diff --git a/compiler/cli/build.gradle.kts b/compiler/cli/build.gradle.kts
index d3ac9770a8c..9e0dddbf576 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/compiler/cli/build.gradle.kts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ dependencies {
     compile(project(":kotlin-util-io"))
     compile(project(":compiler:ir.serialization.common"))
 
-    compileOnly(toolsJar())
+    compileOnly(project(":dependencies:tools-jar-api"))
     compileOnly(intellijCoreDep()) { includeJars("intellij-core") }
     compileOnly(intellijDep()) { includeIntellijCoreJarDependencies(project) }
 
diff --git a/dependencies/tools-jar-api/build.gradle.kts b/dependencies/tools-jar-api/build.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..51951889cf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dependencies/tools-jar-api/build.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+plugins {
+    base
+}
+
+val JDK_18: String by rootProject.extra
+val toolsJarFile = toolsJarFile(jdkHome = File(JDK_18)) ?: error("Couldn't find tools.jar in $JDK_18")
+
+// tools.jar from JDK has different public api on different platforms which makes impossible to reuse caches
+// for tasks which depend on it. Since we can't compile against those classes & stay cross-platform anyway,
+// we may just exclude them from compile classpath. This should make tools.jar compatible at least within
+// one build of JDK for different platforms
+
+val jar = tasks.register<Jar>("jar") {
+    from {
+        zipTree(toolsJarFile).matching {
+            exclude("META-INF/**")
+
+            exclude("sun/tools/attach/LinuxAttachProvider.class")
+            exclude("sun/tools/attach/LinuxVirtualMachine${'$'}SocketInputStream.class")
+            exclude("sun/tools/attach/LinuxVirtualMachine.class")
+
+            exclude("sun/tools/attach/BsdAttachProvider.class")
+            exclude("sun/tools/attach/BsdVirtualMachine${'$'}SocketInputStream.class")
+            exclude("sun/tools/attach/BsdVirtualMachine.class")
+
+            exclude("sun/tools/attach/WindowsAttachProvider.class")
+            exclude("sun/tools/attach/WindowsVirtualMachine${'$'}SocketInputStream.class")
+            exclude("sun/tools/attach/WindowsVirtualMachine.class")
+
+            // Windows only classes
+            exclude("com/sun/tools/jdi/SharedMemoryAttachingConnector$1.class")
+            exclude("com/sun/tools/jdi/SharedMemoryAttachingConnector.class")
+            exclude("com/sun/tools/jdi/SharedMemoryConnection.class")
+            exclude("com/sun/tools/jdi/SharedMemoryListeningConnector$1.class")
+            exclude("com/sun/tools/jdi/SharedMemoryListeningConnector.class")
+            exclude("com/sun/tools/jdi/SharedMemoryTransportService${'$'}SharedMemoryListenKey.class")
+            exclude("com/sun/tools/jdi/SharedMemoryTransportService.class")
+            exclude("com/sun/tools/jdi/SharedMemoryTransportServiceCapabilities.class")
+            exclude("com/sun/tools/jdi/SunSDK.class")
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+artifacts.add("default", jar)
diff --git a/idea/jvm-debugger/eval4j/build.gradle.kts b/idea/jvm-debugger/eval4j/build.gradle.kts
index 7e96914b99d..fdd77decb3f 100644
--- a/idea/jvm-debugger/eval4j/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/idea/jvm-debugger/eval4j/build.gradle.kts
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ dependencies {
     compile(kotlinStdlib())
     compile(project(":compiler:backend"))
 
-    compileOnly(toolsJar())
+    compileOnly(project(":dependencies:tools-jar-api"))
     compileOnly(intellijCoreDep()) { includeJars("intellij-core", "asm-all", rootProject = rootProject) }
 
-    testCompileOnly(toolsJar())
+    testCompileOnly(project(":dependencies:tools-jar-api"))
     testCompile(project(":kotlin-test:kotlin-test-junit"))
     testCompile(commonDep("junit:junit"))
     testCompile(intellijDep()) { includeJars("asm-all", rootProject = rootProject) }
diff --git a/idea/jvm-debugger/jvm-debugger-core/build.gradle.kts b/idea/jvm-debugger/jvm-debugger-core/build.gradle.kts
index 025847cdce3..ce69d4d2930 100644
--- a/idea/jvm-debugger/jvm-debugger-core/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/idea/jvm-debugger/jvm-debugger-core/build.gradle.kts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ dependencies {
     compile(project(":idea:ide-common"))
     compile(project(":idea:jvm-debugger:jvm-debugger-util"))
 
-    compileOnly(toolsJar())
+    compileOnly(project(":dependencies:tools-jar-api"))
     compileOnly(intellijDep())
     
     Platform[192].orHigher {
diff --git a/idea/jvm-debugger/jvm-debugger-evaluation/build.gradle.kts b/idea/jvm-debugger/jvm-debugger-evaluation/build.gradle.kts
index 11276b4fd8f..9b8862d303d 100644
--- a/idea/jvm-debugger/jvm-debugger-evaluation/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/idea/jvm-debugger/jvm-debugger-evaluation/build.gradle.kts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ dependencies {
     compile(project(":idea:idea-j2k"))
     compile(project(":idea:jvm-debugger:jvm-debugger-util"))
 
-    compileOnly(toolsJar())
+    compileOnly(project(":dependencies:tools-jar-api"))
     Platform[192].orHigher {
         compileOnly(intellijPluginDep("java"))
     }
diff --git a/idea/jvm-debugger/jvm-debugger-sequence/build.gradle.kts b/idea/jvm-debugger/jvm-debugger-sequence/build.gradle.kts
index e40f00bbd00..aa5730ffba4 100644
--- a/idea/jvm-debugger/jvm-debugger-sequence/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/idea/jvm-debugger/jvm-debugger-sequence/build.gradle.kts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ dependencies {
     compile(project(":compiler:backend"))
     compile(project(":idea:ide-common"))
 
-    compileOnly(toolsJar())
+    compileOnly(project(":dependencies:tools-jar-api"))
     compileOnly(intellijDep())
     Platform[192].orHigher {
         compileOnly(intellijPluginDep("java"))
diff --git a/idea/jvm-debugger/jvm-debugger-util/build.gradle.kts b/idea/jvm-debugger/jvm-debugger-util/build.gradle.kts
index c75661e3e85..0534d3d5c5f 100644
--- a/idea/jvm-debugger/jvm-debugger-util/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/idea/jvm-debugger/jvm-debugger-util/build.gradle.kts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ dependencies {
     // TODO: get rid of this
     compile(project(":idea:jvm-debugger:eval4j"))
 
-    compileOnly(toolsJar())
+    compileOnly(project(":dependencies:tools-jar-api"))
 
     Platform[192].orHigher {
         compileOnly(intellijPluginDep("java"))
diff --git a/plugins/kapt3/kapt3-base/build.gradle.kts b/plugins/kapt3/kapt3-base/build.gradle.kts
index 450a64ce60b..35a1578cbdb 100644
--- a/plugins/kapt3/kapt3-base/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/plugins/kapt3/kapt3-base/build.gradle.kts
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ plugins {
 
 dependencies {
     compile(kotlinStdlib())
-    compileOnly(toolsJar())
+    compileOnly(project(":dependencies:tools-jar-api"))
 
     testCompile(commonDep("junit:junit"))
-    testCompileOnly(toolsJar())
+    testCompileOnly(project(":dependencies:tools-jar-api"))
 }
 
 sourceSets {
diff --git a/plugins/kapt3/kapt3-compiler/build.gradle.kts b/plugins/kapt3/kapt3-compiler/build.gradle.kts
index f7e7cde4a21..5434cad1588 100644
--- a/plugins/kapt3/kapt3-compiler/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/plugins/kapt3/kapt3-compiler/build.gradle.kts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ dependencies {
     compile(project(":compiler:frontend.java"))
     compile(project(":compiler:plugin-api"))
 
-    compileOnly(toolsJar())
+    compileOnly(project(":dependencies:tools-jar-api"))
     compileOnly(project(":kotlin-annotation-processing-cli"))
     compileOnly(project(":kotlin-annotation-processing-base"))
     compileOnly(project(":kotlin-annotation-processing-runtime"))
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ dependencies {
     testCompile(projectTests(":kotlin-annotation-processing-base"))
     testCompile(commonDep("junit:junit"))
     testCompile(project(":kotlin-annotation-processing-runtime"))
-    testCompileOnly(toolsJar())
+
+    testCompileOnly(project(":dependencies:tools-jar-api"))
     testRuntimeOnly(toolsJar())
 
     embedded(project(":kotlin-annotation-processing-runtime")) { isTransitive = false }
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 004884d4124..5a676bb7d54 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ include ":kotlin-build-common",
         ":core:util.runtime",
         ":compiler:compiler.version",
         ":dependencies:android-sdk",
+        ":dependencies:tools-jar-api",
         ":idea:idea-jvm",
         ":idea:idea-maven",
         ":idea:idea-gradle",