diff --git a/platform/editor-ui-api/api-dump.txt b/platform/editor-ui-api/api-dump.txt
index 9f9df5fbc64a..ea09af9ef1d7 100644
--- a/platform/editor-ui-api/api-dump.txt
+++ b/platform/editor-ui-api/api-dump.txt
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ com.intellij.ide.structureView.StructureView
 com.intellij.ide.structureView.StructureViewBuilder
 - sf:PROVIDER:com.intellij.ide.structureView.StructureViewBuilderProvider
 - a:createStructureView(com.intellij.openapi.fileEditor.FileEditor,com.intellij.openapi.project.Project):com.intellij.ide.structureView.StructureView
+- createStructureViewSuspend(com.intellij.openapi.fileEditor.FileEditor,com.intellij.openapi.project.Project,kotlin.coroutines.Continuation):java.lang.Object
+- bs:createStructureViewSuspend$suspendImpl(com.intellij.ide.structureView.StructureViewBuilder,com.intellij.openapi.fileEditor.FileEditor,com.intellij.openapi.project.Project,kotlin.coroutines.Continuation):java.lang.Object
 - s:getProvider():com.intellij.ide.structureView.StructureViewBuilderProvider
 com.intellij.ide.structureView.StructureViewBuilderProvider
 - a:getStructureViewBuilder(com.intellij.openapi.fileTypes.FileType,com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile,com.intellij.openapi.project.Project):com.intellij.ide.structureView.StructureViewBuilder
diff --git a/platform/editor-ui-api/src/com/intellij/ide/structureView/StructureViewBuilder.kt b/platform/editor-ui-api/src/com/intellij/ide/structureView/StructureViewBuilder.kt
index e53a6ff91f9e..46cf69a11ced 100644
--- a/platform/editor-ui-api/src/com/intellij/ide/structureView/StructureViewBuilder.kt
+++ b/platform/editor-ui-api/src/com/intellij/ide/structureView/StructureViewBuilder.kt
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 // Copyright 2000-2020 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 package com.intellij.ide.structureView
 
+import com.intellij.openapi.application.EDT
+import com.intellij.openapi.application.writeIntentReadAction
 import com.intellij.openapi.extensions.ExtensionPointName
 import com.intellij.openapi.extensions.ExtensionPointName.Companion.create
 import com.intellij.openapi.extensions.KeyedFactoryEPBean
 import com.intellij.openapi.fileEditor.FileEditor
 import com.intellij.openapi.fileTypes.FileTypeExtensionFactory
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project
+import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
+import kotlinx.coroutines.withContext
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus
 
 /**
@@ -32,6 +36,22 @@ interface StructureViewBuilder {
    */
   fun createStructureView(fileEditor: FileEditor?, project: Project): StructureView
 
+  /**
+   * Returns the structure view implementation for the specified file
+   *
+   * A coroutine-friendly version of [createStructureView].
+   * The default implementation just invokes [createStructureView]
+   * under the write intent lock on the EDT.
+   * Implementations may choose to override it if they have slow ops that need to be performed on a BGT.
+   */
+  suspend fun createStructureViewSuspend(fileEditor: FileEditor?, project: Project): StructureView {
+    return withContext(Dispatchers.EDT) {
+      writeIntentReadAction {
+        createStructureView(fileEditor, project)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   @ApiStatus.Internal
   companion object {
     @ApiStatus.Internal
diff --git a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/impl/StructureViewWrapperImpl.kt b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/impl/StructureViewWrapperImpl.kt
index 1b2291b98bed..9c5784a67ae7 100644
--- a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/impl/StructureViewWrapperImpl.kt
+++ b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/impl/StructureViewWrapperImpl.kt
@@ -416,9 +416,9 @@ class StructureViewWrapperImpl(
         val structureViewBuilder = if (editor != null && editor.isValid)
           readAction { editor.structureViewBuilder } else createStructureViewBuilder(file)
         if (structureViewBuilder != null) {
+          val structureView = structureViewBuilder.createStructureViewSuspend(editor, project)
           withContext(Dispatchers.EDT) {
             writeIntentReadAction {
-              val structureView = structureViewBuilder.createStructureView(editor, project)
               myStructureView = structureView
 
               myFileEditor = editor
diff --git a/platform/structure-view-impl/api-dump.txt b/platform/structure-view-impl/api-dump.txt
index 03a0bf644b4c..530e42644d1d 100644
--- a/platform/structure-view-impl/api-dump.txt
+++ b/platform/structure-view-impl/api-dump.txt
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ f:com.intellij.ide.structureView.logical.PhysicalAndLogicalStructureViewBuilder
 - f:createPhysicalStructureView(com.intellij.openapi.fileEditor.FileEditor,com.intellij.openapi.project.Project):com.intellij.ide.structureView.StructureView
 - createStructureView(com.intellij.openapi.fileEditor.FileEditor,com.intellij.openapi.project.Project):com.intellij.ide.structureView.StructureView
 - createStructureViewModel(com.intellij.openapi.editor.Editor):com.intellij.ide.structureView.StructureViewModel
+- createStructureViewSuspend(com.intellij.openapi.fileEditor.FileEditor,com.intellij.openapi.project.Project,kotlin.coroutines.Continuation):java.lang.Object
 com.intellij.ide.structureView.logical.PropertyElementProvider
 - com.intellij.ide.structureView.logical.LogicalStructureElementsProvider
 - a:getPropertyName():java.lang.String
diff --git a/platform/structure-view-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/structureView/logical/PhysicalAndLogicalStructureViewBuilder.kt b/platform/structure-view-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/structureView/logical/PhysicalAndLogicalStructureViewBuilder.kt
index abcec02a3263..2f4ed4faacd8 100644
--- a/platform/structure-view-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/structureView/logical/PhysicalAndLogicalStructureViewBuilder.kt
+++ b/platform/structure-view-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/structureView/logical/PhysicalAndLogicalStructureViewBuilder.kt
@@ -1,26 +1,45 @@
 // Copyright 2000-2024 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
 package com.intellij.ide.structureView.logical
 
-import com.intellij.ide.structureView.StructureView
-import com.intellij.ide.structureView.StructureViewBundle
-import com.intellij.ide.structureView.StructureViewModel
-import com.intellij.ide.structureView.TreeBasedStructureViewBuilder
+import com.intellij.ide.structureView.*
 import com.intellij.ide.structureView.impl.StructureViewComposite
 import com.intellij.ide.structureView.logical.impl.LogicalStructureViewService.Companion.getInstance
+import com.intellij.openapi.application.EDT
+import com.intellij.openapi.application.readAction
+import com.intellij.openapi.application.writeIntentReadAction
 import com.intellij.openapi.editor.Editor
 import com.intellij.openapi.fileEditor.FileEditor
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiFile
+import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
+import kotlinx.coroutines.withContext
 
 class PhysicalAndLogicalStructureViewBuilder(
   private val physicalBuilder: TreeBasedStructureViewBuilder,
-  psiFile: PsiFile,
+  private val psiFile: PsiFile,
 ): TreeBasedStructureViewBuilder() {
-  // Builders are created on a BGT, but createStructureView() is called on the EDT.
-  // Therefore, all slow ops must be in the constructor, and all UI creation must be in that method.
-  private val logicalBuilder = getInstance(psiFile.project).getLogicalStructureBuilder(psiFile)
 
   override fun createStructureView(fileEditor: FileEditor?, project: Project): StructureView {
+    val logicalBuilder = getInstance(psiFile.project).getLogicalStructureBuilder(psiFile)
+    return createStructureView(logicalBuilder, fileEditor, project)
+  }
+
+  override suspend fun createStructureViewSuspend(fileEditor: FileEditor?, project: Project): StructureView {
+    val logicalBuilder = readAction {
+      getInstance(psiFile.project).getLogicalStructureBuilder(psiFile)
+    }
+    return withContext(Dispatchers.EDT) {
+      writeIntentReadAction {
+        createStructureView(logicalBuilder, fileEditor, project)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  private fun createStructureView(
+    logicalBuilder: StructureViewBuilder?,
+    fileEditor: FileEditor?,
+    project: Project,
+  ): StructureView {
     if (logicalBuilder == null) return createPhysicalStructureView(fileEditor, project)
 
     return StructureViewComposite(