diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 34aa4434e70..f8178d00ddc 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -158,6 +158,10 @@ extra["versions.jflex"] = "1.7.0"
 extra["versions.markdown"] = "0.1.25"
 extra["versions.trove4j"] = "1.0.20181211"
 
+if (!project.hasProperty("versions.kotlin-native")) {
+    extra["versions.kotlin-native"] = "1.3-dev-8848"
+}
+
 val isTeamcityBuild = project.hasProperty("teamcity") || System.getenv("TEAMCITY_VERSION") != null
 val intellijUltimateEnabled = project.getBooleanProperty("intellijUltimateEnabled") ?: isTeamcityBuild
 val effectSystemEnabled by extra(project.getBooleanProperty("kotlin.compiler.effectSystemEnabled") ?: false)
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/dependencies.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/dependencies.kt
index 12aaefe9470..713f2e8d02b 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/dependencies.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/dependencies.kt
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ val Project.protobufRepo: String
 fun Project.protobufLite(): String = "org.jetbrains.kotlin:protobuf-lite:$protobufVersion"
 fun Project.protobufFull(): String = "org.jetbrains.kotlin:protobuf-relocated:$protobufVersion"
 
+val Project.kotlinNativeVersion: String get() = property("versions.kotlin-native") as String
+
 fun File.matchMaybeVersionedArtifact(baseName: String) = name.matches(baseName.toMaybeVersionedJarRegex())
 
 private val wildcardsRe = """[^*?]+|(\*)|(\?)""".toRegex()
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/build.gradle.kts b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/build.gradle.kts
index 8d95877c241..541fad39efd 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/build.gradle.kts
@@ -101,12 +101,15 @@ tasks {
     }
 
     named<ProcessResources>("processResources") {
-        val propertiesToExpand = mapOf("projectVersion" to project.version)
+        val propertiesToExpand = mapOf(
+            "projectVersion" to project.version,
+            "kotlinNativeVersion" to project.kotlinNativeVersion
+        )
         for ((name, value) in propertiesToExpand) {
             inputs.property(name, value)
         }
         filesMatching("project.properties") {
-            expand("projectVersion" to project.version)
+            expand(propertiesToExpand)
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinPluginWrapper.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinPluginWrapper.kt
index 9a231c5efe3..2f59ba59647 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinPluginWrapper.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinPluginWrapper.kt
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.targets.js.KotlinJsPlugin
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KOTLIN_COMPILER_EMBEDDABLE
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KOTLIN_MODULE_GROUP
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.utils.checkGradleCompatibility
-import java.io.FileNotFoundException
-import java.util.*
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.utils.loadPropertyFromResources
 import javax.inject.Inject
 import kotlin.reflect.KClass
 
@@ -168,14 +167,7 @@ fun Project.getKotlinPluginVersion(): String? =
 
 fun Plugin<*>.loadKotlinVersionFromResource(log: Logger): String {
     log.kotlinDebug("Loading version information")
-    val props = Properties()
-    val propFileName = "project.properties"
-    val inputStream = javaClass.classLoader!!.getResourceAsStream(propFileName)
-        ?: throw FileNotFoundException("property file '$propFileName' not found in the classpath")
-
-    props.load(inputStream)
-
-    val projectVersion = props["project.version"] as String
+    val projectVersion = loadPropertyFromResources("project.properties", "project.version")
     log.kotlinDebug("Found project version [$projectVersion]")
     return projectVersion
 }
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/utils/NativeCompilerDownloader.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/utils/NativeCompilerDownloader.kt
index defa4ff9494..693711b6d7e 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/utils/NativeCompilerDownloader.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/utils/NativeCompilerDownloader.kt
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import org.gradle.api.file.FileTree
 import org.gradle.api.logging.Logger
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.compilerRunner.KonanCompilerRunner
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.compilerRunner.konanVersion
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.logging.kotlinInfo
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.KonanVersion
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.KonanVersionImpl
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.MetaVersion
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.target.HostManager
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.util.DependencyDirectories
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ class NativeCompilerDownloader(
 ) {
 
     internal companion object {
-        val DEFAULT_KONAN_VERSION = KonanVersionImpl(MetaVersion.EAP, 1, 2, 0, 8879)
+        val DEFAULT_KONAN_VERSION: KonanVersion by lazy {
+            KonanVersion.fromString(loadPropertyFromResources("project.properties", "kotlin.native.version"))
+        }
         const val BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL = "https://download.jetbrains.com/kotlin/native/builds"
     }
 
@@ -92,8 +94,8 @@ class NativeCompilerDownloader(
         val configuration = project.configurations.detachedConfiguration(compilerDependency)
         val archive = configuration.files.single()
 
-        logger.info("Use Kotlin/Native compiler archive: ${archive.absolutePath}")
-        logger.lifecycle("Unpack Kotlin/Native compiler (version $versionString)...")
+        logger.kotlinInfo("Using Kotlin/Native compiler archive: ${archive.absolutePath}")
+        logger.lifecycle("Unpacking Kotlin/Native compiler (version $versionString)...")
         project.copy {
             it.from(archiveFileTree(archive))
             it.into(DependencyDirectories.localKonanDir)
@@ -110,4 +112,4 @@ class NativeCompilerDownloader(
             downloadAndExtract()
         }
     }
-}
+}
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diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/utils/resourceUtils.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/utils/resourceUtils.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..84d60542954
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/utils/resourceUtils.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2019 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license
+ * that can be found in the license/LICENSE.txt file.
+ */
+
+package org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.utils
+
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException
+import java.util.*
+
+fun Any.loadPropertyFromResources(propFileName: String, property: String): String {
+    val props = Properties()
+    val inputStream = javaClass.classLoader!!.getResourceAsStream(propFileName)
+        ?: throw FileNotFoundException("property file '$propFileName' not found in the classpath")
+
+    inputStream.use { props.load(it) }
+    return props[property] as String
+}
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diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/resources/project.properties b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/resources/project.properties
index 652aef75695..0e7465705cb 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/resources/project.properties
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/resources/project.properties
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-project.version=${projectVersion}
\ No newline at end of file
+project.version=${projectVersion}
+kotlin.native.version=${kotlinNativeVersion}
\ No newline at end of file