diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/remote/DockerMachineCommandException.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/remote/DockerMachineCommandException.java
index f317a22a47de..d6e73039dd6c 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/remote/DockerMachineCommandException.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/remote/DockerMachineCommandException.java
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ public class DockerMachineCommandException extends RuntimeException {
     super(buildErrorMessage(exitCode, stderr));
   }
 
+  public DockerMachineCommandException(String message) {
+    super(message);
+  }
+
   @NotNull
   private static String buildErrorMessage(int exitCode, String stderr) {
     StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder()
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/remote/DockerSupport.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/remote/DockerSupport.java
index 8224858e344e..bf29448669ec 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/remote/DockerSupport.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/remote/DockerSupport.java
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ public abstract class DockerSupport {
   @NotNull
   public abstract List<String> getVMs() throws DockerMachineException, DockerMachineCommandException;
 
+  @NotNull
+  public abstract String getStatus(@NotNull String machineName);
+
   @NotNull
   public abstract ConnectionInfo getConnectionInfo(@NotNull String machineName) throws DockerMachineException, DockerMachineCommandException;