diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/CommonizerIT.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/CommonizerIT.kt
index b026b9949c1..cc91eca2c91 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/CommonizerIT.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/CommonizerIT.kt
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ open class CommonizerIT : KGPBaseTest() {
 
             configureCommonizerTargets()
 
-            val expectedOutputDirectoryForIde = projectPath.resolve(".gradle/kotlin/commonizer")
+            val expectedOutputDirectoryForIde = projectPath.resolve(".kotlin/commonizer")
             val expectedOutputDirectoryForBuild = projectPath.resolve("build/classes/kotlin/commonizer")
 
             build(":copyCommonizeCInteropForIde") {
@@ -533,6 +533,29 @@ open class CommonizerIT : KGPBaseTest() {
         }
     }
 
+    @DisplayName("KT-58223 test commonized libraries for IDE can be stored in different data dir")
+    @GradleTest
+    fun testCommonizedLibrariesForIDECanBeStoredInDifferentDir(gradleVersion: GradleVersion) {
+        nativeProject("commonizeCurlInterop", gradleVersion) {
+            gradleProperties.append("kotlin.persistent.gradle.data.dir=.kotlin_custom")
+
+            configureCommonizerTargets()
+
+            val expectedOutputDirectoryForIde = projectPath.resolve(".kotlin_custom/commonizer")
+
+            build(":copyCommonizeCInteropForIde") {
+                assertTasksExecuted(":cinteropCurlTargetB")
+                assertTasksExecuted(":commonizeCInterop")
+
+                assertDirectoryExists(expectedOutputDirectoryForIde, "Missing output directory for IDE")
+            }
+
+            build(":clean") {
+                assertDirectoryExists(expectedOutputDirectoryForIde, "Expected ide output directory to survive cleaning")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
 
     private fun `test multiple cinterops with test source sets and compilations`(
         gradleVersion: GradleVersion,
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/PropertiesProvider.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/PropertiesProvider.kt
index 8bbd22e19f7..5e17d211e80 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/PropertiesProvider.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/PropertiesProvider.kt
@@ -538,6 +538,16 @@ internal class PropertiesProvider private constructor(private val project: Proje
 
     internal fun get(propertyName: String): String? = propertiesBuildService.get(propertyName, project)
 
+    /**
+     * The directory where persistent data for Kotlin Gradle Plugin is stored.
+     * This data is not cleaned by gradle clean task. This dir can be used to store data
+     * for IDE import i.e. `./gradlew clean` will not break IDE import state.
+     *
+     * If the property is not set, the default value `$ROOT_DIR/.kotlin` is used.
+     */
+    val kotlinPersistentGradleDataDir: String
+        get() = get(PropertyNames.KOTLIN_PERSISTENT_GRADLE_DATA_DIR) ?: ".kotlin"
+
     /**
      * Retrieves a comma-separated list of browsers to use when running karma tests for [target]
      * @see KOTLIN_JS_KARMA_BROWSERS
@@ -628,6 +638,7 @@ internal class PropertiesProvider private constructor(private val project: Proje
         val KONAN_DATA_DIR = property("konan.data.dir")
         val KOTLIN_SUPPRESS_BUILD_TOOLS_API_VERSION_CONSISTENCY_CHECKS =
             property("kotlin.internal.suppress.buildToolsApiVersionConsistencyChecks")
+        val KOTLIN_PERSISTENT_GRADLE_DATA_DIR = property("kotlin.persistent.gradle.data.dir")
 
         /**
          * Internal properties: builds get big non-suppressible warning when such properties are used
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/KotlinMetadataLibraryDirectories.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/KotlinMetadataLibraryDirectories.kt
index 7d51b3ac748..b812d97e4c0 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/KotlinMetadataLibraryDirectories.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/KotlinMetadataLibraryDirectories.kt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.mpp
 
 import org.gradle.api.Project
 import org.gradle.api.file.ProjectLayout
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.PropertiesProvider.Companion.kotlinPropertiesProvider
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.utils.compositeBuildRootProject
 import java.io.File
 
@@ -18,13 +19,19 @@ internal fun ProjectLayout.kotlinTransformedMetadataLibraryDirectoryForBuild(sou
     buildDirectory.get().asFile.resolve(kotlinTransformedMetadataLibraries).resolve(sourceSetName)
 
 internal val Project.kotlinTransformedMetadataLibraryDirectoryForIde: File
-    get() = compositeBuildRootProject.rootDir.resolve(".gradle").resolve("kotlin").resolve(kotlinTransformedMetadataLibraries)
+    get() = compositeBuildRootProject.rootDir
+        .resolve(project.kotlinPropertiesProvider.kotlinPersistentGradleDataDir)
+        .resolve(kotlinTransformedMetadataLibraries)
 
 internal fun ProjectLayout.kotlinTransformedCInteropMetadataLibraryDirectoryForBuild(sourceSetName: String): File =
     buildDirectory.get().asFile.resolve(kotlinTransformedCInteropMetadataLibraries).resolve(sourceSetName)
 
 internal val Project.kotlinCInteropLibraryDirectoryForIde: File
-    get() = compositeBuildRootProject.rootDir.resolve(".gradle").resolve("kotlin").resolve(kotlinCInteropLibraries)
+    get() = compositeBuildRootProject.rootDir
+        .resolve(project.kotlinPropertiesProvider.kotlinPersistentGradleDataDir)
+        .resolve(kotlinCInteropLibraries)
 
 internal val Project.kotlinTransformedCInteropMetadataLibraryDirectoryForIde: File
-    get() = compositeBuildRootProject.rootDir.resolve(".gradle").resolve("kotlin").resolve(kotlinTransformedCInteropMetadataLibraries)
+    get() = compositeBuildRootProject.rootDir
+        .resolve(project.kotlinPropertiesProvider.kotlinPersistentGradleDataDir)
+        .resolve(kotlinTransformedCInteropMetadataLibraries)
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/internal/CopyCInteropCommonizerTaskOutputForIdeTask.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/internal/CopyCInteropCommonizerTaskOutputForIdeTask.kt
index 23db342742c..9ccfb9e629e 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/internal/CopyCInteropCommonizerTaskOutputForIdeTask.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/common/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/internal/CopyCInteropCommonizerTaskOutputForIdeTask.kt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.build.report.metrics.GradleBuildTime
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.compilerRunner.addBuildMetricsForTaskAction
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.report.GradleBuildMetricsReporter
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.utils.property
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.PropertiesProvider.Companion.kotlinPropertiesProvider
 import java.io.File
 import javax.inject.Inject
 
@@ -32,7 +33,9 @@ internal abstract class CopyCommonizeCInteropForIdeTask @Inject constructor(
         commonizeCInteropTask.map { it.allOutputDirectories }
 
     @get:OutputDirectory
-    override val outputDirectory: File = project.rootDir.resolve(".gradle/kotlin/commonizer")
+    override val outputDirectory: File = project.rootDir
+        .resolve(project.kotlinPropertiesProvider.kotlinPersistentGradleDataDir)
+        .resolve("commonizer")
         .resolve(project.path.removePrefix(":").replace(":", "/"))
 
     @get:Internal
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/functionalTest/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/unitTests/CInteropMetadataDependencyTransformationTaskTest.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/functionalTest/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/unitTests/CInteropMetadataDependencyTransformationTaskTest.kt
index 6b45bf81651..7ac5505fdca 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/functionalTest/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/unitTests/CInteropMetadataDependencyTransformationTaskTest.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/functionalTest/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/unitTests/CInteropMetadataDependencyTransformationTaskTest.kt
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ import org.gradle.api.Project
 import org.gradle.api.internal.TaskInternal
 import org.gradle.testfixtures.ProjectBuilder
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.multiplatformExtension
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.KotlinPluginLifecycle
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.await
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.sources.DefaultKotlinSourceSet
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.targets.native.internal.locateOrRegisterCInteropMetadataDependencyTransformationTask
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.targets.native.internal.locateOrRegisterCInteropMetadataDependencyTransformationTaskForIde
@@ -144,7 +142,7 @@ class CInteropMetadataDependencyTransformationTaskTest : MultiplatformExtensionT
                 .map { it.relativeTo(projectRootDir) }
                 .toSet()
                 // common root directory where all transformations stored
-                .minus(File(".gradle/kotlin/kotlinTransformedCInteropMetadataLibraries"))
+                .minus(File(".kotlin/kotlinTransformedCInteropMetadataLibraries"))
         }
 
         suspend fun assertTasksOutputsDoesntIntersect(a: Project, b: Project) {