diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-maven-plugin/src/it/simple/expected.log b/libraries/tools/kotlin-maven-plugin/src/it/simple/expected.log
index 45bd68b2e60..96f3f91b128 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-maven-plugin/src/it/simple/expected.log
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-maven-plugin/src/it/simple/expected.log
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 [INFO] Kotlin Compiler version @snapshot@
 [INFO] Compiling Kotlin sources from [/src/main/kotlin]
-[INFO] Classes directory is /target/classes
 [INFO] Module name is test-project
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/kotlin/maven/K2JVMCompileMojo.java b/libraries/tools/kotlin-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/kotlin/maven/K2JVMCompileMojo.java
index 47927f22ba1..8a93f2ee2e3 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/kotlin/maven/K2JVMCompileMojo.java
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/kotlin/maven/K2JVMCompileMojo.java
@@ -89,11 +89,11 @@ public class K2JVMCompileMojo extends KotlinCompileMojoBase<K2JVMCompilerArgumen
 
         if (!classpathList.isEmpty()) {
             String classPathString = join(classpathList, File.pathSeparator);
-            getLog().info("Classpath: " + classPathString);
+            getLog().debug("Classpath: " + classPathString);
             arguments.classpath = classPathString;
         }
 
-        getLog().info("Classes directory is " + output);
+        getLog().debug("Classes directory is " + output);
         arguments.destination = output;
 
         arguments.moduleName = moduleName;
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/kotlin/maven/KotlinCompileMojoBase.java b/libraries/tools/kotlin-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/kotlin/maven/KotlinCompileMojoBase.java
index 27a985a2670..7c3028a083f 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/kotlin/maven/KotlinCompileMojoBase.java
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/kotlin/maven/KotlinCompileMojoBase.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import com.intellij.util.Processor;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException;
-import org.apache.maven.plugin.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
 import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
@@ -30,8 +29,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.CLICompiler;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.ExitCode;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.KotlinVersion;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.arguments.CommonCompilerArguments;
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.messages.CompilerMessageLocation;
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.messages.CompilerMessageSeverity;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.messages.MessageCollector;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.Services;
 
@@ -59,11 +56,28 @@ public abstract class KotlinCompileMojoBase<A extends CommonCompilerArguments> e
     @Parameter
     private List<String> sourceDirs;
 
-    public List<String> getSources() {
+    protected List<String> getSourceFilePaths() {
         if (sourceDirs != null && !sourceDirs.isEmpty()) return sourceDirs;
         return defaultSourceDirs;
     }
 
+    public List<File> getSourceDirs() {
+        List<String> sources = getSourceFilePaths();
+        List<File> result = new ArrayList<File>(sources.size());
+        File baseDir = project.getBasedir();
+
+        for (String source : sources) {
+            File f = new File(source);
+            if (f.isAbsolute()) {
+                result.add(f);
+            } else {
+                result.add(new File(baseDir, source));
+            }
+        }
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Suppress all warnings.
      */
@@ -133,11 +147,10 @@ public abstract class KotlinCompileMojoBase<A extends CommonCompilerArguments> e
     }
 
     private boolean hasKotlinFilesInSources() throws MojoExecutionException {
-        List<String> sources = getSources();
+        List<File> sources = getSourceDirs();
         if (sources == null || sources.isEmpty()) return false;
 
-        for (String source : sources) {
-            File root = new File(source);
+        for (File root : sources) {
             if (root.exists()) {
                 boolean sourcesExists = !FileUtil.processFilesRecursively(root, new Processor<File>() {
                     @Override
@@ -211,9 +224,9 @@ public abstract class KotlinCompileMojoBase<A extends CommonCompilerArguments> e
         }
 
         List<String> sources = new ArrayList<String>();
-        for (String source : getSources()) {
-            if (new File(source).exists()) {
-                sources.add(source);
+        for (File source : getSourceDirs()) {
+            if (source.exists()) {
+                sources.add(source.getPath());
             }
             else {
                 getLog().warn("Source root doesn't exist: " + source);
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/kotlin/maven/KotlinTestCompileMojo.java b/libraries/tools/kotlin-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/kotlin/maven/KotlinTestCompileMojo.java
index 0dae790d532..3b8a4419506 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/kotlin/maven/KotlinTestCompileMojo.java
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/kotlin/maven/KotlinTestCompileMojo.java
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public class KotlinTestCompileMojo extends K2JVMCompileMojo {
     private List<String> sourceDirs;
 
     @Override
-    public List<String> getSources() {
+    public List<String> getSourceFilePaths() {
         if (sourceDirs != null && !sourceDirs.isEmpty()) return sourceDirs;
         return defaultSourceDirs;
     }
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/kotlin/maven/KotlinTestJSCompilerMojo.java b/libraries/tools/kotlin-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/kotlin/maven/KotlinTestJSCompilerMojo.java
index a218a4f658d..3b7756aeac8 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/kotlin/maven/KotlinTestJSCompilerMojo.java
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/kotlin/maven/KotlinTestJSCompilerMojo.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public class KotlinTestJSCompilerMojo extends K2JSCompilerMojo {
     private List<String> sourceDirs;
 
     @Override
-    public List<String> getSources() {
+    public List<String> getSourceFilePaths() {
         if (sourceDirs != null && !sourceDirs.isEmpty()) return sourceDirs;
         return defaultSourceDirs;
     }