diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/native/CocoaPodsIT.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/native/CocoaPodsIT.kt
index 9c8f6120eed..3682b4629fc 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/native/CocoaPodsIT.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/native/CocoaPodsIT.kt
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ class CocoaPodsIT : BaseGradleIT() {
 
     private val defaultPodRepo = "https://github.com/AFNetworking/AFNetworking"
     private val defaultPodName = "AFNetworking"
+    private val defaultLibraryPodName = "YandexMapKit"
     private val downloadUrlPodName = "podspecWithFilesExample"
     private val downloadUrlRepoName = "https://github.com/alozhkin/podspecWithFilesExample/raw/master"
     private val defaultTarget = "IOS"
@@ -729,6 +730,15 @@ class CocoaPodsIT : BaseGradleIT() {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun testUseLibrariesMode() {
+        with(project) {
+            gradleBuildScript().appendToCocoapodsBlock("useLibraries()")
+            gradleBuildScript().addPod(defaultLibraryPodName)
+            testImport()
+        }
+    }
+
     // paths
 
     private fun CompiledProject.url() = externalSources().resolve("url")
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/cocoapods/CocoapodsExtension.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/cocoapods/CocoapodsExtension.kt
index 26cc026f4d7..00639d9740d 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/cocoapods/CocoapodsExtension.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/cocoapods/CocoapodsExtension.kt
@@ -45,6 +45,16 @@ open class CocoapodsExtension(private val project: Project) {
         needPodspec = false
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Setup cocoapods-generate to produce xcodeproj compatible with static libraries
+     */
+    fun useLibraries() {
+        useLibraries = true
+    }
+
+    @get:Input
+    internal var useLibraries: Boolean = false
+
     /**
      * Configure license of the pod built from this project.
      */
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/cocoapods/KotlinCocoapodsPlugin.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/cocoapods/KotlinCocoapodsPlugin.kt
index 5f16b71783b..4cfe5839173 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/cocoapods/KotlinCocoapodsPlugin.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/cocoapods/KotlinCocoapodsPlugin.kt
@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ open class KotlinCocoapodsPlugin : Plugin<Project> {
             project.tasks.register(family.toPodGenTaskName, PodGenTask::class.java) {
                 it.description = "Сreates a synthetic Xcode project to retrieve CocoaPods dependencies"
                 it.podspec = podspecTaskProvider.map { task -> task.outputFileProvider.get() }
+                it.useLibraries = project.provider { cocoapodsExtension.useLibraries }
                 it.specRepos = project.provider { cocoapodsExtension.specRepos }
                 it.family = family
                 it.pods.set(cocoapodsExtension.pods)
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/tasks/AdvancedCocoapodsTasks.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/tasks/AdvancedCocoapodsTasks.kt
index 5f9c75392de..b86fcd5385f 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/tasks/AdvancedCocoapodsTasks.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/tasks/AdvancedCocoapodsTasks.kt
@@ -352,6 +352,9 @@ open class PodGenTask : DefaultTask() {
     @get:InputFile
     internal lateinit var podspec: Provider<File>
 
+    @get:Input
+    internal lateinit var useLibraries: Provider<Boolean>
+
     @get:Internal
     lateinit var family: Family
 
@@ -379,6 +382,7 @@ open class PodGenTask : DefaultTask() {
 
         val podGenProcessArgs = listOfNotNull(
             "pod", "gen",
+            "--use-libraries".takeIf { useLibraries.get() },
             "--platforms=${family.platformLiteral}",
             "--gen-directory=${syntheticDir.absolutePath}",
             localPodspecPaths.takeIf { it.isNotEmpty() }?.joinToString(separator = ",")?.let { "--local-sources=$it" },