diff --git a/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/jvm/compiler/KotlinToJVMBytecodeCompiler.kt b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/jvm/compiler/KotlinToJVMBytecodeCompiler.kt
index 83b69406654..1d7995965cb 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/jvm/compiler/KotlinToJVMBytecodeCompiler.kt
+++ b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/jvm/compiler/KotlinToJVMBytecodeCompiler.kt
@@ -238,7 +238,14 @@ object KotlinToJVMBytecodeCompiler {
         val scriptConstructor = getScriptConstructor(scriptClass)
 
         try {
-            scriptConstructor.newInstance(*arrayOf<Any>(scriptArgs.toTypedArray()))
+            try {
+                scriptConstructor.newInstance(*arrayOf<Any>(scriptArgs.toTypedArray()))
+            }
+            finally {
+                // NB: these lines are required (see KT-9546) but aren't covered by tests
+                System.out.flush()
+                System.err.flush()
+            }
         }
         catch (e: Throwable) {
             reportExceptionFromScript(e)
diff --git a/compiler/testData/integration/smoke/scriptFlushBeforeShutdown/script.expected b/compiler/testData/integration/smoke/scriptFlushBeforeShutdown/script.expected
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f8d1988005e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/integration/smoke/scriptFlushBeforeShutdown/script.expected
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+OUT:
+AB
+C
+Return code: 0
diff --git a/compiler/testData/integration/smoke/scriptFlushBeforeShutdown/script.kts b/compiler/testData/integration/smoke/scriptFlushBeforeShutdown/script.kts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..93c9f68c118
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/integration/smoke/scriptFlushBeforeShutdown/script.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+print("A")
+println("B")
+print("C")
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/integration/CompilerSmokeTest.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/integration/CompilerSmokeTest.java
index bfe1533e4ab..c59a2dbf926 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/integration/CompilerSmokeTest.java
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/integration/CompilerSmokeTest.java
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ public class CompilerSmokeTest extends CompilerSmokeTestBase {
         runCompiler("script", "-script", "script.kts");
     }
 
+    public void testScriptFlushBeforeShutdown() throws Exception {
+        runCompiler("script", "-script", "script.kts");
+    }
+
     public void testCompileScript() throws Exception {
         String jar = tmpdir.getAbsolutePath() + File.separator + "script.jar";