diff --git a/kotlin-native/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/CacheTesting.kt b/kotlin-native/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/CacheTesting.kt
index cbb3ba2313e..04f6a12bc22 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/CacheTesting.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/CacheTesting.kt
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin
 import org.gradle.api.Project
 import org.gradle.api.Task
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.Exec
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.properties.resolvablePropertyList
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.target.CompilerOutputKind
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.target.Distribution
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.target.HostManager
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.target.KonanTarget
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.util.visibleName
 
 class CacheTesting(val buildCacheTask: Task, val compilerArgs: List<String>, val isDynamic: Boolean)
@@ -23,14 +27,27 @@ fun configureCacheTesting(project: Project): CacheTesting? {
     }
 
     val target = project.testTarget
+    val dist = project.kotlinNativeDist
+
+    val cacheableTargets = Distribution(dist.absolutePath).properties
+            .resolvablePropertyList("cacheableTargets", HostManager.hostName)
+            .map { KonanTarget.predefinedTargets.getValue(it) }
+            .toSet()
+
+    check(target in cacheableTargets) {
+        """
+            No cache support for test target $target at host target ${HostManager.host}.
+            $STDLIB_BUILD_CACHE_TASK_NAME Gradle task can't be created.
+        """.trimIndent()
+
+    }
 
     val cacheDir = project.file("${project.buildDir}/cache")
     val cacheFile = "$cacheDir/stdlib-cache"
-    val dist = project.kotlinNativeDist
     val stdlib = "$dist/klib/common/stdlib"
     val compilerArgs = listOf("-Xcached-library=$stdlib,$cacheFile")
 
-    val buildCacheTask = project.tasks.create("buildStdlibCache", Exec::class.java) {
+    val buildCacheTask = project.tasks.create(STDLIB_BUILD_CACHE_TASK_NAME, Exec::class.java) {
         doFirst {
             cacheDir.mkdirs()
         }
@@ -49,4 +66,6 @@ fun configureCacheTesting(project: Project): CacheTesting? {
     }
 
     return CacheTesting(buildCacheTask, compilerArgs, isDynamic)
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+private const val STDLIB_BUILD_CACHE_TASK_NAME = "buildStdlibCache"