diff --git a/.idea/modules.xml b/.idea/modules.xml
index 99611107f4ea..09252e1a637d 100644
--- a/.idea/modules.xml
+++ b/.idea/modules.xml
@@ -628,6 +628,7 @@
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/platform-tests/durability/intellij.platform.durability.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/platform-tests/durability/intellij.platform.durability.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/editor-ui-api/intellij.platform.editor.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/editor-ui-api/intellij.platform.editor.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/editor-ui-ex/intellij.platform.editor.ex.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/editor-ui-ex/intellij.platform.editor.ex.iml" />
+      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/eel/intellij.platform.eel.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/eel/intellij.platform.eel.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/execution/intellij.platform.execution.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/execution/intellij.platform.execution.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/execution.dashboard/intellij.platform.execution.dashboard.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/execution.dashboard/intellij.platform.execution.dashboard.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/execution-impl/intellij.platform.execution.impl.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/execution-impl/intellij.platform.execution.impl.iml" />
diff --git a/platform/eel/api-dump.txt b/platform/eel/api-dump.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/platform/eel/intellij.platform.eel.iml b/platform/eel/intellij.platform.eel.iml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..122f4d43124d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/eel/intellij.platform.eel.iml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?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://$MODULE_DIR$/src" isTestSource="false" />
+    </content>
+    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
+    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="kotlin-stdlib" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="jetbrains-annotations" level="project" />
+  </component>
+</module>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/platform/eel/src/com/intellij/platform/eel/package-info.java b/platform/eel/src/com/intellij/platform/eel/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b12c430bea29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/eel/src/com/intellij/platform/eel/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// Copyright 2000-2024 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
+@ApiStatus.Internal
+package com.intellij.platform.eel;
+
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus;
\ No newline at end of file