diff --git a/java/idea-ui/src/com/intellij/ide/projectWizard/BuilderBasedProjectType.java b/java/idea-ui/src/com/intellij/ide/projectWizard/BuilderBasedProjectType.java
index 23379f6147ee..46c4cc572941 100644
--- a/java/idea-ui/src/com/intellij/ide/projectWizard/BuilderBasedProjectType.java
+++ b/java/idea-ui/src/com/intellij/ide/projectWizard/BuilderBasedProjectType.java
@@ -22,10 +22,13 @@ public class BuilderBasedProjectType extends ProjectCategory {
     return myBuilder;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * @author Dmitry Avdeev
-   *         Date: 04.09.13
-   */
+  public static class Empty extends BuilderBasedProjectType {
+
+    public Empty() {
+      super(new EmptyProjectBuilder());
+    }
+  }
+
   public static class Java extends BuilderBasedProjectType {
 
     public Java() {
diff --git a/java/idea-ui/src/com/intellij/ide/projectWizard/EmptyProjectBuilder.java b/java/idea-ui/src/com/intellij/ide/projectWizard/EmptyProjectBuilder.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c67bc25cc687
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/idea-ui/src/com/intellij/ide/projectWizard/EmptyProjectBuilder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2000-2013 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 com.intellij.ide.projectWizard;
+
+import com.intellij.ide.util.projectWizard.EmptyModuleBuilder;
+
+/**
+* @author Dmitry Avdeev
+*         Date: 27.09.13
+*/
+public class EmptyProjectBuilder extends EmptyModuleBuilder {
+  @Override
+  public String getPresentableName() {
+    return "Empty Project";
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String getDescription() {
+    return "Empty project without modules. Use it to create free-style module structure.";
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/idea-ui/src/com/intellij/platform/templates/PlainModuleTemplatesFactory.java b/java/idea-ui/src/com/intellij/platform/templates/PlainModuleTemplatesFactory.java
index adea9045c607..464bfb6b7952 100644
--- a/java/idea-ui/src/com/intellij/platform/templates/PlainModuleTemplatesFactory.java
+++ b/java/idea-ui/src/com/intellij/platform/templates/PlainModuleTemplatesFactory.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 package com.intellij.platform.templates;
 
-import com.intellij.ide.util.projectWizard.EmptyModuleBuilder;
+import com.intellij.ide.projectWizard.EmptyProjectBuilder;
 import com.intellij.ide.util.projectWizard.ModuleBuilder;
 import com.intellij.ide.util.projectWizard.WizardContext;
 import com.intellij.platform.ProjectTemplate;
@@ -60,17 +60,7 @@ public class PlainModuleTemplatesFactory extends ProjectTemplatesFactory {
       if (!context.isCreatingNewProject()) {
         return ProjectTemplate.EMPTY_ARRAY;
       }
-      return new ProjectTemplate[]{new BuilderBasedTemplate(new EmptyModuleBuilder() {
-        @Override
-        public String getPresentableName() {
-          return "Empty Project";
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public String getDescription() {
-          return "Empty project without modules. Use it to create free-style module structure.";
-        }
-      })};
+      return new ProjectTemplate[]{new BuilderBasedTemplate(new EmptyProjectBuilder())};
     }
     List<ModuleBuilder> builders = ModuleBuilder.getAllBuilders();
     List<ProjectTemplate> templates = ContainerUtil.mapNotNull(builders, new NullableFunction<ModuleBuilder, ProjectTemplate>() {
diff --git a/resources/src/idea/RichPlatformPlugin.xml b/resources/src/idea/RichPlatformPlugin.xml
index acdc9f3ba8a5..c890b13db1d6 100644
--- a/resources/src/idea/RichPlatformPlugin.xml
+++ b/resources/src/idea/RichPlatformPlugin.xml
@@ -314,6 +314,8 @@
     <projectTemplatesFactory implementation="com.intellij.platform.templates.PlainModuleTemplatesFactory"/>
     <projectTemplateFileProcessor implementation="com.intellij.platform.templates.SystemFileProcessor"/>
 
+    <projectWizard.projectCategory implementation="com.intellij.ide.projectWizard.BuilderBasedProjectType$Empty"/>
+
     <applicationService serviceImplementation="com.intellij.ide.util.newProjectWizard.SelectTemplateSettings"/>
 
     <gotoFileContributor implementation="com.intellij.ide.util.gotoByName.ProjectBaseDirNavigationContributor"/>