diff --git a/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/ToolConfig.kt b/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/ToolConfig.kt
index 13df2c6a476..df53df4d828 100644
--- a/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/ToolConfig.kt
+++ b/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/ToolConfig.kt
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package  org.jetbrains.kotlin.native.interop.tool
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.file.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.properties.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.target.*
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.util.DependencyProcessor
 import kotlin.reflect.KFunction
 
 class ToolConfig(userProvidedTargetName: String?, userProvidedKonanProperties: String?, runnerProvidedKonanHome: String) {
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ class ToolConfig(userProvidedTargetName: String?, userProvidedKonanProperties: S
     private val konanPropertiesFile = userProvidedKonanProperties ?. File() ?: File(konanHome, "konan/konan.properties")
     private val properties = konanPropertiesFile.loadProperties()
 
-    private val dependencies = File(konanHome, "dependencies")
+    private val dependencies = DependencyProcessor.defaultDependenciesRoot
 
     private val targetProperties = KonanProperties(target, properties, dependencies.path)
 
diff --git a/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/Distribution.kt b/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/Distribution.kt
index 708abac48fd..f3d442f249e 100644
--- a/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/Distribution.kt
+++ b/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/Distribution.kt
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.target.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.file.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.properties.*
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.util.DependencyProcessor
 
 class Distribution(val targetManager: TargetManager,
     val propertyFileOverride: String? = null,
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ class Distribution(val targetManager: TargetManager,
     val stdlib = "$klib/common/stdlib"
     val runtime = runtimeFileOverride ?: "$stdlib/targets/${targetName}/native/runtime.bc"
 
-    val dependenciesDir = "$konanHome/dependencies"
+    val dependenciesDir = DependencyProcessor.defaultDependenciesRoot.absolutePath
 
     val targetProperties = KonanProperties(target, properties, dependenciesDir)
     val hostProperties = if (target == host) {
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index c5fca6757cf..25b784a24c7 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ ext {
     konanPropertiesFile = project(':backend.native').file('konan.properties')
     konanProperties = PropertiesKt.loadProperties(konanPropertiesFile.absolutePath)
 
-    dependenciesDir = rootProject.file("dist/dependencies")
+    dependenciesDir = DependencyProcessor.defaultDependenciesRoot
     clangManager = new ClangManager(konanProperties, dependenciesDir.absolutePath)
     kotlinCompilerModule="org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-compiler:${kotlinVersion}"
     kotlinStdLibModule="org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:${kotlinStdLibVersion}"
diff --git a/shared/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/util/DependencyProcessor.kt b/shared/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/util/DependencyProcessor.kt
index f3c9d65ef96..7988bb7ad3e 100644
--- a/shared/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/util/DependencyProcessor.kt
+++ b/shared/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/util/DependencyProcessor.kt
@@ -160,9 +160,13 @@ class DependencyProcessor(dependenciesRoot: File,
     }
 
     companion object {
-        val lock = ReentrantLock()
+        private val lock = ReentrantLock()
 
         const val DEFAULT_HOME_DEPENDENCY_CACHE = ".konan/cache"
+
+        @JvmStatic
+        val defaultDependenciesRoot
+            get() = Paths.get(System.getProperty("user.home")).resolve(".konan/dependencies").toFile()
     }
 
     fun run() = lock.withLock {
diff --git a/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KonanToolRunner.kt b/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KonanToolRunner.kt
index 201087cba5b..7f0c3da259b 100644
--- a/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KonanToolRunner.kt
+++ b/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/plugin/KonanToolRunner.kt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import org.gradle.api.Named
 import org.gradle.api.Project
 import org.gradle.api.file.FileCollection
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.tasks.host
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.util.DependencyProcessor
 
 internal interface KonanToolRunner: Named {
     val mainClass: String
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ internal class KonanInteropRunner(project: Project)
 {
     init {
         if (project.host == "mingw") {
-            environment.put("PATH", "${project.konanHome}\\dependencies" +
+            environment.put("PATH", DependencyProcessor.defaultDependenciesRoot.absolutePath +
                     "\\msys2-mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc-6.3.0-clang-llvm-3.9.1-windows-x86-64" +
                     "\\bin;${System.getenv("PATH")}")
         }