diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinPlatformType.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinPlatformType.kt
index ab6bae3d678..0bfb56dd2bd 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinPlatformType.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinPlatformType.kt
@@ -32,10 +32,12 @@ enum class KotlinPlatformType: Named, Serializable {
             if (candidateValues == setOf(androidJvm, jvm))
                 closestMatch(androidJvm)
 
-            if (common in candidateValues)
+            if (common in candidateValues && jvm !in candidateValues && androidJvm !in candidateValues) {
                 // then the consumer requests common or requests no platform-specific artifacts,
-                // so common is the best match, KT-26834
+                // so common is the best match, KT-26834; apply this rule only when no JVM variant is available,
+                // as doing otherwise would conflict with Gradle java's disambiguation rules and lead to KT-32239
                 closestMatch(common)
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/VariantAwareDependenciesIT.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/VariantAwareDependenciesIT.kt
index 889629f2c33..0066f2d5cde 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/VariantAwareDependenciesIT.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/VariantAwareDependenciesIT.kt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.KotlinJsCompilerType
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.util.*
 import org.junit.Test
+import kotlin.test.assertTrue
 
 class VariantAwareDependenciesIT : BaseGradleIT() {
     private val gradleVersion = GradleVersionRequired.FOR_MPP_SUPPORT
@@ -315,6 +316,27 @@ class VariantAwareDependenciesIT : BaseGradleIT() {
             }
         }
 
+    @Test
+    fun testResolveDependencyOnMppInCustomConfiguration() = with(Project("simpleProject", GradleVersionRequired.FOR_MPP_SUPPORT)) {
+        setupWorkingDir()
+
+        gradleBuildScript().appendText(
+            "\n" + """
+            configurations.create("custom")
+            repositories.maven { setUrl("https://dl.bintray.com/kotlin/kotlin-dev") }
+            dependencies { custom("org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-cli:0.2.0-dev-7") }
+            tasks.register("resolveCustom") { doLast { println("###" + configurations.custom.toList()) } }
+            """.trimIndent()
+        )
+
+        build("resolveCustom") {
+            assertSuccessful()
+            val printedLine = output.lines().single { "###" in it }.substringAfter("###")
+            val items = printedLine.removeSurrounding("[", "]").split(", ")
+            assertTrue(items.toString()) { items.any { "kotlinx-cli-jvm" in it } }
+        }
+    }
+
 }
 
 internal fun BaseGradleIT.Project.embedProject(other: BaseGradleIT.Project, renameTo: String? = null) {