diff --git a/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/actions/ConfigurationFromContext.java b/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/actions/ConfigurationFromContext.java
index 74f1be7b8108..d6b2645f224a 100644
--- a/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/actions/ConfigurationFromContext.java
+++ b/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/actions/ConfigurationFromContext.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2000-2013 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ * Copyright 2000-2015 JetBrains s.r.o.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -92,6 +92,16 @@ public abstract class ConfigurationFromContext {
     return true;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Checks if this configuration should replace another one, that is if the other should be discarded.
+   *
+   * @see RunConfigurationProducer#shouldReplace(ConfigurationFromContext, ConfigurationFromContext)
+   * @return true if the other configuration should be discarded, false otherwise.
+   */
+  public boolean shouldReplace(ConfigurationFromContext other) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Checks if this configuration was created by the specified producer.
    *
@@ -117,9 +127,15 @@ public abstract class ConfigurationFromContext {
       if (!configuration1.isPreferredTo(configuration2)) {
         return 1;
       }
+      if (configuration2.shouldReplace(configuration1)) {
+        return 1;
+      }
       if (!configuration2.isPreferredTo(configuration1)) {
         return -1;
       }
+      if (configuration1.shouldReplace(configuration2)) {
+        return -1;
+      }
       return 0;
     }
   };
diff --git a/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/actions/ConfigurationFromContextImpl.java b/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/actions/ConfigurationFromContextImpl.java
index dce85e0e7c9a..8487f91efdeb 100644
--- a/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/actions/ConfigurationFromContextImpl.java
+++ b/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/actions/ConfigurationFromContextImpl.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2000-2013 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ * Copyright 2000-2015 JetBrains s.r.o.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ public class ConfigurationFromContextImpl extends ConfigurationFromContext {
     return myConfigurationProducer.isPreferredConfiguration(this, other);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean shouldReplace(ConfigurationFromContext other) {
+    return myConfigurationProducer.shouldReplace(this, other);
+  }
+
   @Override
   public boolean isProducedBy(Class<? extends RunConfigurationProducer> producerClass) {
     return producerClass.isInstance(myConfigurationProducer);
diff --git a/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/actions/RunConfigurationProducer.java b/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/actions/RunConfigurationProducer.java
index 7290b83516aa..711588a4aa6b 100644
--- a/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/actions/RunConfigurationProducer.java
+++ b/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/actions/RunConfigurationProducer.java
@@ -119,11 +119,28 @@ public abstract class RunConfigurationProducer<T extends RunConfiguration> {
    * @param other a configuration created by another producer.
    * @return true if the configuration created by this producer is at least as good as the other one; false if this configuration
    * should be discarded and the other one should be used instead.
+   * @see #shouldReplace(ConfigurationFromContext, ConfigurationFromContext)
    */
   public boolean isPreferredConfiguration(ConfigurationFromContext self, ConfigurationFromContext other) {
     return true;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * When two configurations are created from the same context by two different producers, checks if the configuration created by
+   * this producer should replace the other one, that is if the other one should be discarded.
+   *
+   * <p>This is the same relationship as {@link #isPreferredConfiguration(ConfigurationFromContext, ConfigurationFromContext)} but
+   * specified from the "replacement" side.
+   *
+   * @param self  a configuration created by this producer.
+   * @param other a configuration created by another producer.
+   * @return true if the other configuration should be discarded, false otherwise.
+   * @see #isPreferredConfiguration(ConfigurationFromContext, ConfigurationFromContext)
+   */
+  public boolean shouldReplace(ConfigurationFromContext self, ConfigurationFromContext other) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Called before a configuration created from context by this producer is first executed. Can be used to show additional UI for
    * customizing the created configuration.
diff --git a/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/impl/ConfigurationFromContextWrapper.java b/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/impl/ConfigurationFromContextWrapper.java
index 69acb5463c7b..621113a4b8dc 100644
--- a/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/impl/ConfigurationFromContextWrapper.java
+++ b/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/impl/ConfigurationFromContextWrapper.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2000-2013 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ * Copyright 2000-2015 JetBrains s.r.o.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -61,4 +61,10 @@ public class ConfigurationFromContextWrapper extends ConfigurationFromContext {
     return other instanceof ConfigurationFromContextWrapper &&
            myProducer.compareTo(((ConfigurationFromContextWrapper) other).myProducer) < 0;
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean shouldReplace(ConfigurationFromContext other) {
+    return other instanceof ConfigurationFromContextWrapper &&
+           myProducer.compareTo(((ConfigurationFromContextWrapper) other).myProducer) > 0;
+  }
 }