diff --git a/shared/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/target/KonanProperties.kt b/shared/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/target/KonanProperties.kt
index f33c991f3b8..7d78389b393 100644
--- a/shared/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/target/KonanProperties.kt
+++ b/shared/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/target/KonanProperties.kt
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.properties
 
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.target.KonanTarget
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.target.Configurables
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.target.HostManager
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.util.ArchiveType
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.util.DependencyProcessor
+import java.io.File
 
 interface TargetableExternalStorage {
     fun targetString(key: String): String? 
@@ -33,7 +36,8 @@ interface TargetableExternalStorage {
 
 abstract class KonanPropertiesLoader(override val target: KonanTarget,
                                      val properties: Properties,
-                                     val baseDir: String? = null) : Configurables {
+                                     private val baseDir: String? = null,
+                                     private val host: KonanTarget = HostManager.host) : Configurables {
     open val dependencies get() = hostTargetList("dependencies")
 
     override fun downloadDependencies() {
@@ -45,17 +49,30 @@ abstract class KonanPropertiesLoader(override val target: KonanTarget,
     override fun targetList(key: String): List<String>
         = properties.targetList(key, target)
     override fun hostString(key: String): String? 
-        = properties.hostString(key)
+        = properties.hostString(key, host)
     override fun hostList(key: String): List<String> 
-        = properties.hostList(key)
+        = properties.hostList(key, host)
     override fun hostTargetString(key: String): String? 
-        = properties.hostTargetString(key, target)
+        = properties.hostTargetString(key, target, host)
     override fun hostTargetList(key: String): List<String> 
-        = properties.hostTargetList(key, target)
+        = properties.hostTargetList(key, target, host)
 
     override fun absolute(value: String?): String =
             dependencyProcessor!!.resolveRelative(value!!).absolutePath
     private val dependencyProcessor  by lazy {
-        baseDir?.let { DependencyProcessor(java.io.File(it), this) }
+        baseDir?.let {
+            DependencyProcessor(
+                    dependenciesRoot = File(baseDir),
+                    properties = this,
+                    archiveType = defaultArchiveTypeByHost(host)
+            )
+        }
     }
+}
+
+private fun defaultArchiveTypeByHost(host: KonanTarget): ArchiveType = when (host) {
+    KonanTarget.LINUX_X64 -> ArchiveType.TAR_GZ
+    KonanTarget.MACOS_X64 -> ArchiveType.TAR_GZ
+    KonanTarget.MINGW_X64 -> ArchiveType.ZIP
+    else -> error("$host can't be a host platform!")
 }
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diff --git a/shared/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/target/TargetProperties.kt b/shared/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/target/TargetProperties.kt
index ee1c4634086..09983514390 100644
--- a/shared/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/target/TargetProperties.kt
+++ b/shared/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/target/TargetProperties.kt
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.properties
 
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.target.*
 
-fun Properties.hostString(name: String): String?
-    = this.propertyString(name, HostManager.hostName)
+fun Properties.hostString(name: String, host: KonanTarget): String?
+    = this.propertyString(name, host.name)
 
-fun Properties.hostList(name: String): List<String>
-    = this.propertyList(name, HostManager.hostName)
+fun Properties.hostList(name: String, host: KonanTarget): List<String>
+    = this.propertyList(name, host.name)
 
 fun Properties.targetString(name: String, target: KonanTarget): String?
     = this.propertyString(name, target.name)
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ fun Properties.targetString(name: String, target: KonanTarget): String?
 fun Properties.targetList(name: String, target: KonanTarget): List<String>
     = this.propertyList(name, target.name)
 
-fun Properties.hostTargetString(name: String, target: KonanTarget): String?
-    = this.propertyString(name, hostTargetSuffix(HostManager.host, target))
+fun Properties.hostTargetString(name: String, target: KonanTarget, host: KonanTarget): String?
+    = this.propertyString(name, hostTargetSuffix(host, target))
 
-fun Properties.hostTargetList(name: String, target: KonanTarget): List<String>
-    = this.propertyList(name, hostTargetSuffix(HostManager.host, target))
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+fun Properties.hostTargetList(name: String, target: KonanTarget, host: KonanTarget): List<String>
+    = this.propertyList(name, hostTargetSuffix(host, target))
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