diff --git a/.idea/modules.xml b/.idea/modules.xml
index 094a2eef4d5..8352a20654e 100644
--- a/.idea/modules.xml
+++ b/.idea/modules.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/jps-plugin/kannotator-jps-plugin-test/kannotator-jps-plugin-test.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/jps-plugin/kannotator-jps-plugin-test/kannotator-jps-plugin-test.iml" group="ide/jps" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/idea/kotlin-android-plugin/kotlin-android-plugin.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/idea/kotlin-android-plugin/kotlin-android-plugin.iml" group="ide" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/compiler/light-classes/light-classes.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/compiler/light-classes/light-classes.iml" group="compiler/java" />
+      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/compiler/plugin-api/plugin-api.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/compiler/plugin-api/plugin-api.iml" group="compiler" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/compiler/preloader/preloader.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/compiler/preloader/preloader.iml" group="compiler/cli" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/core/reflection/reflection.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/core/reflection/reflection.iml" group="core" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/core/reflection.jvm/reflection.jvm.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/core/reflection.jvm/reflection.jvm.iml" group="core" />
diff --git a/compiler/frontend/frontend.iml b/compiler/frontend/frontend.iml
index 0feba84a696..8e1b3e7b19e 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/frontend.iml
+++ b/compiler/frontend/frontend.iml
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="serialization" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="descriptors" exported="" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="util" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="plugin-api" exported="" />
   </component>
-</module>
\ No newline at end of file
+</module>
diff --git a/compiler/plugin-api/plugin-api.iml b/compiler/plugin-api/plugin-api.iml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5b956ef8cda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/plugin-api/plugin-api.iml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?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="inheritedJdk" />
+    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" exported="" name="intellij-core" level="project" />
+  </component>
+</module>
+