diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/BasicKotlinGradlePluginIT.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/BasicKotlinGradlePluginIT.kt
index 17edd49d31e..c9949138352 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/BasicKotlinGradlePluginIT.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/BasicKotlinGradlePluginIT.kt
@@ -99,6 +99,13 @@ class SimpleKotlinGradleIT : BaseGradleIT() {
             assertContains("This type is sealed")
         }
     }
+    @Test
+    fun testJvmTarget() {
+        Project("jvmTarget", "1.6").build("build") {
+            assertFailed()
+            assertContains("Unknown JVM target version: 1.7")
+        }
+    }
 
     @Test
     fun testGradleSubplugin() {
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/test/resources/testProject/jvmTarget/build.gradle b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/test/resources/testProject/jvmTarget/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b216eab4d41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/test/resources/testProject/jvmTarget/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+buildscript {
+    repositories {
+        mavenCentral()
+        maven {
+            url 'file://' + pathToKotlinPlugin
+        }
+    }
+    dependencies {
+        classpath 'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:1.1-SNAPSHOT'
+    }
+}
+
+apply plugin: "kotlin"
+
+sourceSets {
+    main {
+        kotlin {
+            srcDir 'src'
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+repositories {
+    maven {
+        url 'file://' + pathToKotlinPlugin
+    }
+    mavenCentral()
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    compile 'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:1.1-SNAPSHOT'
+}
+
+compileKotlin {
+    kotlinOptions.jvmTarget = "1.7"
+}
+
+task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
+    gradleVersion = "1.4"
+}
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/test/resources/testProject/jvmTarget/src/helloWorld.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/test/resources/testProject/jvmTarget/src/helloWorld.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c7f98b9d8c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/test/resources/testProject/jvmTarget/src/helloWorld.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+interface A {
+    fun foo(): Int = 1
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-maven-plugin-test/src/it/test-jvmTarget/invoker.properties b/libraries/tools/kotlin-maven-plugin-test/src/it/test-jvmTarget/invoker.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c21e972fc6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-maven-plugin-test/src/it/test-jvmTarget/invoker.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+invoker.buildResult = failure
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-maven-plugin-test/src/it/test-jvmTarget/pom.xml b/libraries/tools/kotlin-maven-plugin-test/src/it/test-jvmTarget/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ef1138a71c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-maven-plugin-test/src/it/test-jvmTarget/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+    <artifactId>test-jvmTarget</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <version>4.9</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+            <artifactId>kotlin-runtime</artifactId>
+            <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <properties>
+        <kotlin.compiler.jvmTarget>1.4</kotlin.compiler.jvmTarget>
+    </properties>
+
+    <build>
+        <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/kotlin</sourceDirectory>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>kotlin-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+                <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>compile</id>
+                        <phase>process-sources</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>compile</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-maven-plugin-test/src/it/test-jvmTarget/src/main/kotlin/main.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-maven-plugin-test/src/it/test-jvmTarget/src/main/kotlin/main.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c7f98b9d8c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-maven-plugin-test/src/it/test-jvmTarget/src/main/kotlin/main.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+interface A {
+    fun foo(): Int = 1
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-maven-plugin-test/src/it/test-jvmTarget/verify.bsh b/libraries/tools/kotlin-maven-plugin-test/src/it/test-jvmTarget/verify.bsh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..55dc15c3dad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-maven-plugin-test/src/it/test-jvmTarget/verify.bsh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+source(new File(basedir, "../../../verify-common.bsh").getAbsolutePath());
+
+assertBuildLogHasLine("[INFO] BUILD FAILURE");
+assertBuildLogHasLineThatContains("Unknown JVM target version: 1.4");