diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-maven-plugin/src/it/test-helloworld/pom.xml b/libraries/tools/kotlin-maven-plugin/src/it/test-helloworld/pom.xml
index 1d279ecede0..80ee55276d2 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-maven-plugin/src/it/test-helloworld/pom.xml
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-maven-plugin/src/it/test-helloworld/pom.xml
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@
                         </goals>
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
+              <configuration>
+                <inline>
+                  off
+                </inline>
+              </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/kotlin/maven/KotlinCompileMojoBase.java b/libraries/tools/kotlin-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/kotlin/maven/KotlinCompileMojoBase.java
index 07d07d68813..302e9481deb 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/kotlin/maven/KotlinCompileMojoBase.java
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/kotlin/maven/KotlinCompileMojoBase.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.jet.cli.common.messages.CompilerMessageLocation;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.cli.common.messages.CompilerMessageSeverity;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.cli.common.messages.MessageCollector;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.cli.jvm.K2JVMCompiler;
+import org.jetbrains.jet.lang.types.lang.InlineUtil;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -149,6 +150,13 @@ public abstract class KotlinCompileMojoBase extends AbstractMojo {
      */
     public String testModule;
 
+    /**
+     * Switch method inlining on/off: possible values are "on" and "off".
+     *
+     * @parameter
+     */
+    public String inline;
+
     @Override
     public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
         getLog().info("Kotlin Compiler version " + KotlinVersion.VERSION);
@@ -295,6 +303,8 @@ public abstract class KotlinCompileMojoBase extends AbstractMojo {
         arguments.noJdkAnnotations = true;
         arguments.annotations = getFullAnnotationsPath(log, annotationPaths);
         log.info("Using kotlin annotations from " + arguments.annotations);
+        arguments.enableInline = inline;
+        log.info("Method inlining is " + InlineUtil.optionToInlineFlag(arguments.enableInline));
     }
 
     protected String getFullAnnotationsPath(Log log, List<String> annotations) {