diff --git a/.idea/modules.xml b/.idea/modules.xml
index fb9ae0741a01..20e2910d9c2c 100644
--- a/.idea/modules.xml
+++ b/.idea/modules.xml
@@ -715,6 +715,8 @@
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/object-serializer/intellij.platform.objectSerializer.annotations.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/object-serializer/intellij.platform.objectSerializer.annotations.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/object-serializer/intellij.platform.objectSerializer.tests.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/object-serializer/intellij.platform.objectSerializer.tests.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/progress/backend/intellij.platform.progress.backend.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/progress/backend/intellij.platform.progress.backend.iml" />
+      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/project/shared/intellij.platform.project.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/project/shared/intellij.platform.project.iml" />
+      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/project/backend/intellij.platform.project.backend.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/project/backend/intellij.platform.project.backend.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/projectModel-api/intellij.platform.projectModel.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/projectModel-api/intellij.platform.projectModel.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/projectModel-impl/intellij.platform.projectModel.impl.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/projectModel-impl/intellij.platform.projectModel.impl.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/rd-platform-community/intellij.platform.rd.community.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/rd-platform-community/intellij.platform.rd.community.iml" />
diff --git a/platform/main/intellij.platform.backend.main/intellij.platform.backend.main.iml b/platform/main/intellij.platform.backend.main/intellij.platform.backend.main.iml
index 55a737b97558..f7999ec677ec 100644
--- a/platform/main/intellij.platform.backend.main/intellij.platform.backend.main.iml
+++ b/platform/main/intellij.platform.backend.main/intellij.platform.backend.main.iml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.main" scope="RUNTIME" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.kernel.backend" scope="RUNTIME" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.navbar.backend" scope="RUNTIME" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.project.backend" scope="RUNTIME" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.progress.backend" scope="RUNTIME" />
   </component>
 </module>
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diff --git a/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/essential-modules.xml b/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/essential-modules.xml
index 05dfab02ebdd..bd36e00d2d98 100644
--- a/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/essential-modules.xml
+++ b/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/essential-modules.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
     <module name="intellij.platform.rpc.backend"/>
     <module name="intellij.platform.kernel.backend"/>
+    <module name="intellij.platform.project.backend"/>
     <module name="intellij.platform.progress.backend"/>
 
     <!-- todo navbar is not essential-->
diff --git a/platform/project/backend/api-dump.txt b/platform/project/backend/api-dump.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/platform/project/backend/intellij.platform.project.backend.iml b/platform/project/backend/intellij.platform.project.backend.iml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6e3b50e94e12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/project/backend/intellij.platform.project.backend.iml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?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://$MODULE_DIR$/resources" type="java-resource" />
+      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src" isTestSource="false" packagePrefix="com.intellij.platform.project.backend" />
+    </content>
+    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
+    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.project" />
+  </component>
+</module>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/platform/project/backend/resources/intellij.platform.project.backend.xml b/platform/project/backend/resources/intellij.platform.project.backend.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..44f4b0325162
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/project/backend/resources/intellij.platform.project.backend.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<idea-plugin package="com.intellij.platform.project.backend">
+  <dependencies>
+    <plugin id="com.intellij.platform.experimental.backend"/>
+  </dependencies>
+</idea-plugin>
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diff --git a/platform/project/shared/api-dump.txt b/platform/project/shared/api-dump.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/platform/project/shared/intellij.platform.project.iml b/platform/project/shared/intellij.platform.project.iml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bef18bb37f60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/project/shared/intellij.platform.project.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://$MODULE_DIR$/resources" type="java-resource" />
+      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src" isTestSource="false" packagePrefix="com.intellij.platform.project" />
+    </content>
+    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
+    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
+  </component>
+</module>
\ No newline at end of file