diff --git a/libraries/examples/scripting/jvm-maven-deps/script/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/script/examples/jvm/resolve/maven/scriptDef.kt b/libraries/examples/scripting/jvm-maven-deps/script/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/script/examples/jvm/resolve/maven/scriptDef.kt
index a038cce8699..36ad216fac4 100644
--- a/libraries/examples/scripting/jvm-maven-deps/script/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/script/examples/jvm/resolve/maven/scriptDef.kt
+++ b/libraries/examples/scripting/jvm-maven-deps/script/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/script/examples/jvm/resolve/maven/scriptDef.kt
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.script.examples.jvm.resolve.maven
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.script.util.DependsOn
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.script.util.FilesAndMavenResolver
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.script.util.Repository
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.script.util.scriptCompilationClasspathFromContext
 import java.io.File
 import kotlin.script.dependencies.ScriptContents
 import kotlin.script.dependencies.ScriptDependenciesResolver
@@ -31,14 +30,10 @@ object MyConfiguration : ScriptingProperties() {
         include(jvmJavaHomeScriptingProperties)
         ScriptDefinitionProperties {
             defaultImports<DependsOn>()
-            defaultImports<Repository>()
-            dependencies(
-                JvmDependency(
-                    scriptCompilationClasspathFromContext(
-                        "scripting-jvm-maven-deps", // script library jar name
-                        "kotlin-script-util" // DependsOn annotation is taken from script-util
-                    )
-                )
+            defaultImports(Repository::class)
+            jvmDependenciesFromCurrentContext(
+                "scripting-jvm-maven-deps", // script library jar name
+                "kotlin-script-util" // DependsOn annotation is taken from script-util
             )
             refineConfiguration {
                 handler(MyConfigurator())
diff --git a/libraries/scripting/jvm/build.gradle.kts b/libraries/scripting/jvm/build.gradle.kts
index f486fe15aea..bf03eb080a5 100644
--- a/libraries/scripting/jvm/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/libraries/scripting/jvm/build.gradle.kts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ dependencies {
     compile(project(":kotlin-script-runtime"))
     compile(projectDist(":kotlin-stdlib"))
     compile(project(":kotlin-scripting-common"))
+    compile(project(":kotlin-script-util"))
 }
 
 sourceSets {
diff --git a/libraries/scripting/jvm/src/kotlin/script/experimental/jvm/jvmDependencies.kt b/libraries/scripting/jvm/src/kotlin/script/experimental/jvm/jvmDependencies.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0135241d7ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/scripting/jvm/src/kotlin/script/experimental/jvm/jvmDependencies.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2018 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license
+ * that can be found in the license/LICENSE.txt file.
+ */
+
+package kotlin.script.experimental.jvm
+
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.script.util.scriptCompilationClasspathFromContext
+import kotlin.script.experimental.api.ScriptDefinitionProperties
+import kotlin.script.experimental.api.ScriptingProperties
+import kotlin.script.experimental.api.addToListProperty
+
+fun ScriptingProperties.jvmDependenciesFromCurrentContext(vararg libraries: String, wholeClasspath: Boolean = false) {
+    jvmDependenciesFromClassloader(*libraries, wholeClasspath = wholeClasspath)
+}
+
+fun ScriptingProperties.jvmDependenciesFromClassloader(
+    vararg libraries: String,
+    classLoader: ClassLoader = Thread.currentThread().contextClassLoader,
+    wholeClasspath: Boolean = false
+) {
+    data.addToListProperty(
+        ScriptDefinitionProperties.dependencies,
+        JvmDependency(scriptCompilationClasspathFromContext(*libraries, classLoader = classLoader, wholeClasspath = wholeClasspath))
+    )
+}
diff --git a/libraries/scripting/jvm/src/kotlin/script/experimental/jvm/jvmScriptConfiguration.kt b/libraries/scripting/jvm/src/kotlin/script/experimental/jvm/jvmScriptConfiguration.kt
index c099768fc54..1ea5696fbc4 100644
--- a/libraries/scripting/jvm/src/kotlin/script/experimental/jvm/jvmScriptConfiguration.kt
+++ b/libraries/scripting/jvm/src/kotlin/script/experimental/jvm/jvmScriptConfiguration.kt
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ val jvmJavaHomeParams = with(JvmScriptCompileConfigurationProperties) {
     listOf(javaHomeDir to File(System.getProperty("java.home")))
 }
 
-object jvmJavaHomeScriptingProperties : ScriptingProperties(
+object JvmJavaHomeScriptingProperties : ScriptingProperties(
     {
         JvmScriptCompileConfigurationProperties.javaHomeDir(File(System.getProperty("java.home")))
     })
+
+val jvmJavaHomeScriptingProperties = JvmJavaHomeScriptingProperties
+