diff --git a/libraries/scripting/jvm-host/src/kotlin/script/experimental/jvmhost/impl/KJvmCompiledScript.kt b/libraries/scripting/jvm-host/src/kotlin/script/experimental/jvmhost/impl/KJvmCompiledScript.kt
index 8bb48f450ce..cb37bd4ae61 100644
--- a/libraries/scripting/jvm-host/src/kotlin/script/experimental/jvmhost/impl/KJvmCompiledScript.kt
+++ b/libraries/scripting/jvm-host/src/kotlin/script/experimental/jvmhost/impl/KJvmCompiledScript.kt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class KJvmCompiledScript<out ScriptBase : Any>(
     compilationConfiguration: ScriptCompilationConfiguration,
     private var scriptClassFQName: String,
     otherScripts: List<CompiledScript<*>> = emptyList(),
-    private var compiledModule: KJvmCompiledModule? = null
+    internal var compiledModule: KJvmCompiledModule? = null
 ) : CompiledScript<ScriptBase>, Serializable {
 
     private var _sourceLocationId: String? = sourceLocationId
diff --git a/libraries/scripting/jvm-host/src/kotlin/script/experimental/jvmhost/jvmScriptSaving.kt b/libraries/scripting/jvm-host/src/kotlin/script/experimental/jvmhost/jvmScriptSaving.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3ed42180365
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/scripting/jvm-host/src/kotlin/script/experimental/jvmhost/jvmScriptSaving.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2019 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license
+ * that can be found in the license/LICENSE.txt file.
+ */
+
+package kotlin.script.experimental.jvmhost
+
+import java.io.File
+import java.io.FileOutputStream
+import java.util.jar.JarEntry
+import java.util.jar.JarOutputStream
+import java.util.jar.Manifest
+import kotlin.script.experimental.api.*
+import kotlin.script.experimental.jvm.JvmDependency
+import kotlin.script.experimental.jvmhost.impl.KJvmCompiledScript
+
+// TODO: generate execution code (main)
+
+open class BasicJvmScriptClassFilesGenerator(val outputDir: File) : ScriptEvaluator {
+
+    override suspend operator fun invoke(
+        compiledScript: CompiledScript<*>,
+        scriptEvaluationConfiguration: ScriptEvaluationConfiguration?
+    ): ResultWithDiagnostics<EvaluationResult> {
+        try {
+            if (compiledScript !is KJvmCompiledScript<*>)
+                return failure("Unsupported compiled script type ${compiledScript::class.qualifiedName}")
+            val module = compiledScript.compiledModule ?: return failure("Cannot generate classes: module is null")
+            for ((path, bytes) in module.compilerOutputFiles) {
+                File(outputDir, path).apply {
+                    if (!parentFile.isDirectory) {
+                        parentFile.mkdirs()
+                    }
+                    writeBytes(bytes)
+                }
+            }
+            return ResultWithDiagnostics.Success(EvaluationResult(ResultValue.Unit, scriptEvaluationConfiguration))
+        } catch (e: Throwable) {
+            return ResultWithDiagnostics.Failure(
+                e.asDiagnostics("Error saving compiled script classes", path = compiledScript.sourceLocationId)
+            )
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+open class BasicJvmScriptJarGenerator(val outputJar: File) : ScriptEvaluator {
+
+    override suspend operator fun invoke(
+        compiledScript: CompiledScript<*>,
+        scriptEvaluationConfiguration: ScriptEvaluationConfiguration?
+    ): ResultWithDiagnostics<EvaluationResult> {
+        try {
+            if (compiledScript !is KJvmCompiledScript<*>)
+                return failure("Unsupported compiled script type ${compiledScript::class.qualifiedName}")
+            val module = compiledScript.compiledModule ?: return failure("Cannot generate classes: module is null")
+            val dependencies = compiledScript.compilationConfiguration[ScriptCompilationConfiguration.dependencies]
+                ?.filterIsInstance<JvmDependency>()
+                ?.flatMap { it.classpath }
+                .orEmpty()
+            FileOutputStream(outputJar).use { fileStream ->
+                val manifest = Manifest()
+                manifest.mainAttributes.apply {
+                    putValue("Manifest-Version", "1.0")
+                    putValue("Created-By", "JetBrains Kotlin")
+                    if (dependencies.isNotEmpty()) {
+                        putValue("Class-Path", dependencies.joinToString(" ") { it.name })
+                    }
+                }
+                // TODO: fat jar/dependencies
+                val jarStream = JarOutputStream(fileStream, manifest)
+                for ((path, bytes) in module.compilerOutputFiles) {
+                    jarStream.putNextEntry(JarEntry(path))
+                    jarStream.write(bytes)
+                }
+                jarStream.finish()
+            }
+            return ResultWithDiagnostics.Success(EvaluationResult(ResultValue.Unit, scriptEvaluationConfiguration))
+        } catch (e: Throwable) {
+            return ResultWithDiagnostics.Failure(
+                e.asDiagnostics("Error saving compiled script jar", path = compiledScript.sourceLocationId)
+            )
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+private fun failure(msg: String) =
+    ResultWithDiagnostics.Failure(msg.asErrorDiagnostics())
+
diff --git a/libraries/scripting/jvm-host/test/kotlin/script/experimental/jvmhost/test/ScriptingHostTest.kt b/libraries/scripting/jvm-host/test/kotlin/script/experimental/jvmhost/test/ScriptingHostTest.kt
index 4a43c6ec817..686e5905e39 100644
--- a/libraries/scripting/jvm-host/test/kotlin/script/experimental/jvmhost/test/ScriptingHostTest.kt
+++ b/libraries/scripting/jvm-host/test/kotlin/script/experimental/jvmhost/test/ScriptingHostTest.kt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
 import org.junit.Assert
 import org.junit.Test
 import java.io.*
+import java.net.URLClassLoader
 import java.nio.file.Files
 import java.security.MessageDigest
 import kotlin.reflect.KClass
@@ -38,6 +39,36 @@ class ScriptingHostTest : TestCase() {
         Assert.assertEquals(greeting, output)
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun testSaveToClasses() {
+        val greeting = "Hello from script classes!"
+        val outDir = Files.createTempDirectory("saveToClassesOut").toFile()
+        val compilationConfiguration = createJvmCompilationConfigurationFromTemplate<SimpleScriptTemplate>()
+        val host = BasicJvmScriptingHost(evaluator = BasicJvmScriptClassFilesGenerator(outDir))
+        host.eval("println(\"$greeting\")".toScriptSource(name = "SavedScript.kts"), compilationConfiguration, null).throwOnFailure()
+        val classloader = URLClassLoader(arrayOf(outDir.toURI().toURL()), ScriptingHostTest::class.java.classLoader)
+        val scriptClass = classloader.loadClass("SavedScript")
+        val output = captureOut {
+            scriptClass.newInstance()
+        }
+        Assert.assertEquals(greeting, output)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testSaveToJar() {
+        val greeting = "Hello from script jar!"
+        val outJar = Files.createTempFile("saveToJar", ".jar").toFile()
+        val compilationConfiguration = createJvmCompilationConfigurationFromTemplate<SimpleScriptTemplate>()
+        val host = BasicJvmScriptingHost(evaluator = BasicJvmScriptJarGenerator(outJar))
+        host.eval("println(\"$greeting\")".toScriptSource(name = "SavedScript.kts"), compilationConfiguration, null).throwOnFailure()
+        val classloader = URLClassLoader(arrayOf(outJar.toURI().toURL()), ScriptingHostTest::class.java.classLoader)
+        val scriptClass = classloader.loadClass("SavedScript")
+        val output = captureOut {
+            scriptClass.newInstance()
+        }
+        Assert.assertEquals(greeting, output)
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun testSimpleRequire() {
         val greeting = "Hello from required!"