diff --git a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/IdeaSystemPropertiesForParallelRunConfigurator.kt b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/IdeaSystemPropertiesForParallelRunConfigurator.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..da45a1510f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/IdeaSystemPropertiesForParallelRunConfigurator.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2019 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license
+ * that can be found in the license/LICENSE.txt file.
+ */
+
+package org.jetbrains.kotlin.test
+
+import com.intellij.openapi.application.PathManager.PROPERTY_CONFIG_PATH
+import com.intellij.openapi.application.PathManager.PROPERTY_SYSTEM_PATH
+import com.intellij.openapi.util.io.FileUtil
+import java.io.File
+
+// It's important that this is not created per test, but rather per process.
+object IdeaSystemPropertiesForParallelRunConfigurator {
+    private val GRADLE_WORKER = System.getProperty("org.gradle.test.worker") ?: ""
+    //TODO: try to remove folder on jvm shutdown (there are some flashing test with deleteOnExit = true)
+    private val PROCESS_TMP_ROOT_FOLDER =
+        FileUtil.createTempDirectory(File(System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir")), "testRoot", GRADLE_WORKER, false).path
+    private val IDEA_SYSTEM = FileUtil.createTempDirectory(File(PROCESS_TMP_ROOT_FOLDER), "idea-system", "", false).path
+    private val IDEA_CONFIG = FileUtil.createTempDirectory(File(PROCESS_TMP_ROOT_FOLDER), "idea-config", "", false).path
+
+    init {
+        // UsefulTestCase temp dir construction could cause folder clash on parallel test execution:
+        //  myTempDir = new File(ORIGINAL_TEMP_DIR, TEMP_DIR_MARKER + testName).getPath();
+        // So we need to substitute "java.io.tmpdir" system property to avoid such clashing across different processes.
+        // IDEA PR: https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community/pull/1120
+        System.setProperty("java.io.tmpdir", PROCESS_TMP_ROOT_FOLDER)
+        System.setProperty(PROPERTY_SYSTEM_PATH, IDEA_SYSTEM)
+        System.setProperty(PROPERTY_CONFIG_PATH, IDEA_CONFIG)
+    }
+
+    @JvmStatic
+    fun setProperties() {
+        //TODO: maybe add check for actual folders
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/JUnit3RunnerWithInners.java b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/JUnit3RunnerWithInners.java
index c66c1dcc312..805c41ce194 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/JUnit3RunnerWithInners.java
+++ b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/JUnit3RunnerWithInners.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
 public class JUnit3RunnerWithInners extends Runner implements Filterable, Sortable {
 
     static {
-        KotlinTestUtils.setIdeaSystemPathProperties();
+        IdeaSystemPropertiesForParallelRunConfigurator.setProperties();
     }
 
     private final Runner delegateRunner;
diff --git a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/KotlinTestUtils.java b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/KotlinTestUtils.java
index 95ff1f8eb8f..4660630722b 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/KotlinTestUtils.java
+++ b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/KotlinTestUtils.java
@@ -115,19 +115,6 @@ public class KotlinTestUtils {
 
     private static final List<File> filesToDelete = new ArrayList<>();
 
-    // It's important that this is not created per test, but rather per process.
-    public static final String IDEA_SYSTEM_PATH;
-
-    static {
-        try {
-            IDEA_SYSTEM_PATH = FileUtil.createTempDirectory(new File(System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir")), "idea-system", "", false).getPath();
-        }
-        catch (IOException e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
-        }
-    }
-
-
     /**
      * Syntax:
      *
@@ -1324,9 +1311,4 @@ public class KotlinTestUtils {
         // Several extension if name contains another dot
         return name.indexOf('.', firstDotIndex + 1) != -1;
     }
-
-    public static void setIdeaSystemPathProperties() {
-        System.setProperty(PROPERTY_SYSTEM_PATH, IDEA_SYSTEM_PATH);
-        System.setProperty(PROPERTY_CONFIG_PATH, IDEA_SYSTEM_PATH + "/config");
-    }
 }
diff --git a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/testFramework/KtUsefulTestCase.java b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/testFramework/KtUsefulTestCase.java
index d73c084a68b..629ef0f9fee 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/testFramework/KtUsefulTestCase.java
+++ b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/testFramework/KtUsefulTestCase.java
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.Contract;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NonNls;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.IdeaSystemPropertiesForParallelRunConfigurator;
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.KotlinTestUtils;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.testFramework.MockComponentManagerCreationTracer;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.types.FlexibleTypeImpl;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.utils.ExceptionUtilsKt;
@@ -67,6 +69,7 @@ public abstract class KtUsefulTestCase extends TestCase {
     private Application application;
 
     static {
+        IdeaSystemPropertiesForParallelRunConfigurator.setProperties();
         Logger.setFactory(TestLoggerFactory.class);
     }