diff --git a/jps-plugin/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jps/incremental/IncrementalCacheImpl.kt b/jps-plugin/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jps/incremental/IncrementalCacheImpl.kt
index ce0c8bb626e..5a7efdc5d5b 100644
--- a/jps-plugin/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jps/incremental/IncrementalCacheImpl.kt
+++ b/jps-plugin/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jps/incremental/IncrementalCacheImpl.kt
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class IncrementalCacheImpl(
     private val supertypesMap = registerExperimentalMap(SupertypesMap(SUPERTYPES.storageFile))
 
     private val dependents = arrayListOf<IncrementalCacheImpl>()
-    private val outputDir = requireNotNull(target.outputDir) { "Target is expected to have output directory: $target" }
+    private val outputDir by lazy(LazyThreadSafetyMode.NONE) { requireNotNull(target.outputDir) { "Target is expected to have output directory: $target" } }
 
     private val dependentsWithThis: Sequence<IncrementalCacheImpl>
             get() = sequenceOf(this).plus(dependents.asSequence())
diff --git a/jps-plugin/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jps/build/KotlinJpsBuildTest.kt b/jps-plugin/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jps/build/KotlinJpsBuildTest.kt
index 545ab9e091c..04964f65aad 100644
--- a/jps-plugin/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jps/build/KotlinJpsBuildTest.kt
+++ b/jps-plugin/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jps/build/KotlinJpsBuildTest.kt
@@ -732,6 +732,10 @@ class KotlinJpsBuildTest : AbstractKotlinJpsBuildTestCase() {
         doTest()
     }
 
+    fun testKotlinProjectWithEmptyOutputDirInSomeModules() {
+        doTest()
+    }
+
     private fun BuildResult.checkErrors() {
         val actualErrors = getMessages(BuildMessage.Kind.ERROR)
                 .map { it as CompilerMessage }
diff --git a/jps-plugin/testData/general/KotlinProjectWithEmptyOutputDirInSomeModules/kotlinProject.ipr b/jps-plugin/testData/general/KotlinProjectWithEmptyOutputDirInSomeModules/kotlinProject.ipr
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7dc391eaceb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jps-plugin/testData/general/KotlinProjectWithEmptyOutputDirInSomeModules/kotlinProject.ipr
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="CompilerConfiguration">
+    <option name="DEFAULT_COMPILER" value="Javac" />
+  </component>
+  <component name="ProjectModuleManager">
+    <modules>
+      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/produciton_module/produciton_module.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/produciton_module/produciton_module.iml" />
+      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/test_module/test_module.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/test_module/test_module.iml" />
+    </modules>
+  </component>
+  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_1_6" assert-keyword="true" jdk-15="true" project-jdk-name="IDEA_JDK" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
+    <output url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/out" />
+  </component>
+</project>
diff --git a/jps-plugin/testData/general/KotlinProjectWithEmptyOutputDirInSomeModules/produciton_module/produciton_module.iml b/jps-plugin/testData/general/KotlinProjectWithEmptyOutputDirInSomeModules/produciton_module/produciton_module.iml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..786d75db373
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jps-plugin/testData/general/KotlinProjectWithEmptyOutputDirInSomeModules/produciton_module/produciton_module.iml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<module type="JAVA_MODULE" version="4">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" inherit-compiler-output="false">
+    <output url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/../out/production/produciton_module" />
+    <exclude-output />
+    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
+      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src" isTestSource="false" />
+      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/test" isTestSource="true" />
+    </content>
+    <orderEntry type="jdk" jdkName="IDEA_JDK" jdkType="JavaSDK" />
+    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
+  </component>
+</module>
+
diff --git a/jps-plugin/testData/general/KotlinProjectWithEmptyOutputDirInSomeModules/produciton_module/src/foo.kt b/jps-plugin/testData/general/KotlinProjectWithEmptyOutputDirInSomeModules/produciton_module/src/foo.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f3b2ebc5254
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jps-plugin/testData/general/KotlinProjectWithEmptyOutputDirInSomeModules/produciton_module/src/foo.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fun foo() {
+
+}
diff --git a/jps-plugin/testData/general/KotlinProjectWithEmptyOutputDirInSomeModules/test_module/test/test.kt b/jps-plugin/testData/general/KotlinProjectWithEmptyOutputDirInSomeModules/test_module/test/test.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..798f616299e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jps-plugin/testData/general/KotlinProjectWithEmptyOutputDirInSomeModules/test_module/test/test.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fun test() {
+    foo()
+}
diff --git a/jps-plugin/testData/general/KotlinProjectWithEmptyOutputDirInSomeModules/test_module/test_module.iml b/jps-plugin/testData/general/KotlinProjectWithEmptyOutputDirInSomeModules/test_module/test_module.iml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..62cd41c3ccb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jps-plugin/testData/general/KotlinProjectWithEmptyOutputDirInSomeModules/test_module/test_module.iml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<module type="JAVA_MODULE" version="4">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" inherit-compiler-output="false">
+    <output-test url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/../out/test/test_module" />
+    <exclude-output />
+    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
+      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src" isTestSource="false" />
+      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/test" isTestSource="true" />
+    </content>
+    <orderEntry type="jdk" jdkName="IDEA_JDK" jdkType="JavaSDK" />
+    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="produciton_module" />
+  </component>
+</module>
+