diff --git a/.idea/libraries/android_layoutlib.xml b/.idea/libraries/android_layoutlib.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..742d5b1fa7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/libraries/android_layoutlib.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<component name="libraryTable">
+  <library name="android-layoutlib">
+    <CLASSES>
+      <root url="jar://$PROJECT_DIR$/ideaSDK/plugins/android/lib/layoutlib.jar!/" />
+    </CLASSES>
+    <JAVADOC />
+    <SOURCES />
+  </library>
+</component>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/modules.xml b/.idea/modules.xml
index d9a277ce3b1..d6670b3ae98 100644
--- a/.idea/modules.xml
+++ b/.idea/modules.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/plugins/android-extensions/android-extensions-compiler/android-extensions-compiler.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/plugins/android-extensions/android-extensions-compiler/android-extensions-compiler.iml" group="plugins/android-extensions" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/plugins/android-extensions/android-extensions-idea/android-extensions-idea.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/plugins/android-extensions/android-extensions-idea/android-extensions-idea.iml" group="plugins/android-extensions" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/plugins/android-extensions/android-extensions-jps/android-extensions-jps.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/plugins/android-extensions/android-extensions-jps/android-extensions-jps.iml" group="plugins/android-extensions" />
+      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/plugins/android-extensions/android-extensions-runtime/android-extensions-runtime.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/plugins/android-extensions/android-extensions-runtime/android-extensions-runtime.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/android-studio/android-studio.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/android-studio/android-studio.iml" group="ide" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/compiler/android-tests/android-tests.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/compiler/android-tests/android-tests.iml" group="compiler" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/plugins/annotation-based-compiler-plugins-ide-support/annotation-based-compiler-plugins-ide-support.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/plugins/annotation-based-compiler-plugins-ide-support/annotation-based-compiler-plugins-ide-support.iml" group="plugins" />
diff --git a/libraries/pom.xml b/libraries/pom.xml
index c3a0494b32a..22e9b9ed440 100644
--- a/libraries/pom.xml
+++ b/libraries/pom.xml
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
 
         <module>tools/kotlin-script-util</module>
         <module>tools/kotlin-android-extensions</module>
+        <module>tools/kotlin-android-extensions-runtime</module>
         <module>tools/kotlin-maven-plugin-test</module>
 
         <module>examples/annotation-processor-example</module>
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-android-extensions-runtime/pom.xml b/libraries/tools/kotlin-android-extensions-runtime/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d65e2bc8e78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-android-extensions-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"
+    xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <properties>
+        <maven-plugin-anno.version>1.4.1</maven-plugin-anno.version>
+        <maven.version>3.0.4</maven.version>
+    </properties>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+        <artifactId>kotlin-project</artifactId>
+        <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>kotlin-android-extensions-runtime</artifactId>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+    <description>A runtime library for Kotlin Android Extensions plugin</description>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+            <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.android</groupId>
+            <artifactId>android</artifactId>
+            <version>2.3.1</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <sourceDirectory>${basedir}/../../../plugins/android-extensions/android-extensions-runtime/src</sourceDirectory>
+
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>kotlin-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+                <version>${project.version}</version>
+
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>compile</id>
+                        <phase>compile</phase>
+                        <goals> <goal>compile</goal> </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-android-extensions/pom.xml b/libraries/tools/kotlin-android-extensions/pom.xml
index 58a4ccaf0d6..cd7816b1088 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-android-extensions/pom.xml
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-android-extensions/pom.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
         <maven-plugin-anno.version>1.4.1</maven-plugin-anno.version>
         <maven.version>3.0.4</maven.version>
         <android-extensions.src>${basedir}/../../../plugins/android-extensions/android-extensions-compiler/src</android-extensions.src>
+        <android-extensions-runtime.src>${basedir}/../../../plugins/android-extensions/android-extensions-runtime/src</android-extensions-runtime.src>
         <android-extensions.target-src>${basedir}/target/src</android-extensions.target-src>
         <android-extensions.target-resource>${basedir}/target/resource</android-extensions.target-resource>
     </properties>
@@ -30,6 +31,12 @@
             <artifactId>kotlin-compiler-embeddable</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.android</groupId>
+            <artifactId>android</artifactId>
+            <version>2.3.1</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -55,6 +62,7 @@
                             <outputDirectory>${android-extensions.target-src}</outputDirectory>
                             <resources>
                                 <resource><directory>${android-extensions.src}</directory></resource>
+                                <resource><directory>${android-extensions-runtime.src}</directory></resource>
                             </resources>
                         </configuration>
                     </execution>
diff --git a/plugins/android-extensions/android-extensions-runtime/android-extensions-runtime.iml b/plugins/android-extensions/android-extensions-runtime/android-extensions-runtime.iml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8ca9d47ce2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/android-extensions/android-extensions-runtime/android-extensions-runtime.iml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<module type="JAVA_MODULE" version="4">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" inherit-compiler-output="true">
+    <exclude-output />
+    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
+      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src" isTestSource="false" />
+    </content>
+    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
+    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" scope="PROVIDED" name="android-layoutlib" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="kotlin-runtime" level="project" />
+  </component>
+</module>
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diff --git a/plugins/android-extensions/android-extensions-runtime/src/kotlinx/android/extensions/CacheImplementation.kt b/plugins/android-extensions/android-extensions-runtime/src/kotlinx/android/extensions/CacheImplementation.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7c4956090da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/android-extensions/android-extensions-runtime/src/kotlinx/android/extensions/CacheImplementation.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2017 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package kotlinx.android.extensions
+
+public enum class CacheImplementation {
+    HASH_MAP,
+    NO_CACHE;
+
+    public val hasCache: Boolean
+        get() = this != NO_CACHE
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/android-extensions/android-extensions-runtime/src/kotlinx/android/extensions/ContainerOptions.kt b/plugins/android-extensions/android-extensions-runtime/src/kotlinx/android/extensions/ContainerOptions.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a1bcf448215
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/android-extensions/android-extensions-runtime/src/kotlinx/android/extensions/ContainerOptions.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2017 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package kotlinx.android.extensions
+
+import kotlinx.android.extensions.CacheImplementation.*
+
+public annotation class ContainerOptions(
+        public val cache: CacheImplementation = HASH_MAP
+)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/android-extensions/android-extensions-runtime/src/kotlinx/android/extensions/LayoutContainer.kt b/plugins/android-extensions/android-extensions-runtime/src/kotlinx/android/extensions/LayoutContainer.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..320fef00109
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/android-extensions/android-extensions-runtime/src/kotlinx/android/extensions/LayoutContainer.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2017 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package kotlinx.android.extensions
+
+import android.view.View
+
+public interface LayoutContainer {
+    public val containerView: View?
+}
\ No newline at end of file