diff --git a/idea/idea-gradle/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/configuration/GradlePropertiesFileFacade.kt b/idea/idea-gradle/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/configuration/GradlePropertiesFileFacade.kt
index 24ea76bdf43..a218be0cbc5 100644
--- a/idea/idea-gradle/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/configuration/GradlePropertiesFileFacade.kt
+++ b/idea/idea-gradle/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/configuration/GradlePropertiesFileFacade.kt
@@ -64,4 +64,8 @@ internal class GradlePropertiesFileFacade(private val baseDir: String) {
 
         private val GRADLE_PROPERTY_FILES = listOf(GRADLE_PROPERTIES_LOCAL_FILE_NAME, GRADLE_PROPERTIES_FILE_NAME)
     }
+}
+
+fun readGradleProperty(project: Project, key: String): String? {
+    return GradlePropertiesFileFacade.forProject(project).readProperty(key)
 }
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