diff --git a/java/java-frontback-tests/BUILD.bazel b/java/java-frontback-tests/BUILD.bazel
index a5e3db1f1062..88d1550922f8 100644
--- a/java/java-frontback-tests/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/java/java-frontback-tests/BUILD.bazel
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ jvm_library(
     "//java/testFramework/shared",
     "//platform/syntax/syntax-psi:psi",
     "//java/java-syntax:syntax",
+    "//platform/syntax/syntax-tree:tree",
   ],
   exports = [
     "@lib//:easymock",
diff --git a/java/java-frontback-tests/intellij.java.frontback.tests.iml b/java/java-frontback-tests/intellij.java.frontback.tests.iml
index ad5a6265bd8a..259415074fa1 100644
--- a/java/java-frontback-tests/intellij.java.frontback.tests.iml
+++ b/java/java-frontback-tests/intellij.java.frontback.tests.iml
@@ -28,5 +28,6 @@
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.java.testFramework.shared" scope="TEST" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.syntax.psi" scope="TEST" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.java.syntax" scope="TEST" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.syntax.tree" scope="TEST" />
   </component>
 </module>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/java-frontback-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/parser/AbstractBasicJavaParsingTestCase.java b/java/java-frontback-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/parser/AbstractBasicJavaParsingTestCase.java
index d1c192f3b3fc..d12aa5805f93 100644
--- a/java/java-frontback-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/parser/AbstractBasicJavaParsingTestCase.java
+++ b/java/java-frontback-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/parser/AbstractBasicJavaParsingTestCase.java
@@ -8,8 +8,11 @@ import com.intellij.lang.LanguageExtension;
 import com.intellij.lang.java.JavaLanguage;
 import com.intellij.lang.java.JavaParserDefinition;
 import com.intellij.lang.java.parser.BasicJavaParserUtil;
+import com.intellij.openapi.extensions.ExtensionPointName;
+import com.intellij.openapi.util.io.FileUtil;
 import com.intellij.platform.backend.workspace.WorkspaceModelTopics;
 import com.intellij.platform.syntax.psi.LanguageSyntaxDefinitions;
+import com.intellij.platform.syntax.tree.SyntaxNode;
 import com.intellij.pom.java.LanguageLevel;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiFile;
 import com.intellij.psi.impl.DebugUtil;
@@ -17,11 +20,14 @@ import com.intellij.testFramework.ParsingTestCase;
 import com.intellij.testFramework.TestDataFile;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
+import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 
 public abstract class AbstractBasicJavaParsingTestCase extends ParsingTestCase {
 
   private final AbstractBasicJavaParsingTestConfigurator myConfigurator;
+  private SyntaxNode myKmpTree;
 
   @SuppressWarnings("JUnitTestCaseWithNonTrivialConstructors")
   public AbstractBasicJavaParsingTestCase(String dataPath, AbstractBasicJavaParsingTestConfigurator configurator) {
@@ -50,6 +56,14 @@ public abstract class AbstractBasicJavaParsingTestCase extends ParsingTestCase {
     addExplicitExtension(collector, language, object);
   }
 
+  public final <T> void addExplicit(@NotNull ExtensionPointName<T> extensionPointName, @NotNull T extension) {
+    registerExtension(extensionPointName, extension);
+  }
+
+  public final <T> void addExtensionPoint(@NotNull ExtensionPointName<T> extensionPointName, @NotNull Class<T> extensionClass) {
+    super.registerExtensionPoint(extensionPointName, extensionClass);
+  }
+
   @Override
   protected PsiFile createFile(@NotNull String name, @NotNull String text) {
     PsiFile file = super.createFile(name, text);
@@ -81,13 +95,42 @@ public abstract class AbstractBasicJavaParsingTestCase extends ParsingTestCase {
     }
 
     String treeDump = DebugUtil.nodeTreeAsElementTypeToString(file.getNode(), !skipSpaces()).trim();
-    doCheckResult(myFullDataPath, targetDataName + "_node.txt", treeDump);
+    assertSameLinesWithFile(getExpectedFileName(targetDataName), treeDump);
+
+    checkKmpTree(targetDataName);
+  }
+
+  private void checkKmpTree(@NotNull String targetDataName) {
+    String kmpTreeDump = JavaTestSyntaxParsingUtil.dumpTree(myKmpTree);
+
+    String expectedFileName = getExpectedFileName(targetDataName);
+    String expectedText;
+    try {
+      expectedText = FileUtil.loadFile(new File(expectedFileName), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+    }
+    catch (IOException e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(e);
+    }
+
+    String normalizedExpected = JavaTestSyntaxParsingUtil.removeEmptyListLines(expectedText);
+    assertSameLines(normalizedExpected, kmpTreeDump);
+  }
+
+  private @NotNull String getExpectedFileName(@NotNull String targetDataName) {
+    return myFullDataPath + File.separatorChar + targetDataName + "_node.txt";
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected @NotNull PsiFile parseFile(@NotNull String name, @NotNull String text) {
+    myKmpTree = myConfigurator.createFileSyntaxNode(text, null);
+    return super.parseFile(name, text);
   }
 
   protected void doParserTest(@NotNull String text,
                               BasicJavaParserUtil.@NotNull ParserWrapper parser) {
     String name = getTestName(false);
     myFile = myConfigurator.createPsiFile(this, name, text, parser);
+    myKmpTree = myConfigurator.createFileSyntaxNode(text, parser);
     try {
       checkResult(name, myFile);
     }
diff --git a/java/java-frontback-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/parser/AbstractBasicJavaParsingTestConfigurator.java b/java/java-frontback-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/parser/AbstractBasicJavaParsingTestConfigurator.java
index 5206eac7b687..5e41d9b75ac6 100644
--- a/java/java-frontback-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/parser/AbstractBasicJavaParsingTestConfigurator.java
+++ b/java/java-frontback-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/parser/AbstractBasicJavaParsingTestConfigurator.java
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 package com.intellij.java.parser;
 
 import com.intellij.lang.java.parser.BasicJavaParserUtil;
+import com.intellij.platform.syntax.tree.SyntaxNode;
 import com.intellij.pom.java.LanguageLevel;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiFile;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 public interface AbstractBasicJavaParsingTestConfigurator {
   void setUp(@NotNull AbstractBasicJavaParsingTestCase thinJavaParsingTestCase);
@@ -17,6 +19,14 @@ public interface AbstractBasicJavaParsingTestConfigurator {
                         @NotNull String text,
                         @NotNull BasicJavaParserUtil.ParserWrapper parser);
 
+  /**
+   * @param text          text to parse
+   * @param parserWrapper parser to use or `null` if we want to parse the whole file
+   * @return SyntaxNode   node representing the parsed content
+   */
+  @NotNull
+  SyntaxNode createFileSyntaxNode(@NotNull String text, @Nullable BasicJavaParserUtil.ParserWrapper parserWrapper);
+
   boolean checkPsi();
 
   void setLanguageLevel(@NotNull LanguageLevel level);
diff --git a/java/java-frontback-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/parser/JavaParsingTestConfiguratorBase.kt b/java/java-frontback-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/parser/JavaParsingTestConfiguratorBase.kt
index d30a28e98d60..e7e35cb44133 100644
--- a/java/java-frontback-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/parser/JavaParsingTestConfiguratorBase.kt
+++ b/java/java-frontback-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/parser/JavaParsingTestConfiguratorBase.kt
@@ -2,15 +2,19 @@
 package com.intellij.java.parser
 
 import com.intellij.ide.highlighter.JavaFileType
+import com.intellij.java.syntax.JavaSyntaxDefinition
+import com.intellij.java.syntax.element.JavaLanguageLevelProvider
 import com.intellij.lang.ASTNode
 import com.intellij.lang.LanguageASTFactory
 import com.intellij.lang.java.JavaLanguage
 import com.intellij.lang.java.parser.BasicJavaParserUtil
 import com.intellij.lang.java.parser.JavaParserUtil
 import com.intellij.lang.java.syntax.JavaElementTypeConverterExtension
+import com.intellij.openapi.extensions.ExtensionPointName
 import com.intellij.platform.syntax.SyntaxElementType
 import com.intellij.platform.syntax.parser.SyntaxTreeBuilder
 import com.intellij.platform.syntax.psi.*
+import com.intellij.platform.syntax.tree.SyntaxNode
 import com.intellij.pom.java.LanguageLevel
 import com.intellij.psi.*
 import com.intellij.psi.impl.source.PsiJavaFileImpl
@@ -36,8 +40,12 @@ abstract class JavaParsingTestConfiguratorBase(
       testCase.addExplicit(languageASTFactory, java, JavaASTFactory())
       testCase.clearCachesOfLanguageExtension(java, languageASTFactory)
     }
-  }
 
+    ExtensionPointName<JavaLanguageLevelProvider>("com.intellij.java.syntax.languageLevelProvider").let { ep ->
+      testCase.addExtensionPoint(ep, JavaLanguageLevelProvider::class.java)
+      testCase.addExplicit(ep, JavaLanguageLevelProvider { this.languageLevel })
+    }
+  }
 
   override fun setLanguageLevel(level: LanguageLevel) {
     this.level = level
@@ -52,6 +60,18 @@ abstract class JavaParsingTestConfiguratorBase(
     ourLanguageLevel = languageLevel
   }
 
+  override fun createFileSyntaxNode(text: String, parserWrapper: BasicJavaParserUtil.ParserWrapper?): SyntaxNode {
+    ourLanguageLevel = languageLevel
+    return parseForSyntaxTree(text) { builder ->
+      if (parserWrapper != null) {
+        parseWithWrapper(builder, parserWrapper)
+      }
+      else {
+        JavaSyntaxDefinition.parse(ourLanguageLevel, builder)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   override fun createPsiFile(
     thinJavaParsingTestCase: AbstractBasicJavaParsingTestCase,
     name: String,
diff --git a/java/java-frontback-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/parser/JavaTestSyntaxParsingUtil.kt b/java/java-frontback-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/parser/JavaTestSyntaxParsingUtil.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8de814df8814
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-frontback-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/parser/JavaTestSyntaxParsingUtil.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+// Copyright 2000-2025 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
+
+@file:JvmName("JavaTestSyntaxParsingUtil")
+
+package com.intellij.java.parser
+
+import com.intellij.java.syntax.JavaSyntaxDefinition
+import com.intellij.platform.syntax.parser.SyntaxTreeBuilder
+import com.intellij.platform.syntax.tree.KmpSyntaxNode
+
+import com.intellij.platform.syntax.tree.SyntaxNode
+import com.intellij.platform.syntax.tree.children
+import com.intellij.platform.syntax.tree.parse
+import com.intellij.platform.syntax.util.language.SyntaxElementLanguageProvider
+
+internal fun parseForSyntaxTree(
+  text: String,
+  parser: ((SyntaxTreeBuilder) -> Unit),
+): KmpSyntaxNode {
+  val mapper = SyntaxElementLanguageProvider {
+    sequenceOf(JavaSyntaxDefinition.language)
+  }
+
+  val tree = parse(
+    text = text,
+    lexerFactory = JavaSyntaxDefinition::createLexer,
+    parser = parser,
+    whitespaces = JavaSyntaxDefinition.whitespaces,
+    comments = JavaSyntaxDefinition.comments,
+    languageMapper = mapper,
+    cancellationProvider = null,
+    logger = null,
+    whitespaceOrCommentBindingPolicy = JavaSyntaxDefinition.whitespaceOrCommentBindingPolicy,
+  )
+
+  return tree
+}
+
+internal fun dumpTree(node: SyntaxNode): String {
+  val all = mutableListOf<SyntaxNode>()
+
+  fun append(node: SyntaxNode) {
+    all.add(node)
+    for (child in node.children()) {
+      append(child)
+    }
+  }
+  append(node)
+
+  val parsing = all.joinToString("\n") { node ->
+    val type = node.type
+    val prefix = " ".repeat((node.level()) * 2)
+    "$prefix$type"
+  }
+  return parsing
+}
+
+private fun SyntaxNode.level(): Int = generateSequence(this) { it.parent() }.count() - 1
+
+/**
+ * remove `<empty list>` lines from the expected tree
+ * kmp tree cannot have them because "composite/non-composite" node information is missing in the KMP tree
+ */
+internal fun String.removeEmptyListLines(): String =
+  lines()
+    .filterNot { it.trim() == "<empty list>" }
+    .joinToString("\n")