diff --git a/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/http/RemoteFileInfo.java b/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/http/RemoteFileInfo.java
index 9f4ef3e05fb7..9f517bb5b61a 100644
--- a/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/http/RemoteFileInfo.java
+++ b/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/http/RemoteFileInfo.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 package com.intellij.openapi.vfs.impl.http;
 
+import com.intellij.openapi.util.AsyncResult;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
@@ -34,4 +35,7 @@ public interface RemoteFileInfo {
   RemoteFileState getState();
 
   void cancelDownloading();
+
+  @NotNull
+  AsyncResult<VirtualFile> download();
 }
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/http/RemoteFileInfoImpl.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/http/RemoteFileInfoImpl.java
index 5775d2160b5f..4328df107d6f 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/http/RemoteFileInfoImpl.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/http/RemoteFileInfoImpl.java
@@ -19,10 +19,11 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.application.Result;
 import com.intellij.openapi.application.WriteAction;
 import com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.Logger;
 import com.intellij.openapi.fileTypes.FileType;
+import com.intellij.openapi.util.AsyncResult;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.io.FileUtil;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.LocalFileSystem;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VfsBundle;
-import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VfsUtil;
+import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VfsUtilCore;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile;
 import com.intellij.util.containers.ContainerUtil;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
@@ -142,7 +143,7 @@ public class RemoteFileInfoImpl implements RemoteContentProvider.DownloadingCall
 
     VirtualFile localFile = new WriteAction<VirtualFile>() {
       @Override
-      protected void run(final Result<VirtualFile> result) {
+      protected void run(@NotNull final Result<VirtualFile> result) {
         final VirtualFile file = LocalFileSystem.getInstance().refreshAndFindFileByIoFile(localIOFile);
         if (file != null) {
           file.refresh(false, false);
@@ -234,7 +235,7 @@ public class RemoteFileInfoImpl implements RemoteContentProvider.DownloadingCall
       myCancelled.set(true);
       if (myPrevLocalFile != null) {
         myLocalVirtualFile = myPrevLocalFile;
-        myLocalFile = VfsUtil.virtualToIoFile(myLocalVirtualFile);
+        myLocalFile = VfsUtilCore.virtualToIoFile(myLocalVirtualFile);
         myState = RemoteFileState.DOWNLOADED;
         myErrorMessage = null;
       }
@@ -291,4 +292,45 @@ public class RemoteFileInfoImpl implements RemoteContentProvider.DownloadingCall
       }
     }
   }
+
+  @NotNull
+  @Override
+  public AsyncResult<VirtualFile> download() {
+    synchronized (myLock) {
+      switch (getState()) {
+        case DOWNLOADING_NOT_STARTED:
+          startDownloading();
+          return createDownloadedCallback(this);
+        case DOWNLOADING_IN_PROGRESS:
+          return createDownloadedCallback(this);
+        case DOWNLOADED:
+          return new AsyncResult.Done<VirtualFile>(myLocalVirtualFile);
+
+        case ERROR_OCCURRED:
+        default:
+          return new AsyncResult.Rejected<VirtualFile>();
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  private static AsyncResult<VirtualFile> createDownloadedCallback(@NotNull RemoteFileInfo remoteFileInfo) {
+    final AsyncResult<VirtualFile> callback = new AsyncResult<VirtualFile>();
+    remoteFileInfo.addDownloadingListener(new FileDownloadingAdapter() {
+      @Override
+      public void fileDownloaded(VirtualFile localFile) {
+        callback.setDone(localFile);
+      }
+
+      @Override
+      public void errorOccurred(@NotNull String errorMessage) {
+        callback.reject(errorMessage);
+      }
+
+      @Override
+      public void downloadingCancelled() {
+        callback.setRejected();
+      }
+    });
+    return callback;
+  }
 }