterEvaluate
             project.pluginManager.withPlugin("maven-publish") {
                 container.all {
                     val buildingConfig = it
diff --git a/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/tasks/KonanBaseTasks.kt b/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/tasks/KonanBaseTasks.kt
index c89e0f214a7..7f0a18179a1 100644
--- a/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/tasks/KonanBaseTasks.kt
+++ b/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/tasks/KonanBaseTasks.kt
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ abstract class KonanArtifactTask: KonanTargetableTask(), KonanArtifactSpec {
         }
 
         project.pluginManager.withPlugin("maven-publish") {
+            if (!(project.getProperty(KonanPlugin.ProjectProperty.KONAN_PUBLICATION_ENABLED) as Boolean))
+                return@withPlugin
             platformConfiguration.artifacts.add(object: PublishArtifact {
                 override fun getName() = "${artifact.name.removeSuffix("$artifactSuffix")}/${target.name}"
                 override fun getExtension() = if (artifactSuffix.startsWith('.')) artifactSuffix.substring(1) else artifactSuffix