diff --git a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/conversion/ProjectConverter.java b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/conversion/ProjectConverter.java
index 9424873251cc..08a7adea527f 100644
--- a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/conversion/ProjectConverter.java
+++ b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/conversion/ProjectConverter.java
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ public abstract class ProjectConverter {
     return Collections.emptyList();
   }
 
+  public boolean isConversionNeeded() {
+    return false;
+  }
+
   public void preProcessingFinished() throws CannotConvertException {
   }
 
diff --git a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/conversion/impl/ConversionRunner.java b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/conversion/impl/ConversionRunner.java
index 1130239e3cc2..25faa42183e0 100644
--- a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/conversion/impl/ConversionRunner.java
+++ b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/conversion/impl/ConversionRunner.java
@@ -75,7 +75,11 @@ public class ConversionRunner {
     myProcessProjectLibraries = myProjectLibrariesConverter != null
                                  && myProjectLibrariesConverter.isConversionNeeded(myContext.getProjectLibrariesSettings());
 
-    return myProcessProjectFile || myProcessWorkspaceFile || myProcessRunConfigurations || !myModulesFilesToProcess.isEmpty();
+    return myProcessProjectFile ||
+           myProcessWorkspaceFile ||
+           myProcessRunConfigurations ||
+           !myModulesFilesToProcess.isEmpty() ||
+           myConverter.isConversionNeeded();
   }
 
   public boolean isModuleConversionNeeded(File moduleFile) throws CannotConvertException {