diff --git a/generators/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/generators/arguments/GenerateGradleOptions.kt b/generators/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/generators/arguments/GenerateGradleOptions.kt
index 1e8d20a56b2..25b49062ff9 100644
--- a/generators/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/generators/arguments/GenerateGradleOptions.kt
+++ b/generators/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/generators/arguments/GenerateGradleOptions.kt
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ fun generateKotlinGradleOptions(withPrinterToFile: (targetFile: File, Printer.()
     val apiSrcDir = File("libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-api/src/common/kotlin")
     val srcDir = File("libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin")
 
+    // specific Gradle types from internal compiler types
+    generateKotlinVersion(apiSrcDir, withPrinterToFile)
+
     // common interface
     val commonInterfaceFqName = FqName("org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.KotlinCommonToolOptions")
     val commonOptions = gradleOptions<CommonToolArguments>()
@@ -181,7 +184,7 @@ private inline fun <reified T : Any> List<KProperty1<T, *>>.filterToBeDeleted()
 private inline fun <reified T : Any> gradleOptions(): List<KProperty1<T, *>> =
     T::class.declaredMemberProperties.filter { it.findAnnotation<GradleOption>() != null }.filterToBeDeleted().sortedBy { it.name }
 
-private fun file(baseDir: File, fqName: FqName): File {
+internal fun file(baseDir: File, fqName: FqName): File {
     val fileRelativePath = fqName.asString().replace(".", "/") + ".kt"
     return File(baseDir, fileRelativePath)
 }
@@ -255,7 +258,7 @@ private fun Printer.generateImpl(
     println("}")
 }
 
-private fun Printer.generateDeclaration(
+internal fun Printer.generateDeclaration(
     modifiers: String,
     type: FqName,
     afterType: String? = null,
@@ -303,7 +306,7 @@ private fun Printer.generateDoc(property: KProperty1<*, *>) {
     println(" */")
 }
 
-private inline fun Printer.withIndent(fn: Printer.() -> Unit) {
+internal inline fun Printer.withIndent(fn: Printer.() -> Unit) {
     pushIndent()
     fn()
     popIndent()
diff --git a/generators/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/generators/arguments/kotlinVersionGenerator.kt b/generators/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/generators/arguments/kotlinVersionGenerator.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bc1c473c842
--- /dev/null
+++ b/generators/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/generators/arguments/kotlinVersionGenerator.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2022 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.generators.arguments
+
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.LanguageVersion
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.FqName
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.utils.Printer
+import java.io.File
+
+/**
+ * ApiVersion and LanguageVersion are almost the same in the compiler api, so Gradle DSL options
+ * exposes KotlinVersion that covers both of them.
+ */
+internal fun generateKotlinVersion(
+    apiDir: File,
+    filePrinter: (targetFile: File, Printer.() -> Unit) -> Unit
+) {
+    val kotlinVersionFqName = FqName("org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.KotlinVersion")
+    filePrinter(file(apiDir, kotlinVersionFqName)) {
+        generateDeclaration("enum class", kotlinVersionFqName, afterType = "(val version: String)") {
+            val languageVersions = LanguageVersion.values()
+
+            val lastIndex = languageVersions.size - 1
+            languageVersions.forEachIndexed { index, languageVersion ->
+                val lastChar = if (index == lastIndex) ";" else ","
+                val prefix = when {
+                    languageVersion.isUnsupported -> "@Deprecated(\"Unsupported\", level = DeprecationLevel.ERROR) "
+                    languageVersion.isDeprecated -> "@Deprecated(\"Will be removed soon\") "
+                    else -> ""
+                }
+
+                println("${prefix}KOTLIN_${languageVersion.major}_${languageVersion.minor}(\"${languageVersion.versionString}\")$lastChar")
+            }
+
+            println()
+            println("companion object {")
+            withIndent {
+                println("fun fromVersion(version: String): KotlinVersion =")
+                println("    KotlinVersion.values().firstOrNull { it.version == version }")
+                println("        ?: throw IllegalArgumentException(\"Unknown Kotlin version: ${'$'}version\")")
+            }
+            println("}")
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-api/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/dsl/KotlinVersion.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-api/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/dsl/KotlinVersion.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7e1ba7ff3fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-api/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/dsl/KotlinVersion.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// DO NOT EDIT MANUALLY!
+// Generated by org/jetbrains/kotlin/generators/arguments/GenerateGradleOptions.kt
+package org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl
+
+@Suppress("DEPRECATION")
+enum class KotlinVersion (val version: String) {
+    @Deprecated("Unsupported", level = DeprecationLevel.ERROR) KOTLIN_1_0("1.0"),
+    @Deprecated("Unsupported", level = DeprecationLevel.ERROR) KOTLIN_1_1("1.1"),
+    @Deprecated("Unsupported", level = DeprecationLevel.ERROR) KOTLIN_1_2("1.2"),
+    @Deprecated("Will be removed soon") KOTLIN_1_3("1.3"),
+    @Deprecated("Will be removed soon") KOTLIN_1_4("1.4"),
+    KOTLIN_1_5("1.5"),
+    KOTLIN_1_6("1.6"),
+    KOTLIN_1_7("1.7"),
+    KOTLIN_1_8("1.8"),
+    KOTLIN_1_9("1.9");
+
+    companion object {
+        fun fromVersion(version: String): KotlinVersion =
+            KotlinVersion.values().firstOrNull { it.version == version }
+                ?: throw IllegalArgumentException("Unknown Kotlin version: $version")
+    }
+}