diff --git a/idea/src/META-INF/maven.xml b/idea/src/META-INF/maven.xml
index c43b790fb22..a3da2212a9c 100644
--- a/idea/src/META-INF/maven.xml
+++ b/idea/src/META-INF/maven.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   </extensions>
   <extensions defaultExtensionNs="org.jetbrains.idea.maven">
     <importer implementation="org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.configuration.KotlinMavenImporter" />
+    <archetypesProvider implementation="org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.configuration.KotlinMavenArchetypesProvider" />
   </extensions>
   <module-components>
     <component>
diff --git a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/configuration/KotlinMavenArchetypesProvider.kt b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/configuration/KotlinMavenArchetypesProvider.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..97c4eb7709e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/configuration/KotlinMavenArchetypesProvider.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2016 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.configuration
+
+import com.google.gson.JsonElement
+import com.google.gson.JsonParser
+import com.intellij.util.net.HttpConfigurable
+import org.jetbrains.idea.maven.dom.MavenVersionComparable
+import org.jetbrains.idea.maven.indices.MavenArchetypesProvider
+import org.jetbrains.idea.maven.model.MavenArchetype
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.KotlinPluginUtil
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.utils.ifEmpty
+import java.net.HttpURLConnection
+import java.net.URLEncoder
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
+
+class KotlinMavenArchetypesProvider(val kotlinPluginVersion: String) : MavenArchetypesProvider {
+    constructor() : this(KotlinPluginUtil.getPluginVersion())
+
+    val VERSIONS_LIST_URL = mavenSearchUrl("org.jetbrains.kotlin", packaging = "maven-archetype", rowsLimit = 1000)
+    private val versionPrefix by lazy { """^\d+\.\d+\.""".toRegex().find(kotlinPluginVersion)?.value ?: "1.0." }
+
+    private val archetypesBlocking by lazy {
+        try {
+            loadVersions().ifEmpty { defaultArchetypes() }
+        } catch (t: Throwable) {
+            defaultArchetypes()
+        }
+    }
+
+    override fun getArchetypes() = archetypesBlocking.toMutableList()
+
+    private fun defaultArchetypes() = listOf(MavenArchetype("org.jetbrains.kotlin", "kotlin-archetype-jvm", "1.0.0", null, null))
+
+    private fun loadVersions(): List<MavenArchetype> {
+        return connectAndApply(VERSIONS_LIST_URL) { urlConnection ->
+            urlConnection.inputStream.bufferedReader().use { reader ->
+                extractVersions(JsonParser().parse(reader))
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    internal fun extractVersions(root: JsonElement) =
+            root.asJsonObject.get("response")
+            .asJsonObject.get("docs")
+            .asJsonArray
+            .map { it.asJsonObject }
+            .map { MavenArchetype(it.get("g").asString, it.get("a").asString, it.get("v").asString, null, null) }
+            .filter { it.version?.startsWith(versionPrefix) ?: false }
+            .maxBy { MavenVersionComparable(it.version) }
+            .let { listOfNotNull(it) }
+
+    private fun mavenSearchUrl(group: String, artifactId: String? = null, version: String? = null, packaging: String? = null, rowsLimit: Int = 20): String {
+        val q = listOf(
+                "g" to group,
+                "a" to artifactId,
+                "v" to version,
+                "p" to packaging
+        )
+                .filter { it.second != null }
+                .map { "${it.first}:\"${it.second}\"" }
+                .joinToString(separator = " AND ")
+
+        return "http://search.maven.org/solrsearch/select?q=${q.encodeURL()}&core=gav&rows=$rowsLimit&wt=json"
+    }
+
+    private fun <R> connectAndApply(url: String, timeoutSeconds: Int = 15, block: (HttpURLConnection) -> R): R {
+        return HttpConfigurable.getInstance().openHttpConnection(url).use { urlConnection ->
+            val timeout = TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(timeoutSeconds.toLong()).toInt()
+            urlConnection.connectTimeout = timeout
+            urlConnection.readTimeout = timeout
+
+            urlConnection.connect()
+            block(urlConnection)
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun <R> HttpURLConnection.use(block: (HttpURLConnection) -> R): R =
+        try {
+            block(this)
+        }
+        finally {
+            disconnect()
+        }
+
+    private fun String.encodeURL() = URLEncoder.encode(this, "UTF-8")
+}
diff --git a/idea/testData/configuration/extractVersions/maven-central-response.json b/idea/testData/configuration/extractVersions/maven-central-response.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ba555720a93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/idea/testData/configuration/extractVersions/maven-central-response.json
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+{
+  "responseHeader": {
+    "status": 0,
+    "QTime": 2,
+    "params": {
+      "fl": "id,g,a,v,p,ec,timestamp,tags",
+      "sort": "score desc,timestamp desc,g asc,a asc,v desc",
+      "indent": "off",
+      "q": "g:\"org.jetbrains.kotlin\" AND p:\"maven-archetype\"",
+      "core": "gav",
+      "wt": "json",
+      "rows": "200",
+      "version": "2.2"
+    }
+  },
+  "response": {
+    "numFound": 3,
+    "start": 0,
+    "docs": [
+      {
+        "id": "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-archetype-jvm:1.0.0",
+        "g": "org.jetbrains.kotlin",
+        "a": "kotlin-archetype-jvm",
+        "v": "1.0.0",
+        "p": "maven-archetype",
+        "timestamp": 1458127798000,
+        "tags": [
+          "using",
+          "restful",
+          "creates",
+          "example",
+          "webservice"
+        ],
+        "ec": [
+          "-sources.jar",
+          ".jar",
+          ".pom"
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-archetype-js:1.0.0",
+        "g": "org.jetbrains.kotlin",
+        "a": "kotlin-archetype-js",
+        "v": "1.0.0",
+        "p": "maven-archetype",
+        "timestamp": 1458127798000,
+        "tags": [
+          "using",
+          "restful",
+          "creates",
+          "example",
+          "webservice"
+        ],
+        "ec": [
+          "-sources.jar",
+          ".jar",
+          ".pom"
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-archetype-jvm:1.0.1",
+        "g": "org.jetbrains.kotlin",
+        "a": "kotlin-archetype-jvm",
+        "v": "1.0.1",
+        "p": "maven-archetype",
+        "timestamp": 1458127798000,
+        "tags": [
+          "using",
+          "restful",
+          "creates",
+          "example",
+          "webservice"
+        ],
+        "ec": [
+          "-sources.jar",
+          ".jar",
+          ".pom"
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-archetype-jvm:1.0.1",
+        "g": "org.jetbrains.kotlin",
+        "a": "kotlin-archetype-jvm",
+        "v": "1.0.1-2",
+        "p": "maven-archetype",
+        "timestamp": 1458127798000,
+        "tags": [
+          "using",
+          "restful",
+          "creates",
+          "example",
+          "webservice"
+        ],
+        "ec": [
+          "-sources.jar",
+          ".jar",
+          ".pom"
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-archetype-jvm:1.1.2",
+        "g": "org.jetbrains.kotlin",
+        "a": "kotlin-archetype-jvm",
+        "v": "1.1.2",
+        "p": "maven-archetype",
+        "timestamp": 1458127798000,
+        "tags": [
+          "using",
+          "restful",
+          "creates",
+          "example",
+          "webservice"
+        ],
+        "ec": [
+          "-sources.jar",
+          ".jar",
+          ".pom"
+        ]
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/configuration/KotlinMavenArchetypesProviderTest.kt b/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/configuration/KotlinMavenArchetypesProviderTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..48af5af2e77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/configuration/KotlinMavenArchetypesProviderTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2016 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.configuration
+
+import com.google.gson.JsonParser
+import org.jetbrains.idea.maven.model.MavenArchetype
+import org.junit.Test
+
+import org.junit.Assert.*
+import java.io.File
+
+class KotlinMavenArchetypesProviderTest {
+    private val BASE_PATH = "idea/testData/configuration/"
+
+    @Test
+    fun extractVersions() {
+        val file = File(BASE_PATH, "extractVersions/maven-central-response.json")
+        assertTrue("Test data is missing", file.exists())
+
+        val json = file.bufferedReader().use {
+            JsonParser().parse(it)
+        }
+
+        val versions = KotlinMavenArchetypesProvider("1.0.0-Release-Something-1886").extractVersions(json)
+
+        assertEquals(
+                listOf(
+                        MavenArchetype("org.jetbrains.kotlin", "kotlin-archetype-jvm", "1.0.1-2", null, null)
+                ).sortedBy { it.artifactId + "." + it.version },
+                versions.sortedBy { it.artifactId + "." + it.version }
+        )
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun extractVersionsNewPlugin() {
+        val file = File(BASE_PATH, "extractVersions/maven-central-response.json")
+        assertTrue("Test data is missing", file.exists())
+
+        val json = file.bufferedReader().use {
+            JsonParser().parse(it)
+        }
+
+        val versions = KotlinMavenArchetypesProvider("1.1.0-Next-Release-Something-9999").extractVersions(json)
+
+        assertEquals(
+                listOf(
+                        MavenArchetype("org.jetbrains.kotlin", "kotlin-archetype-jvm", "1.1.2", null, null)
+                ).sortedBy { it.artifactId + "." + it.version },
+                versions.sortedBy { it.artifactId + "." + it.version }
+        )
+    }
+}
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