diff --git a/idea/idea-gradle/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/scripting/gradle/importing/KotlinDslScriptModel.kt b/idea/idea-gradle/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/scripting/gradle/importing/KotlinDslScriptModel.kt
index c42ddea554a..e6eb72ca21a 100644
--- a/idea/idea-gradle/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/scripting/gradle/importing/KotlinDslScriptModel.kt
+++ b/idea/idea-gradle/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/scripting/gradle/importing/KotlinDslScriptModel.kt
@@ -16,10 +16,24 @@ data class KotlinDslScriptModel(
     data class Message(
         val severity: Severity,
         val text: String,
-        val position: Position? = null
+        val details: String = "",
+        val position: Position?
     )
 
     data class Position(val line: Int, val column: Int)
 
     enum class Severity { WARNING, ERROR }
+}
+
+fun parsePositionFromException(e: String): Pair<String, KotlinDslScriptModel.Position>? {
+    //org.gradle.internal.exceptions.LocationAwareException: Build file '...\build.gradle.kts' line: 21
+    if (e.startsWith("org.gradle.internal.exceptions.LocationAwareException:")) {
+        val message = e.substringBefore(System.lineSeparator())
+        val file = message.substringAfter("Build file '").substringBefore("'")
+        val line = message.substringAfter("line: ").toIntOrNull()
+        if (file.isNotBlank() && line != null) {
+            return file to KotlinDslScriptModel.Position(line, 0)
+        }
+    }
+    return null
 }
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diff --git a/idea/idea-gradle/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/scripting/gradle/importing/KotlinDslScriptModelResolverCommon.kt b/idea/idea-gradle/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/scripting/gradle/importing/KotlinDslScriptModelResolverCommon.kt
index 339b8b4ee79..93abd2baab3 100644
--- a/idea/idea-gradle/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/scripting/gradle/importing/KotlinDslScriptModelResolverCommon.kt
+++ b/idea/idea-gradle/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/scripting/gradle/importing/KotlinDslScriptModelResolverCommon.kt
@@ -42,9 +42,17 @@ abstract class KotlinDslScriptModelResolverCommon : AbstractProjectResolverExten
             val messages = mutableListOf<KotlinDslScriptModel.Message>()
 
             model.exceptions.forEach {
+                val fromException = parsePositionFromException(it)
+                if (fromException != null) {
+                    val (filePath, _) = fromException
+                    if (filePath != file.path) return@forEach
+                }
                 messages.add(
                     KotlinDslScriptModel.Message(
-                        KotlinDslScriptModel.Severity.ERROR, it
+                        KotlinDslScriptModel.Severity.ERROR,
+                        it.substringBefore(System.lineSeparator()),
+                        it,
+                        fromException?.second
                     )
                 )
             }
@@ -57,11 +65,9 @@ abstract class KotlinDslScriptModelResolverCommon : AbstractProjectResolverExten
                             else -> KotlinDslScriptModel.Severity.ERROR
                         },
                         it.message,
-                        it.position?.let { position ->
-                            KotlinDslScriptModel
-                                .Position(position.line, position.column)
-                        }
-                    ))
+                        position = KotlinDslScriptModel.Position(it.position?.line ?: 0, it.position?.column ?: 0)
+                    )
+                )
             }
 
             // todo(KT-34440): take inputs snapshot before starting import
diff --git a/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/scripting/gradle/KotlinDslScriptModelTest.kt b/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/scripting/gradle/KotlinDslScriptModelTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..391e78261cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/idea/idea-gradle/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/scripting/gradle/KotlinDslScriptModelTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2020 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.idea.scripting.gradle
+
+import org.gradle.groovy.scripts.TextResourceScriptSource
+import org.gradle.internal.exceptions.LocationAwareException
+import org.gradle.internal.resource.UriTextResource
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.scripting.gradle.importing.parsePositionFromException
+import org.junit.Test
+import java.io.File
+import java.io.PrintWriter
+import java.io.StringWriter
+import java.lang.RuntimeException
+import kotlin.test.assertEquals
+import kotlin.test.assertNotNull
+
+class KotlinDslScriptModelTest {
+    @Test
+    fun testExceptionPositionParsing() {
+        val file = File(createTempDir("kotlinDslTest"), "build.gradle.kts")
+        val line = 10
+
+        val mockScriptSource = TextResourceScriptSource(UriTextResource("build file", file))
+        val mockException = LocationAwareException(RuntimeException(), mockScriptSource, line)
+        val stringWriter = StringWriter()
+        mockException.printStackTrace(PrintWriter(stringWriter))
+
+        val fromException = parsePositionFromException(stringWriter.toString())
+        assertNotNull(fromException, "Position should be parsed")
+        assertEquals(fromException.first, file.absolutePath, "Wrong file name parsed")
+        assertEquals(fromException.second.line, line, "Wrong line number parsed")
+    }
+}
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