diff --git a/platform/testGuiFramework/src/com/intellij/testGuiFramework/fixtures/ProjectViewFixture.java b/platform/testGuiFramework/src/com/intellij/testGuiFramework/fixtures/ProjectViewFixture.java
index 29a2dc190f6b..a04ff1bce7e4 100644
--- a/platform/testGuiFramework/src/com/intellij/testGuiFramework/fixtures/ProjectViewFixture.java
+++ b/platform/testGuiFramework/src/com/intellij/testGuiFramework/fixtures/ProjectViewFixture.java
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 
 import static com.intellij.ide.projectView.BaseProjectTreeBuilder.getBuilderFor;
 import static com.intellij.testGuiFramework.framework.GuiTestUtil.SHORT_TIMEOUT;
+import static com.intellij.testGuiFramework.framework.GuiTestUtil.THIRTY_SEC_TIMEOUT;
 import static org.fest.assertions.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.fest.reflect.core.Reflection.field;
 import static org.fest.swing.timing.Pause.pause;
@@ -181,6 +182,24 @@ public class ProjectViewFixture extends ToolWindowFixture {
    */
   @NotNull
   public NodeFixture path(String... pathTo) {
+    Ref<NodeFixture> nodeFixtureRef = new Ref<>();
+    pause(new Condition("Waiting for a node by path: " + pathTo) {
+      @Override
+      public boolean test() {
+        try {
+          nodeFixtureRef.set(getNodeFixtureByPath(pathTo));
+          return true;
+        }
+        catch (ComponentLookupException e) {
+          return false;
+        }
+      }
+    }, THIRTY_SEC_TIMEOUT);
+    return nodeFixtureRef.get();
+  }
+
+  @NotNull
+  private NodeFixture getNodeFixtureByPath(String[] pathTo) {
     if (pathTo.length == 1) {
       if (pathTo[0].contains("/")) {
         String[] newPath = pathTo[0].split("/");
@@ -191,7 +210,7 @@ public class ProjectViewFixture extends ToolWindowFixture {
   }
 
   public boolean containsPath(String... pathTo) {
-    return path(pathTo) == null;
+    return getNodeFixtureByPath(pathTo) != null;
   }
 
   public class PaneFixture {