diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/analyzer/AbstractResolverForProject.kt b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/analyzer/AbstractResolverForProject.kt
index 6fe56fb5a1b..37772769038 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/analyzer/AbstractResolverForProject.kt
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/analyzer/AbstractResolverForProject.kt
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ abstract class AbstractResolverForProject<M : ModuleInfo>(
     override val name: String
         get() = "Resolver for '$debugName'"
 
-    private fun isCorrectModuleInfo(moduleInfo: M) = moduleInfo in allModules
+    private fun isCorrectModuleInfo(moduleInfo: M): Boolean =
+        ((moduleInfo as? DerivedModuleInfo)?.originalModule ?: moduleInfo) in allModules
 
     final override fun resolverForModuleDescriptor(descriptor: ModuleDescriptor): ResolverForModule {
         val moduleResolver = resolverForModuleDescriptorImpl(descriptor)
@@ -164,8 +165,10 @@ abstract class AbstractResolverForProject<M : ModuleInfo>(
     }
 
     private fun doGetDescriptorForModule(module: M): ModuleDescriptorImpl {
-        val moduleFromThisResolver = moduleInfoToResolvableInfo[module]
-            ?: return delegateResolver.descriptorForModule(module) as ModuleDescriptorImpl
+        val moduleFromThisResolver =
+            module.takeIf { it is DerivedModuleInfo && it.originalModule in moduleInfoToResolvableInfo }
+                ?: moduleInfoToResolvableInfo[module]
+                ?: return delegateResolver.descriptorForModule(module) as ModuleDescriptorImpl
 
         return projectContext.storageManager.compute {
             var moduleData = descriptorByModule.getOrPut(moduleFromThisResolver) {
diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/analyzer/AnalyzerFacade.kt b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/analyzer/AnalyzerFacade.kt
index 19dd3cf6d63..64138e1fbd2 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/analyzer/AnalyzerFacade.kt
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/analyzer/AnalyzerFacade.kt
@@ -96,6 +96,16 @@ interface CombinedModuleInfo : ModuleInfo {
     val platformModule: ModuleInfo
 }
 
+/**
+ * Special-purpose module info that allows implementors to provide different behavior compared to the [originalModule]'s.
+ * E.g. may be used to resolve common code as if it were target-specific, or to change the dependencies visible to the code.
+ *
+ * Resolvers should accept a derived module info, iff the [originalModule] is accepted.
+ */
+interface DerivedModuleInfo : ModuleInfo {
+    val originalModule: ModuleInfo
+}
+
 fun ModuleInfo.flatten(): List<ModuleInfo> = when (this) {
     is CombinedModuleInfo -> listOf(this) + containedModules
     else -> listOf(this)