diff --git a/libraries/scripting/jvm-host/src/kotlin/script/experimental/jvmhost/impl/KJVMCompilerImpl.kt b/libraries/scripting/jvm-host/src/kotlin/script/experimental/jvmhost/impl/KJVMCompilerImpl.kt
index 6e7d267c194..912421b9b36 100644
--- a/libraries/scripting/jvm-host/src/kotlin/script/experimental/jvmhost/impl/KJVMCompilerImpl.kt
+++ b/libraries/scripting/jvm-host/src/kotlin/script/experimental/jvmhost/impl/KJVMCompilerImpl.kt
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.script.KotlinScriptDefinition
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.script.util.KotlinJars
 import java.io.File
 import java.net.URLClassLoader
-import kotlin.reflect.KClass
 import kotlin.script.experimental.api.*
 import kotlin.script.experimental.dependencies.DependenciesResolver
 import kotlin.script.experimental.host.getMergedScriptText
@@ -82,8 +81,10 @@ class KJVMCompilerImpl : KJVMCompilerProxy {
             ResultWithDiagnostics.Failure(*messageCollector.diagnostics.toTypedArray(), *diagnostics)
 
         try {
+            val scriptCompileConfiguration = configurator?.defaultConfiguration?.let { additionalConfiguration.cloneWithNewParent(it) }
+                ?: additionalConfiguration
             var environment: KotlinCoreEnvironment? = null
-            var updatedScriptCompileConfiguration = additionalConfiguration
+            var updatedScriptCompileConfiguration = scriptCompileConfiguration
 
             fun updateClasspath(classpath: List<File>) {
                 environment!!.updateClasspath(classpath.map(::JvmClasspathRoot))
@@ -100,18 +101,18 @@ class KJVMCompilerImpl : KJVMCompilerProxy {
             val kotlinCompilerConfiguration = org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.CompilerConfiguration().apply {
                 add(
                     JVMConfigurationKeys.SCRIPT_DEFINITIONS,
-                    BridgeScriptDefinition(additionalConfiguration, configurator, ::updateClasspath)
+                    BridgeScriptDefinition(scriptCompileConfiguration, configurator, ::updateClasspath)
                 )
                 put<MessageCollector>(CLIConfigurationKeys.MESSAGE_COLLECTOR_KEY, messageCollector)
                 put(JVMConfigurationKeys.RETAIN_OUTPUT_IN_MEMORY, true)
 
                 var isModularJava = false
-                additionalConfiguration.getOrNull(JvmScriptCompileConfigurationProperties.javaHomeDir)?.let {
+                scriptCompileConfiguration.getOrNull(JvmScriptCompileConfigurationProperties.javaHomeDir)?.let {
                     put(JVMConfigurationKeys.JDK_HOME, it)
                     isModularJava = CoreJrtFileSystem.isModularJdk(it)
                 }
 
-                additionalConfiguration.getOrNull(ScriptCompileConfigurationProperties.dependencies)?.let {
+                scriptCompileConfiguration.getOrNull(ScriptCompileConfigurationProperties.dependencies)?.let {
                     addJvmClasspathRoots(
                         it.flatMap {
                             (it as JvmDependency).classpath
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ class KJVMCompilerImpl : KJVMCompilerProxy {
             val analyzerWithCompilerReport = AnalyzerWithCompilerReport(messageCollector, environment.configuration.languageVersionSettings)
 
             val psiFileFactory: PsiFileFactoryImpl = PsiFileFactory.getInstance(environment.project) as PsiFileFactoryImpl
-            val scriptText = getMergedScriptText(script, additionalConfiguration)
+            val scriptText = getMergedScriptText(script, scriptCompileConfiguration)
             val scriptFileName = "script" // TODO: extract from file/url if available
             val virtualFile = LightVirtualFile(
                 "$scriptFileName${KotlinParserDefinition.STD_SCRIPT_EXT}",