diff --git a/plugins/scripting/scripting-gradle/build.gradle.kts b/plugins/scripting/scripting-gradle/build.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e1d5db6d77a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/scripting/scripting-gradle/build.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.tasks.ShadowJar
+
+description = "Kotlin Scripting Compiler Plugin for Gradle"
+
+apply { plugin("kotlin") }
+
+plugins {
+    id("com.gradle.plugin-publish")
+    `java-gradle-plugin`
+}
+
+val packedJars by configurations.creating
+
+dependencies {
+    compile(project(":kotlin-gradle-plugin-api"))
+    compileOnly(project(":kotlin-scripting-compiler-plugin"))
+    packedJars(project(":kotlin-scripting-compiler-plugin")) { isTransitive = false }
+    runtime(project(":kotlin-scripting-common"))
+    runtime(project(":kotlin-scripting-jvm"))
+}
+
+sourceSets {
+    "main" { projectDefault() }
+    "test" { projectDefault() }
+}
+
+val jar: Jar by tasks
+jar.apply {
+    classifier = "base"
+}
+
+runtimeJar(rewriteDepsToShadedCompiler(
+    task<ShadowJar>("shadowJar")  {
+        from(packedJars)
+        from(the<JavaPluginConvention>().sourceSets.getByName("main").output)
+    }
+))
+sourcesJar()
+javadocJar()
+
+val gradlePluginId = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.plugin.scripting"
+
+pluginBundle {
+    (plugins) {
+        gradlePluginId {
+            id = gradlePluginId
+            displayName = "Gradle plugin for kotlin scripting"
+            description = displayName
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+publish()
+
+projectTest {
+    workingDir = rootDir
+}
diff --git a/plugins/scripting/scripting-gradle/plugin-marker/build.gradle b/plugins/scripting/scripting-gradle/plugin-marker/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..630ec691435
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/scripting/scripting-gradle/plugin-marker/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+apply from: "$rootDir/libraries/tools/gradle-tools/pluginMarkers.gradle"
+
+pluginMarkerProject('kotlin-scripting-gradle-plugin')
diff --git a/plugins/scripting/scripting-gradle/resources/META-INF/gradle-plugins/kotlin-scripting.properties b/plugins/scripting/scripting-gradle/resources/META-INF/gradle-plugins/kotlin-scripting.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..75dc0c2b3e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/scripting/scripting-gradle/resources/META-INF/gradle-plugins/kotlin-scripting.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+implementation-class=org.jetbrains.kotlin.scripting.gradle.ScriptingGradleSubplugin
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/scripting/scripting-gradle/resources/META-INF/gradle-plugins/org.jetbrains.kotlin.plugin.scripting.properties b/plugins/scripting/scripting-gradle/resources/META-INF/gradle-plugins/org.jetbrains.kotlin.plugin.scripting.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..75dc0c2b3e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/scripting/scripting-gradle/resources/META-INF/gradle-plugins/org.jetbrains.kotlin.plugin.scripting.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+implementation-class=org.jetbrains.kotlin.scripting.gradle.ScriptingGradleSubplugin
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/scripting/scripting-gradle/resources/META-INF/services/org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.KotlinGradleSubplugin b/plugins/scripting/scripting-gradle/resources/META-INF/services/org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.KotlinGradleSubplugin
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eb5d7cc87c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/scripting/scripting-gradle/resources/META-INF/services/org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.KotlinGradleSubplugin
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+org.jetbrains.kotlin.scripting.gradle.ScriptingKotlinGradleSubplugin
diff --git a/plugins/scripting/scripting-gradle/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/scripting/gradle/ScriptingExtension.kt b/plugins/scripting/scripting-gradle/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/scripting/gradle/ScriptingExtension.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2dc5d02515a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/scripting/scripting-gradle/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/scripting/gradle/ScriptingExtension.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2000-2018 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.scripting.gradle
+
+open class ScriptingExtension {
+    internal val myScriptDefinitions = mutableListOf<String>()
+    internal val myScriptDefinitionsClasspath = mutableListOf<String>()
+    internal var myDisableScriptDefinitionsFromClasspath = false
+    internal val myScriptResolverEnvironment = mutableMapOf<String, String?>()
+
+    open fun scriptDefinition(fqName: String) {
+        myScriptDefinitions.add(fqName)
+    }
+
+    open fun scriptDefinitions(fqNames: List<String>) {
+        myScriptDefinitions.addAll(fqNames)
+    }
+
+    open fun scriptDefinitions(vararg fqNames: String) {
+        myScriptDefinitions.addAll(fqNames)
+    }
+
+    open fun scriptDefinitionsClasspath(vararg paths: String) {
+        myScriptDefinitionsClasspath.addAll(paths)
+    }
+
+    open fun scriptDefinitionsClasspath(paths: List<String>) {
+        myScriptDefinitionsClasspath.addAll(paths)
+    }
+
+    open fun disableScriptDefinitionsFromClasspath(disable: Boolean) {
+        myDisableScriptDefinitionsFromClasspath = disable
+    }
+
+    open fun scriptResolverEnvironment(vararg pairs: Pair<String, String?>) {
+        myScriptResolverEnvironment.putAll(pairs)
+    }
+
+    open fun scriptResolverEnvironment(pairs: List<Pair<String, String?>>) {
+        myScriptResolverEnvironment.putAll(pairs)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/plugins/scripting/scripting-gradle/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/scripting/gradle/ScriptingGradleSubplugin.kt b/plugins/scripting/scripting-gradle/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/scripting/gradle/ScriptingGradleSubplugin.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2e5b680587e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/scripting/scripting-gradle/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/scripting/gradle/ScriptingGradleSubplugin.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2000-2018 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.scripting.gradle
+
+import org.gradle.api.Plugin
+import org.gradle.api.Project
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.SourceSet
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.compile.AbstractCompile
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.KotlinGradleSubplugin
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.SubpluginOption
+
+class ScriptingGradleSubplugin : Plugin<Project>
+{
+    companion object {
+        fun isEnabled(project: Project) = project.plugins.findPlugin(ScriptingGradleSubplugin::class.java) != null
+    }
+
+    override fun apply(project: Project) {}
+}
+
+class ScriptingKotlinGradleSubplugin : KotlinGradleSubplugin<AbstractCompile> {
+    companion object {
+        val SCRIPTING_GROUP_NAME = "org.jetbrains.kotlin"
+        val SCRIPTING_ARTIFACT_NAME = "kotlin-scripting"
+
+        val SCRIPT_DEFINITIONS_OPTION = "script-definitions"
+        val SCRIPT_DEFINITIONS_CLASSPATH_OPTION = "script-definitions-classpath"
+        val DISABLE_SCRIPT_DEFINITIONS_FROM_CLSSPATH_OPTION = "disable-script-definitions-from-classpath"
+        val LEGACY_SCRIPT_RESOLVER_ENVIRONMENT_OPTION = "script-resolver-environment"
+    }
+
+    override fun isApplicable(project: Project, task: AbstractCompile) = ScriptingGradleSubplugin.isEnabled(project)
+
+    override fun apply(
+        project: Project,
+        kotlinCompile: AbstractCompile,
+        javaCompile: AbstractCompile,
+        variantData: Any?,
+        androidProjectHandler: Any?,
+        javaSourceSet: SourceSet?
+    ): List<SubpluginOption> {
+        if (!ScriptingGradleSubplugin.isEnabled(project)) return emptyList()
+
+        val scriptingExtension = project.extensions.findByType(ScriptingExtension::class.java) ?: return emptyList()
+
+        val options = mutableListOf<SubpluginOption>()
+
+        for (scriptDef in scriptingExtension.myScriptDefinitions) {
+            options += SubpluginOption(SCRIPT_DEFINITIONS_OPTION, scriptDef)
+        }
+        for (path in scriptingExtension.myScriptDefinitionsClasspath) {
+            options += SubpluginOption(SCRIPT_DEFINITIONS_CLASSPATH_OPTION, path)
+        }
+        if (scriptingExtension.myDisableScriptDefinitionsFromClasspath) {
+            options += SubpluginOption(DISABLE_SCRIPT_DEFINITIONS_FROM_CLSSPATH_OPTION, "true")
+        }
+        for (pair in scriptingExtension.myScriptResolverEnvironment) {
+            options += SubpluginOption(LEGACY_SCRIPT_RESOLVER_ENVIRONMENT_OPTION, "${pair.key}=${pair.value}")
+        }
+
+        return options
+    }
+
+    override fun getArtifactName() = "kotlin-scripting-gradle"
+    override fun getGroupName() = "org.jetbrains.kotlin"
+    override fun getCompilerPluginId() = "kotlin.scripting"
+}
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 307c63b3dcd..c1675fa5f7e 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ include ":kotlin-build-common",
         ":kotlin-scripting-jvm-host",
         ":kotlin-scripting-compiler-plugin",
         ":kotlin-scripting-idea-plugin",
+        ":kotlin-scripting-gradle-plugin",
         ":examples:scripting-jvm-simple-script",
         ":examples:scripting-jvm-maven-deps",
         ":pill:generate-all-tests",
@@ -164,6 +165,7 @@ include ":kotlin-build-common",
         ':kotlin-gradle-plugin:plugin-marker',
         ':kotlin-allopen:plugin-marker',
         ':kotlin-noarg:plugin-marker',
+        ':kotlin-scripting-gradle-plugin:plugin-marker',
         ":test-instrumenter"
 
 def isTeamcityBuild = hasProperty("teamcity") || System.getenv("TEAMCITY_VERSION") != null
@@ -255,6 +257,7 @@ project(':kotlin-scripting-jvm').projectDir = "$rootDir/libraries/scripting/jvm"
 project(':kotlin-scripting-jvm-host').projectDir = "$rootDir/libraries/scripting/jvm-host" as File
 project(':kotlin-scripting-compiler-plugin').projectDir = "$rootDir/plugins/scripting/scripting-cli" as File
 project(':kotlin-scripting-idea-plugin').projectDir = "$rootDir/plugins/scripting/scripting-idea" as File
+project(':kotlin-scripting-gradle-plugin').projectDir = "$rootDir/plugins/scripting/scripting-gradle" as File
 project(':examples:scripting-jvm-simple-script').projectDir = "$rootDir/libraries/examples/scripting/jvm-simple-script" as File
 project(':examples:scripting-jvm-maven-deps').projectDir = "$rootDir/libraries/examples/scripting/jvm-maven-deps" as File
 project(':pill:generate-all-tests').projectDir = "$rootDir/plugins/pill/generate-all-tests" as File
@@ -263,4 +266,5 @@ project(':pill:generate-all-tests').projectDir = "$rootDir/plugins/pill/generate
 project(':kotlin-gradle-plugin:plugin-marker').projectDir = file("$rootDir/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/plugin-marker")
 project(':kotlin-allopen:plugin-marker').projectDir = file("$rootDir/libraries/tools/kotlin-allopen/plugin-marker")
 project(':kotlin-noarg:plugin-marker').projectDir = file("$rootDir/libraries/tools/kotlin-noarg/plugin-marker")
+project(':kotlin-scripting-gradle-plugin:plugin-marker').projectDir = file("$rootDir/plugins/scripting/scripting-gradle/plugin-marker")