diff --git a/plugins/scripting/scripting-compiler/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/scripting/compiler/plugin/impl/ScriptJvmCompilerImpls.kt b/plugins/scripting/scripting-compiler/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/scripting/compiler/plugin/impl/ScriptJvmCompilerImpls.kt
index c9a877b416b..9bc8887ffa4 100644
--- a/plugins/scripting/scripting-compiler/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/scripting/compiler/plugin/impl/ScriptJvmCompilerImpls.kt
+++ b/plugins/scripting/scripting-compiler/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/scripting/compiler/plugin/impl/ScriptJvmCompilerImpls.kt
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ private fun compileImpl(
         messageCollector
     )
 
+    if (sourceDependencies.any { it.sourceDependencies is ResultWithDiagnostics.Failure }) return failure(messageCollector)
+
     val dependenciesProvider = ScriptDependenciesProvider.getInstance(context.environment.project)
     val getScriptConfiguration = { ktFile: KtFile ->
         (dependenciesProvider?.getScriptConfiguration(ktFile)?.configuration ?: context.baseScriptCompilationConfiguration)
diff --git a/plugins/scripting/scripting-compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/scripting/compiler/test/ScriptCompilerTest.kt b/plugins/scripting/scripting-compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/scripting/compiler/test/ScriptCompilerTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d9d64d6afcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/scripting/scripting-compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/scripting/compiler/test/ScriptCompilerTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2020 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
+ * Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the license/LICENSE.txt file.
+ */
+
+package org.jetbrains.kotlin.scripting.compiler.test
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.scripting.compiler.plugin.impl.ScriptJvmCompilerIsolated
+import kotlin.script.experimental.api.*
+import kotlin.script.experimental.host.toScriptSource
+import kotlin.script.experimental.jvm.defaultJvmScriptingHostConfiguration
+
+class ScriptCompilerTest : TestCase() {
+
+    fun testCompilationWithRefinementError() {
+        val res = compile("nonsense".toScriptSource()) {
+            refineConfiguration {
+                beforeCompiling {
+                    ResultWithDiagnostics.Failure("err13".asErrorDiagnostics())
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        assertTrue(res is ResultWithDiagnostics.Failure)
+        assertTrue(res.reports.any { it.message == "err13" })
+        assertTrue(res.reports.none { it.message.contains("nonsense") })
+    }
+
+    fun compile(
+        script: SourceCode,
+        cfgBody: ScriptCompilationConfiguration.Builder.() -> Unit
+    ): ResultWithDiagnostics<CompiledScript> {
+        val compilationConfiguration = ScriptCompilationConfiguration(cfgBody)
+        val compiler = ScriptJvmCompilerIsolated(defaultJvmScriptingHostConfiguration)
+        return compiler.compile(script, compilationConfiguration)
+    }
+}
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