diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/native/NativeXcodeSimulatorTestsIT.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/native/NativeXcodeSimulatorTestsIT.kt
index d43d50c4b83..ad792764f41 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/native/NativeXcodeSimulatorTestsIT.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/native/NativeXcodeSimulatorTestsIT.kt
@@ -7,11 +7,17 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.native
 
 import org.gradle.util.GradleVersion
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.testbase.*
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.util.runProcess
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.utils.Xcode
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.target.KonanTarget
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.EnabledOnOs
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.OS
+import java.io.File
+import kotlin.test.assertEquals
 
-@DisplayName("tests for the K/N simulator test infrastructure")
+@DisplayName("tests for the K/N XCode simulator test infrastructure")
 @NativeGradlePluginTests
 @EnabledOnOs(OS.MAC)
 class NativeXcodeSimulatorTestsIT : KGPBaseTest() {
@@ -25,4 +31,54 @@ class NativeXcodeSimulatorTestsIT : KGPBaseTest() {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    @DisplayName("iOS simulator test with an https request doesn't with the standalone mode disabled")
+    @GradleTest
+    fun checkSimulatorTestFailsInNonStandaloneMode(gradleVersion: GradleVersion) {
+        project("native-test-ios-https-request", gradleVersion) {
+            val xcode = Xcode ?: error("XCode is expected to be defined")
+            val device = xcode.getDefaultTestDeviceId(KonanTarget.IOS_SIMULATOR_ARM64) ?: error("No simulator found for iOS ARM64")
+            bootXcodeSimulator(device)
+            buildGradleKts.append(
+                """
+                tasks.withType<org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.targets.native.tasks.KotlinNativeSimulatorTest> {
+                    device.set("$device")
+                    standalone.set(false)
+                }
+                """.trimIndent()
+            )
+            build("check")
+        }
+    }
+
+    @AfterAll
+    fun shutDownSimulators() {
+        synchronized(bootedXcodeSimulators) {
+            for (device in bootedXcodeSimulators) {
+                val command = listOf("/usr/bin/xcrun", "simctl", "shutdown", device)
+                val processResult = runProcess(command, File("."))
+                assertEquals(0, processResult.exitCode)
+                bootedXcodeSimulators.remove(device)
+            }
+            bootedXcodeSimulators.clear()
+        }
+    }
+
+    private val bootedXcodeSimulators: MutableSet<String> = HashSet()
+
+    private fun bootXcodeSimulator(device: String) {
+        synchronized(bootedXcodeSimulators) {
+            if (device !in bootedXcodeSimulators) {
+                val command = listOf("/usr/bin/xcrun", "simctl", "boot", device)
+                val processResult = runProcess(command, File("."))
+                assert(processResult.exitCode == 0 || "current state: Booted" in processResult.output) {
+                    "Failed to boot a simulator $device and it wasn't started before, exit code = ${processResult.exitCode}"
+                }
+                if (processResult.exitCode == 0) {
+                    // if the simulator was booted not by us, we should not shut it down
+                    bootedXcodeSimulators.add(device)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/KotlinNativeTargetConfigurator.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/KotlinNativeTargetConfigurator.kt
index 00d0cc0cf9e..2ec9d514d05 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/KotlinNativeTargetConfigurator.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/KotlinNativeTargetConfigurator.kt
@@ -574,6 +574,7 @@ class KotlinNativeTargetWithSimulatorTestsConfigurator :
             }
             testTask.device.convention(deviceIdProvider).finalizeValueOnRead()
         }
+        testTask.standalone.convention(true).finalizeValueOnRead()
     }
 
     override fun createTestRun(
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/tasks/KotlinNativeTest.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/tasks/KotlinNativeTest.kt
index 0e6be726741..5862a9f5b8d 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/tasks/KotlinNativeTest.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/tasks/KotlinNativeTest.kt
@@ -235,6 +235,9 @@ abstract class KotlinNativeSimulatorTest : KotlinNativeTest() {
     @Internal
     var debugMode = false
 
+    @get:Input
+    abstract val standalone: Property<Boolean> // disabled standalone means that xcode won't handle simulator boot/shutdown automatically
+
     @get:Internal
     override val testCommand: TestCommand = object : TestCommand() {
         override val executable: String
@@ -251,7 +254,7 @@ abstract class KotlinNativeSimulatorTest : KotlinNativeTest() {
                 "simctl",
                 "spawn",
                 "--wait-for-debugger".takeIf { debugMode },
-                "--standalone",
+                "--standalone".takeIf { standalone.get() },
                 device.get(),
                 this@KotlinNativeSimulatorTest.executable.absolutePath,
                 "--"