diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/diagnostics/KotlinToolingDiagnostics.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/diagnostics/KotlinToolingDiagnostics.kt
index 9fc9bac00a7..52dc9323b16 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/diagnostics/KotlinToolingDiagnostics.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/diagnostics/KotlinToolingDiagnostics.kt
@@ -765,6 +765,17 @@ object KotlinToolingDiagnostics {
         )
     }
 
+    private val resourcesBugReportRequest get() = "This is likely a bug in Kotlin Gradle Plugin configuration. Please report this issue to https://kotl.in/issue."
+    object ResourcePublishedMoreThanOncePerTarget : ToolingDiagnosticFactory(ERROR) {
+        operator fun invoke(targetName: String) = build(
+            """
+            Only one resources publication per target $targetName is allowed.
+            
+            $resourcesBugReportRequest
+            """.trimIndent()
+        )
+    }
+
     object DependencyDoesNotPhysicallyExist : ToolingDiagnosticFactory(WARNING) {
         operator fun invoke(dependency: File) = build(
             """
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/resources/AssembleHierarchicalResourcesTask.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/resources/AssembleHierarchicalResourcesTask.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aa69f409cd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/resources/AssembleHierarchicalResourcesTask.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2024 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
+ * 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.gradle.plugin.mpp.resources
+
+import org.gradle.api.DefaultTask
+import org.gradle.api.file.DirectoryProperty
+import org.gradle.api.file.DuplicatesStrategy
+import org.gradle.api.file.FileSystemOperations
+import org.gradle.api.file.FileTree
+import org.gradle.api.file.ProjectLayout
+import org.gradle.api.provider.ListProperty
+import org.gradle.api.provider.Property
+import org.gradle.api.provider.Provider
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.*
+import org.gradle.work.DisableCachingByDefault
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.incremental.deleteDirectoryContents
+import java.io.File
+import javax.inject.Inject
+
+@DisableCachingByDefault
+internal abstract class AssembleHierarchicalResourcesTask : DefaultTask() {
+
+    internal class Resource(
+        @get:Internal
+        val resourcesBaseDirectory: Provider<File>,
+
+        includes: List<String>,
+        excludes: List<String>,
+        layout: ProjectLayout,
+        @get:InputFiles
+        @get:PathSensitive(PathSensitivity.RELATIVE)
+        val resourcesFileTree: Provider<FileTree> = layout.dir(resourcesBaseDirectory).map { baseDirectory ->
+            baseDirectory.asFileTree.matching { patternFilter ->
+                includes.forEach { patternFilter.include(it) }
+                excludes.forEach { patternFilter.exclude(it) }
+            }
+        }
+    )
+
+    @get:Inject
+    abstract val fileSystem: FileSystemOperations
+
+    @get:Inject
+    abstract val projectLayout: ProjectLayout
+
+    @get:Nested
+    abstract val resourceDirectoriesByLevel: ListProperty<List<Resource>>
+
+    /**
+     * Relative resource placement is part of this task to prepare the output directory as is for consumption by the .zip publication or the
+     * self-resources resolution tasks
+     */
+    @get:Input
+    abstract val relativeResourcePlacement: Property<File>
+
+    @get:OutputDirectory
+    abstract val outputDirectory: DirectoryProperty
+
+    @TaskAction
+    fun action() {
+        val directoriesToCopy = resourcesSourceSetWalk.directoriesToCopy(
+            resourceDirectoriesByLevel.get()
+        ).unwrapOrThrow()
+
+        val outputDirectoryFile = outputDirectory.get().asFile
+        outputDirectoryFile.deleteDirectoryContents()
+
+        fileSystem.copy { copy ->
+            directoriesToCopy.forEach { dir ->
+                copy.from(dir)
+            }
+            copy.into(outputDirectoryFile.resolve(relativeResourcePlacement.get()))
+            copy.duplicatesStrategy = DuplicatesStrategy.INCLUDE
+        }
+
+        if (outputDirectoryFile.listFiles()?.isEmpty() != false) {
+            // Output an empty directory for the zip task
+            outputDirectoryFile.resolve(relativeResourcePlacement.get()).mkdirs()
+        }
+    }
+
+    private val resourcesSourceSetWalk = SourceSetWalk(
+        fileSystem = object : FileSystem<Resource> {
+            override fun walk(root: Resource): Sequence<File> = root.resourcesFileTree.get().asSequence()
+        },
+        basePathFromResource = { it.resourcesBaseDirectory.get() },
+        fileTreeToCopyFromResource = { it.resourcesFileTree.get() },
+    )
+
+    internal interface FileSystem<RootEntity> {
+        fun walk(root: RootEntity): Sequence<File>
+        fun exists(file: File): Boolean = file.exists()
+        fun isDirectory(file: File): Boolean = file.isDirectory
+    }
+
+    internal class SourceSetWalk<Resource, FileTreeToCopy>(
+        val fileSystem: FileSystem<Resource>,
+        val basePathFromResource: (Resource) -> (File),
+        val fileTreeToCopyFromResource: (Resource) -> (FileTreeToCopy),
+    ) {
+        sealed class Result<T> {
+            data class ToCopy<T>(val value: T) : Result<T>()
+            data class Collision<T>(val left: File, val right: File) : Result<T>()
+            data class NotDirectory<T>(val path: File) : Result<T>()
+
+            fun unwrapOrThrow(): T {
+                when (this) {
+                    is Collision -> error("There is a duplicate resource in a source set level:\n${left.canonicalPath}\n${right.canonicalPath}")
+                    is NotDirectory -> error("Path $path is not a directory")
+                    is ToCopy -> return value
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        fun directoriesToCopy(
+            leveledResources: List<List<Resource>>
+        ): Result<List<FileTreeToCopy>> {
+            // 1. Is case of a collision between levels, files seen at next levels overwrite files from previous levels. E.g. iosMain/res/foo
+            // resources overwrites commonMain/res/foo
+            val directoriesToCopy = mutableListOf<FileTreeToCopy>()
+            leveledResources.onEach { level ->
+                val relativePathsSeenAtThisLevel: MutableMap<String, File> = mutableMapOf()
+                level.onEach { resource ->
+                    when (
+                        val result = discoverAndAppendResourceDirectory(
+                            resource = resource,
+                            relativePathsSeenAtThisLevel = relativePathsSeenAtThisLevel,
+                        )
+                    ) {
+                        is Result.Collision -> return Result.Collision(result.left, result.right)
+                        is Result.NotDirectory -> return Result.NotDirectory(result.path)
+                        is Result.ToCopy -> directoriesToCopy.add(result.value)
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            return Result.ToCopy(directoriesToCopy)
+        }
+
+        private fun discoverAndAppendResourceDirectory(
+            resource: Resource,
+            relativePathsSeenAtThisLevel: MutableMap<String, File>,
+        ): Result<FileTreeToCopy>? {
+            val resourcesDirectory = basePathFromResource(resource)
+            if (!fileSystem.exists(resourcesDirectory)) return null
+            if (!fileSystem.isDirectory(resourcesDirectory)) return Result.NotDirectory(resourcesDirectory)
+
+            val collisions: List<Result.Collision<FileTreeToCopy>> =
+                fileSystem.walk(resource).map<File, Result.Collision<FileTreeToCopy>?>{ child ->
+                    if (fileSystem.isDirectory(child)) {
+                        return@map null
+                    }
+                    val relativePath = child.toRelativeString(resourcesDirectory)
+                    relativePathsSeenAtThisLevel[relativePath]?.let { alreadySeenFile ->
+                        return@map Result.Collision(
+                            child,
+                            alreadySeenFile,
+                        )
+                    }
+                    relativePathsSeenAtThisLevel[relativePath] = child
+                    return@map null
+                }.mapNotNull { it }.toList()
+
+            if (collisions.isNotEmpty()) {
+                return collisions.first()
+            }
+
+            return Result.ToCopy(fileTreeToCopyFromResource(resource))
+        }
+
+    }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/resources/registerAssembleHierarchicalResourcesTask.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/resources/registerAssembleHierarchicalResourcesTask.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..706e02924df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/resources/registerAssembleHierarchicalResourcesTask.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2024 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
+ * 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.gradle.plugin.mpp.resources
+
+import org.gradle.api.file.Directory
+import org.gradle.api.provider.Provider
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskProvider
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.*
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.KotlinPluginLifecycle
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.diagnostics.KotlinToolingDiagnostics
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.diagnostics.reportDiagnostic
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.locateTask
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.registerTask
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.tooling.core.withClosureGroupingByDistance
+
+internal fun KotlinCompilation<*>.assembleHierarchicalResources(
+    targetNamePrefix: String,
+    resources: KotlinTargetResourcesPublicationImpl.TargetResources,
+): Provider<Directory> = registerAssembleHierarchicalResourcesTaskProvider(
+    targetNamePrefix,
+    resources,
+).flatMap { it.outputDirectory }
+
+internal fun KotlinCompilation<*>.registerAssembleHierarchicalResourcesTaskProvider(
+    targetNamePrefix: String,
+    resources: KotlinTargetResourcesPublicationImpl.TargetResources,
+): TaskProvider<AssembleHierarchicalResourcesTask> {
+    val taskName = "${targetNamePrefix}CopyHierarchicalMultiplatformResources"
+    val existingTask = project.tasks.locateTask<AssembleHierarchicalResourcesTask>(taskName)
+    if (existingTask != null) {
+        project.reportDiagnostic(KotlinToolingDiagnostics.ResourcePublishedMoreThanOncePerTarget(targetNamePrefix))
+        return existingTask
+    }
+
+    return project.registerTask<AssembleHierarchicalResourcesTask>(taskName) { assembleResources ->
+        project.launchInStage(KotlinPluginLifecycle.Stage.AfterFinaliseRefinesEdges) {
+            val resourceDirectoriesByLevel = splitResourceDirectoriesBySourceSetLevel(
+                resources = resources,
+                rootSourceSets = kotlinSourceSets.sortedBy { it.name },
+            )
+            val outputDirectory = project.layout.buildDirectory.dir(
+                "${KotlinTargetResourcesPublicationImpl.MULTIPLATFORM_RESOURCES_DIRECTORY}/assemble-hierarchically/${targetNamePrefix}"
+            )
+
+            resourceDirectoriesByLevel.forEach { level ->
+                assembleResources.resourceDirectoriesByLevel.add(
+                    level.map {
+                        AssembleHierarchicalResourcesTask.Resource(
+                            it.resourcesBaseDirectory,
+                            it.includes,
+                            it.excludes,
+                            project.layout,
+                        )
+                    }
+                )
+            }
+            assembleResources.relativeResourcePlacement.set(resources.relativeResourcePlacement)
+            assembleResources.outputDirectory.set(outputDirectory)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+private fun splitResourceDirectoriesBySourceSetLevel(
+    resources: KotlinTargetResourcesPublicationImpl.TargetResources,
+    rootSourceSets: List<KotlinSourceSet>,
+): List<List<KotlinTargetResourcesPublication.ResourceRoot>> {
+    return rootSourceSets.withClosureGroupingByDistance { it.dependsOn }.map { sourceSets ->
+        sourceSets.map { sourceSet ->
+            resources.resourcePathForSourceSet(sourceSet)
+        }
+    }.reversed()
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/functionalTest/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/unitTests/AssembleHierarchicalResourcesTaskSourceSetWalkTests.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/functionalTest/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/unitTests/AssembleHierarchicalResourcesTaskSourceSetWalkTests.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2e9f57ec5c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/functionalTest/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/unitTests/AssembleHierarchicalResourcesTaskSourceSetWalkTests.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,332 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2024 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
+ * Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the license/LICENSE.txt file.
+ */
+
+@file:Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
+
+package org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.unitTests
+
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.mpp.resources.AssembleHierarchicalResourcesTask
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.utils.addToStdlib.popLast
+import org.junit.Test
+import java.io.File
+import java.nio.file.Path
+import java.nio.file.Paths
+import kotlin.test.assertEquals
+
+class AssembleHierarchicalResourcesTaskSourceSetWalkTests {
+
+    @Test
+    fun `test simple resource root`() {
+        assertEquals(
+            AssembleHierarchicalResourcesTask.SourceSetWalk.Result.ToCopy(
+                listOf(
+                    absolutePath("commonMain")
+                )
+            ),
+            directoriesToCopy(
+                hashMapOf(
+                    "commonMain" to mapOf(
+                        "res" to mapOf(
+                            "foo" to null,
+                        )
+                    )
+                ),
+                listOf(
+                    listOf(
+                        absolutePath("commonMain")
+                    )
+                )
+            ),
+        )
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `test collision on the top level`() {
+        assertEquals(
+            AssembleHierarchicalResourcesTask.SourceSetWalk.Result.Collision(
+                absolutePath("commonMain2", "res", "collision").toFile(),
+                absolutePath("commonMain", "res", "collision").toFile(),
+            ),
+            directoriesToCopy(
+                hashMapOf(
+                    "commonMain" to mapOf(
+                        "res" to mapOf(
+                            "collision" to null,
+                        )
+                    ),
+                    "commonMain2" to mapOf(
+                        "res" to mapOf(
+                            "collision" to null,
+                        )
+                    ),
+                ),
+                listOf(
+                    listOf(
+                        absolutePath("commonMain"),
+                        absolutePath("commonMain2"),
+                    )
+                )
+            ),
+        )
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `test collision across levels`() {
+        assertEquals(
+            AssembleHierarchicalResourcesTask.SourceSetWalk.Result.ToCopy(
+                listOf(
+                    absolutePath("iosMain"),
+                    absolutePath("commonMain"),
+                )
+            ),
+            directoriesToCopy(
+                hashMapOf(
+                    "commonMain" to mapOf(
+                        "res" to mapOf(
+                            "collision" to null,
+                        )
+                    ),
+                    "iosMain" to mapOf(
+                        "res" to mapOf(
+                            "collision" to null,
+                        )
+                    )
+                ),
+                listOf(
+                    listOf(
+                        absolutePath("iosMain"),
+                    ),
+                    listOf(
+                        absolutePath("commonMain"),
+                    ),
+                )
+            ),
+        )
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `test collision only in directories`() {
+        assertEquals(
+            AssembleHierarchicalResourcesTask.SourceSetWalk.Result.ToCopy(
+                listOf(
+                    absolutePath("commonMain"),
+                    absolutePath("commonMain2"),
+                )
+            ),
+            directoriesToCopy(
+                hashMapOf(
+                    "commonMain" to mapOf(
+                        "res" to mapOf(
+                            "foo" to null,
+                        )
+                    ),
+                    "commonMain2" to mapOf(
+                        "res" to mapOf(
+                            "bar" to null,
+                        )
+                    ),
+                ),
+                listOf(
+                    listOf(
+                        absolutePath("commonMain"),
+                        absolutePath("commonMain2"),
+                    )
+                )
+            ),
+        )
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `test collision at higher level`() {
+        assertEquals(
+            AssembleHierarchicalResourcesTask.SourceSetWalk.Result.Collision(
+                absolutePath("commonMain2", "res", "collision").toFile(),
+                absolutePath("commonMain", "res", "collision").toFile(),
+            ),
+            directoriesToCopy(
+                hashMapOf(
+                    "commonMain" to mapOf(
+                        "res" to mapOf(
+                            "collision" to null,
+                        )
+                    ),
+                    "commonMain2" to mapOf(
+                        "res" to mapOf(
+                            "collision" to null,
+                        )
+                    ),
+                    "iosMain" to mapOf(
+                        "res" to mapOf(
+                            "collision" to null,
+                        )
+                    ),
+                ),
+                listOf(
+                    listOf(
+                        absolutePath("iosMain")
+                    ),
+                    listOf(
+                        absolutePath("commonMain"),
+                        absolutePath("commonMain2"),
+                    )
+                )
+            ),
+        )
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `test non-existent directories`() {
+        assertEquals(
+            AssembleHierarchicalResourcesTask.SourceSetWalk.Result.ToCopy(
+                emptyList()
+            ),
+            directoriesToCopy(
+                hashMapOf(),
+                listOf(
+                    listOf(
+                        absolutePath("commonMain")
+                    ),
+                )
+            ),
+        )
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `test empty directories`() {
+        assertEquals(
+            AssembleHierarchicalResourcesTask.SourceSetWalk.Result.ToCopy(
+                listOf(
+                    absolutePath("commonMain")
+                )
+            ),
+            directoriesToCopy(
+                hashMapOf(
+                    "commonMain" to emptyMap<String, Any>()
+                ),
+                listOf(
+                    listOf(
+                        absolutePath("commonMain")
+                    ),
+                )
+            ),
+        )
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `test not a directory`() {
+        assertEquals(
+            AssembleHierarchicalResourcesTask.SourceSetWalk.Result.NotDirectory(
+                absolutePath("commonMain").toFile(),
+            ),
+            directoriesToCopy(
+                hashMapOf(
+                    "commonMain" to null,
+                ),
+                listOf(
+                    listOf(
+                        absolutePath("commonMain")
+                    ),
+                )
+            ),
+        )
+    }
+
+    private fun absolutePath(first: String, vararg next: String): Path {
+        return Paths.get("").toAbsolutePath().root.resolve(Paths.get(first, *next))
+    }
+
+    private fun directoriesToCopy(
+        fileSystem: HashMap<String, Any?>,
+        resourcesSplitByLevel: List<List<Path>>,
+    ): AssembleHierarchicalResourcesTask.SourceSetWalk.Result<List<Path>> {
+        val fakeFs = buildFakeFileSystem(contents = fileSystem)
+        return AssembleHierarchicalResourcesTask.SourceSetWalk<File, Path>(
+            fileSystem = object : AssembleHierarchicalResourcesTask.FileSystem<File> {
+                override fun walk(root: File): Sequence<File> = fakeFs.walkFileSystemFrom(root.toPath()).map {
+                    it.path.toFile()
+                }
+                override fun exists(file: File): Boolean = fakeFs.exists(file.toPath())
+                override fun isDirectory(file: File): Boolean = fakeFs.fileSystemAt(file.toPath()) is FakeFileSystem.FakeDirectory
+            },
+            basePathFromResource = { it },
+            fileTreeToCopyFromResource = { it.toPath() }
+        ).directoriesToCopy(
+            resourcesSplitByLevel.map { it.map { it.toFile() } },
+        )
+    }
+
+    fun buildFakeFileSystem(
+        path: Path = Paths.get("").toAbsolutePath().root,
+        contents: Map<String, Any?>
+    ): FakeFileSystem {
+        return FakeFileSystem.FakeDirectory(
+            path,
+            contents.mapValues {
+                val value = it.value
+                return@mapValues when (value) {
+                    is Map<*, *> -> buildFakeFileSystem(
+                        path.resolve(it.key),
+                        value as Map<String, Any>,
+                    )
+                    null -> FakeFileSystem.FakeFile(path.resolve(it.key))
+                    else -> error("Unexpected component ${value} in fake fs")
+                }
+            }
+        )
+    }
+
+    sealed class FakeFileSystem(val path: Path) {
+        class FakeFile(path: Path) : FakeFileSystem(path)
+        class FakeDirectory(path: Path, val contents: Map<String, FakeFileSystem>) : FakeFileSystem(path)
+
+        fun fileSystemAt(path: Path): FakeFileSystem? {
+            if (this is FakeFile) error("File has no sub filesystem")
+            (this as FakeDirectory)
+
+            val components: MutableList<String> = path.map { it.fileName?.toString().orEmpty() }.reversed().toMutableList()
+            var current = contents
+            var value: FakeFileSystem? = null
+
+            while (components.isNotEmpty()) {
+                value = current[components.popLast()]
+
+                when (value) {
+                    is FakeDirectory -> current = value.contents
+                    is FakeFile -> if (components.isNotEmpty()) return null
+                    null -> return null
+                }
+            }
+            return value
+        }
+
+        fun subdirectoryAt(path: Path): FakeDirectory {
+            when (val directory = fileSystemAt(path)) {
+                is FakeDirectory -> return directory
+                is FakeFile -> error("Path $path is a file")
+                null -> error("Subdirectory $path doesn't exist")
+            }
+        }
+
+        fun exists(path: Path): Boolean = fileSystemAt(path) != null
+
+        fun walkFileSystemFrom(path: Path): Sequence<FakeFileSystem> {
+            return sequence {
+                walkFileSystem(subdirectoryAt(path))
+            }
+        }
+
+        private suspend fun SequenceScope<FakeFileSystem>.walkFileSystem(
+            file: FakeFileSystem,
+        ) {
+            if (file is FakeFile) return yield(file)
+            (file as FakeDirectory)
+            yield(file)
+            file.contents.values.forEach {
+                walkFileSystem(it)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/functionalTest/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/unitTests/AssembleHierarchicalResourcesTaskTests.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/functionalTest/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/unitTests/AssembleHierarchicalResourcesTaskTests.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0a3f115f74a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/functionalTest/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/unitTests/AssembleHierarchicalResourcesTaskTests.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2024 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
+ * 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.gradle.unitTests
+
+import org.gradle.api.Project
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskProvider
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.multiplatformExtension
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.KotlinCompilation
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.diagnostics.KotlinToolingDiagnostics
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.mpp.resources.AssembleHierarchicalResourcesTask
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.mpp.resources.KotlinTargetResourcesPublication
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.mpp.resources.KotlinTargetResourcesPublicationImpl
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.mpp.resources.registerAssembleHierarchicalResourcesTaskProvider
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.util.assertContainsDiagnostic
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.util.buildProjectWithMPP
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.util.runLifecycleAwareTest
+import org.junit.Test
+import java.io.File
+import kotlin.test.assertEquals
+
+class AssembleHierarchicalResourcesTaskTests {
+
+    @Test
+    fun `test copying order - matches default target hierarchy`() {
+        with(buildProjectWithMPP()) {
+            val kotlin = multiplatformExtension
+            val compilation = kotlin.linuxArm64().compilations.getByName("main")
+
+            evaluate()
+
+            assertEquals(
+                listOf(
+                    listOf("commonMain"),
+                    listOf("nativeMain"),
+                    listOf("linuxMain"),
+                    listOf("linuxArm64Main"),
+                ),
+                resourceDirectoriesCopyingOrder(
+                    compilation
+                )
+            )
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `test copying order - with additional source sets in platform source set`() {
+        with(buildProjectWithMPP()) {
+            val kotlin = multiplatformExtension
+            val compilation = kotlin.jvm().compilations.getByName("main")
+
+            val a = kotlin.sourceSets.create("a")
+
+            compilation.defaultSourceSet.dependsOn(a)
+
+            evaluate()
+
+            assertEquals(
+                listOf(
+                    listOf("a", "commonMain"),
+                    listOf("jvmMain"),
+                ),
+                resourceDirectoriesCopyingOrder(
+                    compilation
+                )
+            )
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `test copying order - with source sets more remote than common`() {
+        with(buildProjectWithMPP()) {
+            val kotlin = multiplatformExtension
+            val compilation = kotlin.jvm().compilations.getByName("main")
+
+            val a = kotlin.sourceSets.create("a")
+            val b = kotlin.sourceSets.create("b")
+            val c = kotlin.sourceSets.create("c")
+            val d = kotlin.sourceSets.create("d")
+            val e = kotlin.sourceSets.create("e")
+
+            compilation.defaultSourceSet.dependsOn(a)
+            compilation.defaultSourceSet.dependsOn(b)
+            a.dependsOn(c)
+            b.dependsOn(d)
+            d.dependsOn(e)
+
+            evaluate()
+
+            assertEquals(
+                listOf(
+                    listOf("e"),
+                    listOf("c", "d"),
+                    listOf("a", "b", "commonMain"),
+                    listOf("jvmMain"),
+                ),
+                resourceDirectoriesCopyingOrder(
+                    compilation
+                )
+            )
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `test registering multiple resources assembling tasks - results in a diagnostic`() {
+        with(buildProjectWithMPP()) {
+            val kotlin = multiplatformExtension
+            val compilation = kotlin.jvm().compilations.getByName("main")
+
+            evaluate()
+
+            registerFakeResourcesTask(compilation)
+            registerFakeResourcesTask(compilation)
+
+            assertContainsDiagnostic(KotlinToolingDiagnostics.ResourcePublishedMoreThanOncePerTarget)
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun Project.resourceDirectoriesCopyingOrder(
+        compilation: KotlinCompilation<*>,
+    ): List<List<String>> {
+        return registerFakeResourcesTask(compilation).get().resourceDirectoriesByLevel.get().map { resourcesLevel ->
+            resourcesLevel.map { resource ->
+                resource.resourcesBaseDirectory.get().name
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun Project.registerFakeResourcesTask(compilation: KotlinCompilation<*>): TaskProvider<AssembleHierarchicalResourcesTask> {
+        return compilation.registerAssembleHierarchicalResourcesTaskProvider(
+            "test",
+            resources = KotlinTargetResourcesPublicationImpl.TargetResources(
+                { ss ->
+                    KotlinTargetResourcesPublication.ResourceRoot(
+                        provider { File(ss.name) },
+                        emptyList(),
+                        emptyList(),
+                    )
+                },
+                provider { File("stub") }
+            )
+        )
+    }
+
+}
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