diff --git a/jps/jps-plugin/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jps/build/KotlinBuilderModuleScriptGenerator.java b/jps/jps-plugin/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jps/build/KotlinBuilderModuleScriptGenerator.java
index b4913701685..f650f7042bf 100644
--- a/jps/jps-plugin/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jps/build/KotlinBuilderModuleScriptGenerator.java
+++ b/jps/jps-plugin/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jps/build/KotlinBuilderModuleScriptGenerator.java
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ import kotlin.io.IoPackage;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import org.jetbrains.jps.ModuleChunk;
+import org.jetbrains.jps.builders.BuildTargetType;
+import org.jetbrains.jps.builders.java.JavaModuleBuildTargetType;
 import org.jetbrains.jps.builders.java.JavaSourceRootDescriptor;
 import org.jetbrains.jps.builders.logging.ProjectBuilderLogger;
 import org.jetbrains.jps.incremental.CompileContext;
@@ -82,6 +84,8 @@ public class KotlinBuilderModuleScriptGenerator {
                 }
             }
 
+            BuildTargetType<?> targetType = target.getTargetType();
+            assert targetType instanceof JavaModuleBuildTargetType;
             builder.addModule(
                     target.getId(),
                     outputDir.getAbsolutePath(),
@@ -89,7 +93,7 @@ public class KotlinBuilderModuleScriptGenerator {
                     findSourceRoots(context, target),
                     findClassPathRoots(target),
                     findAnnotationRoots(target),
-                    target.isTests(),
+                    (JavaModuleBuildTargetType) targetType,
                     // this excludes the output directories from the class path, to be removed for true incremental compilation
                     outputDirs
             );
diff --git a/jps/jps-plugin/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/modules/KotlinModuleXmlBuilder.java b/jps/jps-plugin/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/modules/KotlinModuleXmlBuilder.java
index 67844e5ebb9..e9b2cda097e 100644
--- a/jps/jps-plugin/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/modules/KotlinModuleXmlBuilder.java
+++ b/jps/jps-plugin/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/modules/KotlinModuleXmlBuilder.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.modules;
 
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jetbrains.jps.builders.java.JavaModuleBuildTargetType;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.IncrementalCompilation;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.utils.Printer;
 
@@ -45,12 +46,12 @@ public class KotlinModuleXmlBuilder {
             List<File> javaSourceRoots,
             Collection<File> classpathRoots,
             List<File> annotationRoots,
-            boolean tests,
+            JavaModuleBuildTargetType targetType,
             Set<File> directoriesToFilterOut
     ) {
         assert !done : "Already done";
 
-        if (tests) {
+        if (targetType.isTests()) {
             p.println("<!-- Module script for tests -->");
         }
         else {
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ public class KotlinModuleXmlBuilder {
 
         p.println("<", MODULE, " ",
                   NAME, "=\"", escapeXml(moduleName), "\" ",
+                  TYPE, "=\"", escapeXml(targetType.getTypeId()), "\" ",
                   OUTPUT_DIR, "=\"", getEscapedPath(new File(outputDir)), "\">"
         );
         p.pushIndent();
diff --git a/jps/jps-plugin/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jvm/compiler/ClasspathOrderTest.kt b/jps/jps-plugin/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jvm/compiler/ClasspathOrderTest.kt
index 538b0ce2236..0a22bde715a 100644
--- a/jps/jps-plugin/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jvm/compiler/ClasspathOrderTest.kt
+++ b/jps/jps-plugin/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jvm/compiler/ClasspathOrderTest.kt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm.compiler
 
+import org.jetbrains.jps.builders.java.JavaModuleBuildTargetType
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.modules.KotlinModuleXmlBuilder
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.JetTestUtils
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.MockLibraryUtil
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ public class ClasspathOrderTest : TestCaseWithTmpdir() {
                 listOf(sourceDir),
                 listOf(PathUtil.getKotlinPathsForDistDirectory().getRuntimePath()),
                 listOf(),
-                false,
+                JavaModuleBuildTargetType.PRODUCTION,
                 setOf()
         ).asText().toString()
 
diff --git a/jps/jps-plugin/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/modules/KotlinModuleXmlGeneratorTest.java b/jps/jps-plugin/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/modules/KotlinModuleXmlGeneratorTest.java
index 61bba84e200..0e40545b642 100644
--- a/jps/jps-plugin/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/modules/KotlinModuleXmlGeneratorTest.java
+++ b/jps/jps-plugin/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/modules/KotlinModuleXmlGeneratorTest.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.modules;
 
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
+import org.jetbrains.jps.builders.java.JavaModuleBuildTargetType;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.JetTestUtils;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ public class KotlinModuleXmlGeneratorTest extends TestCase {
                 Collections.singletonList(new File("java")),
                 Arrays.asList(new File("cp1"), new File("cp2")),
                 Arrays.asList(new File("a1/f1"), new File("a2")),
-                false,
+                JavaModuleBuildTargetType.PRODUCTION,
                 Collections.<File>emptySet()
         ).asText().toString();
         JetTestUtils.assertEqualsToFile(new File("idea/testData/modules.xml/basic.xml"), actual);
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ public class KotlinModuleXmlGeneratorTest extends TestCase {
                 Collections.<File>emptyList(),
                 Arrays.asList(new File("cp1"), new File("cp2")),
                 Arrays.asList(new File("a1/f1"), new File("a2")),
-                false,
+                JavaModuleBuildTargetType.PRODUCTION,
                 Collections.singleton(new File("cp1"))
         ).asText().toString();
         JetTestUtils.assertEqualsToFile(new File("idea/testData/modules.xml/filtered.xml"), actual);
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ public class KotlinModuleXmlGeneratorTest extends TestCase {
                 Collections.<File>emptyList(),
                 Arrays.asList(new File("cp1"), new File("cp2")),
                 Arrays.asList(new File("a1/f1"), new File("a2")),
-                false,
+                JavaModuleBuildTargetType.PRODUCTION,
                 Collections.singleton(new File("cp1"))
         );
         builder.addModule(
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ public class KotlinModuleXmlGeneratorTest extends TestCase {
                 Collections.<File>emptyList(),
                 Arrays.asList(new File("cp12"), new File("cp22")),
                 Arrays.asList(new File("a12/f12"), new File("a22")),
-                true,
+                JavaModuleBuildTargetType.TEST,
                 Collections.singleton(new File("cp12"))
         );
         String actual = builder.asText().toString();