diff --git a/java/execution/openapi/src/com/intellij/execution/configurations/JavaCommandLineState.java b/java/execution/openapi/src/com/intellij/execution/configurations/JavaCommandLineState.java
index 48119d297d0d..e0c60ee3846d 100644
--- a/java/execution/openapi/src/com/intellij/execution/configurations/JavaCommandLineState.java
+++ b/java/execution/openapi/src/com/intellij/execution/configurations/JavaCommandLineState.java
@@ -39,7 +39,11 @@ public abstract class JavaCommandLineState extends CommandLineState implements J
 
   @NotNull
   protected OSProcessHandler startProcess() throws ExecutionException {
-    return JavaCommandLineStateUtil.startProcess(createCommandLine());
+    return JavaCommandLineStateUtil.startProcess(createCommandLine(), ansiColoringEnabled());
+  }
+
+  protected boolean ansiColoringEnabled() {
+    return false;
   }
 
   protected abstract JavaParameters createJavaParameters() throws ExecutionException;
diff --git a/java/execution/openapi/src/com/intellij/execution/configurations/JavaCommandLineStateUtil.java b/java/execution/openapi/src/com/intellij/execution/configurations/JavaCommandLineStateUtil.java
index a2aacbb27fa4..750d5b6dfca2 100644
--- a/java/execution/openapi/src/com/intellij/execution/configurations/JavaCommandLineStateUtil.java
+++ b/java/execution/openapi/src/com/intellij/execution/configurations/JavaCommandLineStateUtil.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 package com.intellij.execution.configurations;
 
+import com.intellij.execution.process.ColoredProcessHandler;
 import com.intellij.execution.process.DefaultJavaProcessHandler;
 import com.intellij.execution.process.OSProcessHandler;
 import com.intellij.execution.process.ProcessTerminatedListener;
@@ -30,7 +31,15 @@ public class JavaCommandLineStateUtil {
 
   @NotNull
   public static OSProcessHandler startProcess(@NotNull final GeneralCommandLine commandLine) throws ExecutionException {
-    final DefaultJavaProcessHandler processHandler = new DefaultJavaProcessHandler(commandLine);
+    return startProcess(commandLine, false);
+  }
+  
+  @NotNull
+  public static OSProcessHandler startProcess(@NotNull final GeneralCommandLine commandLine,
+                                              final boolean ansiColoring) throws ExecutionException {
+
+    final OSProcessHandler processHandler = ansiColoring ? new ColoredProcessHandler(commandLine)
+                                                         : new DefaultJavaProcessHandler(commandLine);
     ProcessTerminatedListener.attach(processHandler);
     return processHandler;
   }
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/process/ColoredOutputTypeRegistry.java b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/execution/process/ColoredOutputTypeRegistry.java
similarity index 100%
rename from platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/process/ColoredOutputTypeRegistry.java
rename to platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/execution/process/ColoredOutputTypeRegistry.java
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/process/ColoredProcessHandler.java b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/execution/process/ColoredProcessHandler.java
similarity index 91%
rename from platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/process/ColoredProcessHandler.java
rename to platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/execution/process/ColoredProcessHandler.java
index 61ed1859c47a..fea53e6bb3f5 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/process/ColoredProcessHandler.java
+++ b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/execution/process/ColoredProcessHandler.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 package com.intellij.execution.process;
 
+import com.intellij.execution.ExecutionException;
+import com.intellij.execution.configurations.GeneralCommandLine;
 import com.intellij.openapi.editor.colors.EditorColorsManager;
 import com.intellij.openapi.editor.colors.TextAttributesKey;
 import com.intellij.openapi.editor.markup.TextAttributes;
@@ -45,6 +47,10 @@ public class ColoredProcessHandler extends OSProcessHandler {
   // TODO use new Maia API in ConsoleViewContentType to apply ANSI color changes without
   // restarting RM / Idea + Ruby Plugin
 
+  public ColoredProcessHandler(final GeneralCommandLine commandLine) throws ExecutionException {
+    this(commandLine.createProcess(), commandLine.getCommandLineString(), commandLine.getCharset());
+  }
+
   public ColoredProcessHandler(Process process, String commandLine) {
     this(process, commandLine, null);
   }
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/process/ConsoleHighlighter.java b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/execution/process/ConsoleHighlighter.java
similarity index 100%
rename from platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/process/ConsoleHighlighter.java
rename to platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/execution/process/ConsoleHighlighter.java