diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-test-nodejs-runner/cli.ts b/libraries/tools/kotlin-test-nodejs-runner/cli.ts
index c6909f3c41e..125cfb4ad81 100755
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-test-nodejs-runner/cli.ts
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-test-nodejs-runner/cli.ts
@@ -1,47 +1,13 @@
 import {TeamCityMessagesFlow} from "./src/TeamCityMessagesFlow";
 import {directRunner, KotlinTestRunner} from "./src/KotlinTestRunner";
 import {IgnoredTestSuitesReporting, runWithTeamCityReporter} from "./src/KotlinTestTeamCityReporter";
-import {CliArgsParser} from "./src/CliArgsParser";
+import {defaultCliArgsParser} from "./src/CliArgsParser";
 import {configureFiltering} from "./src/CliFiltertingConfiguration";
 import {hrTimer} from "./src/Timer";
 
 const kotlin_test = require('kotlin-test');
 
-const parser = new CliArgsParser({
-    version: VERSION,
-    bin: BIN,
-    description: DESCRIPTION,
-    usage: "[-t --tests] [-e --exclude] <module_name1>, <module_name2>, ..",
-    args: {
-        include: {
-            keys: ['--tests', '--include'],
-            help: "Tests to include. Example: MySuite.test1,MySuite.MySubSuite.*,*unix*,!*windows*",
-            default: "*"
-
-        },
-        exclude: {
-            keys: ['--exclude'],
-            help: "Tests to exclude. Example: MySuite.test1,MySuite.MySubSuite.*,*unix*"
-        },
-        ignoredTestSuites: {
-            keys: ['--ignoredTestSuites'],
-            help: "How to deal with ignored test suites",
-            single: true,
-            values: [
-                IgnoredTestSuitesReporting.skip,
-                IgnoredTestSuitesReporting.reportAsIgnoredTest,
-                IgnoredTestSuitesReporting.reportAllInnerTestsAsIgnored
-            ],
-            valuesHelp: [
-                "don't report ignored test suites",
-                "useful to speedup large ignored test suites",
-                "will cause visiting all inner tests",
-            ],
-            default: IgnoredTestSuitesReporting.reportAllInnerTestsAsIgnored
-        }
-    },
-    freeArgsTitle: "module_name"
-});
+const parser = defaultCliArgsParser;
 
 const processArgs = process.argv.slice(2);
 const untypedArgs = parser.parse(processArgs);
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-test-nodejs-runner/src/CliArgsParser.ts b/libraries/tools/kotlin-test-nodejs-runner/src/CliArgsParser.ts
index 367cb66a15e..84315cf418c 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-test-nodejs-runner/src/CliArgsParser.ts
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-test-nodejs-runner/src/CliArgsParser.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import {println, startsWith} from "./utils";
+import {IgnoredTestSuitesReporting} from "./KotlinTestTeamCityReporter";
 
 export type CliDescription = {
     version: string,
@@ -113,3 +114,41 @@ export class CliArgsParser {
         return result
     }
 }
+
+export const defaultCliDescription: CliDescription = {
+    version: VERSION,
+    bin: BIN,
+    description: DESCRIPTION,
+    usage: "[-t --tests] [-e --exclude] <module_name1>, <module_name2>, ..",
+    args: {
+        include: {
+            keys: ['--tests', '--include'],
+            help: "Tests to include. Example: MySuite.test1,MySuite.MySubSuite.*,*unix*,!*windows*",
+            default: "*"
+
+        },
+        exclude: {
+            keys: ['--exclude'],
+            help: "Tests to exclude. Example: MySuite.test1,MySuite.MySubSuite.*,*unix*"
+        },
+        ignoredTestSuites: {
+            keys: ['--ignoredTestSuites'],
+            help: "How to deal with ignored test suites",
+            single: true,
+            values: [
+                IgnoredTestSuitesReporting.skip,
+                IgnoredTestSuitesReporting.reportAsIgnoredTest,
+                IgnoredTestSuitesReporting.reportAllInnerTestsAsIgnored
+            ],
+            valuesHelp: [
+                "don't report ignored test suites",
+                "useful to speedup large ignored test suites",
+                "will cause visiting all inner tests",
+            ],
+            default: IgnoredTestSuitesReporting.reportAllInnerTestsAsIgnored
+        }
+    },
+    freeArgsTitle: "module_name"
+};
+
+export const defaultCliArgsParser: CliArgsParser = new CliArgsParser(defaultCliDescription);