diff --git a/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KonanCompilerDownloadTask.kt b/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KonanCompilerDownloadTask.kt
index 308eaf20e33..f6a9708845f 100644
--- a/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KonanCompilerDownloadTask.kt
+++ b/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KonanCompilerDownloadTask.kt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ open class KonanCompilerDownloadTask : DefaultTask() {
 
     @TaskAction
     fun downloadAndExtract() {
-        if (project.hasProperty(KonanPlugin.KONAN_HOME_PROPERTY_NAME)) {
+        if (!project.hasProperty(KonanPlugin.DOWNLOAD_COMPILER_PROPERTY_NAME)) {
             val konanHome = project.property(KonanPlugin.KONAN_HOME_PROPERTY_NAME)
             logger.info("Use a user-defined compiler path: $konanHome")
             return
diff --git a/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KonanPlugin.kt b/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KonanPlugin.kt
index b516b33b622..9869f70732c 100644
--- a/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KonanPlugin.kt
+++ b/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KonanPlugin.kt
@@ -191,6 +191,8 @@ class KonanPlugin @Inject constructor(private val registry: ToolingModelBuilderR
         internal const val KONAN_BUILD_TARGETS = "konan.build.targets"
 
         internal const val DEFAULT_KONAN_VERSION = "0.3"
+
+        internal const val DOWNLOAD_COMPILER_PROPERTY_NAME = "DownloadCompiler"
     }
 
     /**
@@ -219,6 +221,7 @@ class KonanPlugin @Inject constructor(private val registry: ToolingModelBuilderR
         project.extensions.add(INTEROP_EXTENSION_NAME, KonanInteropContainer(project))
         if (!project.extensions.extraProperties.has(KonanPlugin.KONAN_HOME_PROPERTY_NAME)) {
             project.extensions.extraProperties.set(KonanPlugin.KONAN_HOME_PROPERTY_NAME, project.konanCompilerDownloadDir())
+            project.extensions.extraProperties.set(DOWNLOAD_COMPILER_PROPERTY_NAME, true)
         }
         if (!project.extensions.extraProperties.has(KonanPlugin.KONAN_BUILD_TARGETS)) {
             project.extensions.extraProperties.set(KonanPlugin.KONAN_BUILD_TARGETS, project.host)