diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-main-kts-test/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/mainKts/test/mainKtsIT.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-main-kts-test/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/mainKts/test/mainKtsIT.kt
index c7fb7f94d09..b99228bec70 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-main-kts-test/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/mainKts/test/mainKtsIT.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-main-kts-test/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/mainKts/test/mainKtsIT.kt
@@ -158,6 +158,12 @@ class MainKtsIT {
         Assert.assertTrue("Expect file '$scriptPath' to start with UTF-8 BOM", File(scriptPath).readText().startsWith(UTF8_BOM))
         runWithKotlincAndMainKts(scriptPath, listOf("Hello world"))
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testUseSlf4j() {
+        val scriptPath = "$TEST_DATA_ROOT/use-slf4j.main.kts"
+        runWithKotlincAndMainKts(scriptPath, expectedErrPatterns = listOf(".*test-slf4j"))
+    }
 }
 
 fun runWithKotlincAndMainKts(
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-main-kts-test/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/mainKts/test/mainKtsTest.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-main-kts-test/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/mainKts/test/mainKtsTest.kt
index 29581979c15..b5904545a2b 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-main-kts-test/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/mainKts/test/mainKtsTest.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-main-kts-test/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/mainKts/test/mainKtsTest.kt
@@ -274,6 +274,18 @@ class MainKtsTest {
         assertSucceeded(res)
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun testUseSlf4j() {
+        val err = captureOutAndErr {
+            val res = evalFile(File("$TEST_DATA_ROOT/use-slf4j.main.kts"))
+            assertSucceeded(res)
+        }.second
+        Assert.assertTrue(
+            "Expect info log line with \"test-slf4j\" text, got:\n$err",
+            err.contains("INFO  - test-slf4j")
+        )
+    }
+
     private fun assertSucceeded(res: ResultWithDiagnostics<EvaluationResult>) {
         Assert.assertTrue(
             "test failed:\n  ${res.reports.joinToString("\n  ") { it.severity.name + ": " + it.message + if (it.exception == null) "" else ": ${it.exception}" }}",
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-main-kts-test/testData/use-slf4j.main.kts b/libraries/tools/kotlin-main-kts-test/testData/use-slf4j.main.kts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..924b3c3f1ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-main-kts-test/testData/use-slf4j.main.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+@file:DependsOn("org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.36")
+@file:DependsOn("org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:1.7.36")
+
+val logger = org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger("")
+logger.info("test-{}", "slf4j" as Any)
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-main-kts/main-kts.pro b/libraries/tools/kotlin-main-kts/main-kts.pro
index 87489a94616..91a3a3feeee 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-main-kts/main-kts.pro
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-main-kts/main-kts.pro
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@
 -keep class org.apache.maven.wagon.providers.** { *; }
 -keep class org.jetbrains.kotlin.org.apache.maven.wagon.providers.** { *; }
 
+-keep class org.slf4j.** { *; }
+-keep class org.jetbrains.kotlin.org.slf4j.** { *; }
+
 -keepclassmembers class * extends java.lang.Enum {
     <fields>;
     **[] values();