diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index e8beb0206d6..3fdbb3d8983 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -708,6 +708,7 @@ tasks {
         dependsOn(":kotlin-scripting-jsr223-test:embeddableTest")
         dependsOn(":kotlin-scripting-ide-services-test:test")
         dependsOn(":kotlin-scripting-ide-services-test:embeddableTest")
+        dependsOn(":kotlin-main-kts-test:test")
     }
 
     register("scriptingK2Test") {
diff --git a/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/descriptors/IrBasedDescriptors.kt b/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/descriptors/IrBasedDescriptors.kt
index 6adc86f9dca..563c5ae7346 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/descriptors/IrBasedDescriptors.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/descriptors/IrBasedDescriptors.kt
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ fun IrDeclaration.toIrBasedDescriptor(): DeclarationDescriptor = when (this) {
     is IrField -> toIrBasedDescriptor()
     is IrTypeAlias -> toIrBasedDescriptor()
     is IrErrorDeclaration -> toIrBasedDescriptor()
+    is IrScript -> toIrBasedDescriptor()
     else -> error("Unknown declaration kind")
 }
 
@@ -1260,7 +1261,11 @@ private fun IrSimpleFunctionSymbol.toIrBasedDescriptorIfPossible(): FunctionDesc
 private fun IrPropertySymbol.toIrBasedDescriptorIfPossible(): PropertyDescriptor =
     if (isBound) owner.toIrBasedDescriptor() else descriptor
 
-// this is a temporary solution for scripts - seems that introducing full-blown emulation of descriptors for the single degenerate case
-// doesn't make any sense.
+// this is a temporary solution for scripts
+// TODO: implement IR-based descriptors for scripts, see KT-60631
 @OptIn(ObsoleteDescriptorBasedAPI::class)
 private fun IrScriptSymbol.toIrBasedDescriptorIfPossible(): ScriptDescriptor = descriptor
+
+// see comment above to IrScriptSymbol.toIrBasedDescriptorIfPossible()
+@OptIn(ObsoleteDescriptorBasedAPI::class)
+private fun IrScript.toIrBasedDescriptor() = descriptor