diff --git a/platform/syntax/syntax-tree/api-dump-experimental.txt b/platform/syntax/syntax-tree/api-dump-experimental.txt
index 2696e2ed1bec..95ae6d73c3f1 100644
--- a/platform/syntax/syntax-tree/api-dump-experimental.txt
+++ b/platform/syntax/syntax-tree/api-dump-experimental.txt
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 *f:com.intellij.platform.syntax.tree.KmpSyntaxNode$Companion
 - f:root(java.lang.CharSequence,com.intellij.platform.syntax.tree.ASTMarkers,com.intellij.platform.syntax.lexer.Lexer,com.intellij.platform.syntax.tree.TokenizationPolicy,com.intellij.platform.syntax.tree.SyntaxBuilderFactory,com.intellij.platform.syntax.lexer.TokenList,com.intellij.platform.syntax.util.language.SyntaxElementLanguageProvider,kotlin.jvm.functions.Function0):com.intellij.platform.syntax.tree.KmpSyntaxNode
 *f:com.intellij.platform.syntax.tree.ParseKt
-- sf:parse(java.lang.CharSequence,kotlin.jvm.functions.Function0,kotlin.jvm.functions.Function1,com.intellij.platform.syntax.SyntaxElementTypeSet,com.intellij.platform.syntax.SyntaxElementTypeSet,com.intellij.platform.syntax.util.language.SyntaxElementLanguageProvider,com.intellij.platform.syntax.CancellationProvider,com.intellij.platform.syntax.Logger):com.intellij.platform.syntax.tree.KmpSyntaxNode
-- bs:parse$default(java.lang.CharSequence,kotlin.jvm.functions.Function0,kotlin.jvm.functions.Function1,com.intellij.platform.syntax.SyntaxElementTypeSet,com.intellij.platform.syntax.SyntaxElementTypeSet,com.intellij.platform.syntax.util.language.SyntaxElementLanguageProvider,com.intellij.platform.syntax.CancellationProvider,com.intellij.platform.syntax.Logger,I,java.lang.Object):com.intellij.platform.syntax.tree.KmpSyntaxNode
+- sf:parse(java.lang.CharSequence,kotlin.jvm.functions.Function0,kotlin.jvm.functions.Function1,com.intellij.platform.syntax.SyntaxElementTypeSet,com.intellij.platform.syntax.SyntaxElementTypeSet,com.intellij.platform.syntax.util.language.SyntaxElementLanguageProvider,com.intellij.platform.syntax.CancellationProvider,com.intellij.platform.syntax.Logger,com.intellij.platform.syntax.parser.WhitespaceOrCommentBindingPolicy):com.intellij.platform.syntax.tree.KmpSyntaxNode
+- bs:parse$default(java.lang.CharSequence,kotlin.jvm.functions.Function0,kotlin.jvm.functions.Function1,com.intellij.platform.syntax.SyntaxElementTypeSet,com.intellij.platform.syntax.SyntaxElementTypeSet,com.intellij.platform.syntax.util.language.SyntaxElementLanguageProvider,com.intellij.platform.syntax.CancellationProvider,com.intellij.platform.syntax.Logger,com.intellij.platform.syntax.parser.WhitespaceOrCommentBindingPolicy,I,java.lang.Object):com.intellij.platform.syntax.tree.KmpSyntaxNode
 *:com.intellij.platform.syntax.tree.SyntaxBuilderFactory
 - a:build(java.lang.CharSequence,com.intellij.platform.syntax.lexer.TokenList,I):com.intellij.platform.syntax.parser.SyntaxTreeBuilder
 *:com.intellij.platform.syntax.tree.TokenizationPolicy
diff --git a/platform/syntax/syntax-tree/src/com/intellij/platform/syntax/tree/Parse.kt b/platform/syntax/syntax-tree/src/com/intellij/platform/syntax/tree/Parse.kt
index 51fb3f0138aa..90bbe93fb0af 100644
--- a/platform/syntax/syntax-tree/src/com/intellij/platform/syntax/tree/Parse.kt
+++ b/platform/syntax/syntax-tree/src/com/intellij/platform/syntax/tree/Parse.kt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import com.intellij.platform.syntax.lexer.performLexing
 import com.intellij.platform.syntax.parser.DefaultWhitespaceBindingPolicy
 import com.intellij.platform.syntax.parser.SyntaxTreeBuilder
 import com.intellij.platform.syntax.parser.SyntaxTreeBuilderFactory
+import com.intellij.platform.syntax.parser.WhitespaceOrCommentBindingPolicy
 import com.intellij.platform.syntax.util.language.SyntaxElementLanguageProvider
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus
 
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ fun parse(
   languageMapper: SyntaxElementLanguageProvider,
   cancellationProvider: CancellationProvider? = null,
   logger: Logger? = null,
+  whitespaceOrCommentBindingPolicy: WhitespaceOrCommentBindingPolicy? = DefaultWhitespaceBindingPolicy,
 ): KmpSyntaxNode {
   fun createBuilder(
     text: CharSequence,
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ fun parse(
     tokens,
     whitespaces,
     comments,
-  ).withWhitespaceOrCommentBindingPolicy(DefaultWhitespaceBindingPolicy) // todo this is incorrect!
+  ).withWhitespaceOrCommentBindingPolicy(whitespaceOrCommentBindingPolicy) // todo this is incorrect!
     .withStartOffset(startLexemeOffset)
     .build()