diff --git a/compiler/testData/compileKotlinAgainstCustomBinaries/releaseCompilerAgainstPreReleaseLibraryJsSkipVersionCheck/library/a.kt b/compiler/testData/compileKotlinAgainstCustomBinaries/releaseCompilerAgainstPreReleaseLibraryJsSkipVersionCheck/library/a.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a311bb96854
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/compileKotlinAgainstCustomBinaries/releaseCompilerAgainstPreReleaseLibraryJsSkipVersionCheck/library/a.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package a
+
+open class A {
+    class Nested
+}
+
+fun foo() {}
+var bar = 42
+typealias TA = String
diff --git a/compiler/testData/compileKotlinAgainstCustomBinaries/releaseCompilerAgainstPreReleaseLibraryJsSkipVersionCheck/output.txt b/compiler/testData/compileKotlinAgainstCustomBinaries/releaseCompilerAgainstPreReleaseLibraryJsSkipVersionCheck/output.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a0aba9318ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/compileKotlinAgainstCustomBinaries/releaseCompilerAgainstPreReleaseLibraryJsSkipVersionCheck/output.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+OK
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/testData/compileKotlinAgainstCustomBinaries/releaseCompilerAgainstPreReleaseLibraryJsSkipVersionCheck/source.kt b/compiler/testData/compileKotlinAgainstCustomBinaries/releaseCompilerAgainstPreReleaseLibraryJsSkipVersionCheck/source.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6f6e9ef8209
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/compileKotlinAgainstCustomBinaries/releaseCompilerAgainstPreReleaseLibraryJsSkipVersionCheck/source.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+@file:Suppress("UNUSED_VARIABLE")
+package usage
+
+import a.*
+
+fun baz(param: A) {
+    val constructor = A()
+    val methodCall = param.hashCode()
+    val supertype = object : A() {}
+
+    val x = foo()
+    val y = bar
+    bar = 239
+    val z: TA = ""
+}
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jvm/compiler/CompileKotlinAgainstCustomBinariesTest.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jvm/compiler/CompileKotlinAgainstCustomBinariesTest.java
index dc89eef1cdd..c17039bbe1a 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jvm/compiler/CompileKotlinAgainstCustomBinariesTest.java
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jvm/compiler/CompileKotlinAgainstCustomBinariesTest.java
@@ -316,12 +316,12 @@ public class CompileKotlinAgainstCustomBinariesTest extends TestCaseWithTmpdir {
         KotlinTestUtils.assertEqualsToFile(new File(getTestDataDirectory(), "output.txt"), normalizeOutput(output));
     }
 
-    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
     private void doTestPreReleaseKotlinLibrary(
             @NotNull CLICompiler<?> compiler,
             @NotNull String libraryName,
             @NotNull File destination,
             @NotNull File result,
+            @NotNull File usageDestination,
             @NotNull String... additionalOptions
     ) throws Exception {
         // Compiles the library with the "pre-release" flag, then compiles a usage of this library in the release mode
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ public class CompileKotlinAgainstCustomBinariesTest extends TestCaseWithTmpdir {
         Pair<String, ExitCode> output;
         try {
             System.setProperty(TEST_IS_PRE_RELEASE_SYSTEM_PROPERTY, "false");
-            output = compileKotlin(compiler, "source.kt", tmpdir, Arrays.asList(additionalOptions), result);
+            output = compileKotlin(compiler, "source.kt", usageDestination, Arrays.asList(additionalOptions), result);
         }
         finally {
             System.clearProperty(TEST_IS_PRE_RELEASE_SYSTEM_PROPERTY);
@@ -459,19 +459,33 @@ public class CompileKotlinAgainstCustomBinariesTest extends TestCaseWithTmpdir {
 
     public void testReleaseCompilerAgainstPreReleaseLibrary() throws Exception {
         File destination = new File(tmpdir, "library.jar");
-        doTestPreReleaseKotlinLibrary(new K2JVMCompiler(), "library", destination, destination);
+        doTestPreReleaseKotlinLibrary(new K2JVMCompiler(), "library", destination, destination, tmpdir);
     }
 
     public void testReleaseCompilerAgainstPreReleaseLibraryJs() throws Exception {
-        doTestPreReleaseKotlinLibrary(new K2JSCompiler(), "library",
-                                      new File(tmpdir, "library.js"),
-                                      new File(tmpdir, "library.meta.js"));
+        doTestPreReleaseKotlinLibrary(
+                new K2JSCompiler(), "library",
+                new File(tmpdir, "library.js"), new File(tmpdir, "library.meta.js"),
+                new File(tmpdir, "usage.js")
+        );
     }
 
     public void testReleaseCompilerAgainstPreReleaseLibrarySkipVersionCheck() throws Exception {
         File destination = new File(tmpdir, "library.jar");
-        doTestPreReleaseKotlinLibrary(new K2JVMCompiler(), "library", destination, destination,
-                                      "-Xskip-metadata-version-check");
+        doTestPreReleaseKotlinLibrary(
+                new K2JVMCompiler(), "library",
+                destination, destination, tmpdir,
+                "-Xskip-metadata-version-check"
+        );
+    }
+
+    public void testReleaseCompilerAgainstPreReleaseLibraryJsSkipVersionCheck() throws Exception {
+        doTestPreReleaseKotlinLibrary(
+                new K2JSCompiler(), "library",
+                new File(tmpdir, "library.js"), new File(tmpdir, "library.meta.js"),
+                new File(tmpdir, "usage.js"),
+                "-Xskip-metadata-version-check"
+        );
     }
 
     public void testWrongMetadataVersion() throws Exception {
diff --git a/js/js.serializer/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/serialization/js/KotlinJavascriptPackageFragment.kt b/js/js.serializer/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/serialization/js/KotlinJavascriptPackageFragment.kt
index 81c416fc7f9..3257b25b2b7 100644
--- a/js/js.serializer/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/serialization/js/KotlinJavascriptPackageFragment.kt
+++ b/js/js.serializer/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/serialization/js/KotlinJavascriptPackageFragment.kt
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.FqName
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.DescriptorUtils
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.serialization.ProtoBuf
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.serialization.deserialization.AnnotationDeserializer
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.serialization.deserialization.DeserializationConfiguration
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.serialization.deserialization.DeserializedPackageFragmentImpl
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.serialization.deserialization.IncompatibleVersionErrorData
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.serialization.deserialization.descriptors.DeserializedClassDescriptor
@@ -40,8 +41,9 @@ class KotlinJavascriptPackageFragment(
         storageManager: StorageManager,
         module: ModuleDescriptor,
         proto: ProtoBuf.PackageFragment,
-        header: JsProtoBuf.Header
-) : DeserializedPackageFragmentImpl(fqName, storageManager, module, proto, JsContainerSource(fqName, header)) {
+        header: JsProtoBuf.Header,
+        configuration: DeserializationConfiguration
+) : DeserializedPackageFragmentImpl(fqName, storageManager, module, proto, JsContainerSource(fqName, header, configuration)) {
     private val fileMap: Map<Int, FileHolder> by storageManager.createLazyValue {
         this.proto.getExtension(JsProtoBuf.packageFragmentFiles).fileList.withIndex().associate { (index, file) ->
             (if (file.hasId()) file.id else index) to FileHolder(file.annotationList)
@@ -72,7 +74,11 @@ class KotlinJavascriptPackageFragment(
         }
     }
 
-    private class JsContainerSource(private val fqName: FqName, private val header: JsProtoBuf.Header) : DeserializedContainerSource {
+    private class JsContainerSource(
+            private val fqName: FqName,
+            header: JsProtoBuf.Header,
+            configuration: DeserializationConfiguration
+    ) : DeserializedContainerSource {
         // TODO
         override fun getContainingFile(): SourceFile = SourceFile.NO_SOURCE_FILE
 
@@ -81,10 +87,9 @@ class KotlinJavascriptPackageFragment(
         override val incompatibility: IncompatibleVersionErrorData<*>?
             get() = null
 
-        override val isPreReleaseInvisible: Boolean
-            get() = (header.flags and 1) != 0 && !KotlinCompilerVersion.isPreRelease()
+        override val isPreReleaseInvisible: Boolean =
+                !configuration.skipMetadataVersionCheck && (header.flags and 1) != 0 && !KotlinCompilerVersion.isPreRelease()
 
-        // TODO: this is not a class
         override val presentableString: String
             get() = "Package '$fqName'"
     }
diff --git a/js/js.serializer/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/serialization/js/kotlinJavascriptPackageFragmentProvider.kt b/js/js.serializer/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/serialization/js/kotlinJavascriptPackageFragmentProvider.kt
index 1822ff95f95..12d41f32719 100644
--- a/js/js.serializer/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/serialization/js/kotlinJavascriptPackageFragmentProvider.kt
+++ b/js/js.serializer/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/serialization/js/kotlinJavascriptPackageFragmentProvider.kt
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ fun createKotlinJavascriptPackageFragmentProvider(
 ): PackageFragmentProvider {
     val packageFragments = packageFragmentProtos.mapNotNull { proto ->
         proto.fqName?.let { fqName ->
-            KotlinJavascriptPackageFragment(fqName, storageManager, module, proto, header)
+            KotlinJavascriptPackageFragment(fqName, storageManager, module, proto, header, configuration)
         }
     }