diff --git a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/conversion/ConversionContext.java b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/conversion/ConversionContext.java
index 769a71783136..6b6f39b78565 100644
--- a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/conversion/ConversionContext.java
+++ b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/conversion/ConversionContext.java
@@ -64,4 +64,6 @@ public interface ConversionContext {
 
   ProjectLibrariesSettings getProjectLibrariesSettings() throws CannotConvertException;
 
+  @NotNull
+  String expandPath(@NotNull String path);
 }
diff --git a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/conversion/impl/ConversionContextImpl.java b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/conversion/impl/ConversionContextImpl.java
index ed0e38983de7..21b27fc5a113 100644
--- a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/conversion/impl/ConversionContextImpl.java
+++ b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/conversion/impl/ConversionContextImpl.java
@@ -159,6 +159,13 @@ public class ConversionContextImpl implements ConversionContext {
     return map;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  @NotNull
+  public String expandPath(@NotNull String path) {
+    ExpandMacroToPathMap map = createExpandMacroMap(null);
+    return map.substitute(path, SystemInfo.isFileSystemCaseSensitive);
+  }
+
   @NotNull
   public String collapsePath(@NotNull String path) {
     ReplacePathToMacroMap map = createCollapseMacroMap(PathMacrosImpl.PROJECT_DIR_MACRO_NAME, myProjectBaseDir);