diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/internal/Kapt3KotlinGradleSubplugin.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/internal/Kapt3KotlinGradleSubplugin.kt
index 4d07b3935a5..f9e21c8d96b 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/internal/Kapt3KotlinGradleSubplugin.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/internal/Kapt3KotlinGradleSubplugin.kt
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ class Kapt3KotlinGradleSubplugin : KotlinGradleSubplugin<KotlinCompile> {
 
         val apOptions = kaptExtension.getAdditionalArguments(project, variantData, androidPlugin) + androidOptions
 
-        SubpluginOption("apoptions", encodeAnnotationProcessingOptions(apOptions))
+        pluginOptions += SubpluginOption("apoptions", encodeAnnotationProcessingOptions(apOptions))
 
         addMiscOptions(pluginOptions)