diff --git a/idea/resources/META-INF/plugin-common.xml b/idea/resources/META-INF/plugin-common.xml
index 903f157ac24..9c134916323 100644
--- a/idea/resources/META-INF/plugin-common.xml
+++ b/idea/resources/META-INF/plugin-common.xml
@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@
         <action id="StoredExceptionsThrowToggleAction" class="org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.actions.internal.StoredExceptionsThrowToggleAction"
                 text="Throw cached PCE"/>
 
+        <action id="KotlinThrowException" class="org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.actions.internal.KotlinThrowExceptionAction"
+                text="Throw Kotlin Plugin Exception"/>
+
         <action id="CopyAsDiagnosticTest" class="org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.actions.internal.CopyAsDiagnosticTestAction"
                 text="Copy Current File As Diagnostic Test"/>
 
diff --git a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/actions/internal/KotlinThrowExceptionAction.kt b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/actions/internal/KotlinThrowExceptionAction.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b2030ee8ac1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/actions/internal/KotlinThrowExceptionAction.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2019 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.idea.actions.internal
+
+import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.AnAction
+import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.AnActionEvent
+
+class KotlinThrowExceptionAction : AnAction() {
+    override fun actionPerformed(e: AnActionEvent) {
+        throw IllegalStateException("Kotlin Test Exception")
+    }
+}