diff --git a/compiler/frontend.script/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/script/scriptTemplateProviderExtensionPoint.kt b/compiler/frontend.script/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/script/scriptTemplateProviderExtensionPoint.kt
index d529af00391..ddf72e44c49 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend.script/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/script/scriptTemplateProviderExtensionPoint.kt
+++ b/compiler/frontend.script/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/script/scriptTemplateProviderExtensionPoint.kt
@@ -42,7 +42,15 @@ interface ScriptTemplatesProvider {
 
     val filePattern: String? get() = null
 
-    val dependenciesClasspath: Iterable<String>
+    val dependenciesClasspath: List<File>
+
+    // TODO: need to provide a way to specify this in compiler/repl .. etc
+    /*
+     * Allows to specify additional jars needed for DependenciesResolver (and not script template).
+     * Script template dependencies naturally become (part of) dependencies of the script which is not always desired for resolver dependencies.
+     * i.e. gradle resolver may depend on some jars that 'built.gradle.kts' files should not depend on.
+     */
+    val additionalResolverClasspath: List<File> get() = emptyList()
 
     val environment: Map<String, Any?>?
 
@@ -65,9 +73,10 @@ fun makeScriptDefsFromTemplatesProviders(providers: Iterable<ScriptTemplatesProv
                                          errorsHandler: ((ScriptTemplatesProvider, Throwable) -> Unit) = { _, ex -> throw ex }
 ): List<KotlinScriptDefinition> = providers.flatMap { provider ->
     try {
-        LOG.info("[kts] loading script definitions ${provider.templateClassNames} using cp: ${provider.dependenciesClasspath.joinToString(File.pathSeparator)}")
+        val classpath = provider.dependenciesClasspath + provider.additionalResolverClasspath
+        LOG.info("[kts] loading script definitions ${provider.templateClassNames} using cp: ${classpath.joinToString(File.pathSeparator)}")
         provider.scriptDefinitions ?: run {
-            val loader = URLClassLoader(provider.dependenciesClasspath.map { File(it).toURI().toURL() }.toTypedArray(), ScriptTemplatesProvider::class.java.classLoader)
+            val loader = URLClassLoader(classpath.map { it.toURI().toURL() }.toTypedArray(), ScriptTemplatesProvider::class.java.classLoader)
             provider.templateClassNames.map {
                 KotlinScriptDefinitionFromAnnotatedTemplate(loader.loadClass(it).kotlin, provider.resolver, provider.filePattern, provider.environment)
             }
diff --git a/idea/idea-core/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/core/script/GradleScriptTemplateProvider.kt b/idea/idea-core/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/core/script/GradleScriptTemplateProvider.kt
index 67cc8527d5f..18cb669853e 100644
--- a/idea/idea-core/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/core/script/GradleScriptTemplateProvider.kt
+++ b/idea/idea-core/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/core/script/GradleScriptTemplateProvider.kt
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class GradleScriptTemplatesProvider(project: Project): ScriptTemplatesProvider {
 
     private sealed class TemplateDataOrError {
         class Data(val templateClassNames: Iterable<String>,
-                   val dependenciesClasspath: Iterable<File>,
+                   val dependenciesClasspath: List<File>,
                    val scriptDefinitions: List<KotlinScriptDefinition>) : TemplateDataOrError()
         class Error(val message: String) : TemplateDataOrError()
     }
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class GradleScriptTemplatesProvider(project: Project): ScriptTemplatesProvider {
             try {
                 val cl = loader.loadClass(template)
                 val def = KotlinScriptDefinitionFromAnnotatedTemplate(cl.kotlin, resolver, filePattern, environment)
-                return@lazy TemplateDataOrError.Data(listOf(template), cp.asIterable(), listOf(def))
+                return@lazy TemplateDataOrError.Data(listOf(template), cp.asList(), listOf(def))
             }
             catch (e: ClassNotFoundException) {}
             catch (e: NoClassDefFoundError) {}
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ class GradleScriptTemplatesProvider(project: Project): ScriptTemplatesProvider {
         is GradleScriptTemplatesProvider.TemplateDataOrError.Error -> throw IllegalStateException((templatesData as TemplateDataOrError.Error).message)
     }
 
-    override val dependenciesClasspath: Iterable<String> get() = when(templatesData) {
-        is GradleScriptTemplatesProvider.TemplateDataOrError.Data -> (templatesData as TemplateDataOrError.Data).dependenciesClasspath.map { it.canonicalPath }
+    override val dependenciesClasspath: List<File> get() = when(templatesData) {
+        is GradleScriptTemplatesProvider.TemplateDataOrError.Data -> (templatesData as TemplateDataOrError.Data).dependenciesClasspath
         is GradleScriptTemplatesProvider.TemplateDataOrError.Error -> throw IllegalStateException((templatesData as TemplateDataOrError.Error).message)
     }
 
diff --git a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/script/StandardKotlinScriptTemplateProvider.kt b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/script/StandardKotlinScriptTemplateProvider.kt
index 8a0150b5e2a..23e0db9fe02 100644
--- a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/script/StandardKotlinScriptTemplateProvider.kt
+++ b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/script/StandardKotlinScriptTemplateProvider.kt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class StandardKotlinScriptTemplateProvider(val project: Project) : ScriptTemplat
     override val isValid: Boolean = true
 
     override val templateClassNames: Iterable<String> get() = listOf(ScriptTemplateWithArgs::class.qualifiedName!!)
-    override val dependenciesClasspath: Iterable<String> get() = emptyList()
+    override val dependenciesClasspath get() = emptyList<File>()
 
     override val environment: Map<String, Any?>? get() {
         return mapOf(
diff --git a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/script/scriptTemplatesFromCompilerSettings.kt b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/script/scriptTemplatesFromCompilerSettings.kt
index 4e5fb3e7544..f05d88af0f4 100644
--- a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/script/scriptTemplatesFromCompilerSettings.kt
+++ b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/script/scriptTemplatesFromCompilerSettings.kt
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.script
 
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.compiler.configuration.KotlinCompilerSettings
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.core.script.topLevelSectionCodeTextTokens
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.script.ScriptTemplatesProvider
 import java.io.File
 
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ class ScriptTemplatesFromCompilerSettingsProvider(project: Project): ScriptTempl
     override val isValid: Boolean = kotlinSettings.scriptTemplates.isNotBlank()
 
     override val templateClassNames: Iterable<String> get() = kotlinSettings.scriptTemplates.split(',', ' ')
-    override val dependenciesClasspath: Iterable<String> get() = kotlinSettings.scriptTemplatesClasspath.split(File.pathSeparator)
+    override val dependenciesClasspath get() = kotlinSettings.scriptTemplatesClasspath.split(File.pathSeparator).map(::File)
     override val environment: Map<String, Any?>? by lazy { mapOf(
             "projectRoot" to (project.basePath ?: project.baseDir.canonicalPath)?.let(::File))
     }
diff --git a/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/script/AbstractScriptConfigurationTest.kt b/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/script/AbstractScriptConfigurationTest.kt
index 5ec9ba4c2f8..fc071a3524f 100644
--- a/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/script/AbstractScriptConfigurationTest.kt
+++ b/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/script/AbstractScriptConfigurationTest.kt
@@ -143,5 +143,5 @@ class TestScriptTemplateProvider(
     override val id = "Test"
     override val isValid = true
     override val templateClassNames = listOf("custom.scriptDefinition.Template")
-    override val dependenciesClasspath = listOf(compiledTemplateDir.canonicalPath)
+    override val dependenciesClasspath = listOf(compiledTemplateDir)
 }