diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/FinderRecursivePanel.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/FinderRecursivePanel.java
index a6997b918a5a..49bedf73067a 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/FinderRecursivePanel.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/FinderRecursivePanel.java
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ public abstract class FinderRecursivePanel<T> extends OnePixelSplitter implement
       ScrollPaneFactory.createScrollPane(myList,
                                          ScrollPaneConstants.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_AS_NEEDED,
                                          ScrollPaneConstants.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_NEVER);
-    return ListWithFilter.wrap(myList, pane, (Function<T, String>)o -> getItemText(o));
+    return ListWithFilter.wrap(myList, pane, o -> getItemText(o));
   }
 
   protected JBList<T> createList() {
@@ -298,13 +298,8 @@ public abstract class FinderRecursivePanel<T> extends OnePixelSplitter implement
   }
 
   private void installSpeedSearch(JBList list) {
-    final ListSpeedSearch search = new ListSpeedSearch(list, new Function<Object, String>() {
-      @Override
-      public String fun(Object o) {
-        //noinspection unchecked
-        return getItemText((T)o);
-      }
-    });
+    //noinspection unchecked
+    final ListSpeedSearch search = new ListSpeedSearch(list, (Function<Object, String>)o -> getItemText((T)o));
     search.setComparator(new SpeedSearchComparator(false));
   }
 
@@ -346,6 +341,7 @@ public abstract class FinderRecursivePanel<T> extends OnePixelSplitter implement
         try {
           setIcon(getItemIcon(t));
           append(getItemText(t));
+          this.setToolTipText(getItemTooltipText(t));
         }
         catch (IndexNotReadyException e) {
           append("loading...");
@@ -379,6 +375,7 @@ public abstract class FinderRecursivePanel<T> extends OnePixelSplitter implement
                                            : AllIcons.Icons.Ide.NextStepGrayed);
           result.add(this, BorderLayout.CENTER);
           result.add(childrenLabel, BorderLayout.EAST);
+          result.setToolTipText(this.getToolTipText());
           return result;
         }
         return this;
@@ -393,6 +390,20 @@ public abstract class FinderRecursivePanel<T> extends OnePixelSplitter implement
   protected void doCustomizeCellRenderer(SimpleColoredComponent comp, JList list, T value, int index, boolean selected, boolean hasFocus) {
   }
 
+  /**
+   * This method is invoked by panel's list cell render in order to set a tool tip text for the list cell render component.
+   * It is invoked before {@link #doCustomizeCellRenderer(SimpleColoredComponent, JList, Object, int, boolean, boolean)},
+   * thus the tool tip may still be reset in {@link #doCustomizeCellRenderer(SimpleColoredComponent, JList, Object, int, boolean, boolean)}.
+   *
+   * @param t the list item
+   * @return the text to display in a tool tip for the given list item
+   * @since 2017.2
+   */
+  @Nullable
+  protected String getItemTooltipText(T t) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
   @Nullable
   @Override
   public Object getData(@NonNls String dataId) {