diff --git a/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/CLICompiler.kt b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/CLICompiler.kt
index d401016039e..4fe63b2c580 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/CLICompiler.kt
+++ b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/CLICompiler.kt
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.plugins.PluginCliParser
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.compiler.plugin.ComponentRegistrar
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.CompilerConfiguration
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.Services
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.IrMessageLogger
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.metadata.deserialization.BinaryVersion
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.progress.CompilationCanceledException
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.progress.CompilationCanceledStatus
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.utils.KotlinPaths
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.utils.PathUtil
 import java.io.File
 import java.io.PrintStream
-import java.util.ArrayList
+import java.util.*
 
 abstract class CLICompiler<A : CommonCompilerArguments> : CLITool<A>() {
 
@@ -69,6 +70,8 @@ abstract class CLICompiler<A : CommonCompilerArguments> : CLITool<A>() {
             configuration.put(CLIConfigurationKeys.MESSAGE_COLLECTOR_KEY, it)
         }
 
+        configuration.put(IrMessageLogger.IR_MESSAGE_LOGGER, IrMessageCollector(collector))
+
         configuration.put(CLIConfigurationKeys.PERF_MANAGER, performanceManager)
         try {
             setupCommonArguments(configuration, arguments)
diff --git a/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/messages/IrMessageCollector.kt b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/messages/IrMessageCollector.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ce0d67647dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/messages/IrMessageCollector.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2021 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
+ * 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.cli.common.messages
+
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.IrMessageLogger
+
+class IrMessageCollector(private val messageCollector: MessageCollector) : IrMessageLogger {
+    override fun report(severity: IrMessageLogger.Severity, message: String, location: IrMessageLogger.Location?) {
+        messageCollector.report(severityToCLISeverity(severity), message, locationToCLILocation(location))
+    }
+
+    companion object {
+        private fun severityToCLISeverity(severity: IrMessageLogger.Severity): CompilerMessageSeverity {
+            return when (severity) {
+                IrMessageLogger.Severity.INFO -> CompilerMessageSeverity.INFO
+                IrMessageLogger.Severity.WARNING -> CompilerMessageSeverity.WARNING
+                IrMessageLogger.Severity.ERROR -> CompilerMessageSeverity.ERROR
+            }
+        }
+
+        private fun locationToCLILocation(location: IrMessageLogger.Location?): CompilerMessageLocation? {
+            return location?.run {
+                CompilerMessageLocation.Companion.create(filePath, line, column, null)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
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