diff --git a/.idea/modules.xml b/.idea/modules.xml
index a05ee8883d7a..440e155da563 100644
--- a/.idea/modules.xml
+++ b/.idea/modules.xml
@@ -585,6 +585,7 @@
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/notebooks/notebook-ui/intellij.notebooks.ui.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/notebooks/notebook-ui/intellij.notebooks.ui.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/notebooks/visualization/intellij.notebooks.visualization.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/notebooks/visualization/intellij.notebooks.visualization.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/plugins/performanceTesting/core/intellij.performanceTesting.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/plugins/performanceTesting/core/intellij.performanceTesting.iml" />
+      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/plugins/performanceTesting/backend-split/intellij.performanceTesting.backend.split.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/plugins/performanceTesting/backend-split/intellij.performanceTesting.backend.split.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/plugins/performanceTesting/remote-driver/intellij.performanceTesting.remoteDriver.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/plugins/performanceTesting/remote-driver/intellij.performanceTesting.remoteDriver.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/plugins/performanceTesting/scripts-ui/intellij.performanceTesting.ui.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/plugins/performanceTesting/scripts-ui/intellij.performanceTesting.ui.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/plugins/performanceTesting/vcs/intellij.performanceTesting.vcs.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/plugins/performanceTesting/vcs/intellij.performanceTesting.vcs.iml" />
diff --git a/plugins/performanceTesting/backend-split/intellij.performanceTesting.backend.split.iml b/plugins/performanceTesting/backend-split/intellij.performanceTesting.backend.split.iml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bd5c9e272bb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/performanceTesting/backend-split/intellij.performanceTesting.backend.split.iml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<module type="JAVA_MODULE" version="4">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" inherit-compiler-output="true">
+    <exclude-output />
+    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
+      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/resources" type="java-resource" />
+      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src" isTestSource="false" />
+    </content>
+    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
+    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.backend.split" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="kotlin-stdlib" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.performanceTesting" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.ide" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.rd.platform" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.rd.ide.model.generated" />
+  </component>
+</module>
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diff --git a/plugins/performanceTesting/backend-split/resources/intellij.performanceTesting.backend.split.xml b/plugins/performanceTesting/backend-split/resources/intellij.performanceTesting.backend.split.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d93684eb370b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/performanceTesting/backend-split/resources/intellij.performanceTesting.backend.split.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<idea-plugin package="com.intellij.performanceTesting.backend.split">
+  <!-- This module is currently included into backend IDE via CWM plugin because there is no way to depend on backend.split module yet.
+  The correct setup would be to make this module a content module in the perf testing plugin and add an explicit backend.split dependency to it-->
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <plugin id="com.jetbrains.performancePlugin"/>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <extensions defaultExtensionNs="com.jetbrains">
+    <performancePlugin.snapshotOpener implementation="com.intellij.performanceTesting.backend.split.RemoteClientSnapshotUploader"/>
+  </extensions>
+</idea-plugin>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/performanceTesting/backend-split/src/com/intellij/performanceTesting/backend/split/RemoteClientSnapshotUploader.kt b/plugins/performanceTesting/backend-split/src/com/intellij/performanceTesting/backend/split/RemoteClientSnapshotUploader.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e23dce724d5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/performanceTesting/backend-split/src/com/intellij/performanceTesting/backend/split/RemoteClientSnapshotUploader.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package com.intellij.performanceTesting.backend.split
+
+import com.intellij.idea.AppMode
+import com.intellij.openapi.client.ClientSessionsManager
+import com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.thisLogger
+import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project
+import com.jetbrains.performancePlugin.PerformanceTestingBundle
+import com.jetbrains.performancePlugin.profilers.SnapshotOpener
+import com.jetbrains.rd.ide.model.RemoteFileAddress
+import com.jetbrains.rd.ide.model.SplitIde
+import com.jetbrains.rd.ide.model.fileTransferModel
+import com.jetbrains.rdserver.core.protocolModel
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nls
+import java.io.File
+
+internal class RemoteClientSnapshotUploader : SnapshotOpener {
+  override fun canOpen(snapshot: File, project: Project?): Boolean {
+    return project != null && AppMode.isRemoteDevHost()
+  }
+
+  override fun getPresentableName(): @Nls String? {
+    return PerformanceTestingBundle.message("profiling.load.snapshot.to.client.action.text")
+  }
+
+  override fun open(snapshot: File, project: Project?) {
+    if (project == null) {
+      thisLogger().warn("Unable to load a snapshot without a project")
+      return
+    }
+
+    val remoteFileAddress = RemoteFileAddress(snapshot.absolutePath, SplitIde.Host)
+    ClientSessionsManager.getProjectSession(project)?.protocolModel?.fileTransferModel?.chooseTargetDirectoryAndDownloadFile?.fire(listOf(remoteFileAddress))
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/plugins/performanceTesting/core/resources/messages/PerformanceTestingBundle.properties b/plugins/performanceTesting/core/resources/messages/PerformanceTestingBundle.properties
index f24d20304ae6..88b12e3978cc 100644
--- a/plugins/performanceTesting/core/resources/messages/PerformanceTestingBundle.properties
+++ b/plugins/performanceTesting/core/resources/messages/PerformanceTestingBundle.properties
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ profiling.capture.snapshot.success=Captured snapshot ''{0}'' is placed in user h
 profiling.capture.snapshot.error=Failed to capture snapshot: {0}
 profiling.capture.snapshot.action.showInFolder=Show in {0}
 profiling.capture.snapshot.action.open=Open With Intellij Profiler
+profiling.load.snapshot.to.client.action.text=Download to Client Machine
 
 command.goto.finish=GoTo was executed
 command.inspection.extension=No files with extension: