diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinPlugin.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinPlugin.kt
index 6a69e0e8e30..61fad82b9fd 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinPlugin.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KotlinPlugin.kt
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ abstract class KotlinSourceSetProcessor<T : AbstractCompile>(
     protected val kotlinDirSet: SourceDirectorySet? = createKotlinDirSet()
     protected val kotlinTask: T = createKotlinCompileTask()
     protected val kotlinTaskName: String by lazy { kotlinTask.name }
+    protected abstract val defaultKotlinDestinationDir: File
 
     public fun run() {
         if (kotlinSourceSet == null || kotlinDirSet == null) {
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ abstract class KotlinSourceSetProcessor<T : AbstractCompile>(
         kotlinCompile.description = taskDescription
         kotlinCompile.extensions.extraProperties.set("defaultModuleName", "${project.name}-$name")
         kotlinCompile.mapClasspath { sourceSet.compileClasspath }
+        kotlinCompile.destinationDir = defaultKotlinDestinationDir
         return kotlinCompile
     }
 
@@ -129,6 +131,9 @@ class Kotlin2JvmSourceSetProcessor(
         private var cachedKotlinAnnotationProcessingDep: String? = null
     }
 
+    override val defaultKotlinDestinationDir: File
+        get() = File(project.buildDir, "kotlin-classes/$sourceSetName")
+
     override fun doCreateTask(project: Project, taskName: String): KotlinCompile =
             tasksProvider.createKotlinJVMTask(project, taskName)
 
@@ -144,8 +149,6 @@ class Kotlin2JvmSourceSetProcessor(
 
         project.afterEvaluate { project ->
             if (project != null) {
-                kotlinTask.destinationDir = File(project.buildDir, "kotlin-classes/$sourceSetName")
-
                 val subpluginEnvironment = loadSubplugins(project)
                 subpluginEnvironment.addSubpluginArguments(project, kotlinTask)
 
@@ -189,12 +192,13 @@ class Kotlin2JsSourceSetProcessor(
         taskDescription = "Compiles the kotlin sources in $sourceSet to JavaScript.",
         compileTaskNameSuffix = "kotlin2Js"
 ) {
+    override val defaultKotlinDestinationDir: File
+            get() = File(project.buildDir, "kotlin2js/${sourceSetName}")
 
     val copyKotlinJsTaskName = sourceSet.getTaskName("copy", "kotlinJs")
     val clean = project.tasks.findByName("clean")
     val build = project.tasks.findByName("build")
 
-    val defaultKotlinDestinationDir = File(project.buildDir, "kotlin2js/${sourceSetName}")
     private fun kotlinTaskDestinationDir(): File? = kotlinTask.destinationDir
     private fun kotlinJsDestinationDir(): File? = (kotlinTask.property("outputFile") as String).let { File(it) }.let { if (it.isDirectory) it else it.parentFile }
 
@@ -209,7 +213,6 @@ class Kotlin2JsSourceSetProcessor(
             tasksProvider.createKotlinJSTask(project, taskName)
 
     override fun doTargetSpecificProcessing() {
-        kotlinTask.destinationDir = defaultKotlinDestinationDir
         build?.dependsOn(kotlinTaskName)
         clean?.dependsOn("clean" + kotlinTaskName.capitalize())
         kotlinTask.source(kotlinDirSet)
@@ -349,6 +352,7 @@ open class KotlinAndroidPlugin @Inject constructor(val scriptHandler: ScriptHand
             }
 
             val kotlinTaskName = "compile${variantDataName.capitalize()}Kotlin"
+            // todo: Investigate possibility of creating and configuring kotlinTask before evaluation
             val kotlinTask = tasksProvider.createKotlinJVMTask(project, kotlinTaskName)
 
             kotlinTask.extensions.extraProperties.set("defaultModuleName", "${project.name}-$kotlinTaskName")
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/BasicKotlinGradlePluginIT.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/BasicKotlinGradlePluginIT.kt
index 8c426438a0f..62320074cee 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/BasicKotlinGradlePluginIT.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/BasicKotlinGradlePluginIT.kt
@@ -138,4 +138,12 @@ class SimpleKotlinGradleIT : BaseGradleIT() {
             assertContains(":compileKotlin UP-TO-DATE")
         }
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testDestinationDirReferencedDuringEvaluation() {
+        Project("destinationDirReferencedDuringEvaluation", GRADLE_VERSION).build("build") {
+            assertSuccessful()
+            assertContains("GreeterTest PASSED")
+        }
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/test/resources/testProject/destinationDirReferencedDuringEvaluation/build.gradle b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/test/resources/testProject/destinationDirReferencedDuringEvaluation/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a9891e37511
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/test/resources/testProject/destinationDirReferencedDuringEvaluation/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+buildscript {
+    ext.kotlin_verion = '1.1-SNAPSHOT'
+    repositories {
+        maven { url 'file://' + pathToKotlinPlugin }
+    }
+    dependencies {
+        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_verion"
+    }
+}
+
+apply plugin: "java"
+apply plugin: "kotlin"
+
+repositories {
+    maven { url 'file://' + pathToKotlinPlugin }
+    mavenCentral()
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    compile "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:$kotlin_verion"
+    testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
+}
+
+// important to test that destinationDir is configured before evaluation
+test.testClassesDir = project.tasks.compileTestKotlin.destinationDir
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/test/resources/testProject/destinationDirReferencedDuringEvaluation/src/main/kotlin/foo/Greeter.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/test/resources/testProject/destinationDirReferencedDuringEvaluation/src/main/kotlin/foo/Greeter.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6cd329fadbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/test/resources/testProject/destinationDirReferencedDuringEvaluation/src/main/kotlin/foo/Greeter.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package foo
+
+class Greeter(private val name: String) {
+    val greeting: String
+            get() = "Hello $name!"
+}
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diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/test/resources/testProject/destinationDirReferencedDuringEvaluation/src/test/kotlin/foo/GreeterTest.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/test/resources/testProject/destinationDirReferencedDuringEvaluation/src/test/kotlin/foo/GreeterTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3c53985d23f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/test/resources/testProject/destinationDirReferencedDuringEvaluation/src/test/kotlin/foo/GreeterTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package foo
+
+import org.junit.Test
+import org.junit.Assert
+
+class GreeterTest {
+    @Test
+    fun testHelloWorld() {
+        Assert.assertEquals("Hello World!", Greeter("World").greeting)
+    }
+}
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