diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/native/FatFrameworkIT.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/native/FatFrameworkIT.kt
index ec1da6da0b4..c2aa09c38f4 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/native/FatFrameworkIT.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/native/FatFrameworkIT.kt
@@ -5,13 +5,10 @@
 
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.native
 
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.BaseGradleIT
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.GradleVersionRequired
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.*
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.embedProject
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.transformProjectWithPluginsDsl
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.util.addBeforeSubstring
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.util.checkedReplace
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.util.modify
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.util.runProcess
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.util.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.target.HostManager
 import org.junit.Assume
 import org.junit.BeforeClass
@@ -195,6 +192,19 @@ class FatFrameworkIT : BaseGradleIT() {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Test that the configurations exposing the frameworks don't interfere with variant-aware dependency resolution
+     */
+    @Test
+    fun testDependencyResolution() = with(transformProjectWithPluginsDsl("smoke", directoryPrefix = "native-fat-framework")) {
+        setupWorkingDir()
+        val nestedProjectName = "nested"
+        embedProject(this, nestedProjectName)
+        gradleBuildScript(nestedProjectName).modify { it.replace(".version(\"$KOTLIN_VERSION\")", "") }
+        gradleBuildScript().appendText("dependencies { \"commonMainImplementation\"(project(\":$nestedProjectName\")) }")
+        testResolveAllConfigurations()
+    }
+
     companion object {
         @BeforeClass
         @JvmStatic
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/KotlinNativeTargetConfigurator.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/KotlinNativeTargetConfigurator.kt
index 218668c0447..26752315f84 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/KotlinNativeTargetConfigurator.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/KotlinNativeTargetConfigurator.kt
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ open class KotlinNativeTargetConfigurator<T : KotlinNativeTarget> : AbstractKotl
         linkTask: TaskProvider<KotlinNativeLink>
     ) {
         fun <T : Task> Configuration.configureConfiguration(taskProvider: TaskProvider<T>) {
+            setupAsPublicConfigurationIfSupported(binary.target)
             project.afterEvaluate {
                 val task = taskProvider.get()
                 val artifactFile = when (task) {