diff --git a/java/compiler/impl/src/com/intellij/compiler/options/ValidationConfiguration.java b/java/compiler/impl/src/com/intellij/compiler/options/ValidationConfiguration.java
index bb76ac9759f5..44f936b2faa7 100644
--- a/java/compiler/impl/src/com/intellij/compiler/options/ValidationConfiguration.java
+++ b/java/compiler/impl/src/com/intellij/compiler/options/ValidationConfiguration.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.components.State;
 import com.intellij.openapi.components.Storage;
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
 import com.intellij.util.xmlb.XmlSerializerUtil;
+import org.jetbrains.jps.model.serialization.java.compiler.JpsCompilerValidationExcludeSerializer;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -76,6 +77,9 @@ public class ValidationConfiguration implements PersistentStateComponent<Validat
     XmlSerializerUtil.copyBean(state, this);
   }
 
-  @State(name = "ExcludeFromValidation", storages = @Storage("excludeFromValidation.xml"))
+  @State(
+    name = JpsCompilerValidationExcludeSerializer.COMPONENT_NAME,
+    storages = @Storage(JpsCompilerValidationExcludeSerializer.CONFIG_FILE_NAME)
+  )
   public static class ExcludedFromValidationConfiguration extends ExcludedEntriesConfiguration {}
 }
diff --git a/jps/model-api/src/org/jetbrains/jps/model/java/compiler/JpsJavaCompilerConfiguration.java b/jps/model-api/src/org/jetbrains/jps/model/java/compiler/JpsJavaCompilerConfiguration.java
index f91f6bfa24bc..d81c248fe609 100644
--- a/jps/model-api/src/org/jetbrains/jps/model/java/compiler/JpsJavaCompilerConfiguration.java
+++ b/jps/model-api/src/org/jetbrains/jps/model/java/compiler/JpsJavaCompilerConfiguration.java
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ public interface JpsJavaCompilerConfiguration extends JpsElement {
   @NotNull
   JpsCompilerExcludes getCompilerExcludes();
 
+  @NotNull
+  JpsCompilerExcludes getValidationExcludes();
+
   @NotNull
   ProcessorConfigProfile getDefaultAnnotationProcessingProfile();
   ProcessorConfigProfile addAnnotationProcessingProfile();
diff --git a/jps/model-impl/src/org/jetbrains/jps/model/java/impl/compiler/JpsJavaCompilerConfigurationImpl.java b/jps/model-impl/src/org/jetbrains/jps/model/java/impl/compiler/JpsJavaCompilerConfigurationImpl.java
index 46ecc331f4fe..cbbb3e09ed49 100644
--- a/jps/model-impl/src/org/jetbrains/jps/model/java/impl/compiler/JpsJavaCompilerConfigurationImpl.java
+++ b/jps/model-impl/src/org/jetbrains/jps/model/java/impl/compiler/JpsJavaCompilerConfigurationImpl.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ public class JpsJavaCompilerConfigurationImpl extends JpsCompositeElementBase<Jp
   private List<String> myNotNullAnnotations = Collections.singletonList(NotNull.class.getName());
   private boolean myClearOutputDirectoryOnRebuild = true;
   private final JpsCompilerExcludes myCompilerExcludes = new JpsCompilerExcludesImpl();
+  private final JpsCompilerExcludes myValidationExcludes = new JpsCompilerExcludesImpl();
   private final List<String> myResourcePatterns = new ArrayList<String>();
   private final List<ProcessorConfigProfile> myAnnotationProcessingProfiles = new ArrayList<ProcessorConfigProfile>();
   private final ProcessorConfigProfileImpl myDefaultAnnotationProcessingProfile = new ProcessorConfigProfileImpl("Default");
@@ -97,6 +98,12 @@ public class JpsJavaCompilerConfigurationImpl extends JpsCompositeElementBase<Jp
     return myCompilerExcludes;
   }
 
+  @NotNull
+  @Override
+  public JpsCompilerExcludes getValidationExcludes() {
+    return myValidationExcludes;
+  }
+
   @NotNull
   @Override
   public ProcessorConfigProfile getDefaultAnnotationProcessingProfile() {
diff --git a/jps/model-serialization/src/org/jetbrains/jps/model/serialization/java/JpsJavaModelSerializerExtension.java b/jps/model-serialization/src/org/jetbrains/jps/model/serialization/java/JpsJavaModelSerializerExtension.java
index b17581fdec83..590674f00f54 100644
--- a/jps/model-serialization/src/org/jetbrains/jps/model/serialization/java/JpsJavaModelSerializerExtension.java
+++ b/jps/model-serialization/src/org/jetbrains/jps/model/serialization/java/JpsJavaModelSerializerExtension.java
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ public class JpsJavaModelSerializerExtension extends JpsModelSerializerExtension
     return Arrays.asList(new JavaProjectExtensionSerializer(),
                          new JpsJavaCompilerConfigurationSerializer(),
                          new JpsJavaCompilerNotNullableSerializer(),
+                         new JpsCompilerValidationExcludeSerializer(),
                          new JpsJavaCompilerWorkspaceConfigurationSerializer(),
                          new JpsJavaCompilerOptionsSerializer("JavacSettings", "Javac"),
                          new JpsEclipseCompilerOptionsSerializer("EclipseCompilerSettings", "Eclipse"),
diff --git a/jps/model-serialization/src/org/jetbrains/jps/model/serialization/java/compiler/JpsCompilerValidationExcludeSerializer.java b/jps/model-serialization/src/org/jetbrains/jps/model/serialization/java/compiler/JpsCompilerValidationExcludeSerializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..02ae860e97d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jps/model-serialization/src/org/jetbrains/jps/model/serialization/java/compiler/JpsCompilerValidationExcludeSerializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2000-2016 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.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.jetbrains.jps.model.serialization.java.compiler;
+
+import org.jdom.Element;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jetbrains.jps.model.JpsProject;
+import org.jetbrains.jps.model.java.JpsJavaExtensionService;
+import org.jetbrains.jps.model.java.compiler.JpsJavaCompilerConfiguration;
+import org.jetbrains.jps.model.serialization.JpsProjectExtensionSerializer;
+
+/**
+ * @author peter
+ */
+public class JpsCompilerValidationExcludeSerializer extends JpsProjectExtensionSerializer {
+  public static final String COMPONENT_NAME = "ExcludeFromValidation";
+  public static final String CONFIG_FILE_NAME = "excludeFromValidation.xml";
+
+  public JpsCompilerValidationExcludeSerializer() {
+    super(CONFIG_FILE_NAME, COMPONENT_NAME);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void loadExtension(@NotNull JpsProject project, @NotNull Element componentTag) {
+    JpsJavaCompilerConfiguration configuration = JpsJavaExtensionService.getInstance().getOrCreateCompilerConfiguration(project);
+    JpsJavaCompilerConfigurationSerializer.readExcludes(componentTag, configuration.getValidationExcludes());
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void saveExtension(@NotNull JpsProject project, @NotNull Element componentTag) {}
+}
diff --git a/plugins/groovy/jps-plugin/src/org/jetbrains/jps/incremental/groovy/GreclipseBuilder.java b/plugins/groovy/jps-plugin/src/org/jetbrains/jps/incremental/groovy/GreclipseBuilder.java
index 631ec9d1d6f6..90cf38a555d5 100644
--- a/plugins/groovy/jps-plugin/src/org/jetbrains/jps/incremental/groovy/GreclipseBuilder.java
+++ b/plugins/groovy/jps-plugin/src/org/jetbrains/jps/incremental/groovy/GreclipseBuilder.java
@@ -66,7 +66,12 @@ public class GreclipseBuilder extends ModuleLevelBuilder {
    * All Groovy-Eclipse stuff is contained in a separate classLoader to avoid clashes with ecj.jar being in the classpath of the builder process
    */
   private ClassLoader myGreclipseLoader;
-  private final CompilingGroovycRunner myHelper = new CompilingGroovycRunner(true);
+  private final CompilingGroovycRunner myHelper = new CompilingGroovycRunner(true) {
+    @Override
+    protected boolean acceptsFileType(String path) {
+      return super.acceptsFileType(path) || path.endsWith(".java");
+    }
+  };
 
   protected GreclipseBuilder() {
     super(BuilderCategory.TRANSLATOR);
diff --git a/plugins/groovy/jps-plugin/src/org/jetbrains/jps/incremental/groovy/GroovyBuilder.java b/plugins/groovy/jps-plugin/src/org/jetbrains/jps/incremental/groovy/GroovyBuilder.java
index e283edab75f2..aa328488bee8 100644
--- a/plugins/groovy/jps-plugin/src/org/jetbrains/jps/incremental/groovy/GroovyBuilder.java
+++ b/plugins/groovy/jps-plugin/src/org/jetbrains/jps/incremental/groovy/GroovyBuilder.java
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ public class GroovyBuilder extends ModuleLevelBuilder {
   }
 
   public static boolean isGroovyFile(String path) {
+    //todo file type check
     return path.endsWith("." + GROOVY_EXTENSION);
   }
 
diff --git a/plugins/groovy/jps-plugin/src/org/jetbrains/jps/incremental/groovy/GroovyResourceChecker.java b/plugins/groovy/jps-plugin/src/org/jetbrains/jps/incremental/groovy/GroovyResourceChecker.java
index 543c9018ea34..2a9cc861df94 100644
--- a/plugins/groovy/jps-plugin/src/org/jetbrains/jps/incremental/groovy/GroovyResourceChecker.java
+++ b/plugins/groovy/jps-plugin/src/org/jetbrains/jps/incremental/groovy/GroovyResourceChecker.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.jps.incremental.*;
 import org.jetbrains.jps.model.java.JpsJavaClasspathKind;
 import org.jetbrains.jps.model.java.JpsJavaDependenciesEnumerator;
 import org.jetbrains.jps.model.java.JpsJavaExtensionService;
+import org.jetbrains.jps.model.java.compiler.JpsJavaCompilerConfiguration;
 import org.jetbrains.jps.model.module.JpsModule;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -84,6 +85,14 @@ public class GroovyResourceChecker extends TargetBuilder<GroovyResourceRootDescr
       return Collections.singletonMap(myTarget, myTarget.getOutputRoot(context).getPath());
     }
 
+    @Override
+    protected boolean shouldProcessSourceFile(File file,
+                                              GroovyResourceRootDescriptor sourceRoot,
+                                              String path,
+                                              JpsJavaCompilerConfiguration configuration) {
+      return GroovyBuilder.isGroovyFile(path) && !configuration.getValidationExcludes().isExcluded(file);
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected boolean checkChunkRebuildNeeded(CompileContext context, GroovycOutputParser parser) {
       return false;
diff --git a/plugins/groovy/jps-plugin/src/org/jetbrains/jps/incremental/groovy/JpsGroovycRunner.java b/plugins/groovy/jps-plugin/src/org/jetbrains/jps/incremental/groovy/JpsGroovycRunner.java
index 2ae9128bfdbc..5eafabac40e8 100644
--- a/plugins/groovy/jps-plugin/src/org/jetbrains/jps/incremental/groovy/JpsGroovycRunner.java
+++ b/plugins/groovy/jps-plugin/src/org/jetbrains/jps/incremental/groovy/JpsGroovycRunner.java
@@ -318,10 +318,7 @@ public abstract class JpsGroovycRunner<R extends BuildRootDescriptor, T extends
     final List<File> toCompile = new ArrayList<File>();
     dirtyFilesHolder.processDirtyFiles(new FileProcessor<R, T>() {
       public boolean apply(T target, File file, R sourceRoot) throws IOException {
-        final String path = file.getPath();
-        //todo file type check
-        if ((GroovyBuilder.isGroovyFile(path) || forEclipse && path.endsWith(".java")) &&
-            !configuration.isResourceFile(file, sourceRoot.getRootFile())) {
+        if (shouldProcessSourceFile(file, sourceRoot, file.getPath(), configuration)) {
           if (forStubs && settings.isExcludedFromStubGeneration(file)) {
             hasExcludes.set(true);
             return true;
@@ -335,6 +332,17 @@ public abstract class JpsGroovycRunner<R extends BuildRootDescriptor, T extends
     return toCompile;
   }
 
+  protected boolean shouldProcessSourceFile(File file,
+                                            R sourceRoot,
+                                            String path,
+                                            JpsJavaCompilerConfiguration configuration) {
+    return acceptsFileType(path) && !configuration.isResourceFile(file, sourceRoot.getRootFile());
+  }
+
+  protected boolean acceptsFileType(String path) {
+    return GroovyBuilder.isGroovyFile(path);
+  }
+
   void updateDependencies(CompileContext context,
                           List<File> toCompile,
                           MultiMap<T, GroovycOutputParser.OutputItem> successfullyCompiled,
diff --git a/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/compiler/GroovyResourceCheckerTest.groovy b/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/compiler/GroovyResourceCheckerTest.groovy
index c489e07678f3..f93bb6152008 100644
--- a/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/compiler/GroovyResourceCheckerTest.groovy
+++ b/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/compiler/GroovyResourceCheckerTest.groovy
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@
  */
 package org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.compiler
 
+import com.intellij.compiler.options.ValidationConfiguration
 import com.intellij.openapi.compiler.CompilerMessage
+import com.intellij.openapi.compiler.options.ExcludeEntryDescription
 import com.intellij.openapi.module.Module
 import com.intellij.openapi.roots.ModuleRootManager
 import com.intellij.openapi.roots.ModuleRootModificationUtil
@@ -68,4 +70,11 @@ class GroovyResourceCheckerTest extends GroovyCompilerTestCase {
     assertEmpty checkResources()
   }
 
+  void "test exclude from validation"() {
+    checkResources()
+    def file = myFixture.addFileToProject('res/a.groovy', 'class Foo extends Bar {}')
+    ValidationConfiguration.getExcludedEntriesConfiguration(project).addExcludeEntryDescription(new ExcludeEntryDescription(file.virtualFile, false, true, project))
+    assertEmpty checkResources()
+  }
+
 }