diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/parsing/KotlinParsing.java b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/parsing/KotlinParsing.java
index d14913c618f..32b9b4a8262 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/parsing/KotlinParsing.java
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/parsing/KotlinParsing.java
@@ -231,8 +231,8 @@ public class KotlinParsing extends AbstractKotlinParsing {
             parseFileAnnotationList(FILE_ANNOTATIONS_WHEN_PACKAGE_OMITTED);
             packageDirective = mark();
             packageDirective.done(PACKAGE_DIRECTIVE);
-            // this is necessary to allow comments at the start of the file to be bound to the first declaration
-            packageDirective.setCustomEdgeTokenBinders(DoNotBindAnything.INSTANCE, null);
+            // Need to skip everything but shebang comment to allow comments at the start of the file to be bound to the first declaration.
+            packageDirective.setCustomEdgeTokenBinders(BindFirstShebangWithWhitespaceOnly.INSTANCE, null);
         }
 
         parseImportDirectives();
diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/parsing/KotlinWhitespaceAndCommentsBinders.kt b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/parsing/KotlinWhitespaceAndCommentsBinders.kt
index c31c7d3e838..ab7856a07d2 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/parsing/KotlinWhitespaceAndCommentsBinders.kt
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/parsing/KotlinWhitespaceAndCommentsBinders.kt
@@ -115,6 +115,17 @@ object DoNotBindAnything : WhitespacesAndCommentsBinder {
     }
 }
 
+object BindFirstShebangWithWhitespaceOnly : WhitespacesAndCommentsBinder {
+    override fun getEdgePosition(
+            tokens: List<IElementType>, atStreamEdge: Boolean, getter: WhitespacesAndCommentsBinder.TokenTextGetter): Int {
+        if (tokens.firstOrNull() == KtTokens.SHEBANG_COMMENT) {
+            return if (tokens.getOrNull(1) == KtTokens.WHITE_SPACE) 2 else 1
+        }
+
+        return 0
+    }
+}
+
 class BindAll(val isTrailing: Boolean) : WhitespacesAndCommentsBinder {
     override fun getEdgePosition(
             tokens: List<IElementType>, atStreamEdge: Boolean, getter: WhitespacesAndCommentsBinder.TokenTextGetter): Int {
diff --git a/compiler/testData/psi/script/Shebang.txt b/compiler/testData/psi/script/Shebang.txt
index 192a9a621e3..c4e2f32bbde 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/psi/script/Shebang.txt
+++ b/compiler/testData/psi/script/Shebang.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 KtFile: Shebang.kts
+  PsiComment(SHEBANG_COMMENT)('#!/usr/bin/env kotlin')
+  PsiWhiteSpace('\n\n')
   PACKAGE_DIRECTIVE
     <empty list>
   IMPORT_LIST
     <empty list>
   SCRIPT
     BLOCK
-      PsiComment(SHEBANG_COMMENT)('#!/usr/bin/env kotlin')
-      PsiWhiteSpace('\n\n')
       SCRIPT_INITIALIZER
         CALL_EXPRESSION
           REFERENCE_EXPRESSION
diff --git a/compiler/testData/psi/script/ShebangWithImports.kts b/compiler/testData/psi/script/ShebangWithImports.kts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..16f227f2f4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/psi/script/ShebangWithImports.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env kotlin
+
+import test
+
+println(args)
diff --git a/compiler/testData/psi/script/ShebangWithImports.txt b/compiler/testData/psi/script/ShebangWithImports.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a28505271a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/psi/script/ShebangWithImports.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+KtFile: ShebangWithImports.kts
+  PsiComment(SHEBANG_COMMENT)('#!/usr/bin/env kotlin')
+  PsiWhiteSpace('\n\n')
+  PACKAGE_DIRECTIVE
+    <empty list>
+  IMPORT_LIST
+    IMPORT_DIRECTIVE
+      PsiElement(import)('import')
+      PsiWhiteSpace(' ')
+      REFERENCE_EXPRESSION
+        PsiElement(IDENTIFIER)('test')
+  SCRIPT
+    BLOCK
+      PsiWhiteSpace('\n\n')
+      SCRIPT_INITIALIZER
+        CALL_EXPRESSION
+          REFERENCE_EXPRESSION
+            PsiElement(IDENTIFIER)('println')
+          VALUE_ARGUMENT_LIST
+            PsiElement(LPAR)('(')
+            VALUE_ARGUMENT
+              REFERENCE_EXPRESSION
+                PsiElement(IDENTIFIER)('args')
+            PsiElement(RPAR)(')')
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/testData/psi/script/ShebangWithPackage.kts b/compiler/testData/psi/script/ShebangWithPackage.kts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5e99ff12b61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/psi/script/ShebangWithPackage.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env kotlin
+
+package test
+
+println(args)
diff --git a/compiler/testData/psi/script/ShebangWithPackage.txt b/compiler/testData/psi/script/ShebangWithPackage.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ff7706ee84a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/psi/script/ShebangWithPackage.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+KtFile: ShebangWithPackage.kts
+  PsiComment(SHEBANG_COMMENT)('#!/usr/bin/env kotlin')
+  PsiWhiteSpace('\n\n')
+  PACKAGE_DIRECTIVE
+    PsiElement(package)('package')
+    PsiWhiteSpace(' ')
+    REFERENCE_EXPRESSION
+      PsiElement(IDENTIFIER)('test')
+  IMPORT_LIST
+    <empty list>
+  SCRIPT
+    BLOCK
+      PsiWhiteSpace('\n\n')
+      SCRIPT_INITIALIZER
+        CALL_EXPRESSION
+          REFERENCE_EXPRESSION
+            PsiElement(IDENTIFIER)('println')
+          VALUE_ARGUMENT_LIST
+            PsiElement(LPAR)('(')
+            VALUE_ARGUMENT
+              REFERENCE_EXPRESSION
+                PsiElement(IDENTIFIER)('args')
+            PsiElement(RPAR)(')')
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/parsing/ParsingTestGenerated.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/parsing/ParsingTestGenerated.java
index b0e5cf44e75..5bb7f979734 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/parsing/ParsingTestGenerated.java
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/parsing/ParsingTestGenerated.java
@@ -2719,6 +2719,18 @@ public class ParsingTestGenerated extends AbstractParsingTest {
                 doParsingTest(fileName);
             }
 
+            @TestMetadata("ShebangWithImports.kts")
+            public void testShebangWithImports() throws Exception {
+                String fileName = KotlinTestUtils.navigationMetadata("compiler/testData/psi/script/ShebangWithImports.kts");
+                doParsingTest(fileName);
+            }
+
+            @TestMetadata("ShebangWithPackage.kts")
+            public void testShebangWithPackage() throws Exception {
+                String fileName = KotlinTestUtils.navigationMetadata("compiler/testData/psi/script/ShebangWithPackage.kts");
+                doParsingTest(fileName);
+            }
+
             @TestMetadata("SimpleScript.kts")
             public void testSimpleScript() throws Exception {
                 String fileName = KotlinTestUtils.navigationMetadata("compiler/testData/psi/script/SimpleScript.kts");