diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/api/kotlin-gradle-plugin.api b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/api/kotlin-gradle-plugin.api
index 736c8af1fc2..a4fa8e04c2a 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/api/kotlin-gradle-plugin.api
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/api/kotlin-gradle-plugin.api
@@ -775,6 +775,8 @@ public class org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/external/DecoratedExternalKo
 	public fun getTargetName ()Ljava/lang/String;
 	public fun getUseDisambiguationClassifierAsSourceSetNamePrefix ()Z
 	public fun isSourcesPublishable ()Z
+	public fun jvmToolchain (I)V
+	public fun jvmToolchain (Lorg/gradle/api/Action;)V
 	public fun mavenPublication (Lkotlin/jvm/functions/Function1;)V
 	public fun mavenPublication (Lorg/gradle/api/Action;)V
 	public fun onPublicationCreated (Lorg/gradle/api/publish/maven/MavenPublication;)V
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/InternalKotlinTarget.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/InternalKotlinTarget.kt
index 479b13700ae..4fc2f15cee4 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/InternalKotlinTarget.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/InternalKotlinTarget.kt
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@
 
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.mpp
 
+import org.gradle.api.Action
 import org.gradle.api.NamedDomainObjectContainer
 import org.gradle.api.publish.maven.MavenPublication
+import org.gradle.jvm.toolchain.JavaToolchainSpec
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.InternalKotlinGradlePluginApi
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.KotlinCommonCompilerOptions
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.KotlinProjectExtension
@@ -34,8 +36,18 @@ internal interface InternalKotlinTarget : KotlinTarget, HasMutableExtras {
     )
     override val sourceSets: NamedDomainObjectContainer<KotlinSourceSet>
         get() = project.extensions.getByType<KotlinProjectExtension>().sourceSets
+
+    @Deprecated(TOOLCHAIN_DSL_WRONG_USAGE_ERROR, level = DeprecationLevel.ERROR)
+    fun jvmToolchain(action: Action<JavaToolchainSpec>): Unit = error(TOOLCHAIN_DSL_WRONG_USAGE_ERROR)
+
+    @Deprecated(TOOLCHAIN_DSL_WRONG_USAGE_ERROR, level = DeprecationLevel.ERROR)
+    fun jvmToolchain(jdkVersion: Int): Unit = error(TOOLCHAIN_DSL_WRONG_USAGE_ERROR)
 }
 
+private const val TOOLCHAIN_DSL_WRONG_USAGE_ERROR =
+    "Configuring JVM toolchain in the Kotlin target level DSL is prohibited. " +
+            "JVM toolchain feature should be configured in the extension scope as it affects all JVM targets (JVM, Android)."
+
 internal val KotlinTarget.internal: InternalKotlinTarget
     get() = (this as? InternalKotlinTarget) ?: throw IllegalArgumentException(
         "KotlinTarget($name) ${this::class} does not implement ${InternalKotlinTarget::class}"