diff --git a/build/src/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/IdeaCommunityProperties.kt b/build/src/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/IdeaCommunityProperties.kt
index d8c1ff9495e7..adc75de842d6 100644
--- a/build/src/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/IdeaCommunityProperties.kt
+++ b/build/src/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/IdeaCommunityProperties.kt
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ open class IdeaCommunityProperties(private val communityHomeDir: Path) : JetBrai
     mavenArtifacts.addPomMetadata = { module, model ->
       when {
         JewelMavenArtifacts.isPublishedJewelModule(module) -> JewelMavenArtifacts.addPomMetadata(module, model)
+        JewelMavenArtifacts.isPublishedPlatformDependency(module) -> JewelMavenArtifacts.addPlatformPomMetadata(module, model)
       }
     }
     mavenArtifacts.isJavadocJarRequired = {
diff --git a/build/src/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/JewelMavenArtifacts.kt b/build/src/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/JewelMavenArtifacts.kt
index 4fa6464bfa71..1f4f3cb48605 100644
--- a/build/src/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/JewelMavenArtifacts.kt
+++ b/build/src/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/JewelMavenArtifacts.kt
@@ -89,6 +89,16 @@ internal object JewelMavenArtifacts {
   fun isPublishedJewelModule(module: JpsModule): Boolean =
     module.name.startsWith("intellij.platform.jewel.") && module.name !in NOT_PUBLISHED
 
+  /**
+   * Platform modules that are published to Maven Central as transitive dependencies of Jewel,
+   * see [PLATFORM_DEPENDENCY_PREFIXES]. The `intellij.platform.icons.` module-name prefix is the
+   * counterpart of the `icons-` artifactId prefix (the `platform` segment is dropped when the Maven
+   * coordinates are generated), and covers both `intellij.platform.icons.api` and
+   * `intellij.platform.icons.api.rendering`.
+   */
+  fun isPublishedPlatformDependency(module: JpsModule): Boolean =
+    module.name.startsWith("intellij.platform.icons.")
+
   fun patchCoordinates(module: JpsModule, coordinates: MavenCoordinates): MavenCoordinates {
     check(isPublishedJewelModule(module))
     val version = "$VERSION-${coordinates.version}"
@@ -183,6 +193,20 @@ internal object JewelMavenArtifacts {
     })
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Supplies the POM metadata required by Maven Central for the [isPublishedPlatformDependency] modules.
+   * The `name`, `url`, `scm`, `developers` and `organization` fields are already filled in by the POM
+   * generator for these community modules; only `description` and `licenses` are missing.
+   */
+  fun addPlatformPomMetadata(module: JpsModule, model: Model) {
+    check(isPublishedPlatformDependency(module))
+    model.description = "IntelliJ Platform icons API."
+    model.addLicense(License().apply {
+      name = "Apache License 2.0"
+      url = "https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt"
+    })
+  }
+
   private fun JpsModule.modulesTree(): Sequence<JpsModule> {
     return sequenceOf(this) + dependenciesList
       .dependencies