diff --git a/compiler/ir/ir.tests/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/AbstractIrTextTestCase.kt b/compiler/ir/ir.tests/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/AbstractIrTextTestCase.kt
index 9b1f3c34b1a..3ace91cfedf 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/ir.tests/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/AbstractIrTextTestCase.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/ir.tests/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/AbstractIrTextTestCase.kt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil
 import junit.framework.TestCase
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.IrFile
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.dump
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.dumpTreesFromLineNumber
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.KotlinTestUtils
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.utils.rethrow
 import java.io.File
@@ -52,6 +53,11 @@ abstract class AbstractIrTextTestCase : AbstractIrGeneratorTestCase() {
             actual.append(actualCount).append(" ").append(expectation.needle).append("\n")
         }
 
+        for (irTreeFileLabel in expectations.irTreeFileLabels) {
+            val actualTrees = irFile.dumpTreesFromLineNumber(irTreeFileLabel.lineNumber)
+            KotlinTestUtils.assertEqualsToFile(irTreeFileLabel.expectedTextFile, actualTrees)
+        }
+
         try {
             TestCase.assertEquals(irFileDump, expected.toString(), actual.toString())
         }
@@ -61,40 +67,52 @@ abstract class AbstractIrTextTestCase : AbstractIrGeneratorTestCase() {
         }
     }
 
-    protected class Expectations(val irExpectedTextFile: File?, val regexps: List<RegexpInText>)
+    internal class Expectations(val irExpectedTextFile: File?, val regexps: List<RegexpInText>, val irTreeFileLabels: List<IrTreeFileLabel>)
 
-    protected class RegexpInText(val numberOfOccurrences: Int, val needle: String) {
+    internal class RegexpInText(val numberOfOccurrences: Int, val needle: String) {
         constructor(countStr: String, needle: String) : this(Integer.valueOf(countStr), needle)
     }
 
+    internal class IrTreeFileLabel(val expectedTextFile: File, val lineNumber: Int)
+
     companion object {
         private val EXPECTED_OCCURRENCES_PATTERN = Regex("""^\s*//\s*(\d+)\s*(.*)$""")
-        private val EXPECT_TXT_PATTERN = Regex("""^\s*//\s*IR_FILE_TXT\s+(.*)$""")
+        private val IR_FILE_TXT_PATTERN = Regex("""^\s*//\s*IR_FILE_TXT\s+(.*)$""")
+        private val IR_TREES_TXT_PATTERN = Regex("""// \s*<<<\s+(.*)$""")
 
-        private fun parseExpectations(dir: File, testFile: TestFile): Expectations {
+        internal fun parseExpectations(dir: File, testFile: TestFile): Expectations {
             var expectedTextFileName: String? = null
             val regexps = ArrayList<RegexpInText>()
-            for (line in testFile.content.split("\n")) {
+            val treeFiles = ArrayList<IrTreeFileLabel>()
+
+            for ((lineNumber, line) in testFile.content.split("\n").withIndex()) {
                 EXPECTED_OCCURRENCES_PATTERN.matchEntire(line)?.let { matchResult ->
-                    regexps.add(RegexpInText(matchResult.groupValues[1], matchResult.groupValues[2]))
+                    regexps.add(RegexpInText(matchResult.groupValues[1], matchResult.groupValues[2].trim()))
                 }
-                EXPECT_TXT_PATTERN.matchEntire(line)?.let { matchResult ->
-                    expectedTextFileName = matchResult.groupValues[1]
+                ?: IR_FILE_TXT_PATTERN.matchEntire(line)?.let { matchResult ->
+                    expectedTextFileName = matchResult.groupValues[1].trim()
+                }
+                ?: IR_TREES_TXT_PATTERN.find(line)?.let { matchResult ->
+                    val fileName = matchResult.groupValues[1].trim()
+                    val file = createExpectedTextFile(testFile, dir, fileName)
+                    treeFiles.add(IrTreeFileLabel(file, lineNumber))
                 }
             }
 
-            val expectedTextFile: File? = expectedTextFileName?.let {
-                val textFile = File(dir, expectedTextFileName)
-                if (!textFile.exists()) {
-                    TestCase.assertTrue("Can't create an IR expected text containingFile: ${textFile.absolutePath}", textFile.createNewFile())
-                    PrintWriter(FileWriter(textFile)).use {
-                        it.println("$expectedTextFileName: new IR expected text containingFile for ${testFile.name}")
-                    }
-                }
-                textFile
-            }
+            val expectedTextFile: File? = expectedTextFileName?.let { createExpectedTextFile(testFile, dir, it) }
 
-            return Expectations(expectedTextFile, regexps)
+            return Expectations(expectedTextFile, regexps, treeFiles)
+        }
+
+        internal fun createExpectedTextFile(testFile: TestFile, dir: File, fileName: String): File {
+            val textFile = File(dir, fileName)
+            if (!textFile.exists()) {
+                TestCase.assertTrue("Can't create an IR expected text containingFile: ${textFile.absolutePath}", textFile.createNewFile())
+                PrintWriter(FileWriter(textFile)).use {
+                    it.println("$fileName: new IR expected text containingFile for ${testFile.name}")
+                }
+            }
+            return textFile
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/declarations/IrFile.kt b/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/declarations/IrFile.kt
index 7913dcb2c3c..d05640faa8c 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/declarations/IrFile.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/declarations/IrFile.kt
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.visitors.IrElementVisitor
 
 interface IrFile : IrCompoundDeclaration {
     val name: String
+    val fileEntry: SourceLocationManager.FileEntry
     val module: IrModule
     override val descriptor: PackageFragmentDescriptor
 
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ interface IrFile : IrCompoundDeclaration {
 }
 
 class IrFileImpl(
-        val fileEntry: SourceLocationManager.FileEntry,
+        override val fileEntry: SourceLocationManager.FileEntry,
         override val name: String,
         override val descriptor: PackageFragmentDescriptor
 ) : IrCompoundDeclarationBase(0, fileEntry.maxOffset, IrDeclarationOriginKind.DEFINED), IrFile {
diff --git a/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/util/DumpIrTree.kt b/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/util/DumpIrTree.kt
index 5eb5e0e54cf..36415bae8c4 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/util/DumpIrTree.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/util/DumpIrTree.kt
@@ -17,17 +17,25 @@
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util
 
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.IrElement
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.SourceLocationManager
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.IrDeclaration
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.IrFile
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.expressions.IrCallExpression
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.visitors.IrElementVisitor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.utils.Printer
 
-fun IrDeclaration.dump(): String {
+fun IrElement.dump(): String {
     val sb = StringBuilder()
     accept(DumpIrTreeVisitor(sb), "")
     return sb.toString()
 }
 
+fun IrFile.dumpTreesFromLineNumber(lineNumber: Int): String {
+    val sb = StringBuilder()
+    accept(DumpTreeFromSourceLineVisitor(fileEntry, lineNumber, sb), null)
+    return sb.toString()
+}
+
 class DumpIrTreeVisitor(out: Appendable): IrElementVisitor<Unit, String> {
     val printer = Printer(out, "  ")
     val elementRenderer = RenderIrElementVisitor()
@@ -67,3 +75,20 @@ class DumpIrTreeVisitor(out: Appendable): IrElementVisitor<Unit, String> {
     private fun String.withLabel(label: String) =
             if (label.isEmpty()) this else "$label: $this"
 }
+
+class DumpTreeFromSourceLineVisitor(
+        val fileEntry: SourceLocationManager.FileEntry,
+        val lineNumber: Int,
+        out: Appendable
+): IrElementVisitor<Unit, Nothing?> {
+    val dumper = DumpIrTreeVisitor(out)
+
+    override fun visitElement(element: IrElement, data: Nothing?) {
+        if (fileEntry.getLineNumber(element.startOffset) == lineNumber) {
+            element.accept(dumper, "")
+            return
+        }
+
+        element.acceptChildren(this, data)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/compiler/testData/ir/irText/calls.txt b/compiler/testData/ir/irText/calls.txt
index a4c054d6b02..42b9403a02b 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/ir/irText/calls.txt
+++ b/compiler/testData/ir/irText/calls.txt
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ IrFile /calls.kt
   IrFunction public fun kotlin.Int.ext1(): kotlin.Int
     IrExpressionBody
       RETURN type=kotlin.Int
-        DUMMY KtThisExpression
+        $RECEIVER of: <root>
   IrFunction public fun kotlin.Int.ext2(/*0*/ x: kotlin.Int): kotlin.Int
     IrExpressionBody
       RETURN type=kotlin.Int
         CALL foo
-          x: DUMMY KtThisExpression
+          x: $RECEIVER of: <root>
           y: VAR x
diff --git a/compiler/testData/ir/irText/smoke.kt b/compiler/testData/ir/irText/smoke.kt
index da6b7411cba..814098a54f1 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/ir/irText/smoke.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/ir/irText/smoke.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 fun testFun(): String { return "OK" }
-val testSimpleVal = 1
+val testSimpleVal = 1 // <<< smoke.testSimpleVal.txt
 val testValWithGetter: Int get() = 42
 var testSimpleVar = 2
 var testVarWithAccessors: Int
diff --git a/compiler/testData/ir/irText/smoke.testSimpleVal.txt b/compiler/testData/ir/irText/smoke.testSimpleVal.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b6e0f87da0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/ir/irText/smoke.testSimpleVal.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+IrProperty public val testSimpleVal: kotlin.Int = 1 getter=null setter=null
+  IrExpressionBody
+    RETURN type=kotlin.Int
+      LITERAL Int type=kotlin.Int value='1'