diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/KotlinGradlePluginIT.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/KotlinGradlePluginIT.kt
index 4172d830d54..b4c70238745 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/KotlinGradlePluginIT.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/KotlinGradlePluginIT.kt
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle
 
 import org.gradle.api.logging.LogLevel
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.MULTIPLE_KOTLIN_PLUGINS_LOADED_WARNING
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.MULTIPLE_KOTLIN_PLUGINS_SPECIFIC_PROJECTS_WARNING
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.USING_JVM_INCREMENTAL_COMPILATION_MESSAGE
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.util.*
 import org.junit.Test
@@ -823,4 +825,70 @@ class KotlinGradleIT : BaseGradleIT() {
             assertTasksExecuted(":jvm-app:compileKotlin")
         }
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testDetectingDifferentClassLoaders() = with(Project("kt-27059-pom-rewriting", GradleVersionRequired.AtLeast("4.10.2"))) {
+        setupWorkingDir()
+
+        val originalRootBuildScript = gradleBuildScript().readText()
+        gradleBuildScript().modify(::transformBuildScriptWithPluginsDsl)
+
+        build("publish", "-PmppProjectDependency=true") {
+            assertSuccessful()
+            assertNotContains(MULTIPLE_KOTLIN_PLUGINS_LOADED_WARNING)
+            assertNotContains(MULTIPLE_KOTLIN_PLUGINS_SPECIFIC_PROJECTS_WARNING)
+        }
+
+        // Specify the plugin versions in the subprojects with different plugin sets – this will make Gradle use separate class loaders
+        gradleBuildScript().modify {
+            originalRootBuildScript.checkedReplace("id \"org.jetbrains.kotlin.multiplatform\"", "//")
+        }
+        gradleBuildScript("mpp-lib").modify {
+            it.checkedReplace(
+                "id \"org.jetbrains.kotlin.multiplatform\"",
+                "id \"org.jetbrains.kotlin.multiplatform\" version \"<pluginMarkerVersion>\""
+            ).let(::transformBuildScriptWithPluginsDsl)
+        }
+        gradleBuildScript("jvm-app").modify {
+            it.checkedReplace(
+                "id \"org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm\"",
+                "id \"org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm\" version \"<pluginMarkerVersion>\""
+            ).let(::transformBuildScriptWithPluginsDsl)
+        }
+        gradleBuildScript("js-app").modify {
+            it.checkedReplace(
+                "id \"kotlin2js\"",
+                "id \"kotlin2js\" version \"<pluginMarkerVersion>\""
+            ).let(::transformBuildScriptWithPluginsDsl)
+        }
+
+        // Also include another project via a composite build:
+        transformProjectWithPluginsDsl("allopenPluginsDsl", directoryPrefix = "pluginsDsl").let { other ->
+            val result = other.projectName
+            other.setupWorkingDir()
+            other.projectDir.copyRecursively(projectDir.resolve(result))
+            gradleSettingsScript().appendText("\nincludeBuild(\"${result}\")")
+            gradleBuildScript().appendText(
+                "\ntasks.create(\"publish\").dependsOn(gradle.includedBuild(\"${result}\").task(\":assemble\"))"
+            )
+            result
+        }
+
+        build("publish", "-PmppProjectDependency=true") {
+            assertSuccessful()
+            assertContains(MULTIPLE_KOTLIN_PLUGINS_LOADED_WARNING)
+
+            val specificProjectsReported = Regex("$MULTIPLE_KOTLIN_PLUGINS_SPECIFIC_PROJECTS_WARNING((?:'.*'(?:, )?)+)")
+                .find(output)!!.groupValues[1].split(", ").map { it.removeSurrounding("'") }.toSet()
+
+            assertEquals(setOf(":mpp-lib", ":jvm-app", ":js-app"), specificProjectsReported)
+        }
+
+        // Test the flag that turns off the warnings
+        build("publish", "-PmppProjectDependency=true", "-Pkotlin.pluginLoadedInMultipleProjects.ignore=true") {
+            assertSuccessful()
+            assertNotContains(MULTIPLE_KOTLIN_PLUGINS_LOADED_WARNING)
+            assertNotContains(MULTIPLE_KOTLIN_PLUGINS_SPECIFIC_PROJECTS_WARNING)
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinGradleBuildServices.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinGradleBuildServices.kt
index e6bd5e36957..32ec52ba00b 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinGradleBuildServices.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinGradleBuildServices.kt
@@ -18,23 +18,19 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin
 
 import org.gradle.BuildAdapter
 import org.gradle.BuildResult
+import org.gradle.api.Project
 import org.gradle.api.invocation.Gradle
-import org.gradle.api.logging.Logger
 import org.gradle.api.logging.Logging
+import org.gradle.api.plugins.ExtraPropertiesExtension
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.compilerRunner.DELETED_SESSION_FILE_PREFIX
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.compilerRunner.GradleCompilerRunner
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.internal.state.TaskLoggers
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.logging.kotlinDebug
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.internal.state.TaskExecutionResults
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.report.KotlinBuildReporter
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.internal.state.TaskLoggers
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.report.configureBuildReporter
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.AbstractKotlinCompile
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.utils.relativeToRoot
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.utils.addToStdlib.sumByLong
-import java.io.File
 import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory
-import java.text.SimpleDateFormat
-import java.util.*
 
 internal class KotlinGradleBuildServices private constructor(
     private val gradle: Gradle
@@ -137,5 +133,58 @@ internal class KotlinGradleBuildServices private constructor(
 
     private fun getGcCount(): Long =
         ManagementFactory.getGarbageCollectorMXBeans().sumByLong { Math.max(0, it.collectionCount) }
+
+    private var loadedInProjectPath: String? = null
+
+    @Synchronized
+    internal fun detectKotlinPluginLoadedInMultipleProjects(project: Project, kotlinPluginVersion: String) {
+        val projectPath = project.path
+
+        val loadedInProjectsPropertyName = "kotlin.plugin.loaded.in.projects.${kotlinPluginVersion}"
+
+        if (loadedInProjectPath == null) {
+            loadedInProjectPath = projectPath
+
+            val ext = project.rootProject.extensions.getByType(ExtraPropertiesExtension::class.java)
+
+            if (!ext.has(loadedInProjectsPropertyName)) {
+                ext.set(loadedInProjectsPropertyName, projectPath)
+
+                gradle.taskGraph.whenReady {
+                    val loadedInProjects = (ext.get(loadedInProjectsPropertyName) as String).split(";")
+                    if (loadedInProjects.size > 1) {
+                        if (PropertiesProvider(project).ignorePluginLoadedInMultipleProjects != true) {
+                            project.logger.warn(MULTIPLE_KOTLIN_PLUGINS_LOADED_WARNING)
+                            project.logger.warn(
+                                MULTIPLE_KOTLIN_PLUGINS_SPECIFIC_PROJECTS_WARNING + loadedInProjects.joinToString(limit = 4) { "'$it'" }
+                            )
+                        }
+                        project.logger.info(
+                            "$MULTIPLE_KOTLIN_PLUGINS_SPECIFIC_PROJECTS_INFO: " +
+                                    loadedInProjects.joinToString { "'$it'" }
+                        )
+                    }
+                }
+            } else {
+                ext.set(loadedInProjectsPropertyName, (ext.get(loadedInProjectsPropertyName) as String) + ";" + loadedInProjectPath)
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
 
+const val MULTIPLE_KOTLIN_PLUGINS_LOADED_WARNING: String =
+    "\nThe Kotlin Gradle plugin was loaded multiple times in different subprojects, which is not supported and may break the build. \n" +
+
+            "This might happen in subprojects that apply the Kotlin plugins with the Gradle 'plugins { ... }' DSL if they specify " +
+            "explicit versions, even if the versions are equal.\n" +
+
+            "Please add the Kotlin plugin to the common parent project or the root project, then remove the versions in the subprojects.\n" +
+
+            "If the parent project does not need the plugin, add 'apply false' to the plugin line.\n" +
+
+            "See: https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/plugins.html#sec:subprojects_plugins_dsl"
+
+const val MULTIPLE_KOTLIN_PLUGINS_SPECIFIC_PROJECTS_WARNING: String =
+    "The Kotlin plugin was loaded in the following projects: "
+
+const val MULTIPLE_KOTLIN_PLUGINS_SPECIFIC_PROJECTS_INFO: String = "The full list of projects that loaded the Kotlin plugin is: "
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinPluginWrapper.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinPluginWrapper.kt
index 7eb5ec846fb..a6e07f95839 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinPluginWrapper.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinPluginWrapper.kt
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ abstract class KotlinBasePluginWrapper(
         System.setProperty(org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.KOTLIN_COMPILER_ENVIRONMENT_KEEPALIVE_PROPERTY, "true")
         val kotlinGradleBuildServices = KotlinGradleBuildServices.getInstance(project.gradle)
 
+        kotlinGradleBuildServices.detectKotlinPluginLoadedInMultipleProjects(project, kotlinPluginVersion)
+
         project.createKotlinExtension(projectExtensionClass).apply {
             fun kotlinSourceSetContainer(factory: NamedDomainObjectFactory<KotlinSourceSet>) =
                 project.container(KotlinSourceSet::class.java, factory)
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinProperties.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinProperties.kt
index 890e60f0e1a..c8b3391ea3f 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinProperties.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinProperties.kt
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ internal class PropertiesProvider(private val project: Project) {
     val keepMppDependenciesIntactInPoms: Boolean?
         get() = booleanProperty("kotlin.mpp.keepMppDependenciesIntactInPoms")
 
+    val ignorePluginLoadedInMultipleProjects: Boolean?
+        get() = booleanProperty("kotlin.pluginLoadedInMultipleProjects.ignore")
+
     /**
      * Enables parallel tasks execution within a project with Workers API.
      * Does not enable using actual worker proccesses