diff --git a/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/main.kt b/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/main.kt
index 7bbb8890238..a4825e52034 100644
--- a/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/main.kt
+++ b/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/main.kt
@@ -171,9 +171,9 @@ private fun processLib(konanHome: String,
     val userDir = System.getProperty("user.dir")
     val ktGenRoot = args["-generated"]?.single() ?: userDir
     val nativeLibsDir = args["-natives"]?.single() ?: userDir
-    val platformName = args["-target"]?.single() ?: "jvm"
+    val flavorName = args["-flavor"]?.single() ?: "jvm"
 
-    val platform = KotlinPlatform.values().single { it.name.equals(platformName, ignoreCase = true) }
+    val flavor = KotlinPlatform.values().single { it.name.equals(flavorName, ignoreCase = true) }
 
     val defFile = args["-def"]?.single()?.let { File(it) }
 
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ private fun processLib(konanHome: String,
 
     val nativeIndex = buildNativeIndex(library)
 
-    val gen = StubGenerator(nativeIndex, configuration, libName, generateShims, platform)
+    val gen = StubGenerator(nativeIndex, configuration, libName, generateShims, flavor)
 
     outKtFile.parentFile.mkdirs()
     outKtFile.bufferedWriter().use { out ->
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ private fun processLib(konanHome: String,
 
     val workDir = defFile?.parentFile ?: File(System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir"))
 
-    if (platform == KotlinPlatform.JVM) {
+    if (flavor == KotlinPlatform.JVM) {
 
         val outOFile = createTempFile(suffix = ".o")
 
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ private fun processLib(konanHome: String,
         runCmd(linkerCmd, workDir, verbose)
 
         outOFile.delete()
-    } else if (platform == KotlinPlatform.NATIVE) {
+    } else if (flavor == KotlinPlatform.NATIVE) {
         val outBcName = libName + ".bc"
         val outLib = nativeLibsDir + "/" + outBcName
         val compilerCmd = arrayOf("$llvmInstallPath/bin/$compiler", *compilerOpts.toTypedArray(),
diff --git a/backend.native/tests/build.gradle b/backend.native/tests/build.gradle
index fe8973014f2..86c6b60d36e 100644
--- a/backend.native/tests/build.gradle
+++ b/backend.native/tests/build.gradle
@@ -1508,29 +1508,29 @@ kotlinNativeInterop {
     sysstat {
         pkg 'sysstat'
         headers 'sys/stat.h'
-        target 'native'
+        flavor 'native'
     }
 
     cstdlib {
         pkg 'cstdlib'
         headers 'stdlib.h'
-        target 'native'
+        flavor 'native'
     }
 
     cstdio {
         defFile 'interop/basics/cstdio.def'
-        target 'native'
+        flavor 'native'
         compilerOpts '-D_POSIX_SOURCE' // Exclude Darwin extensions causing link errors.
     }
 
     sockets {
         defFile 'interop/basics/sockets.def'
-        target 'native'
+        flavor 'native'
     }
 
     if (isMac()) {
         opengl {
-            target 'native'
+            flavor 'native'
             compilerOpts '-framework', 'OpenGL', '-framework', 'GLUT'
             linkerOpts '-framework', 'OpenGL', '-framework', 'GLUT'
             pkg 'opengl'
@@ -1578,4 +1578,4 @@ if (isMac()) {
         source = "interop/basics/opengl_teapot.kt"
         interop = 'opengl'
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/jetbrains/kotlin/NativeInteropPlugin.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/jetbrains/kotlin/NativeInteropPlugin.groovy
index 3be61c17473..1c1fdf90d37 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/jetbrains/kotlin/NativeInteropPlugin.groovy
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/jetbrains/kotlin/NativeInteropPlugin.groovy
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class NamedNativeInteropConfig implements Named {
     private SourceSet interopStubs
     final JavaExec genTask
 
-    private String target = "jvm"
+    private String flavor = "jvm"
 
     private String defFile
 
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ class NamedNativeInteropConfig implements Named {
 
     Configuration configuration
 
-    void target(String value) {
-        target = value
+    void flavor(String value) {
+        flavor = value
     }
 
     void defFile(String value) {
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ class NamedNativeInteropConfig implements Named {
                 args "-properties:" + project.findProject(":backend.native").file("konan.properties")
                 args "-generated:" + generatedSrcDir
                 args "-natives:" + nativeLibsDir
-                args "-target:" + this.target
+                args "-flavor:" + this.flavor
                 // Uncomment to debug.
                 //args "-verbose:true"
 
diff --git a/cmd/interop b/cmd/interop
index 5cef7c1ab67..35f18e3b3f2 100644
--- a/cmd/interop
+++ b/cmd/interop
@@ -52,13 +52,13 @@ INTEROP_RUNTIME_JAR="${KONAN_HOME}/konan/lib/Runtime.jar"
 INTEROP_CLASSPATH="$STUB_GENERATOR_JAR:$KOTLIN_JAR:$INTEROP_INDEXER_JAR:$INTEROP_RUNTIME_JAR"
 INTEROP_TOOL=org.jetbrains.kotlin.native.interop.gen.jvm.MainKt
 
-TARGET_ARG=-target:native
+FLAVOR_ARG=-flavor:native
 
 LIBCLANG_DISABLE_CRASH_RECOVERY=1 \
 LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${NATIVE_LIB} \
 $JAVACMD $JAVA_OPTS ${java_args[@]} \
     -cp $INTEROP_CLASSPATH \
     $INTEROP_TOOL \
-    $TARGET_ARG ${interop_args[@]} \
+    $FLAVOR_ARG ${interop_args[@]} \