diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/internal/CInteropCommonizerTask.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/internal/CInteropCommonizerTask.kt
index 100ad533676..61580012424 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/internal/CInteropCommonizerTask.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/internal/CInteropCommonizerTask.kt
@@ -10,10 +10,7 @@ import org.gradle.api.file.FileCollection
 import org.gradle.api.provider.Provider
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.*
 import org.gradle.workers.WorkParameters
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.commonizer.CommonizerTarget
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.commonizer.NativeDistributionCommonizerOutputLayout
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.commonizer.SharedCommonizerTarget
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.commonizer.level
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.commonizer.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.compilerRunner.GradleCliCommonizer
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.compilerRunner.konanHome
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.multiplatformExtensionOrNull
@@ -210,8 +207,7 @@ private fun removeRedundantParameters(parameters: Set<CInteropCommonizationParam
 
 private operator fun CommonizerTarget.contains(other: CommonizerTarget): Boolean {
     if (this == other) return true
-    if (this !is SharedCommonizerTarget) return false
-    return targets.any { child -> other in child }
+    return this.isAncestorOf(other)
 }
 
 private fun SharedCommonizerTarget.withAllTransitiveTargets(): Set<CommonizerTarget> {
diff --git a/native/commonizer-api/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/commonizer/CommonizerTarget.kt b/native/commonizer-api/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/commonizer/CommonizerTarget.kt
index 77c6f344f5d..6ab401adf8b 100644
--- a/native/commonizer-api/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/commonizer/CommonizerTarget.kt
+++ b/native/commonizer-api/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/commonizer/CommonizerTarget.kt
@@ -100,3 +100,15 @@ public val CommonizerTarget.level: Int
             is SharedCommonizerTarget -> if (targets.isNotEmpty()) targets.maxOf { it.level } + 1 else 0
         }
     }
+
+
+public infix fun CommonizerTarget.isAncestorOf(other: CommonizerTarget): Boolean {
+    if (this is SharedCommonizerTarget) {
+        return targets.any { it == other } || targets.any { it.isAncestorOf(other) }
+    }
+    return false
+}
+
+public infix fun CommonizerTarget.isDescendentOf(other: CommonizerTarget): Boolean {
+    return other.isAncestorOf(this)
+}
diff --git a/native/commonizer-api/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/commonizer/CommonizerTargetUtilsTest.kt b/native/commonizer-api/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/commonizer/CommonizerTargetUtilsTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6f54f693a91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/commonizer-api/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/commonizer/CommonizerTargetUtilsTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2021 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
+ * Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the license/LICENSE.txt file.
+ */
+
+package org.jetbrains.kotlin.commonizer
+
+import kotlin.test.Test
+import kotlin.test.assertFalse
+import kotlin.test.assertTrue
+
+class CommonizerTargetUtilsTest {
+
+    @Test
+    fun `isAncestorOf isDescendentOf`() {
+        val child = LeafCommonizerTarget("a")
+        val parent = SharedCommonizerTarget(LeafCommonizerTarget("a"))
+
+        assertTrue(child isDescendentOf parent, "Expected child isDescendent of parent")
+        assertTrue(parent isAncestorOf child, "Expected parent isAncestor of child")
+        assertFalse(child isDescendentOf child, "Expected same target not being descendent of itself")
+        assertFalse(parent isDescendentOf parent, "Expected same target not being descendent of itself")
+        assertFalse(LeafCommonizerTarget("b") isDescendentOf parent, "Expected orphan target not being descendent of parent")
+
+        val hierarchicalParent = SharedCommonizerTarget(parent, parseCommonizerTarget("((c, d), e)"))
+        assertTrue(child isDescendentOf hierarchicalParent, "Expected child being descendent of hierarchical parent")
+        assertTrue(hierarchicalParent isAncestorOf child, "Expected hierarchicalParent being ancestor of child")
+        assertTrue(parseCommonizerTarget("(c, d)") isDescendentOf hierarchicalParent)
+        assertTrue(LeafCommonizerTarget("e") isDescendentOf hierarchicalParent)
+    }
+}