diff --git a/.idea/modules.xml b/.idea/modules.xml
index f06ea8f11b20..629b212707d7 100644
--- a/.idea/modules.xml
+++ b/.idea/modules.xml
@@ -711,6 +711,7 @@
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/object-serializer/intellij.platform.objectSerializer.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/object-serializer/intellij.platform.objectSerializer.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/object-serializer/intellij.platform.objectSerializer.annotations.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/object-serializer/intellij.platform.objectSerializer.annotations.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/object-serializer/intellij.platform.objectSerializer.tests.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/object-serializer/intellij.platform.objectSerializer.tests.iml" />
+      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/progress/backend/intellij.platform.progress.backend.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/progress/backend/intellij.platform.progress.backend.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/projectModel-api/intellij.platform.projectModel.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/projectModel-api/intellij.platform.projectModel.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/projectModel-impl/intellij.platform.projectModel.impl.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/projectModel-impl/intellij.platform.projectModel.impl.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/rd-platform-community/intellij.platform.rd.community.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/rd-platform-community/intellij.platform.rd.community.iml" />
diff --git a/platform/main/intellij.platform.backend.main/intellij.platform.backend.main.iml b/platform/main/intellij.platform.backend.main/intellij.platform.backend.main.iml
index cf25e171acbc..55a737b97558 100644
--- a/platform/main/intellij.platform.backend.main/intellij.platform.backend.main.iml
+++ b/platform/main/intellij.platform.backend.main/intellij.platform.backend.main.iml
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.main" scope="RUNTIME" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.kernel.backend" scope="RUNTIME" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.navbar.backend" scope="RUNTIME" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.progress.backend" scope="RUNTIME" />
   </component>
 </module>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/essential-modules.xml b/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/essential-modules.xml
index cc7a6b996521..05dfab02ebdd 100644
--- a/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/essential-modules.xml
+++ b/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/essential-modules.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 
     <module name="intellij.platform.rpc.backend"/>
     <module name="intellij.platform.kernel.backend"/>
+    <module name="intellij.platform.progress.backend"/>
+
     <!-- todo navbar is not essential-->
     <module name="intellij.platform.navbar"/>
     <module name="intellij.platform.navbar.backend"/>
diff --git a/platform/progress/backend/api-dump.txt b/platform/progress/backend/api-dump.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/platform/progress/backend/intellij.platform.progress.backend.iml b/platform/progress/backend/intellij.platform.progress.backend.iml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cc47feec4168
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/progress/backend/intellij.platform.progress.backend.iml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<module type="JAVA_MODULE" version="4">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" inherit-compiler-output="true">
+    <exclude-output />
+    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
+      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/resources" type="java-resource" />
+      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src" isTestSource="false" packagePrefix="com.intellij.platform.progress.backend" />
+    </content>
+    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
+    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="kotlin-stdlib" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="kotlinx-coroutines-core" level="project" />
+  </component>
+</module>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/platform/progress/backend/resources/intellij.platform.progress.backend.xml b/platform/progress/backend/resources/intellij.platform.progress.backend.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5d5af172a5ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/progress/backend/resources/intellij.platform.progress.backend.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<idea-plugin package="com.intellij.platform.progress.backend">
+  <dependencies>
+    <!--The plugin won't be included in frontend-only builds-->
+    <plugin id="com.intellij.platform.experimental.backend"/>
+  </dependencies>
+</idea-plugin>