diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/MultiplatformGradleIT.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/MultiplatformGradleIT.kt
index 6b695ad3f46..810e2c51579 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/MultiplatformGradleIT.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/MultiplatformGradleIT.kt
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle
 
 import com.intellij.testFramework.TestDataPath
+import org.gradle.api.logging.LogLevel
 import org.gradle.api.logging.configuration.WarningMode
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.internals.KOTLIN_12X_MPP_DEPRECATION_WARNING
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.EXPECTED_BY_CONFIG_NAME
@@ -310,4 +311,40 @@ class MultiplatformGradleIT : BaseGradleIT() {
             assertTasksExecuted(customSourceSetCompileTasks)
         }
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testWithJavaDuplicatedResourcesFail() = with(
+        Project(
+            projectName = "mpp-single-jvm-target",
+            gradleVersionRequirement = GradleVersionRequired.AtLeast("7.0"),
+            minLogLevel = LogLevel.WARN
+        )
+    ) {
+        setupWorkingDir()
+
+        gradleBuildScript().modify { buildFileContent ->
+            buildFileContent
+                .lines()
+                .joinToString(separator = "\n") {
+                    if (it.contains("jvm()")) {
+                        "jvm { withJava() }"
+                    } else {
+                        it
+                    }
+                }
+        }
+
+        val resDir = projectDir.resolve("src/jvmMain/resources").also { it.mkdirs() }
+        resDir.resolve("test.properties").writeText(
+            """
+            one=true
+            two=false
+            """.trimIndent()
+        )
+
+        build("assemble") {
+            assertSuccessful()
+            assertNotContains("no duplicate handling strategy has been set")
+        }
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/jvm/KotlinJvmTarget.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/jvm/KotlinJvmTarget.kt
index 6bcdeb6e9c7..25f01448d80 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/jvm/KotlinJvmTarget.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/jvm/KotlinJvmTarget.kt
@@ -9,12 +9,14 @@ import org.gradle.api.InvalidUserCodeException
 import org.gradle.api.NamedDomainObjectContainer
 import org.gradle.api.Project
 import org.gradle.api.file.ConfigurableFileCollection
+import org.gradle.api.file.DuplicatesStrategy
 import org.gradle.api.plugins.JavaPlugin
 import org.gradle.api.plugins.JavaPluginConvention
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.SourceSet
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.compile.AbstractCompile
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.testing.Test
 import org.gradle.jvm.tasks.Jar
+import org.gradle.language.jvm.tasks.ProcessResources
 import org.gradle.util.GradleVersion
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.multiplatformExtension
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.*
@@ -101,11 +103,21 @@ open class KotlinJvmTarget @Inject constructor(
         // sources are placed (i.e. src/jvmMain/java, src/jvmTest/java):
         javaSourceSet.resources.setSrcDirs(compilation.defaultSourceSet.resources.sourceDirectories)
         compilation.defaultSourceSet.resources.srcDirs(javaSourceSet.resources.sourceDirectories)
+        project.tasks.named(
+            compilation.processResourcesTaskName,
+            ProcessResources::class.java
+        ).configure {
+            // Now 'compilation' has additional resources dir from java compilation which points to the initial
+            // resources location. Because of this, ProcessResources task will copy same files twice,
+            // so we are excluding duplicates.
+            it.duplicatesStrategy = DuplicatesStrategy.EXCLUDE
+        }
 
         // Resources processing is done with the Kotlin resource processing task:
-        val processJavaResourcesTask = project.tasks.getByName(javaSourceSet.processResourcesTaskName)
-        processJavaResourcesTask.dependsOn(project.tasks.getByName(compilation.processResourcesTaskName))
-        processJavaResourcesTask.enabled = false
+        project.tasks.named(javaSourceSet.processResourcesTaskName).configure {
+            it.dependsOn(project.tasks.named(compilation.processResourcesTaskName))
+            it.enabled = false
+        }
     }
 
     private fun disableJavaPluginTasks(javaPluginConvention: JavaPluginConvention) {