diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinNpmDependencyHandler.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinNpmDependencyHandler.kt
index f9a87eecd81..f8b95978372 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinNpmDependencyHandler.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinNpmDependencyHandler.kt
@@ -12,23 +12,108 @@ interface KotlinNpmDependencyHandler {
     @Deprecated("Declaring NPM dependency without version is forbidden")
     fun npm(name: String): Dependency
 
-    fun npm(name: String, version: String): Dependency
+    fun npm(
+        name: String,
+        version: String,
+        generateKotlinExternals: Boolean
+    ): Dependency
 
-    fun npm(name: String, directory: File): Dependency
+    fun npm(
+        name: String,
+        version: String
+    ): Dependency = npm(
+        name = name,
+        version = version,
+        generateKotlinExternals = DEFAULT_GENERATE_KOTLIN_EXTERNALS
+    )
 
-    fun npm(directory: File): Dependency
+    fun npm(
+        name: String,
+        directory: File,
+        generateKotlinExternals: Boolean
+    ): Dependency
 
-    fun devNpm(name: String, version: String): Dependency
+    fun npm(
+        name: String,
+        directory: File
+    ): Dependency = npm(
+        name = name,
+        directory = directory,
+        generateKotlinExternals = DEFAULT_GENERATE_KOTLIN_EXTERNALS
+    )
 
-    fun devNpm(name: String, directory: File): Dependency
+    fun npm(
+        directory: File,
+        generateKotlinExternals: Boolean
+    ): Dependency
 
-    fun devNpm(directory: File): Dependency
+    fun npm(
+        directory: File
+    ): Dependency = npm(
+        directory = directory,
+        generateKotlinExternals = DEFAULT_GENERATE_KOTLIN_EXTERNALS
+    )
 
-    fun optionalNpm(name: String, version: String): Dependency
+    fun devNpm(
+        name: String,
+        version: String
+    ): Dependency
 
-    fun optionalNpm(name: String, directory: File): Dependency
+    fun devNpm(
+        name: String,
+        directory: File
+    ): Dependency
 
-    fun optionalNpm(directory: File): Dependency
+    fun devNpm(
+        directory: File
+    ): Dependency
 
-    fun peerNpm(name: String, version: String): Dependency
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    fun optionalNpm(
+        name: String,
+        version: String,
+        generateKotlinExternals: Boolean
+    ): Dependency
+
+    fun optionalNpm(
+        name: String,
+        version: String
+    ): Dependency = optionalNpm(
+        name = name,
+        version = version,
+        generateKotlinExternals = DEFAULT_GENERATE_KOTLIN_EXTERNALS
+    )
+
+    fun optionalNpm(
+        name: String,
+        directory: File,
+        generateKotlinExternals: Boolean
+    ): Dependency
+
+    fun optionalNpm(
+        name: String,
+        directory: File
+    ): Dependency = optionalNpm(
+        name = name,
+        directory = directory,
+        generateKotlinExternals = DEFAULT_GENERATE_KOTLIN_EXTERNALS
+    )
+
+    fun optionalNpm(
+        directory: File,
+        generateKotlinExternals: Boolean
+    ): Dependency
+
+    fun optionalNpm(
+        directory: File
+    ): Dependency = optionalNpm(
+        directory = directory,
+        generateKotlinExternals = DEFAULT_GENERATE_KOTLIN_EXTERNALS
+    )
+
+    fun peerNpm(
+        name: String,
+        version: String
+    ): Dependency
+}
+
+const val DEFAULT_GENERATE_KOTLIN_EXTERNALS = true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/DefaultKotlinDependencyHandler.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/DefaultKotlinDependencyHandler.kt
index 33d29a5163f..50fea85cd3c 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/DefaultKotlinDependencyHandler.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/mpp/DefaultKotlinDependencyHandler.kt
@@ -91,27 +91,44 @@ class DefaultKotlinDependencyHandler(
     override fun npm(name: String): Dependency =
         onlyNameNpmDependency(name)
 
-    override fun npm(name: String, version: String): NpmDependency =
+    override fun npm(
+        name: String,
+        version: String,
+        generateKotlinExternals: Boolean
+    ): NpmDependency =
         NpmDependency(
             project = project,
             name = name,
-            version = version
+            version = version,
+            generateKotlinExternals = generateKotlinExternals
         )
 
-    override fun npm(name: String, directory: File): NpmDependency =
+    override fun npm(
+        name: String,
+        directory: File,
+        generateKotlinExternals: Boolean
+    ): NpmDependency =
         directoryNpmDependency(
-            name,
-            directory,
-            NpmDependency.Scope.NORMAL
+            name = name,
+            directory = directory,
+            scope = NpmDependency.Scope.NORMAL,
+            generateKotlinExternals = generateKotlinExternals
         )
 
-    override fun npm(directory: File): NpmDependency =
+    override fun npm(
+        directory: File,
+        generateKotlinExternals: Boolean
+    ): NpmDependency =
         npm(
             name = moduleName(directory),
-            directory = directory
+            directory = directory,
+            generateKotlinExternals = generateKotlinExternals
         )
 
-    override fun devNpm(name: String, version: String): NpmDependency =
+    override fun devNpm(
+        name: String,
+        version: String
+    ): NpmDependency =
         NpmDependency(
             project = project,
             name = name,
@@ -121,9 +138,10 @@ class DefaultKotlinDependencyHandler(
 
     override fun devNpm(name: String, directory: File): NpmDependency =
         directoryNpmDependency(
-            name,
-            directory,
-            NpmDependency.Scope.DEV
+            name = name,
+            directory = directory,
+            scope = NpmDependency.Scope.DEV,
+            generateKotlinExternals = false
         )
 
     override fun devNpm(directory: File): NpmDependency =
@@ -132,28 +150,45 @@ class DefaultKotlinDependencyHandler(
             directory = directory
         )
 
-    override fun optionalNpm(name: String, version: String): NpmDependency =
+    override fun optionalNpm(
+        name: String,
+        version: String,
+        generateKotlinExternals: Boolean
+    ): NpmDependency =
         NpmDependency(
             project = project,
             name = name,
             version = version,
-            scope = NpmDependency.Scope.OPTIONAL
+            scope = NpmDependency.Scope.OPTIONAL,
+            generateKotlinExternals = generateKotlinExternals
         )
 
-    override fun optionalNpm(name: String, directory: File): NpmDependency =
+    override fun optionalNpm(
+        name: String,
+        directory: File,
+        generateKotlinExternals: Boolean
+    ): NpmDependency =
         directoryNpmDependency(
             name,
             directory,
-            NpmDependency.Scope.OPTIONAL
+            NpmDependency.Scope.OPTIONAL,
+            generateKotlinExternals = generateKotlinExternals
         )
 
-    override fun optionalNpm(directory: File): NpmDependency =
+    override fun optionalNpm(
+        directory: File,
+        generateKotlinExternals: Boolean
+    ): NpmDependency =
         optionalNpm(
             name = moduleName(directory),
-            directory = directory
+            directory = directory,
+            generateKotlinExternals = generateKotlinExternals
         )
 
-    override fun peerNpm(name: String, version: String): NpmDependency =
+    override fun peerNpm(
+        name: String,
+        version: String
+    ): NpmDependency =
         NpmDependency(
             project = project,
             name = name,
@@ -164,12 +199,14 @@ class DefaultKotlinDependencyHandler(
     private fun directoryNpmDependency(
         name: String,
         directory: File,
-        scope: NpmDependency.Scope
+        scope: NpmDependency.Scope,
+        generateKotlinExternals: Boolean
     ): NpmDependency =
         directoryNpmDependency(
-            project,
-            name,
-            directory,
-            scope
+            project = project,
+            name = name,
+            directory = directory,
+            scope = scope,
+            generateKotlinExternals = generateKotlinExternals
         )
 }
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/js/npm/NpmDependency.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/js/npm/NpmDependency.kt
index ff97c9e8a05..e9778042c30 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/js/npm/NpmDependency.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/js/npm/NpmDependency.kt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ data class NpmDependency(
     private val name: String,
     private val version: String,
     val scope: Scope = Scope.NORMAL,
-    val generateKotlinExternals: Boolean = true
+    val generateKotlinExternals: Boolean = false
 ) : SelfResolvingDependency,
     SelfResolvingDependencyInternal,
     ResolvableDependency,
@@ -132,7 +132,8 @@ internal fun directoryNpmDependency(
     project: Project,
     name: String,
     directory: File,
-    scope: NpmDependency.Scope
+    scope: NpmDependency.Scope,
+    generateKotlinExternals: Boolean
 ): NpmDependency {
     check(directory.isDirectory) {
         "Dependency on local path should point on directory but $directory found"
@@ -142,7 +143,8 @@ internal fun directoryNpmDependency(
         project = project,
         name = name,
         version = fileVersion(directory),
-        scope = scope
+        scope = scope,
+        generateKotlinExternals = generateKotlinExternals
     )
 }