diff --git a/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/main.kt b/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/main.kt
index 11c54b58b0f..befbd1eae00 100644
--- a/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/main.kt
+++ b/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/main.kt
@@ -34,6 +34,15 @@ fun main(args: Array<String>) {
     processLib(konanHome, substitutions, parseArgs(args))
 }
 
+// Options, whose values are space-separated and can be escaped.
+val escapedOptions = setOf("-compilerOpts", "-linkerOpts")
+
+private fun String.asArgList(key: String) =
+        if (escapedOptions.contains(key))
+            this.split(Regex("(?<!\\\\)\\Q \\E")).filter { it.isNotEmpty() }.map { it.replace("\\ ", " ") }
+        else
+            listOf(this)
+
 private fun parseArgs(args: Array<String>): Map<String, List<String>> {
     val commandLine = mutableMapOf<String, MutableList<String>>()
     for (index in 0..args.size - 1 step 2) {
@@ -44,8 +53,8 @@ private fun parseArgs(args: Array<String>): Map<String, List<String>> {
         if (index + 1 == args.size) {
             throw IllegalArgumentException("Expected an value after $key")
         }
-        val value = args[index + 1]
-        commandLine[key]?.add(value) ?: commandLine.put(key, mutableListOf(value))
+        val value = args[index + 1].asArgList(key)
+        commandLine[key]?.addAll(value) ?: commandLine.put(key, value.toMutableList())
     }
     return commandLine
 }
@@ -273,8 +282,8 @@ private fun usage() {
 Run interop tool with -def <def_file_for_lib>.def
 Following flags are supported:
   -def <file>.def specifies library definition file
-  -copt <c compiler flags> specifies flags passed to clang
-  -lopt <linker flags> specifies flags passed to linker
+  -compilerOpts <c compiler flags> specifies flags passed to clang
+  -linkerOpts <linker flags> specifies flags passed to linker
   -verbose <boolean> increases verbosity
   -shims <boolean> adds generation of shims tracing native library calls
   -pkg <fully qualified package name> place the resulting definitions into the package
@@ -317,16 +326,14 @@ private fun processLib(konanHome: String,
     val llvmHome = konanProperties.getHostSpecific("llvmHome")!!
     val llvmInstallPath = "$dependencies/$llvmHome"
     val additionalHeaders = args["-h"].orEmpty()
-    val additionalCompilerOpts = args["-copt"].orEmpty()
-    val additionalLinkerOpts = args["-lopt"].orEmpty()
+    val additionalCompilerOpts = args["-copt"].orEmpty()+ args["-compilerOpts"].orEmpty()
+    val additionalLinkerOpts = args["-lopt"].orEmpty() + args["-linkerOpts"].orEmpty()
     val generateShims = args["-shims"].isTrue()
     val verbose = args["-verbose"].isTrue()
 
     val defaultOpts = konanProperties.defaultCompilerOpts(target, dependencies)
     val headerFiles = config.getSpaceSeparated("headers") + additionalHeaders
-    val compilerOpts =
-            config.getSpaceSeparated("compilerOpts") +
-                    defaultOpts + additionalCompilerOpts
+    val compilerOpts = config.getSpaceSeparated("compilerOpts") + defaultOpts + additionalCompilerOpts
     val compiler = "clang"
     val language = Language.C
     val excludeSystemLibs = config.getProperty("excludeSystemLibs")?.toBoolean() ?: false
@@ -334,8 +341,7 @@ private fun processLib(konanHome: String,
 
     val entryPoint = config.getSpaceSeparated("entryPoint").atMostOne()
     val linkerOpts =
-            config.getSpaceSeparated("linkerOpts").toTypedArray() +
-                    defaultOpts + additionalLinkerOpts
+            config.getSpaceSeparated("linkerOpts").toTypedArray() + defaultOpts + additionalLinkerOpts
     val linker = args["-linker"]?.atMostOne() ?: config.getProperty("linker") ?: "clang"
     val excludedFunctions = config.getSpaceSeparated("excludedFunctions").toSet()
 
diff --git a/backend.native/cli.bc/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/bc/K2NativeCompilerArguments.java b/backend.native/cli.bc/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/bc/K2NativeCompilerArguments.java
index 193df0f347a..4e07d4ed12a 100644
--- a/backend.native/cli.bc/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/bc/K2NativeCompilerArguments.java
+++ b/backend.native/cli.bc/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/bc/K2NativeCompilerArguments.java
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 /*
  * Copyright 2010-2017 JetBrains s.r.o.
  *
@@ -48,6 +49,9 @@ public class K2NativeCompilerArguments extends CommonCompilerArguments {
     @Argument(value = "-nopack", description = "Don't pack the library into a klib file")
     public boolean nopack;
 
+    @Argument(value = "-linkerOpts", valueDescription = "<arg>", description = "Pass arguments to linker", delimiter = " ")
+    public String[] linkerArguments;
+
     @Argument(value = "-nostdlib", description = "Don't link with stdlib")
     public boolean nostdlib;
 
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/jetbrains/kotlin/KonanTest.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/jetbrains/kotlin/KonanTest.groovy
index df511ad8503..adf8f9dc39a 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/jetbrains/kotlin/KonanTest.groovy
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/jetbrains/kotlin/KonanTest.groovy
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ class RunInteropKonanTest extends KonanTest {
         List<String> linkerArguments = interopConf.linkerOpts // TODO: add arguments from .def file
 
         List<String> compilerArguments = ["-library", interopBc, "-nativelibrary", interopStubsBc] +
-                linkerArguments.collectMany { ["-linkerArgs", it] }
+                linkerArguments.collectMany { ["-linkerOpts", it] }
 
         runCompiler(filesToCompile, exe, compilerArguments)
     }
diff --git a/samples/concurrent/build.sh b/samples/concurrent/build.sh
index 9bf3dbfc95b..271d65e580d 100755
--- a/samples/concurrent/build.sh
+++ b/samples/concurrent/build.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ var=CLANG_${TARGET}
 CLANG=${!var}
 
 $CLANG -std=c++11 -c $DIR/MessageChannel.cpp -o $DIR/MessageChannel.bc -emit-llvm || exit 1
-cinterop -def $DIR/MessageChannel.def -copt "-I$DIR" -target $TARGET -o $DIR/MessageChannel || exit 1
+cinterop -def $DIR/MessageChannel.def -compilerOpts "-I$DIR" -target $TARGET -o $DIR/MessageChannel || exit 1
 konanc $DIR/Concurrent.kt -library $DIR/MessageChannel \
        -nativelibrary $DIR/MessageChannel.bc -o Concurrent || exit 1
diff --git a/samples/csvparser/build.sh b/samples/csvparser/build.sh
index 7c9d550acab..c49572d47e7 100755
--- a/samples/csvparser/build.sh
+++ b/samples/csvparser/build.sh
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ LINKER_ARGS=${!var}
 var=COMPILER_ARGS_${TARGET}
 COMPILER_ARGS=${!var} # add -opt for an optimized build.
 
-cinterop -def $DIR/stdio.def -copt "$CFLAGS" -target $TARGET -o stdio || exit 1
+cinterop -def $DIR/stdio.def -compilerOpts "$CFLAGS" -target $TARGET -o stdio || exit 1
 konanc $COMPILER_ARGS -target $TARGET $DIR/CsvParser.kt -library stdio -o CsvParser || exit 1
diff --git a/samples/gitchurn/build.sh b/samples/gitchurn/build.sh
index d6c78a07e12..12fedbabe89 100755
--- a/samples/gitchurn/build.sh
+++ b/samples/gitchurn/build.sh
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ LINKER_ARGS=${!var}
 var=COMPILER_ARGS_${TARGET}
 COMPILER_ARGS=${!var} # add -opt for an optimized build.
 
-cinterop -copt $CFLAGS -def $DIR/libgit2.def -target $TARGET -o libgit2 || exit 1
+cinterop -compilerOpts $CFLAGS -def $DIR/libgit2.def -target $TARGET -o libgit2 || exit 1
 konanc -target $TARGET src -library libgit2 -linkerArgs "$LINKER_ARGS" -o GitChurn || exit 1
diff --git a/samples/gtk/build.sh b/samples/gtk/build.sh
index 492bcf1d7d0..ee89162c940 100755
--- a/samples/gtk/build.sh
+++ b/samples/gtk/build.sh
@@ -24,12 +24,11 @@ LINKER_ARGS=${!var}
 var=COMPILER_ARGS_${TARGET}
 COMPILER_ARGS=${!var} # add -opt for an optimized build.
 
-if [ ! -f $DIR/gtk3.bc ]; then
+if [ ! -f $DIR/gtk3.klib ]; then
   echo "Generating GTK stubs (once), may take few mins depending on the hardware..."
-  cinterop -J-Xmx8g -copt $IPREFIX/atk-1.0 -copt $IPREFIX/gdk-pixbuf-2.0 -copt $IPREFIX/cairo -copt $IPREFIX/pango-1.0 \
-  -copt -I/opt/local/lib/glib-2.0/include -copt -I/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/include -copt -I/usr/local/lib/glib-2.0/include \
-  -copt $IPREFIX/gtk-3.0 -copt $IPREFIX/glib-2.0 -def $DIR/gtk3.def \
+  cinterop -J-Xmx8g -compilerOpts "$IPREFIX/atk-1.0 $IPREFIX/gdk-pixbuf-2.0 $IPREFIX/cairo $IPREFIX/pango-1.0 \
+  -I/opt/local/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/local/lib/glib-2.0/include \
+  $IPREFIX/gtk-3.0 $IPREFIX/glib-2.0" -def $DIR/gtk3.def \
   -target $TARGET -o $DIR/gtk3 || exit 1
 fi
-konanc -target $TARGET $DIR/src -library $DIR/gtk3 -linkerArgs "$LINKER_ARGS" -o $DIR/Gtk3Demo || exit 1
-
+konanc -target $TARGET $DIR/src -library $DIR/gtk3 -linkerOpts "$LINKER_ARGS" -o $DIR/Gtk3Demo || exit 1
diff --git a/samples/libcurl/build.sh b/samples/libcurl/build.sh
index d3a2e00d2e7..f24991db454 100755
--- a/samples/libcurl/build.sh
+++ b/samples/libcurl/build.sh
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 PATH=../../dist/bin:../../bin:$PATH
 DIR=.
 
-CFLAGS_macbook=-I/opt/local/include
-CFLAGS_linux=-I/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu
+CFLAGS_macbook="-I /opt/local/include"
+CFLAGS_linux="-I /usr/include -I /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu"
 LINKER_ARGS_macbook="-L/opt/local/lib -lcurl"
 LINKER_ARGS_linux="-L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -lcurl"
 
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ LINKER_ARGS=${!var}
 var=COMPILER_ARGS_${TARGET}
 COMPILER_ARGS=${!var} # add -opt for an optimized build.
 
-cinterop -copt "$CFLAGS" -copt -I. -copt -I/usr/include -def $DIR/libcurl.def -target $TARGET -o libcurl || exit 1
-konanc -target $TARGET src -library libcurl -linkerArgs "$LINKER_ARGS" -o Curl || exit 1
+cinterop -compilerOpts "$CFLAGS" -def $DIR/libcurl.def -target $TARGET -o libcurl || exit 1
+konanc -target $TARGET src -library libcurl -linkerOpts "$LINKER_ARGS" -o Curl || exit 1
diff --git a/samples/opengl/build.sh b/samples/opengl/build.sh
index bfa14a16f5a..d8b30ac73b6 100755
--- a/samples/opengl/build.sh
+++ b/samples/opengl/build.sh
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ var=COMPILER_ARGS_${TARGET}
 COMPILER_ARGS=${!var} # add -opt for an optimized build.
 
 cinterop -def $DIR/opengl.def -target $TARGET -o opengl || exit 1
-konanc -target $TARGET $DIR/OpenGlTeapot.kt -library opengl -linkerArgs "$LINKER_ARGS" -o OpenGlTeapot || exit 1
+konanc -target $TARGET $DIR/OpenGlTeapot.kt -library opengl -linkerOpts "$LINKER_ARGS" -o OpenGlTeapot || exit 1
diff --git a/samples/tensorflow/build.sh b/samples/tensorflow/build.sh
index 334545d25a2..155f9a647a2 100755
--- a/samples/tensorflow/build.sh
+++ b/samples/tensorflow/build.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ DIR=.
 TF_TARGET_DIRECTORY="$HOME/.konan/third-party/tensorflow"
 TF_TYPE="cpu" # Change to "gpu" for GPU support
 
-CFLAGS_macbook="-I${TF_TARGET_DIRECTORY}/include"
-CFLAGS_linux="-I${TF_TARGET_DIRECTORY}/include"
+CFLAGS_macbook="-I ${TF_TARGET_DIRECTORY}/include"
+CFLAGS_linux="-I ${TF_TARGET_DIRECTORY}/include"
 
 if [ x$TARGET == x ]; then
 case "$OSTYPE" in
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ if [ ! -d $TF_TARGET_DIRECTORY/include/tensorflow ]; then
    tar -C $TF_TARGET_DIRECTORY -xz
 fi
 
-cinterop -def $DIR/tensorflow.def -copt "$CFLAGS" -target $TARGET -o tensorflow || exit 1
+cinterop -def $DIR/tensorflow.def -compilerOpts "$CFLAGS" -target $TARGET -o tensorflow || exit 1
 konanc $COMPILER_ARGS -target $TARGET $DIR/HelloTensorflow.kt -library tensorflow -o HelloTensorflow \
-    -linkerArgs "-L$TF_TARGET_DIRECTORY/lib -ltensorflow" || exit 1
+    -linkerOpts "-L$TF_TARGET_DIRECTORY/lib -ltensorflow" || exit 1
 
 echo "Note: You may need to specify LD_LIBRARY_PATH or DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH env variables to $TF_TARGET_DIRECTORY/lib if the TensorFlow dynamic library cannot be found."
diff --git a/samples/tetris/build.sh b/samples/tetris/build.sh
index e94d1d27874..6cc40c15fb6 100755
--- a/samples/tetris/build.sh
+++ b/samples/tetris/build.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ PATH=../../dist/bin:../../bin:$PATH
 DIR=.
 DEPS=$(dirname `type -p konanc`)/../dependencies
 
-CFLAGS_macbook=-I$HOME/Library/Frameworks/SDL2.framework/Headers
+CFLAGS_macbook="-I $HOME/Library/Frameworks/SDL2.framework/Headers"
 LINKER_ARGS_macbook="-F $HOME/Library/Frameworks -framework SDL2"
 COMPILER_ARGS_macbook=
 # Uncomment this if your path to SDL differs from the one above.
@@ -42,6 +42,5 @@ LINKER_ARGS=${!var}
 var=COMPILER_ARGS_${TARGET}
 COMPILER_ARGS=${!var} # add -opt for an optimized build.
 
-cinterop -def $DIR/sdl.def -copt "$CFLAGS" -target $TARGET -o sdl || exit 1
-konanc $COMPILER_ARGS -target $TARGET $DIR/Tetris.kt -library sdl -linkerArgs "$LINKER_ARGS" -o Tetris || exit 1
-#strip Tetris.kexe
+cinterop -def $DIR/sdl.def -compilerOpts "$CFLAGS" -target $TARGET -o sdl || exit 1
+konanc $COMPILER_ARGS -target $TARGET $DIR/Tetris.kt -library sdl -linkerOpts "$LINKER_ARGS" -o Tetris || exit 1
diff --git a/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/KonanCompilerConfig.kt b/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/KonanCompilerConfig.kt
index 006fa34ac81..822fef59224 100644
--- a/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/KonanCompilerConfig.kt
+++ b/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/KonanCompilerConfig.kt
@@ -76,8 +76,6 @@ open class KonanCompilerConfig(
             KonanCompileTask::class.java
     ) { it.initialize(this@KonanCompilerConfig.name) }
 
-    protected fun String.toAbsolutePath() = project.file(this).canonicalPath
-
     // DSL methods --------------------------------------------------
 
     // TODO: Check if we copied all data or not
diff --git a/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/KonanCompilerTask.kt b/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/KonanCompilerTask.kt
index 72b178c09b0..8aa3716f7cb 100644
--- a/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/KonanCompilerTask.kt
+++ b/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/KonanCompilerTask.kt
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ open class KonanCompileTask: DefaultTask() {
         addFileArgs("-nativelibrary", nativeLibraries)
         addArg("-produce", produce)
 
-        addListArg("-linkerArgs", linkerOpts)
+        addListArg("-linkerOpts", linkerOpts)
 
         addArgIfNotNull("-target", target)
         addArgIfNotNull("-language-version", languageVersion)
diff --git a/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/KonanPlugin.kt b/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/KonanPlugin.kt
index 33f64f8a5c1..ff10caf6426 100644
--- a/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/KonanPlugin.kt
+++ b/tools/kotlin-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/KonanPlugin.kt
@@ -153,15 +153,6 @@ class KonanPlugin @Inject constructor(private val registry: ToolingModelBuilderR
         }
     }
 
-    private fun String.isSupported(): Boolean {
-        val os = CompilerDownloadTask.simpleOsName()
-        return when (os) {
-            "macos" -> this == "macbook" || this == "iphone"
-            "linux" -> this == "linux" || this == "raspberrypi"
-            else -> false
-        }
-    }
-
     // TODO: Create default config? what about test sources?
     override fun apply(project: ProjectInternal?) {
         if (project == null) { return }