diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 45797ce331b..b5069cfbceb 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ task list_dist(dependsOn: "listDist")
 task distCompiler(type: Copy) {
     dependsOn ':backend.native:jars'
     dependsOn ':tools:helpers:jar'
+    dependsOn ':utilities:jar'
 
     destinationDir file('dist')
 
@@ -288,6 +289,9 @@ task distCompiler(type: Copy) {
         into('konan/nativelib')
     }
 
+    from(project(':utilities').file('build/libs')) {
+        into('konan/lib')
+    }
 
     from(file('cmd')) {
         fileMode(0755)
diff --git a/cmd/cinterop b/cmd/cinterop
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index b3f6e186adf..ddaafe2e314
--- a/cmd/cinterop
+++ b/cmd/cinterop
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash 
-#
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
 # Copyright 2010-2017 JetBrains s.r.o.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -14,89 +14,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-if [ -z "$JAVACMD" -a -n "$JAVA_HOME" -a -x "$JAVA_HOME/bin/java" ]; then
-    JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/bin/java"
-else
-    JAVACMD=java
-fi
-[ -n "$JAVACMD" ] || JAVACMD=java
+DIR="${BASH_SOURCE[0]%/*}"
+: ${DIR:="."}
 
-declare -a java_args
-declare -a java_opts
-declare -a interop_args
-
-OUTPUT_FILE_NAME=nativelib
-TARGET=host
-
-while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
-  case "$1" in
-    -D*)
-      java_args=("${java_args[@]}" "$1")
-      shift
-      ;;
-    -J*)
-      java_args=("${java_args[@]}" "${1:2}")
-      shift
-      ;;
-    -o)
-      OUTPUT_FILE_NAME="$2"
-      shift 2
-      ;;
-    -target)
-      TARGET="$2"
-      shift 2
-      ;;
-     *)
-      interop_args=("${interop_args[@]}" "$1")
-      shift
-      ;;
-  esac
-done
-
-findHome() {
-    local source="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
-    while [ -h "$source" ] ; do
-	local linked="$(readlink "$source")"
-	local dir="$(cd -P $(dirname "$source") && cd -P $(dirname "$linked") && pwd)"
-	source="$dir/$(basename "$linked")"
-    done
-    (cd -P "$(dirname "$source")/.." && pwd)
-}
-KONAN_HOME="$(findHome)"
-
-NATIVE_LIB="${KONAN_HOME}/konan/nativelib"
-java_opts=(-ea \
-    "-Djava.library.path=${NATIVE_LIB}" \
-    "-Dkonan.home=${KONAN_HOME}" \
-    -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8)
-
-STUB_GENERATOR_JAR="${KONAN_HOME}/konan/lib/StubGenerator.jar"
-KOTLIN_JAR="${KONAN_HOME}/konan/lib/kotlin-compiler.jar"
-INTEROP_INDEXER_JAR="${KONAN_HOME}/konan/lib/Indexer.jar"
-INTEROP_RUNTIME_JAR="${KONAN_HOME}/konan/lib/Runtime.jar"
-HELPERS_JAR="${KONAN_HOME}/konan/lib/helpers.jar"
-INTEROP_CLASSPATH="$STUB_GENERATOR_JAR:$KOTLIN_JAR:$INTEROP_INDEXER_JAR:$INTEROP_RUNTIME_JAR:$HELPERS_JAR"
-INTEROP_TOOL=org.jetbrains.kotlin.native.interop.gen.jvm.MainKt
-
-FLAVOR_ARG="-flavor native"
-
-GENERATED_DIR="$OUTPUT_FILE_NAME-build/kotlin"
-GENERATED_ARG="-generated $GENERATED_DIR"
-NATIVES_DIR="$OUTPUT_FILE_NAME-build/natives"
-NATIVES_ARG="-natives $NATIVES_DIR"
-CSTUBSNAME=cstubs
-CSTUBSNAME_ARG="-cstubsname $CSTUBSNAME"
-
-LIBCLANG_DISABLE_CRASH_RECOVERY=1 \
-$JAVACMD "${java_opts[@]}" "${java_args[@]}" \
-    -cp "$INTEROP_CLASSPATH" \
-    $INTEROP_TOOL \
-    $GENERATED_ARG $NATIVES_ARG $CSTUBSNAME_ARG \
-    $FLAVOR_ARG -target $TARGET "${interop_args[@]}" \
-    || exit 1
-
-# Stubs may be rather big, so we may need more heap space.
-XMX_ARG=-J-Xmx3G
-
-"${KONAN_HOME}/bin/konanc" $XMX_ARG "$GENERATED_DIR" -produce library -nativelibrary "$NATIVES_DIR/$CSTUBSNAME.bc" \
-    -o "$OUTPUT_FILE_NAME" -target "$TARGET"
+"${DIR}"/run_konan cinterop "$@"
diff --git a/cmd/konanc b/cmd/konanc
index 2f6e395a1e6..5ef55695419 100755
--- a/cmd/konanc
+++ b/cmd/konanc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-#
+
 # Copyright 2010-2017 JetBrains s.r.o.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -14,70 +14,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-if [ -z "$JAVACMD" -a -n "$JAVA_HOME" -a -x "$JAVA_HOME/bin/java" ]; then
-    JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/bin/java"
-else
-    JAVACMD=java
-fi
-[ -n "$JAVACMD" ] || JAVACMD=java
-
-declare -a java_args
-declare -a java_opts
-declare -a konan_args
-
-while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
-  case "$1" in
-    -D*)
-      java_args=("${java_args[@]}" "$1")
-      shift
-      ;;
-    -J*)
-      java_args=("${java_args[@]}" "${1:2}")
-      shift
-      ;;
-    -X*)
-      echo "TODO: need to pass arguments to all the tools somehow."
-      shift
-      ;;
-    --time)
-      konan_args=("${konan_args[@]}" --time)
-      java_args=("${java_args[@]}" -agentlib:hprof=cpu=samples -Dkonan.profile=true)
-      JAVACMD="time $JAVACMD"
-      shift
-      ;;
-     *)
-      konan_args[${#konan_args[@]}]=$1
-      shift
-      ;;
-  esac
-done
-
-findHome() {
-    local source="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
-    while [ -h "$source" ] ; do
-        local linked="$(readlink "$source")"
-        local dir="$(cd -P $(dirname "$source") && cd -P $(dirname "$linked") && pwd)"
-        source="$dir/$(basename "$linked")"
-    done
-    (cd -P "$(dirname "$source")/.." && pwd)
-}
-
-KONAN_HOME="$(findHome)"
-
-KONAN_JAR="${KONAN_HOME}/konan/lib/backend.native.jar"
-KOTLIN_JAR="${KONAN_HOME}/konan/lib/kotlin-compiler.jar"
-INTEROP_JAR="${KONAN_HOME}/konan/lib/Runtime.jar"
-HELPERS_JAR="${KONAN_HOME}/konan/lib/helpers.jar"
-NATIVE_LIB="${KONAN_HOME}/konan/nativelib"
-KONAN_CLASSPATH="$KOTLIN_JAR:$INTEROP_JAR:$KONAN_JAR:$HELPERS_JAR"
-KONAN_COMPILER=org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.bc.K2NativeKt
-java_opts=(-ea -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8)
-
-#
-# KONAN BACKEND INVOCATION
-#
-
-java_args=("${java_args[@]}" -noverify "-Dkonan.home=${KONAN_HOME}" "-Djava.library.path=${NATIVE_LIB}")
-
-"$JAVACMD" "${java_opts[@]}" "${java_args[@]}" -cp "$KONAN_CLASSPATH" "$KONAN_COMPILER" "${konan_args[@]}"
+DIR="${BASH_SOURCE[0]%/*}"
+: ${DIR:="."}
 
+"${DIR}"/run_konan konanc "$@"
diff --git a/cmd/kotlinc b/cmd/kotlinc
index be05831054e..5ef55695419 100755
--- a/cmd/kotlinc
+++ b/cmd/kotlinc
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@
 DIR="${BASH_SOURCE[0]%/*}"
 : ${DIR:="."}
 
-"${DIR}"/konanc "$@"
+"${DIR}"/run_konan konanc "$@"
diff --git a/cmd/kotlinc-native b/cmd/kotlinc-native
index be05831054e..5ef55695419 100755
--- a/cmd/kotlinc-native
+++ b/cmd/kotlinc-native
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@
 DIR="${BASH_SOURCE[0]%/*}"
 : ${DIR:="."}
 
-"${DIR}"/konanc "$@"
+"${DIR}"/run_konan konanc "$@"
diff --git a/cmd/run_konan b/cmd/run_konan
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..e263d2f0fe8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/run_konan
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Copyright 2010-2017 JetBrains s.r.o.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+TOOL_NAME="$1"
+shift
+
+if [ -z "$JAVACMD" -a -n "$JAVA_HOME" -a -x "$JAVA_HOME/bin/java" ]; then
+    JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/bin/java"
+else
+    JAVACMD=java
+fi
+[ -n "$JAVACMD" ] || JAVACMD=java
+
+declare -a java_args
+declare -a java_opts
+declare -a konan_args
+
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+  case "$1" in
+    -D*)
+      java_args=("${java_args[@]}" "$1")
+      shift
+      ;;
+    -J*)
+      java_args=("${java_args[@]}" "${1:2}")
+      shift
+      ;;
+    -X*)
+      echo "TODO: need to pass arguments to all the tools somehow."
+      shift
+      ;;
+    --time)
+      konan_args=("${konan_args[@]}" --time)
+      java_args=("${java_args[@]}" -agentlib:hprof=cpu=samples -Dkonan.profile=true)
+      JAVACMD="time $JAVACMD"
+      shift
+      ;;
+     *)
+      konan_args[${#konan_args[@]}]=$1
+      shift
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+findHome() {
+    local source="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
+    while [ -h "$source" ] ; do
+        local linked="$(readlink "$source")"
+        local dir="$(cd -P $(dirname "$source") && cd -P $(dirname "$linked") && pwd)"
+        source="$dir/$(basename "$linked")"
+    done
+    (cd -P "$(dirname "$source")/.." && pwd)
+}
+KONAN_HOME="$(findHome)"
+
+NATIVE_LIB="${KONAN_HOME}/konan/nativelib"
+
+java_opts=(-ea \
+            -Xmx3G \
+            "-Djava.library.path=${NATIVE_LIB}" \
+            "-Dkonan.home=${KONAN_HOME}" \
+           -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8)
+
+KONAN_JAR="${KONAN_HOME}/konan/lib/backend.native.jar"
+KOTLIN_JAR="${KONAN_HOME}/konan/lib/kotlin-compiler.jar"
+STUB_GENERATOR_JAR="${KONAN_HOME}/konan/lib/StubGenerator.jar"
+INTEROP_INDEXER_JAR="${KONAN_HOME}/konan/lib/Indexer.jar"
+INTEROP_JAR="${KONAN_HOME}/konan/lib/Runtime.jar"
+HELPERS_JAR="${KONAN_HOME}/konan/lib/helpers.jar"
+UTILITIES_JAR="${KONAN_HOME}/konan/lib/utilities.jar"
+KONAN_CLASSPATH="$KOTLIN_JAR:$INTEROP_JAR:$STUB_GENERATOR_JAR:$INTEROP_INDEXER_JAR:$KONAN_JAR:$HELPERS_JAR:$UTILITIES_JAR"
+#KONAN_COMPILER=org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.bc.K2NativeKt
+KONAN_COMPILER=org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.utilities.MainKt
+
+LIBCLANG_DISABLE_CRASH_RECOVERY=1 \
+"$JAVACMD" "${java_opts[@]}" "${java_args[@]}" -cp "$KONAN_CLASSPATH" "$KONAN_COMPILER" "$TOOL_NAME" "${konan_args[@]}"
+
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index baa91a4ab70..3185a93de9f 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ include ':common'
 include ':backend.native:tests'
 include ':tools:helpers'
 include ':tools:kotlin-native-gradle-plugin'
+include ':utilities'
diff --git a/utilities/build.gradle b/utilities/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6e2f57c023a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utilities/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2017 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+buildscript {
+    repositories {
+        mavenCentral()
+    }
+
+   dependencies {
+     classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
+   }
+}
+
+apply plugin: 'kotlin'
+apply plugin: 'application'
+
+mainClassName = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.utilities.MainKt"
+
+dependencies {
+    compile "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:$kotlin_version"
+    compile project(':backend.native')
+    compile project(':Interop:StubGenerator')
+    compile project(':klib')
+}
diff --git a/utilities/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/utilities/main.kt b/utilities/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/utilities/main.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d32c506cdc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utilities/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/utilities/main.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.utilities
+
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan.util.File
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.bc.main as konancMain
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.native.interop.gen.jvm.main as cinteropMain
+
+fun invokeCinterop(args: Array<String>) {
+    var outputFileName = "nativelib"
+    var target = "host"
+    for (i in args.indices) {
+        if (args[i].startsWith("-o")) 
+            outputFileName = args.getOrElse(i+1){outputFileName}
+        if (args[i] == "-target") 
+            target = args.getOrElse(i+1){target}
+    }
+
+    val buildDir = File("$outputFileName-build")
+    val generatedDir = File(buildDir, "kotlin")
+    val nativesDir = File(buildDir, "natives")
+    val cstubsName ="cstubs"
+
+    val additionalArgs = listOf<String>(
+        "-generated", generatedDir.path, 
+        "-natives", nativesDir.path, 
+        "-cstubsname", cstubsName,
+        "-flavor", "native")
+
+    val cinteropArgs = (additionalArgs + args.toList()).toTypedArray()
+    cinteropMain(cinteropArgs)
+
+    val konancArgs = arrayOf(
+        generatedDir.path, 
+        "-produce", "library", 
+        "-nativelibrary", File(nativesDir, "$cstubsName.bc").path,
+        "-o", outputFileName,
+        "-target", target)
+    konancMain(konancArgs)
+}
+
+fun main(args: Array<String>) {
+    val utilityName = args[0]
+    val utilityArgs = args.drop(1).toTypedArray()
+    when (utilityName) {
+        "konanc" ->
+            konancMain(utilityArgs)
+        "cinterop" ->
+            invokeCinterop(utilityArgs)
+        "klib" ->
+            println("would run: klib $utilityArgs")
+        else ->
+            println("Unexpected utility name")
+    }
+}
+