diff --git a/java/java-analysis-api/src/com/intellij/uast/UastMetaLanguage.java b/java/java-analysis-api/src/com/intellij/uast/UastMetaLanguage.java
index eaf559550e28..8793f5b49eaa 100644
--- a/java/java-analysis-api/src/com/intellij/uast/UastMetaLanguage.java
+++ b/java/java-analysis-api/src/com/intellij/uast/UastMetaLanguage.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import com.intellij.lang.MetaLanguage;
 import com.intellij.util.containers.HashSet;
 import org.jetbrains.uast.UastLanguagePlugin;
 
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 /**
@@ -39,4 +40,9 @@ public class UastMetaLanguage extends MetaLanguage {
   public boolean matchesLanguage(Language language) {
     return myLanguages.contains(language);
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public Collection<Language> getMatchingLanguages() {
+    return myLanguages;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/platform/analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/InspectionEngine.java b/platform/analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/InspectionEngine.java
index 934d804fcb9b..8c6a51472124 100644
--- a/platform/analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/InspectionEngine.java
+++ b/platform/analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/InspectionEngine.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2000-2016 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ * Copyright 2000-2017 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.
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import com.intellij.codeInspection.reference.RefManagerImpl;
 import com.intellij.codeInspection.reference.RefVisitor;
 import com.intellij.concurrency.JobLauncher;
 import com.intellij.lang.Language;
+import com.intellij.lang.MetaLanguage;
 import com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.Logger;
 import com.intellij.openapi.progress.EmptyProgressIndicator;
 import com.intellij.openapi.progress.ProgressIndicator;
@@ -281,15 +282,28 @@ public class InspectionEngine {
       // unknown language in plugin.xml, ignore
       result = Collections.singleton(langId);
     }
+    else if (language instanceof MetaLanguage) {
+      Collection<Language> matchingLanguages = ((MetaLanguage) language).getMatchingLanguages();
+      result = new HashSet<>();
+      for (Language matchingLanguage : matchingLanguages) {
+        result.addAll(getLanguageWithDialects(wrapper, matchingLanguage));
+      }
+    }
     else {
-      List<Language> dialects = language.getDialects();
-      boolean applyToDialects = wrapper.applyToDialects();
-      result = applyToDialects && !dialects.isEmpty() ? new THashSet<>(1 + dialects.size()) : new SmartHashSet<>();
-      result.add(langId);
-      if (applyToDialects) {
-        for (Language dialect : dialects) {
-          result.add(dialect.getID());
-        }
+      result = getLanguageWithDialects(wrapper, language);
+    }
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  @NotNull
+  private static Set<String> getLanguageWithDialects(@NotNull LocalInspectionToolWrapper wrapper, Language language) {
+    Set<String> result;List<Language> dialects = language.getDialects();
+    boolean applyToDialects = wrapper.applyToDialects();
+    result = applyToDialects && !dialects.isEmpty() ? new THashSet<>(1 + dialects.size()) : new SmartHashSet<>();
+    result.add(language.getID());
+    if (applyToDialects) {
+      for (Language dialect : dialects) {
+        result.add(dialect.getID());
       }
     }
     return result;
diff --git a/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/lang/MetaLanguage.java b/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/lang/MetaLanguage.java
index f956c9430786..7b0ff92352cb 100644
--- a/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/lang/MetaLanguage.java
+++ b/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/lang/MetaLanguage.java
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.extensions.ExtensionPointName;
 import com.intellij.openapi.extensions.Extensions;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
 /**
  * Allows to register a language extension for a group of languages defined by a certain criterion.
  * To use this, specify the ID of a meta-language in the "language" attribute of an extension in plugin.xml.
@@ -41,4 +44,14 @@ public abstract class MetaLanguage extends Language {
    * Checks if the given language matches the criterion of this meta-language.
    */
   public abstract boolean matchesLanguage(@NotNull Language language);
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the list of all languages matching this meta-language.
+   */
+  public Collection<Language> getMatchingLanguages() {
+    return Language.getRegisteredLanguages()
+      .stream()
+      .filter(language -> matchesLanguage(language))
+      .collect(Collectors.toList());
+  }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/devkit/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml b/plugins/devkit/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
index 36ce0e963114..0800326f69b3 100644
--- a/plugins/devkit/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugins/devkit/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
     <localInspection language="JAVA" shortName="UnsafeReturnStatementVisitor" displayName="Unsafe return statements visitor"
                      groupKey="inspections.group.name" enabledByDefault="true" level="WARNING"
                      implementationClass="org.jetbrains.idea.devkit.inspections.internal.UnsafeReturnStatementVisitorInspection"/>
-    <localInspection language="JAVA" shortName="StatefulEp" displayName="Stateful Extension"
+    <localInspection language="UAST" shortName="StatefulEp" displayName="Stateful Extension"
                      groupKey="inspections.group.name"
                      enabledByDefault="true" level="WARNING"
                      implementationClass="org.jetbrains.idea.devkit.inspections.StatefulEpInspection"/>