diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-main-kts-test/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/mainKts/test/mainKtsJsr223Test.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-main-kts-test/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/mainKts/test/mainKtsJsr223Test.kt
index 39b4a7f3ba9..b5bf9eddca7 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-main-kts-test/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/mainKts/test/mainKtsJsr223Test.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-main-kts-test/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/mainKts/test/mainKtsJsr223Test.kt
@@ -22,5 +22,15 @@ class MainKtsJsr223Test {
         val res2 = engine.eval("x + 2")
         Assert.assertEquals(5, res2)
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testWithDirectBindings() {
+        val engine = ScriptEngineManager().getEngineByExtension("main.kts")!!
+        engine.put("z", 6)
+        val res1 = engine.eval("val x = 7")
+        Assert.assertNull(res1)
+        val res2 = engine.eval("z * x")
+        Assert.assertEquals(42, res2)
+    }
 }
 
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-main-kts/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/mainKts/scriptDef.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-main-kts/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/mainKts/scriptDef.kt
index 77267e3f343..d6ae7a7f41e 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-main-kts/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/mainKts/scriptDef.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-main-kts/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/mainKts/scriptDef.kt
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ object MainKtsScriptDefinition : ScriptCompilationConfiguration(
         }
         refineConfiguration {
             onAnnotations(DependsOn::class, Repository::class, Import::class, handler = MainKtsConfigurator())
+            beforeCompiling { context ->
+                configureProvidedPropertiesFromJsr223Context(
+                    ScriptConfigurationRefinementContext(context.script, context.compilationConfiguration, context.collectedData)
+                )
+            }
         }
         ide {
             acceptedLocations(ScriptAcceptedLocation.Everywhere)
@@ -61,11 +66,7 @@ class MainKtsConfigurator : RefineScriptCompilationConfigurationHandler {
     private val resolver = FilesAndIvyResolver()
 
     override operator fun invoke(context: ScriptConfigurationRefinementContext): ResultWithDiagnostics<ScriptCompilationConfiguration> =
-        processAnnotations(context).onSuccess { updatedConfiguration ->
-            configureProvidedPropertiesFromJsr223Context(
-                ScriptConfigurationRefinementContext(context.script, updatedConfiguration, context.collectedData)
-            )
-        }
+        processAnnotations(context)
 
     fun processAnnotations(context: ScriptConfigurationRefinementContext): ResultWithDiagnostics<ScriptCompilationConfiguration> {
         val diagnostics = arrayListOf<ScriptDiagnostic>()