diff --git a/jps/jps-plugin/jps-tests/jps-tests.iml b/jps/jps-plugin/jps-tests/jps-tests.iml
index 1772d1a64c3..4cec7e15e41 100644
--- a/jps/jps-plugin/jps-tests/jps-tests.iml
+++ b/jps/jps-plugin/jps-tests/jps-tests.iml
@@ -19,5 +19,6 @@
     <orderEntry type="library" scope="TEST" name="idea-full" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="incremental-compilation-impl" scope="TEST" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="kotlin-reflect" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="cli" scope="TEST" />
   </component>
 </module>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/jps/jps-plugin/jps-tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jps/build/KotlinJpsBuildTest.kt b/jps/jps-plugin/jps-tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jps/build/KotlinJpsBuildTest.kt
index 944ed4380cd..d8f87476e2e 100644
--- a/jps/jps-plugin/jps-tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jps/build/KotlinJpsBuildTest.kt
+++ b/jps/jps-plugin/jps-tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jps/build/KotlinJpsBuildTest.kt
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ import org.jetbrains.jps.model.java.JpsJavaSdkType
 import org.jetbrains.jps.model.library.JpsOrderRootType
 import org.jetbrains.jps.model.module.JpsModule
 import org.jetbrains.jps.util.JpsPathUtil
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.Usage
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.arguments.K2JVMCompilerArguments
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.K2JVMCompiler
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.AsmUtil
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.JvmCodegenUtil
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.KotlinCompilerVersion.TEST_IS_PRE_RELEASE_SYSTEM_PROPERTY
@@ -787,6 +790,26 @@ class KotlinJpsBuildTest : AbstractKotlinJpsBuildTestCase() {
         )
     }
 
+    fun testHelp() {
+        initProject()
+
+        val result = buildAllModules()
+        result.assertSuccessful()
+        val warning = result.getMessages(BuildMessage.Kind.WARNING).single()
+
+        Assert.assertEquals(Usage.render(K2JVMCompiler(), K2JVMCompilerArguments()), warning.messageText)
+    }
+
+    fun testWrongArgument() {
+        initProject()
+
+        val result = buildAllModules()
+        result.assertFailed()
+        val errors = result.getMessages(BuildMessage.Kind.ERROR).joinToString("\n\n") { it.messageText }
+
+        Assert.assertEquals("Invalid argument: -abcdefghij-invalid-argument", errors)
+    }
+
     fun testCodeInKotlinPackage() {
         initProject(JVM_MOCK_RUNTIME)
 
diff --git a/jps/jps-plugin/testData/general/Help/kotlinProject.iml b/jps/jps-plugin/testData/general/Help/kotlinProject.iml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a0cbe548242
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jps/jps-plugin/testData/general/Help/kotlinProject.iml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<module type="JAVA_MODULE" version="4">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" inherit-compiler-output="true">
+    <exclude-output />
+    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
+      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src" isTestSource="false" />
+    </content>
+    <orderEntry type="jdk" jdkName="IDEA_JDK" jdkType="JavaSDK" />
+    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="kotlinProject" />
+  </component>
+</module>
diff --git a/jps/jps-plugin/testData/general/Help/kotlinProject.ipr b/jps/jps-plugin/testData/general/Help/kotlinProject.ipr
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..102bdf0ea20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jps/jps-plugin/testData/general/Help/kotlinProject.ipr
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="CompilerConfiguration">
+    <option name="DEFAULT_COMPILER" value="Javac" />
+  </component>
+  <component name="KotlinCompilerSettings">
+    <option name="additionalArguments" value="-help" />
+  </component>
+  <component name="ProjectModuleManager">
+    <modules>
+      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/kotlinProject.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/kotlinProject.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>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/jps/jps-plugin/testData/general/Help/src/test.kt b/jps/jps-plugin/testData/general/Help/src/test.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/jps/jps-plugin/testData/general/WrongArgument/kotlinProject.iml b/jps/jps-plugin/testData/general/WrongArgument/kotlinProject.iml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a0cbe548242
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jps/jps-plugin/testData/general/WrongArgument/kotlinProject.iml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<module type="JAVA_MODULE" version="4">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" inherit-compiler-output="true">
+    <exclude-output />
+    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
+      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src" isTestSource="false" />
+    </content>
+    <orderEntry type="jdk" jdkName="IDEA_JDK" jdkType="JavaSDK" />
+    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="kotlinProject" />
+  </component>
+</module>
diff --git a/jps/jps-plugin/testData/general/WrongArgument/kotlinProject.ipr b/jps/jps-plugin/testData/general/WrongArgument/kotlinProject.ipr
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a9c7f866ea1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jps/jps-plugin/testData/general/WrongArgument/kotlinProject.ipr
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="CompilerConfiguration">
+    <option name="DEFAULT_COMPILER" value="Javac" />
+  </component>
+  <component name="KotlinCompilerSettings">
+    <option name="additionalArguments" value="-abcdefghij-invalid-argument" />
+  </component>
+  <component name="ProjectModuleManager">
+    <modules>
+      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/kotlinProject.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/kotlinProject.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>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/jps/jps-plugin/testData/general/WrongArgument/src/test.kt b/jps/jps-plugin/testData/general/WrongArgument/src/test.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d