diff --git a/idea/idea-analysis/idea-analysis.iml b/idea/idea-analysis/idea-analysis.iml
index 3f37b84dcf1..35adaa45849 100644
--- a/idea/idea-analysis/idea-analysis.iml
+++ b/idea/idea-analysis/idea-analysis.iml
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="descriptors" />
     <orderEntry type="library" exported="" name="idea-full" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="uast-java" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="android-extensions-compiler" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="frontend.script" />
   </component>
 </module>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/idea/idea-analysis/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/highlighter/FunctionsHighlightingVisitor.kt b/idea/idea-analysis/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/highlighter/FunctionsHighlightingVisitor.kt
index e7d6232584d..b7aa18fb973 100644
--- a/idea/idea-analysis/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/highlighter/FunctionsHighlightingVisitor.kt
+++ b/idea/idea-analysis/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/highlighter/FunctionsHighlightingVisitor.kt
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ internal class FunctionsHighlightingVisitor(holder: AnnotationHolder, bindingCon
     private fun highlightCall(callee: PsiElement, resolvedCall: ResolvedCall<out CallableDescriptor>) {
         val calleeDescriptor = resolvedCall.resultingDescriptor
 
+        if (applyHighlighterExtensions(callee, calleeDescriptor)) return
+
         if (calleeDescriptor.isDynamic()) {
             highlightName(callee, DYNAMIC_FUNCTION_CALL)
         }
diff --git a/idea/idea-analysis/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/highlighter/HighlighterExtension.kt b/idea/idea-analysis/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/highlighter/HighlighterExtension.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4b4eb777299
--- /dev/null
+++ b/idea/idea-analysis/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/highlighter/HighlighterExtension.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2017 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.highlighter
+
+import com.intellij.openapi.editor.colors.TextAttributesKey
+import com.intellij.openapi.extensions.ExtensionPointName
+import com.intellij.psi.PsiElement
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.DeclarationDescriptor
+
+abstract class HighlighterExtension {
+    abstract fun highlightReference(elementToHighlight: PsiElement, descriptor: DeclarationDescriptor): TextAttributesKey?
+
+    companion object {
+        val EP_NAME = ExtensionPointName.create<HighlighterExtension>("org.jetbrains.kotlin.highlighterExtension")
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/idea/idea-analysis/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/highlighter/HighlightingVisitor.kt b/idea/idea-analysis/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/highlighter/HighlightingVisitor.kt
index 42cc1dcb512..29a8c1c59bc 100644
--- a/idea/idea-analysis/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/highlighter/HighlightingVisitor.kt
+++ b/idea/idea-analysis/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/highlighter/HighlightingVisitor.kt
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.highlighter
 import com.intellij.lang.annotation.Annotation
 import com.intellij.lang.annotation.AnnotationHolder
 import com.intellij.openapi.editor.colors.TextAttributesKey
+import com.intellij.openapi.extensions.Extensions
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.TextRange
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiElement
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.DeclarationDescriptor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtVisitorVoid
 
 abstract class HighlightingVisitor protected constructor(
@@ -44,4 +46,16 @@ abstract class HighlightingVisitor protected constructor(
             createInfoAnnotation(textRange, message).textAttributes = attributesKey
         }
     }
+
+    protected fun applyHighlighterExtensions(element: PsiElement, descriptor: DeclarationDescriptor): Boolean {
+        if (!NameHighlighter.namesHighlightingEnabled) return false
+        for (extension in Extensions.getExtensions(HighlighterExtension.EP_NAME)) {
+            val key = extension.highlightReference(element, descriptor)
+            if (key != null) {
+                highlightName(element, key)
+                return true
+            }
+        }
+        return false
+    }
 }
diff --git a/idea/idea-analysis/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/highlighter/PropertiesHighlightingVisitor.kt b/idea/idea-analysis/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/highlighter/PropertiesHighlightingVisitor.kt
index ccef67de56f..b8221df6005 100644
--- a/idea/idea-analysis/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/highlighter/PropertiesHighlightingVisitor.kt
+++ b/idea/idea-analysis/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/highlighter/PropertiesHighlightingVisitor.kt
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.highlighter
 
 import com.intellij.lang.annotation.AnnotationHolder
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiElement
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.android.synthetic.res.AndroidSyntheticProperty
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.PropertyDescriptor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.impl.SyntheticFieldDescriptor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.highlighter.KotlinHighlightingColors.*
@@ -73,13 +72,12 @@ internal class PropertiesHighlightingVisitor(holder: AnnotationHolder, bindingCo
             elementToHighlight: PsiElement,
             descriptor: PropertyDescriptor) {
 
+        if (applyHighlighterExtensions(elementToHighlight, descriptor)) return
+
         val attributesKey = when {
             descriptor.isDynamic() ->
                 DYNAMIC_PROPERTY_CALL
 
-            descriptor is AndroidSyntheticProperty ->
-                ANDROID_EXTENSIONS_PROPERTY_CALL
-
             descriptor.extensionReceiverParameter != null ->
                 EXTENSION_PROPERTY
 
diff --git a/idea/idea-analysis/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/highlighter/TypeKindHighlightingVisitor.kt b/idea/idea-analysis/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/highlighter/TypeKindHighlightingVisitor.kt
index defcc96fa72..333be893293 100644
--- a/idea/idea-analysis/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/highlighter/TypeKindHighlightingVisitor.kt
+++ b/idea/idea-analysis/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/highlighter/TypeKindHighlightingVisitor.kt
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ internal class TypeKindHighlightingVisitor(holder: AnnotationHolder, bindingCont
         val identifier = classOrObject.nameIdentifier
         val classDescriptor = bindingContext.get(BindingContext.CLASS, classOrObject)
         if (identifier != null && classDescriptor != null) {
+            if (applyHighlighterExtensions(identifier, classDescriptor)) return
             highlightName(identifier, textAttributesKeyForClass(classDescriptor))
         }
         super.visitClassOrObject(classOrObject)
diff --git a/idea/idea-android/idea-android.iml b/idea/idea-android/idea-android.iml
index 6e7da04e0d4..45650c979ad 100644
--- a/idea/idea-android/idea-android.iml
+++ b/idea/idea-android/idea-android.iml
@@ -26,5 +26,6 @@
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="light-classes" />
     <orderEntry type="library" scope="PROVIDED" name="dx-android" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="idea-gradle" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="android-extensions-compiler" />
   </component>
 </module>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/idea/idea-android/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/android/AndroidHighlighterExtension.kt b/idea/idea-android/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/android/AndroidHighlighterExtension.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..09b5bbbda68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/idea/idea-android/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/android/AndroidHighlighterExtension.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2017 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.android
+
+import com.intellij.openapi.editor.colors.TextAttributesKey
+import com.intellij.psi.PsiElement
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.android.synthetic.res.AndroidSyntheticProperty
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.DeclarationDescriptor
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.highlighter.HighlighterExtension
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.highlighter.KotlinHighlightingColors
+
+class AndroidHighlighterExtension : HighlighterExtension() {
+    override fun highlightReference(elementToHighlight: PsiElement, descriptor: DeclarationDescriptor): TextAttributesKey? =
+            if (descriptor is AndroidSyntheticProperty)
+                KotlinHighlightingColors.ANDROID_EXTENSIONS_PROPERTY_CALL
+            else
+                null
+}
diff --git a/idea/src/META-INF/android.xml b/idea/src/META-INF/android.xml
index 01e6be4bf4f..3e04ed2fa49 100644
--- a/idea/src/META-INF/android.xml
+++ b/idea/src/META-INF/android.xml
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@
         <classBuilderFactoryInterceptorExtension implementation="org.jetbrains.kotlin.android.synthetic.codegen.ParcelableClinitClassBuilderInterceptorExtension"/>
 
         <androidDexer implementation="org.jetbrains.kotlin.android.debugger.AndroidDexerImpl"/>
+
+        <highlighterExtension implementation="org.jetbrains.kotlin.android.AndroidHighlighterExtension"/>
     </extensions>
 
     <project-components>
diff --git a/idea/src/META-INF/extensions/ide.xml b/idea/src/META-INF/extensions/ide.xml
index 50f583e5d6c..f027e3a5ceb 100644
--- a/idea/src/META-INF/extensions/ide.xml
+++ b/idea/src/META-INF/extensions/ide.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
 
         <extensionPoint name="idePlatformSupport"
                         interface="org.jetbrains.kotlin.caches.resolve.IdePlatformSupport"/>
+
+        <extensionPoint name="highlighterExtension"
+                        interface="org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.highlighter.HighlighterExtension"/>
     </extensionPoints>
 
     <extensions defaultExtensionNs="org.jetbrains.kotlin">