diff --git a/.idea/modules.xml b/.idea/modules.xml
index eb018c266d80..59319d1952a0 100644
--- a/.idea/modules.xml
+++ b/.idea/modules.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/plugins/javaFX/common-javaFX-plugin/common-javaFX-plugin.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/plugins/javaFX/common-javaFX-plugin/common-javaFX-plugin.iml" group="plugins/JavaFX" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/community-main.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/community-main.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/community-resources/community-resources.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/community-resources/community-resources.iml" />
+      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/community-tests/community-tests.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/community-tests/community-tests.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/java/compiler/impl/compiler-impl.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/java/compiler/impl/compiler-impl.iml" group="java/compiler" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/java/compiler/openapi/compiler-openapi.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/java/compiler/openapi/compiler-openapi.iml" group="java/compiler" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/plugins/copyright/copyright.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/plugins/copyright/copyright.iml" group="plugins" />
diff --git a/community-main.iml b/community-main.iml
index af3e4cf8256e..b13192ffdbc8 100644
--- a/community-main.iml
+++ b/community-main.iml
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="colorSchemes" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="javaFX-CE" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="javaFX-jps-plugin" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="community-tests" scope="TEST" />
   </component>
 </module>
 
diff --git a/community-tests/community-tests.iml b/community-tests/community-tests.iml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4b41d068f4e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/community-tests/community-tests.iml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?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://$MODULE_DIR$/src" isTestSource="true" />
+    </content>
+    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
+    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
+  </component>
+</module>
+
diff --git a/community-tests/src/tests/testGroups.properties b/community-tests/src/tests/testGroups.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..96075ed68f28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/community-tests/src/tests/testGroups.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# suppress inspection "UnusedProperty" for whole file
+[DISABLED_TESTS]
+org.jetbrains.idea.svn.*
+org.jetbrains.idea.svn16.*