diff --git a/plugins/devkit/devkit-core/resources/META-INF/gradle-devkit.xml b/plugins/devkit/devkit-core/resources/META-INF/gradle-devkit.xml
index 60f3c070e000..ebddaf162f7c 100644
--- a/plugins/devkit/devkit-core/resources/META-INF/gradle-devkit.xml
+++ b/plugins/devkit/devkit-core/resources/META-INF/gradle-devkit.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <idea-plugin>
   <extensions defaultExtensionNs="org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle">
     <frameworkSupport implementation="org.jetbrains.idea.devkit.gradle.GradleIntellijPluginFrameworkSupportProvider"/>
+    <kotlinDslFrameworkSupport implementation="org.jetbrains.idea.devkit.gradle.KdslGradleIntellijPluginFrameworkSupportProvider"/>
   </extensions>
 </idea-plugin>
diff --git a/plugins/devkit/devkit-core/src/gradle/GradleIntellijPluginFrameworkSupportProvider.java b/plugins/devkit/devkit-core/src/gradle/GradleIntellijPluginFrameworkSupportProvider.java
index 2b8b135e288c..0caa3ac23649 100644
--- a/plugins/devkit/devkit-core/src/gradle/GradleIntellijPluginFrameworkSupportProvider.java
+++ b/plugins/devkit/devkit-core/src/gradle/GradleIntellijPluginFrameworkSupportProvider.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import com.intellij.util.io.HttpRequests;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.idea.devkit.DevKitBundle;
 import org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.frameworkSupport.BuildScriptDataBuilder;
-import org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.frameworkSupport.GradleFrameworkSupportProvider;
+import org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.frameworkSupport.KotlinDslGradleFrameworkSupportProvider;
 import org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.service.execution.GradleExternalTaskConfigurationType;
 
 import javax.swing.*;
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
-public class GradleIntellijPluginFrameworkSupportProvider extends GradleFrameworkSupportProvider {
+public class GradleIntellijPluginFrameworkSupportProvider extends KotlinDslGradleFrameworkSupportProvider {
   private static final String ID = "gradle-intellij-plugin";
   private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getInstance(GradleIntellijPluginFrameworkSupportProvider.class);
 
@@ -98,6 +98,19 @@ public class GradleIntellijPluginFrameworkSupportProvider extends GradleFramewor
     else {
       ideVersion = applicationInfo.getFullVersion();
     }
+    configureBuildScript(buildScriptData, pluginVersion, ideVersion);
+    VirtualFile contentRoot = ArrayUtil.getFirstElement(rootModel.getContentRoots());
+    if (contentRoot == null) return;
+    if (!createPluginXml(projectId, module, contentRoot.getPath())) return;
+    StartupManager.getInstance(module.getProject()).runWhenProjectIsInitialized(() -> {
+      FileEditorManager.getInstance(module.getProject()).openFile(buildScriptData.getBuildScriptFile(), true);
+      createRunConfiguration(module, contentRoot.getPath());
+    });
+  }
+
+  protected void configureBuildScript(@NotNull BuildScriptDataBuilder buildScriptData,
+                                      String pluginVersion,
+                                      String ideVersion) {
     buildScriptData
       .addPluginDefinitionInPluginsGroup("id 'org.jetbrains.intellij' version '" + pluginVersion + "'")
       .addOther("intellij {\n    version '" + ideVersion + "'\n}\n")
@@ -106,13 +119,6 @@ public class GradleIntellijPluginFrameworkSupportProvider extends GradleFramewor
                 "      Add change notes here.<br>\n" +
                 "      <em>most HTML tags may be used</em>\"\"\"\n" +
                 "}");
-    VirtualFile contentRoot = ArrayUtil.getFirstElement(rootModel.getContentRoots());
-    if (contentRoot == null) return;
-    if (!createPluginXml(projectId, module, contentRoot.getPath())) return;
-    StartupManager.getInstance(module.getProject()).runWhenProjectIsInitialized(() -> {
-      FileEditorManager.getInstance(module.getProject()).openFile(buildScriptData.getBuildScriptFile(), true);
-      createRunConfiguration(module, contentRoot.getPath());
-    });
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/plugins/devkit/devkit-core/src/gradle/KdslGradleIntellijPluginFrameworkSupportProvider.java b/plugins/devkit/devkit-core/src/gradle/KdslGradleIntellijPluginFrameworkSupportProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8aa471053bef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/devkit/devkit-core/src/gradle/KdslGradleIntellijPluginFrameworkSupportProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// Copyright 2000-2018 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+package org.jetbrains.idea.devkit.gradle;
+
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.frameworkSupport.BuildScriptDataBuilder;
+
+public class KdslGradleIntellijPluginFrameworkSupportProvider extends GradleIntellijPluginFrameworkSupportProvider {
+  @Override
+  protected void configureBuildScript(@NotNull BuildScriptDataBuilder buildScriptData, String pluginVersion, String ideVersion) {
+    buildScriptData
+      .addPluginDefinitionInPluginsGroup("id(\"org.jetbrains.intellij\") version \"" + pluginVersion + "\"")
+      .addOther("intellij {\n    version = \"" + ideVersion + "\"\n}\n")
+      .addOther("tasks.getByName<org.jetbrains.intellij.tasks.PatchPluginXmlTask>(\"patchPluginXml\") {\n" +
+                "    changeNotes(\"\"\"\n" +
+                "      Add change notes here.<br>\n" +
+                "      <em>most HTML tags may be used</em>\"\"\")\n" +
+                "}");
+  }
+}