diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/source/resolve/JavaResolveUtil.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/source/resolve/JavaResolveUtil.java
index db6040decee4..a56df64c8367 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/source/resolve/JavaResolveUtil.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/source/resolve/JavaResolveUtil.java
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public class JavaResolveUtil {
         if (visibility == JavaCodeFragment.VisibilityChecker.Visibility.NOT_VISIBLE) return false;
       }
     }
-    else if (isAllSeeingPlace(placeFile)) return true;
+    else if (ignoreReferencedElementAccessibility(placeFile)) return true;
     // We don't care about access rights in javadoc
     if (isInJavaDoc(place)) return true;
 
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public class JavaResolveUtil {
     int effectiveAccessLevel = PsiUtil.getAccessLevel(modifierList);
     PsiFile file = placeFile == null ? null : FileContextUtil.getContextFile(placeFile); //TODO: implementation method!!!!
     if (PsiImplUtil.isInServerPage(file) && PsiImplUtil.isInServerPage(member.getContainingFile())) return true;
-    if (isAllSeeingPlace(file)) return true;
+    if (ignoreReferencedElementAccessibility(file)) return true;
     if (effectiveAccessLevel == PsiUtil.ACCESS_LEVEL_PUBLIC) {
       return true;
     }
@@ -142,9 +142,10 @@ public class JavaResolveUtil {
     return true;
   }
 
-  private static boolean isAllSeeingPlace(PsiFile placeFile) {
-    // TODO HACK introduce a special API here, don't use FileResolveScopeProvider (which just happens to be implemented by correct files)
-    return placeFile instanceof FileResolveScopeProvider && !PsiImplUtil.isInServerPage(placeFile);
+  private static boolean ignoreReferencedElementAccessibility(PsiFile placeFile) {
+    return placeFile instanceof FileResolveScopeProvider &&
+           ((FileResolveScopeProvider) placeFile).ignoreReferencedElementAccessibility() &&
+           !PsiImplUtil.isInServerPage(placeFile);
   }
 
   public static boolean isInJavaDoc(final PsiElement place) {
diff --git a/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/psi/FileResolveScopeProvider.java b/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/psi/FileResolveScopeProvider.java
index 6ef5b6a7858b..966b10728bba 100644
--- a/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/psi/FileResolveScopeProvider.java
+++ b/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/psi/FileResolveScopeProvider.java
@@ -25,4 +25,5 @@ import com.intellij.psi.search.GlobalSearchScope;
  */
 public interface FileResolveScopeProvider {
   GlobalSearchScope getFileResolveScope();
+  boolean ignoreReferencedElementAccessibility();
 }
diff --git a/xml/impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/source/xml/XmlFileImpl.java b/xml/impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/source/xml/XmlFileImpl.java
index f598c4f0c6d2..6c9fd3c064cb 100644
--- a/xml/impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/source/xml/XmlFileImpl.java
+++ b/xml/impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/source/xml/XmlFileImpl.java
@@ -111,4 +111,9 @@ public class XmlFileImpl extends PsiFileImpl implements XmlFile {
   public GlobalSearchScope getFileResolveScope() {
     return ProjectScope.getAllScope(getProject());
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean ignoreReferencedElementAccessibility() {
+    return true;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/xml/relaxng/src/org/intellij/plugins/relaxNG/compact/psi/impl/RncFileImpl.java b/xml/relaxng/src/org/intellij/plugins/relaxNG/compact/psi/impl/RncFileImpl.java
index daeb05e783d0..497c74f736db 100644
--- a/xml/relaxng/src/org/intellij/plugins/relaxNG/compact/psi/impl/RncFileImpl.java
+++ b/xml/relaxng/src/org/intellij/plugins/relaxNG/compact/psi/impl/RncFileImpl.java
@@ -116,6 +116,11 @@ public class RncFileImpl extends PsiFileBase implements RncFile, XmlFile {
     return ProjectScope.getAllScope(getProject());
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean ignoreReferencedElementAccessibility() {
+    return false;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public String toString() {
     return getClass().getSimpleName() + ":" + getName();