diff --git a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/AbstractScriptCodegenTest.java b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/AbstractScriptCodegenTest.java
index 75257a2a7a4..053311e4873 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/AbstractScriptCodegenTest.java
+++ b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/AbstractScriptCodegenTest.java
@@ -18,12 +18,18 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen;
 
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.Pair;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.CompilerConfiguration;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.FqName;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.ConfigurationKind;
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.TestJdkKind;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.utils.ExceptionUtilsKt;
 
+import java.io.File;
 import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static org.jetbrains.kotlin.script.ScriptTestUtilKt.loadScriptingPlugin;
 
 public abstract class AbstractScriptCodegenTest extends CodegenTestCase {
     @Override
@@ -32,6 +38,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractScriptCodegenTest extends CodegenTestCase {
         createEnvironmentWithMockJdkAndIdeaAnnotations(ConfigurationKind.JDK_ONLY);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    protected void updateConfiguration(@NotNull CompilerConfiguration configuration) {
+        loadScriptingPlugin(configuration);
+        super.updateConfiguration(configuration);
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected void doTest(@NotNull String filename) {
         loadFileByFullPath(filename);
diff --git a/compiler/tests-java8/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jvm/repl/ReplCompilerJava8Test.kt b/compiler/tests-java8/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jvm/repl/ReplCompilerJava8Test.kt
index 1af211127b8..258cab7ffe5 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-java8/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jvm/repl/ReplCompilerJava8Test.kt
+++ b/compiler/tests-java8/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jvm/repl/ReplCompilerJava8Test.kt
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.JVMConfigurationKeys
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.JvmTarget
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.integration.KotlinIntegrationTestBase
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.script.StandardScriptDefinition
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.script.loadScriptingPlugin
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.ConfigurationKind
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.KotlinTestUtils
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.TestJdkKind
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ class ReplCompilerJava8Test : KtUsefulTestCase() {
             addKotlinSourceRoot(tmpdir!!.absolutePath)
             put(JVMConfigurationKeys.OUTPUT_DIRECTORY, tmpdir!!)
             put(JVMConfigurationKeys.JVM_TARGET, JvmTarget.JVM_1_8)
+            loadScriptingPlugin(this)
         }
 
         val environment = KotlinCoreEnvironment.createForTests(testRootDisposable, configuration, EnvironmentConfigFiles.JVM_CONFIG_FILES)
@@ -106,7 +108,9 @@ class ReplCompilerJava8Test : KtUsefulTestCase() {
 
     private fun makeConfiguration() = KotlinTestUtils.newConfiguration(
             ConfigurationKind.ALL, TestJdkKind.FULL_JDK, File(KotlinIntegrationTestBase.getCompilerLib(), "kotlin-stdlib.jar"), tmpdir
-    )
+    ).also {
+        loadScriptingPlugin(it)
+    }
 
     private fun runTest(configuration: CompilerConfiguration): ReplCompileResult {
         val collector = PrintingMessageCollector(System.out, MessageRenderer.WITHOUT_PATHS, false)
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/jvm/repl/GenericReplTest.kt b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/jvm/repl/GenericReplTest.kt
index a75fc724de6..c86fc3a007f 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/jvm/repl/GenericReplTest.kt
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/jvm/repl/GenericReplTest.kt
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.CommonConfigurationKeys
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.integration.KotlinIntegrationTestBase
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.script.KotlinScriptDefinition
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.script.KotlinScriptDefinitionFromAnnotatedTemplate
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.script.loadScriptingPlugin
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.ConfigurationKind
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.KotlinTestUtils
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.TestJdkKind
@@ -203,6 +204,7 @@ internal class TestRepl(
 
     private val configuration = KotlinTestUtils.newConfiguration(ConfigurationKind.ALL, TestJdkKind.MOCK_JDK, *templateClasspath.toTypedArray()).apply {
         put(CommonConfigurationKeys.MODULE_NAME, "kotlin-script")
+        loadScriptingPlugin(this)
     }
 
     val baseClasspath: List<File> get() = configuration.jvmClasspathRoots
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/AbstractCustomScriptCodegenTest.kt b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/AbstractCustomScriptCodegenTest.kt
index d816a86a2e0..483325199f1 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/AbstractCustomScriptCodegenTest.kt
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/AbstractCustomScriptCodegenTest.kt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.messages.MessageCollector
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.config.addJvmClasspathRoots
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.CompilerConfiguration
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.script.loadScriptingPlugin
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.script.util.scriptCompilationClasspathFromContextOrStlib
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.scripting.compiler.plugin.configureScriptDefinitions
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.ConfigurationKind
@@ -39,6 +40,8 @@ abstract class AbstractCustomScriptCodegenTest : CodegenTestCase() {
         }
 
         configuration.addJvmClasspathRoots(additionalDependencies.orEmpty())
+
+        loadScriptingPlugin(configuration)
     }
 
     override fun doMultiFileTest(wholeFile: File, files: MutableList<TestFile>, javaFilesDir: File?) {
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ScriptGenTest.kt b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ScriptGenTest.kt
index 3066b4da8fe..6e696caa9be 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ScriptGenTest.kt
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ScriptGenTest.kt
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.compiler.KotlinCoreEnvironment
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.config.addJvmClasspathRoots
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.JVMConfigurationKeys
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.script.KotlinScriptDefinitionFromAnnotatedTemplate
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.script.loadScriptingPlugin
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.scripts.TestKotlinScriptDependenciesResolver
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.ConfigurationKind
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.KotlinTestUtils
@@ -124,6 +125,7 @@ class ScriptGenTest : CodegenTestCase() {
             addKotlinSourceRoots(sourcePaths.map { "${KotlinTestUtils.getTestDataPathBase()}/codegen/$it" })
             addJvmClasspathRoots(additionalDependencies)
         }
+        loadScriptingPlugin(configuration)
 
         myEnvironment = KotlinCoreEnvironment.createForTests(testRootDisposable, configuration, EnvironmentConfigFiles.JVM_CONFIG_FILES)
 
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/repl/AbstractReplInterpreterTest.kt b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/repl/AbstractReplInterpreterTest.kt
index 3b5762e4b43..5db000622b8 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/repl/AbstractReplInterpreterTest.kt
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/repl/AbstractReplInterpreterTest.kt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.repl.ReplEvalResult
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.repl.configuration.ConsoleReplConfiguration
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.repl.ReplInterpreter
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.script.loadScriptingPlugin
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.ConfigurationKind
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.KotlinTestUtils
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.TestJdkKind
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ abstract class AbstractReplInterpreterTest : KtUsefulTestCase() {
 
     protected fun doTest(path: String) {
         val configuration = KotlinTestUtils.newConfiguration(ConfigurationKind.ALL, TestJdkKind.MOCK_JDK)
+        loadScriptingPlugin(configuration)
         val repl = ReplInterpreter(testRootDisposable, configuration, ConsoleReplConfiguration())
 
         for ((code, expected) in loadLines(File(path))) {
diff --git a/libraries/examples/kotlin-jsr223-local-example/build.gradle.kts b/libraries/examples/kotlin-jsr223-local-example/build.gradle.kts
index 60abb70ca5c..e7adb614344 100644
--- a/libraries/examples/kotlin-jsr223-local-example/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/libraries/examples/kotlin-jsr223-local-example/build.gradle.kts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ dependencies {
     compile(project(":kotlin-script-runtime"))
     compile(projectRuntimeJar(":kotlin-compiler-embeddable"))
     compile(project(":kotlin-script-util"))
+    runtime(projectRuntimeJar(":kotlin-scripting-compiler-embeddable"))
     testCompile(project(":kotlin-test:kotlin-test-junit"))
     testCompile(commonDep("junit:junit"))
     testRuntime(project(":kotlin-reflect"))
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-script-util/build.gradle.kts b/libraries/tools/kotlin-script-util/build.gradle.kts
index f3445c54f2e..b8be6c56e9b 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-script-util/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-script-util/build.gradle.kts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ dependencies {
     compile(commonDep("org.jetbrains.intellij.deps", "trove4j"))
     compileOnly(project(":compiler:cli"))
     compileOnly(project(":compiler:daemon-common"))
+    compileOnly(project(":kotlin-scripting-compiler"))
     compile(projectRuntimeJar(":kotlin-daemon-client"))
     compileOnly("com.jcabi:jcabi-aether:1.0-SNAPSHOT")
     compileOnly("org.sonatype.aether:aether-api:1.13.1")
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-script-util/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/script/jsr223/KotlinJsr223JvmLocalScriptEngine.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-script-util/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/script/jsr223/KotlinJsr223JvmLocalScriptEngine.kt
index 0a6da0e96d7..f5077c7b998 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-script-util/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/script/jsr223/KotlinJsr223JvmLocalScriptEngine.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-script-util/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/script/jsr223/KotlinJsr223JvmLocalScriptEngine.kt
@@ -22,9 +22,11 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.repl.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.config.addJvmClasspathRoots
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.config.addJvmSdkRoots
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.repl.GenericReplCompiler
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.compiler.plugin.ComponentRegistrar
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.script.KotlinScriptDefinition
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.script.KotlinScriptDefinitionFromAnnotatedTemplate
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.scripting.compiler.plugin.ScriptingCompilerConfigurationComponentRegistrar
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.utils.PathUtil
 import java.io.File
 import java.net.URLClassLoader
@@ -67,6 +69,7 @@ class KotlinJsr223JvmLocalScriptEngine(
     private fun makeCompilerConfiguration() = CompilerConfiguration().apply {
         addJvmSdkRoots(PathUtil.getJdkClassesRootsFromCurrentJre())
         addJvmClasspathRoots(templateClasspath)
+        add(ComponentRegistrar.PLUGIN_COMPONENT_REGISTRARS, ScriptingCompilerConfigurationComponentRegistrar())
         put(CommonConfigurationKeys.MODULE_NAME, "kotlin-script")
         languageVersionSettings = LanguageVersionSettingsImpl(
                 LanguageVersion.LATEST_STABLE, ApiVersion.LATEST_STABLE, mapOf(AnalysisFlags.skipMetadataVersionCheck to true)