diff --git a/compiler/util-klib/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/library/impl/KotlinLibraryImpl.kt b/compiler/util-klib/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/library/impl/KotlinLibraryImpl.kt
index e9f98ea89dd..c7aec4f5b2f 100644
--- a/compiler/util-klib/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/library/impl/KotlinLibraryImpl.kt
+++ b/compiler/util-klib/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/library/impl/KotlinLibraryImpl.kt
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.file.ZipFileSystemAccessor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.properties.Properties
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.properties.loadProperties
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.library.*
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.util.DummyLogger
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.util.Logger
 
 class BaseKotlinLibraryImpl(
     val access: BaseLibraryAccess<KotlinLibraryLayout>,
@@ -356,8 +358,25 @@ fun createKotlinLibraryComponents(
 }
 
 fun isKotlinLibrary(libraryFile: File): Boolean = try {
-    resolveSingleFileKlib(libraryFile)
-    true
+    val libraryPath = libraryFile.absolutePath
+
+    /**
+     * Important: Try to resolve it as a "lenient" library. This will allow to probe a library
+     * without logging any errors to [DummyLogger] and without any side effects such as throwing an
+     * exception from [SingleKlibComponentResolver.resolve] if the library is not found.
+     */
+    SingleKlibComponentResolver(
+        klibFile = libraryPath,
+        logger = object : Logger {
+            override fun log(message: String) = Unit // don't log
+            override fun error(message: String) = Unit // don't log
+            override fun warning(message: String) = Unit // don't log
+            override fun fatal(message: String): Nothing = kotlin.error("This function should not be called")
+        },
+        knownIrProviders = emptyList()
+    ).resolve(
+        LenientUnresolvedLibrary(libraryPath, libraryVersion = null)
+    ) != null
 } catch (e: Throwable) {
     false
 }