diff --git a/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
index 286e35daf85..cfb85994c63 100644
--- a/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
@@ -32,11 +32,13 @@ repositories {
     extra["buildSrcKotlinRepo"]?.let {
         maven { setUrl(it) }
     }
+    maven(url = "https://dl.bintray.com/kotlin/kotlin-dev") // for dex-method-list
 //    maven { setUrl("https://repo.gradle.org/gradle/libs-releases-local") }
 }
 
 dependencies {
     compile(files("../dependencies/native-platform-uberjar.jar"))
+    compile("com.jakewharton.dex:dex-method-list:2.0.0-alpha")
 //    compile("net.rubygrapefruit:native-platform:0.14")
     // TODO: adding the dep to the plugin breaks the build unexpectedly, resolve and uncomment
 //    compile("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:${rootProject.extra["bootstrap_kotlin_version"]}")
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/plugins/DexMethodCount.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/plugins/DexMethodCount.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c788ae86abc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/plugins/DexMethodCount.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2017 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import com.jakewharton.dex.*
+import org.gradle.api.DefaultTask
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.*
+import org.gradle.jvm.tasks.Jar
+import java.io.File
+
+open class DexMethodCount : DefaultTask() {
+
+    data class Counts(
+            val total: Int,
+            val totalOwnPackages: Int?,
+            val totalOtherPackages: Int?,
+            val byPackage: Map<String, Int>,
+            val byClass: Map<String, Int>
+    )
+
+    @InputFile
+    lateinit var jarFile: File
+
+    @Input
+    @Optional
+    var ownPackages: List<String>? = null
+
+    // ##teamcity[buildStatisticValue key='DexMethodCount_${artifactOrArchiveName}' value='62362']
+    @Input
+    @Optional
+    var teamCityStatistics: Boolean? = null
+
+    @Input
+    @Optional
+    var artifactName: String? = null
+
+    private val artifactOrArchiveName get() = artifactName ?: project.name
+
+    fun from(jar: Jar) {
+        jarFile = jar.archivePath
+        artifactName = jar.baseName
+        dependsOn(jar)
+    }
+
+    lateinit var counts: Counts
+
+    @TaskAction
+    fun invoke() {
+        val methods = DexMethods.list(jarFile)
+
+        val counts = methods.getCounts().also { this.counts = it }
+
+        printTotals(counts)
+        printTCStats(counts)
+        outputDetails(counts)
+    }
+
+    private fun List<DexMethod>.getCounts(): Counts {
+        val byPackage = this.groupingBy { it.`package` }.eachCount()
+        val byClass = this.groupingBy { it.declaringType }.eachCount()
+
+        val ownPackages = ownPackages?.map { it + '.' }
+        val byOwnPackages = if (ownPackages != null) {
+            this.partition { method -> ownPackages.any { method.declaringType.startsWith(it) }}.let {
+                it.first.size to it.second.size
+            }
+        } else (null to null)
+
+        return Counts(total = this.size,
+                      totalOwnPackages = byOwnPackages.first,
+                      totalOtherPackages = byOwnPackages.second,
+                      byPackage = byPackage,
+                      byClass = byClass)
+    }
+
+    private fun printTotals(counts: Counts) {
+        logger.lifecycle("Artifact $artifactOrArchiveName, total methods: ${counts.total}")
+        ownPackages?.let { packages ->
+            logger.lifecycle("Artifact $artifactOrArchiveName, total methods from packages ${packages.joinToString { "$it.*" }}: ${counts.totalOwnPackages}")
+            logger.lifecycle("Artifact $artifactOrArchiveName, total methods from other packages: ${counts.totalOtherPackages}")
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun printTCStats(counts: Counts) {
+        if (teamCityStatistics ?: project.hasProperty("teamcity")) {
+            println("##teamcity[buildStatisticValue key='DexMethodCount_${artifactOrArchiveName}' value='${counts.total}']")
+            counts.totalOwnPackages?.let { value ->
+                println("##teamcity[buildStatisticValue key='DexMethodCount_${artifactOrArchiveName}_OwnPackages' value='$value']")
+            }
+            counts.totalOtherPackages?.let { value ->
+                println("##teamcity[buildStatisticValue key='DexMethodCount_${artifactOrArchiveName}_OtherPackages' value='$value']")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun outputDetails(counts: Counts) {
+        val detailFile = project.buildDir.resolve("$artifactOrArchiveName-method-count.txt")
+        detailFile.printWriter().use { writer ->
+            writer.println("${counts.total.padRight()}\tTotal methods")
+            ownPackages?.let { packages ->
+                writer.println("${counts.totalOwnPackages?.padRight()}\tTotal methods from packages ${packages.joinToString { "$it.*" }}")
+                writer.println("${counts.totalOtherPackages?.padRight()}\tTotal methods from other packages")
+            }
+            writer.println()
+            writer.println("Method count by package:")
+            counts.byPackage.forEach { (name, count) ->
+                writer.println("${count.padRight()}\t$name")
+            }
+            writer.println()
+            writer.println("Method count by class:")
+            counts.byClass.forEach { (name, count) ->
+                writer.println("${count.padRight()}\t$name")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+}
+
+
+private val DexMethod.`package`: String get() = declaringType.substringBeforeLast('.')
+private fun Int.padRight() = toString().padStart(5, ' ')
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/build.gradle b/libraries/stdlib/build.gradle
index 14e1e654f14..58d7390e0d2 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/build.gradle
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/build.gradle
@@ -109,6 +109,12 @@ dist {
     }
 }
 
+task dexMethodCount(type: DexMethodCount) {
+    from jar
+    ownPackages = ['kotlin']
+}
+assemble.dependsOn(dexMethodCount)
+
 compileBuiltinsKotlin {
     dependsOn ":core:builtins:serialize"
     kotlinOptions {
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-reflect/build.gradle b/libraries/tools/kotlin-reflect/build.gradle
index fbe988d4fdd..14d48818d6e 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-reflect/build.gradle
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-reflect/build.gradle
@@ -170,6 +170,13 @@ task relocatedSourcesJar(type: Jar) {
 
 def artifactJar = [file: file(outputJarPath), builtBy: proguard, name: archivesBaseName]
 
+task dexMethodCount(type: DexMethodCount) {
+    dependsOn(artifactJar.builtBy)
+    jarFile = artifactJar.file
+    ownPackages = ['kotlin.reflect']
+}
+assemble.dependsOn(dexMethodCount)
+
 artifacts {
     mainJar artifactJar
     runtime artifactJar