diff --git a/compiler/daemon/build.gradle.kts b/compiler/daemon/build.gradle.kts
index e450b12197a..9c9d15b5102 100644
--- a/compiler/daemon/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/compiler/daemon/build.gradle.kts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ dependencies {
     compile(project(":kotlin-build-common"))
     compile(commonDep("org.fusesource.jansi", "jansi"))
     compile(commonDep("org.jline", "jline"))
+    compileOnly(project(":kotlin-scripting-compiler"))
     compileOnly(intellijCoreDep()) { includeJars("intellij-core") }
     compileOnly(intellijDep()) { includeIntellijCoreJarDependencies(project) }
 }
diff --git a/compiler/daemon/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/daemon/KotlinRemoteReplService.kt b/compiler/daemon/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/daemon/KotlinRemoteReplService.kt
index 94b6bb7f567..599f2a0e791 100644
--- a/compiler/daemon/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/daemon/KotlinRemoteReplService.kt
+++ b/compiler/daemon/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/daemon/KotlinRemoteReplService.kt
@@ -24,11 +24,13 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.repl.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.config.addJvmClasspathRoots
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.repl.GenericReplCompiler
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.repl.GenericReplCompilerState
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.compiler.plugin.ComponentRegistrar
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.daemon.common.CompileService
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.daemon.common.RemoteOperationsTracer
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.script.KotlinScriptDefinition
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.script.KotlinScriptDefinitionFromAnnotatedTemplate
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.scripting.compiler.plugin.ScriptingCompilerConfigurationComponentRegistrar
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.utils.PathUtil
 import java.io.File
 import java.io.PrintStream
@@ -56,6 +58,7 @@ open class KotlinJvmReplService(
         languageVersionSettings = LanguageVersionSettingsImpl(
                 LanguageVersion.LATEST_STABLE, ApiVersion.LATEST_STABLE, mapOf(AnalysisFlags.skipMetadataVersionCheck to true)
         )
+        configureScripting()
     }
 
     protected fun makeScriptDefinition(templateClasspath: List<File>, templateClassName: String): KotlinScriptDefinition? {
@@ -171,3 +174,20 @@ inline internal fun getValidId(counter: AtomicInteger, check: (Int) -> Boolean):
     }
     return newId
 }
+
+private fun CompilerConfiguration.configureScripting() {
+    val error = try {
+        add(ComponentRegistrar.PLUGIN_COMPONENT_REGISTRARS, ScriptingCompilerConfigurationComponentRegistrar())
+        null
+    } catch (e: NoClassDefFoundError) {
+        e
+    } catch (e: ClassNotFoundException) {
+        e
+    }
+    if (error != null) {
+        throw IllegalStateException(
+            "Unable to use scripting/REPL in the daemon, no kotlin-scripting-compiler.jar or its dependencies are found in the compiler classpath",
+            error
+        )
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/daemon/CompilerDaemonTest.kt b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/daemon/CompilerDaemonTest.kt
index 067c4b9c874..db10be507ed 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/daemon/CompilerDaemonTest.kt
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/daemon/CompilerDaemonTest.kt
@@ -51,11 +51,21 @@ class CompilerDaemonTest : KotlinIntegrationTestBase() {
     data class CompilerResults(val resultCode: Int, val out: String)
 
     val compilerClassPath = listOf(
-            File(KotlinIntegrationTestBase.getCompilerLib(), "kotlin-compiler.jar"))
+        File(KotlinIntegrationTestBase.getCompilerLib(), "kotlin-compiler.jar")
+    )
+    val scriptingCompilerClassPath = listOf(
+        File(KotlinIntegrationTestBase.getCompilerLib(), "kotlin-scripting-compiler.jar"),
+        File(KotlinIntegrationTestBase.getCompilerLib(), "kotlin-scripting-common.jar"),
+        File(KotlinIntegrationTestBase.getCompilerLib(), "kotlin-scripting-jvm.jar")
+    )
     val daemonClientClassPath = listOf( File(KotlinIntegrationTestBase.getCompilerLib(), "kotlin-daemon-client.jar"),
                                         File(KotlinIntegrationTestBase.getCompilerLib(), "kotlin-compiler.jar"))
     val compilerId by lazy(LazyThreadSafetyMode.NONE) { CompilerId.makeCompilerId(compilerClassPath) }
 
+    val compilerWithScriptingId by lazy(LazyThreadSafetyMode.NONE) {
+        CompilerId.makeCompilerId(compilerClassPath + scriptingCompilerClassPath)
+    }
+
     private fun compileOnDaemon(clientAliveFile: File, compilerId: CompilerId, daemonJVMOptions: DaemonJVMOptions, daemonOptions: DaemonOptions, vararg args: String): CompilerResults {
         val daemon = KotlinCompilerClient.connectToCompileService(compilerId, clientAliveFile, daemonJVMOptions, daemonOptions, DaemonReportingTargets(out = System.err), autostart = true)
         assertNotNull("failed to connect daemon", daemon)
@@ -710,8 +720,30 @@ class CompilerDaemonTest : KotlinIntegrationTestBase() {
         }
     }
 
+    fun testDaemonReplScriptingNotInClasspathError() {
+        withDaemon(compilerId) { daemon ->
+            var repl: KotlinRemoteReplCompilerClient? = null
+            var isErrorThrown = false
+            try {
+                repl = KotlinRemoteReplCompilerClient(
+                    daemon, null, CompileService.TargetPlatform.JVM, emptyArray(), TestMessageCollector(),
+                    classpathFromClassloader(), ScriptWithNoParam::class.qualifiedName!!
+                )
+            } catch (e: Exception) {
+                TestCase.assertEquals(
+                    "Unable to use scripting/REPL in the daemon, no kotlin-scripting-compiler.jar or its dependencies are found in the compiler classpath",
+                    e.message
+                )
+                isErrorThrown = true
+            } finally {
+                repl?.dispose()
+            }
+            TestCase.assertTrue("Expecting exception that kotlin-scripting-plugin is not found in the classpath", isErrorThrown)
+        }
+    }
+
     fun testDaemonReplLocalEvalNoParams() {
-        withDaemon { daemon ->
+        withDaemon(compilerWithScriptingId) { daemon ->
             val repl = KotlinRemoteReplCompilerClient(daemon, null, CompileService.TargetPlatform.JVM,
                                                       emptyArray(),
                                                       TestMessageCollector(),
@@ -726,7 +758,7 @@ class CompilerDaemonTest : KotlinIntegrationTestBase() {
     }
 
     fun testDaemonReplLocalEvalStandardTemplate() {
-        withDaemon { daemon ->
+        withDaemon(compilerWithScriptingId) { daemon ->
             val repl = KotlinRemoteReplCompilerClient(daemon, null, CompileService.TargetPlatform.JVM, emptyArray(),
                                                       TestMessageCollector(),
                                                       classpathFromClassloader(),
@@ -775,7 +807,7 @@ class CompilerDaemonTest : KotlinIntegrationTestBase() {
             withLogFile("kotlin-daemon-test") { logFile ->
                 val daemonJVMOptions = makeTestDaemonJvmOptions(logFile)
 
-                val daemon = KotlinCompilerClient.connectToCompileService(compilerId, flagFile, daemonJVMOptions, daemonOptions, DaemonReportingTargets(out = System.err), autostart = true)
+                val daemon = KotlinCompilerClient.connectToCompileService(compilerWithScriptingId, flagFile, daemonJVMOptions, daemonOptions, DaemonReportingTargets(out = System.err), autostart = true)
                 assertNotNull("failed to connect daemon", daemon)
 
                 val replCompiler = KotlinRemoteReplCompilerClient(daemon!!, null, CompileService.TargetPlatform.JVM,
@@ -809,7 +841,7 @@ class CompilerDaemonTest : KotlinIntegrationTestBase() {
         }
     }
 
-    internal fun withDaemon(body: (CompileService) -> Unit) {
+    internal fun withDaemon(compilerId: CompilerId = this.compilerId, body: (CompileService) -> Unit) {
         withFlagFile(getTestName(true), ".alive") { flagFile ->
             val daemonOptions = makeTestDaemonOptions(getTestName(true))
             withLogFile("kotlin-daemon-test") { logFile ->