diff --git a/idea/idea-core/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/core/script/gradleScriptTemplateProvider.kt b/idea/idea-core/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/core/script/gradleScriptTemplateProvider.kt
index 2ce439973b2..c08214f4441 100644
--- a/idea/idea-core/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/core/script/gradleScriptTemplateProvider.kt
+++ b/idea/idea-core/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/core/script/gradleScriptTemplateProvider.kt
@@ -16,30 +16,54 @@
 
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.core.script
 
+import com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.util.ExternalSystemApiUtil
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project
+import org.gradle.tooling.ProjectConnection
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.script.ScriptTemplateProvider
-import org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.service.GradleInstallationManager
+import org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.service.execution.GradleExecutionHelper
+import org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.settings.GradleExecutionSettings
 import java.io.File
 
-class GradleScriptTemplateProvider(project: Project, gim: GradleInstallationManager?): ScriptTemplateProvider {
+class GradleScriptTemplateProvider(project: Project): ScriptTemplateProvider {
 
-    private val gradleHome: File? = project.basePath?.let { gim?.getGradleHome(project, it) }
-    private val gradleLibsPath: File? = gradleHome?.let { File(it, "lib") }?.let { if (it.exists()) it else null }
+    private val gradleExeSettings: GradleExecutionSettings? by lazy {
+        try {
+            ExternalSystemApiUtil.getExecutionSettings<GradleExecutionSettings>(
+                    project,
+                    com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.util.ExternalSystemApiUtil.toCanonicalPath(project.basePath!!),
+                    org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.util.GradleConstants.SYSTEM_ID)
+        }
+        catch (e: NoClassDefFoundError) {
+            // TODO: log warning and consider displaying it to user
+            null
+        }
+        catch (e: ClassNotFoundException) {
+            null // see todo above
+        }
+    }
 
     override val id: String = "Gradle"
     override val version: Int = 1
-    override val isValid: Boolean = gradleHome != null
+    override val isValid: Boolean get() = gradleExeSettings?.gradleHome != null
 
     override val templateClassName: String = "org.gradle.script.lang.kotlin.KotlinBuildScript"
-    override val dependenciesClasspath: Iterable<String> =
-            gradleLibsPath?.listFiles { file -> file.extension == "jar" && depLibsPrefixes.any { file.name.startsWith(it) } }
-                ?.map { it.canonicalPath }
+    override val dependenciesClasspath: Iterable<String> by lazy {
+        gradleExeSettings?.gradleHome?.let { File(it, "lib") }
+                ?.let { if (it.exists()) it else null }
+                ?.listFiles { file -> file.extension == "jar" && depLibsPrefixes.any { file.name.startsWith(it) } }
+                    ?.map { it.canonicalPath }
                 ?: emptyList()
-    override val environment: Map<String, Any?>? = mapOf(
-            "gradleHome" to gradleHome,
-            "projectRoot" to (project.basePath ?: project.baseDir.canonicalPath )?.let { File(it) })
+    }
+    override val environment: Map<String, Any?>? by lazy { mapOf(
+            "gradleHome" to gradleExeSettings?.gradleHome?.let { File(it) },
+            "projectRoot" to (project.basePath ?: project.baseDir.canonicalPath)?.let { File(it) },
+            "projectActionExecutor" to { action: (ProjectConnection) -> Unit ->
+                GradleExecutionHelper().execute(project.basePath!!, null) { action(it) } },
+            "gradleJavaHome" to gradleExeSettings?.javaHome)
+    }
 
     companion object {
         private val depLibsPrefixes = listOf("gradle-script-kotlin", "gradle-core")
     }
 }
+