diff --git a/java/execution/impl/src/com/intellij/compiler/options/CompileStepBeforeRun.java b/java/execution/impl/src/com/intellij/compiler/options/CompileStepBeforeRun.java
index 2993c34cdd2e..2822a51bac32 100644
--- a/java/execution/impl/src/com/intellij/compiler/options/CompileStepBeforeRun.java
+++ b/java/execution/impl/src/com/intellij/compiler/options/CompileStepBeforeRun.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import com.intellij.execution.BeforeRunTask;
 import com.intellij.execution.BeforeRunTaskProvider;
 import com.intellij.execution.ExecutionBundle;
 import com.intellij.execution.configurations.RunConfiguration;
+import com.intellij.execution.configurations.RunConfigurationBase;
 import com.intellij.execution.configurations.RunProfileWithCompileBeforeLaunchOption;
 import com.intellij.execution.remote.RemoteConfiguration;
 import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.DataContext;
@@ -75,6 +76,10 @@ public class CompileStepBeforeRun extends BeforeRunTaskProvider<CompileStepBefor
       return true;
     }
 
+    if (configuration instanceof RunConfigurationBase && ((RunConfigurationBase)configuration).excludeCompileBeforeLaunchOption()) {
+      return true;
+    }
+
     final RunProfileWithCompileBeforeLaunchOption runConfiguration = (RunProfileWithCompileBeforeLaunchOption)configuration;
     final Semaphore done = new Semaphore();
     final boolean[] result = new boolean[1];
diff --git a/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/configurations/RunConfigurationBase.java b/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/configurations/RunConfigurationBase.java
index 6bc96b85e060..1cf1c0873c8b 100644
--- a/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/configurations/RunConfigurationBase.java
+++ b/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/configurations/RunConfigurationBase.java
@@ -182,4 +182,7 @@ public abstract class RunConfigurationBase extends UserDataHolderBase implements
     }
   }
 
+  public boolean excludeCompileBeforeLaunchOption() {
+    return false;
+  }
 }