diff --git a/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/CommonCompilerArguments.java b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/CommonCompilerArguments.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f0d878ffdc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/CommonCompilerArguments.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package org.jetbrains.jet.cli;
+
+import com.sampullara.cli.Argument;
+import org.jetbrains.jet.cli.common.CompilerArguments;
+
+public abstract class CommonCompilerArguments extends CompilerArguments {
+    @Argument(value = "tags", description = "Demarcate each compilation message (error, warning, etc) with an open and close tag")
+    public boolean tags;
+    @Argument(value = "verbose", description = "Enable verbose logging output")
+    public boolean verbose;
+    @Argument(value = "version", description = "Display compiler version")
+    public boolean version;
+    @Argument(value = "help", alias = "h", description = "Show help")
+    public boolean help;
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isHelp() {
+        return help;
+    }
+
+    public void setHelp(boolean help) {
+        this.help = help;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isTags() {
+        return tags;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isVersion() {
+        return version;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isVerbose() {
+        return verbose;
+    }
+
+    public void setTags(boolean tags) {
+        this.tags = tags;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/js/K2JSCompilerArguments.java b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/js/K2JSCompilerArguments.java
index b2e6a98735b..5fabc798f05 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/js/K2JSCompilerArguments.java
+++ b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/js/K2JSCompilerArguments.java
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ package org.jetbrains.jet.cli.js;
 
 import com.sampullara.cli.Argument;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
-import org.jetbrains.jet.cli.common.CompilerArguments;
+import org.jetbrains.jet.cli.CommonCompilerArguments;
 import org.jetbrains.k2js.facade.MainCallParameters;
 
 
 /**
  * NOTE: for now K2JSCompiler supports only minimal amount of parameters required to launch it from the plugin.
  */
-public class K2JSCompilerArguments extends CompilerArguments {
+public class K2JSCompilerArguments extends CommonCompilerArguments {
     @Argument(value = "output", description = "Output file path")
     public String outputFile;
 
@@ -41,42 +41,10 @@ public class K2JSCompilerArguments extends CompilerArguments {
     @Argument(value = "target", description = "Generate js files for specific ECMA version (now support only ECMA 5)")
     public String target;
 
-    @Argument(value = "tags", description = "Demarcate each compilation message (error, warning, etc) with an open and close tag")
-    public boolean tags;
-
-    @Argument(value = "verbose", description = "Enable verbose logging output")
-    public boolean verbose;
-
-    @Argument(value = "version", description = "Display compiler version")
-    public boolean version;
-
     @Nullable
     @Argument(value = "main", description = "Whether a main function should be called; either 'call' or 'noCall', default 'call' (main function will be auto detected)")
     public String main;
 
-    @Argument(value = "help", alias = "h", description = "Show help")
-    public boolean help;
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean isHelp() {
-        return help;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean isTags() {
-        return tags;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean isVersion() {
-        return version;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean isVerbose() {
-        return verbose;
-    }
-
     @Override
     public String getSrc() {
         throw new IllegalStateException();
diff --git a/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/jvm/K2JVMCompilerArguments.java b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/jvm/K2JVMCompilerArguments.java
index 964dfa5ee29..fb38a760eea 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/jvm/K2JVMCompilerArguments.java
+++ b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/jet/cli/jvm/K2JVMCompilerArguments.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 package org.jetbrains.jet.cli.jvm;
 
 import com.sampullara.cli.Argument;
-import org.jetbrains.jet.cli.common.CompilerArguments;
+import org.jetbrains.jet.cli.CommonCompilerArguments;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import java.util.List;
  * Command line arguments for the {@link K2JVMCompiler}
  */
 @SuppressWarnings("UnusedDeclaration")
-public class K2JVMCompilerArguments extends CompilerArguments {
+public class K2JVMCompilerArguments extends CommonCompilerArguments {
 
 
     // TODO ideally we'd unify this with 'src' to just having a single field that supports multiple files/dirs
@@ -82,18 +82,6 @@ public class K2JVMCompilerArguments extends CompilerArguments {
     @Argument(value = "script", description = "evaluate script")
     public boolean script;
 
-    @Argument(value = "tags", description = "Demarcate each compilation message (error, warning, etc) with an open and close tag")
-    public boolean tags;
-
-    @Argument(value = "verbose", description = "Enable verbose logging output")
-    public boolean verbose;
-
-    @Argument(value = "version", description = "Display compiler version")
-    public boolean version;
-
-    @Argument(value = "help", alias = "h", description = "show help")
-    public boolean help;
-
     @Argument(value = "kotlinHome", description = "Path to Kotlin compiler home directory, used for annotations and runtime libraries discovery")
     public String kotlinHome;
 
@@ -113,15 +101,6 @@ public class K2JVMCompilerArguments extends CompilerArguments {
         this.classpath = classpath;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public boolean isHelp() {
-        return help;
-    }
-
-    public void setHelp(boolean help) {
-        this.help = help;
-    }
-
     public boolean isIncludeRuntime() {
         return includeRuntime;
     }
@@ -154,6 +133,7 @@ public class K2JVMCompilerArguments extends CompilerArguments {
         this.outputDir = outputDir;
     }
 
+    @Override
     public String getSrc() {
         return src;
     }
@@ -162,25 +142,6 @@ public class K2JVMCompilerArguments extends CompilerArguments {
         this.src = src;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public boolean isTags() {
-        return tags;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean isVersion() {
-        return version;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean isVerbose() {
-        return verbose;
-    }
-
-    public void setTags(boolean tags) {
-        this.tags = tags;
-    }
-
     public void setNoStdlib(boolean noStdlib) {
         this.noStdlib = noStdlib;
     }