diff --git a/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/jvm/compiler/KotlinCoreEnvironment.kt b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/jvm/compiler/KotlinCoreEnvironment.kt
index 3331ae7610e..d77c7180318 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/jvm/compiler/KotlinCoreEnvironment.kt
+++ b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/jvm/compiler/KotlinCoreEnvironment.kt
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.asJava.LightClassGenerationSupport
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.asJava.classes.FacadeCache
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.asJava.finder.JavaElementFinder
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.extensions.IrGenerationExtension
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.extensions.PureIrGenerationExtension
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.CLIConfigurationKeys
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.CliModuleVisibilityManagerImpl
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.KOTLIN_COMPILER_ENVIRONMENT_KEEPALIVE_PROPERTY
@@ -556,6 +557,7 @@ class KotlinCoreEnvironment private constructor(
             CollectAdditionalSourcesExtension.registerExtensionPoint(project)
             ExtraImportsProviderExtension.registerExtensionPoint(project)
             IrGenerationExtension.registerExtensionPoint(project)
+            PureIrGenerationExtension.registerExtensionPoint(project)
             ScriptEvaluationExtension.registerExtensionPoint(project)
             ShellExtension.registerExtensionPoint(project)
             TypeResolutionInterceptor.registerExtensionPoint(project)
diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/extensions/IrGenerationExtension.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/extensions/IrGenerationExtension.kt
index 8f38a853305..39e37dd5726 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/extensions/IrGenerationExtension.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/extensions/IrGenerationExtension.kt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.extensions
 
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.CommonBackendContext
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.ir.BuiltinSymbolsBase
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.LanguageVersionSettings
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.ModuleDescriptor
@@ -37,4 +38,15 @@ interface IrGenerationExtension : IrExtensionGenerator {
         moduleFragment: IrModuleFragment,
         pluginContext: IrPluginContext
     )
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+// Extension point for plugins which run before any lowerings, but after the Ir has been constructed.
+interface PureIrGenerationExtension {
+    companion object :
+        ProjectExtensionDescriptor<PureIrGenerationExtension>("org.jetbrains.kotlin.pureIrGenerationExtension", PureIrGenerationExtension::class.java)
+
+    fun generate(
+        moduleFragment: IrModuleFragment,
+        context: CommonBackendContext
+    )
+}
diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmBackendFacade.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmBackendFacade.kt
index 9da3f024873..ec1b6ab6f63 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmBackendFacade.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmBackendFacade.kt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.jvm
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.CodegenUtil
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.extensions.IrGenerationExtension
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.extensions.IrPluginContext
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.extensions.PureIrGenerationExtension
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.phaser.PhaseConfig
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.jvm.codegen.ClassCodegen
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.jvm.lower.MultifileFacadeFileEntry
@@ -105,6 +106,10 @@ object JvmBackendFacade {
             context.typeMapper.mapType(context.referenceClass(descriptor).defaultType)
         }
 
+        for (extension in PureIrGenerationExtension.getInstances(state.project)) {
+            extension.generate(irModuleFragment, context)
+        }
+
         JvmLower(context).lower(irModuleFragment)
 
         for (generateMultifileFacade in listOf(true, false)) {