diff --git a/compiler/fir/resolve/build.gradle.kts b/compiler/fir/resolve/build.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..88121d82e26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/fir/resolve/build.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2018 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license
+ * that can be found in the license/LICENSE.txt file.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright 2000-2018 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license
+ * that can be found in the license/LICENSE.txt file.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright 2000-2018 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license
+ * that can be found in the license/LICENSE.txt file.
+ */
+
+plugins {
+    kotlin("jvm")
+    id("jps-compatible")
+}
+
+jvmTarget = "1.6"
+
+dependencies {
+    compile(project(":core:descriptors"))
+    compile(project(":compiler:fir:tree"))
+
+    compileOnly(intellijCoreDep()) { includeJars("intellij-core", "annotations") }
+}
+
+sourceSets {
+    "main" { projectDefault() }
+    "test" {}
+}
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diff --git a/compiler/fir/resolve/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/resolve/FirTypeResolver.kt b/compiler/fir/resolve/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/resolve/FirTypeResolver.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..56abdb2fdd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/fir/resolve/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/resolve/FirTypeResolver.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2018 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license
+ * that can be found in the license/LICENSE.txt file.
+ */
+
+package org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.resolve
+
+class FirTypeResolver {
+
+}
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diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 4d8e9c6a9d3..72fc7c8f8c0 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ include ":kotlin-build-common",
         ":compiler:fir:tree",
         ":compiler:fir:tree:visitors-generator",
         ":compiler:fir:psi2fir",
+        ":compiler:fir:resolve",
         ":compiler:frontend",
         ":compiler:frontend.java",
         ":compiler:frontend.script",