diff --git a/platform/projectModel-impl/api-dump.txt b/platform/projectModel-impl/api-dump.txt
index cac5fe6f27f0..7d2cda5cc40a 100644
--- a/platform/projectModel-impl/api-dump.txt
+++ b/platform/projectModel-impl/api-dump.txt
@@ -511,6 +511,8 @@ f:com.intellij.workspaceModel.ide.impl.legacyBridge.library.LibraryEntityUtils
 - sf:findLibraryId(com.intellij.openapi.roots.libraries.Library):com.intellij.platform.workspace.jps.entities.LibraryId
 f:com.intellij.workspaceModel.ide.impl.legacyBridge.module.ModuleEntityUtils
 - sf:getModuleLevelLibraries(com.intellij.platform.workspace.jps.entities.ModuleEntity,com.intellij.platform.workspace.storage.EntityStorage):kotlin.sequences.Sequence
+f:com.intellij.workspaceModel.ide.legacyBridge.LibraryBridgesKt
+- sf:findLibraryEntity(com.intellij.openapi.roots.libraries.Library,com.intellij.platform.workspace.storage.EntityStorage):com.intellij.platform.workspace.jps.entities.LibraryEntity
 f:com.intellij.workspaceModel.ide.legacyBridge.ModuleBridges
 - sf:findModule(com.intellij.platform.workspace.jps.entities.ModuleEntity,com.intellij.platform.workspace.storage.EntityStorage):com.intellij.openapi.module.Module
 - sf:findModuleEntity(com.intellij.openapi.module.Module,com.intellij.platform.workspace.storage.EntityStorage):com.intellij.platform.workspace.jps.entities.ModuleEntity
diff --git a/platform/projectModel-impl/src/com/intellij/workspaceModel/ide/legacyBridge/LibraryBridges.kt b/platform/projectModel-impl/src/com/intellij/workspaceModel/ide/legacyBridge/LibraryBridges.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7c1b58ebbe30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/projectModel-impl/src/com/intellij/workspaceModel/ide/legacyBridge/LibraryBridges.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// Copyright 2000-2024 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
+package com.intellij.workspaceModel.ide.legacyBridge
+
+import com.intellij.openapi.roots.libraries.Library
+import com.intellij.platform.workspace.jps.entities.LibraryEntity
+import com.intellij.platform.workspace.storage.EntityStorage
+import com.intellij.workspaceModel.ide.impl.legacyBridge.library.LibraryBridge
+import com.intellij.workspaceModel.ide.impl.legacyBridge.library.ProjectLibraryTableBridgeImpl.Companion.libraryMap
+
+
+/**
+ * @return corresponding [LibraryEntity] or null if library isn't associated with entity yet
+ */
+fun Library.findLibraryEntity(entityStorage: EntityStorage): LibraryEntity? {
+  return entityStorage.libraryMap.getEntities(this as LibraryBridge).firstOrNull() as LibraryEntity?
+}
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