diff --git a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/conversion/ModuleSettings.java b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/conversion/ModuleSettings.java
index 9639a72d384c..bd1526ea57be 100644
--- a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/conversion/ModuleSettings.java
+++ b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/conversion/ModuleSettings.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package com.intellij.conversion;
 import org.jdom.Element;
 import org.jdom.Document;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -15,6 +16,9 @@ public interface ModuleSettings extends ComponentManagerSettings {
   @NotNull
   String getModuleName();
 
+  @Nullable
+  String getModuleType();
+
   @NotNull
   File getModuleFile();
 
@@ -26,4 +30,6 @@ public interface ModuleSettings extends ComponentManagerSettings {
 
   @NotNull
   Document getDocument();
+
+  void setModuleType(@NotNull String moduleType);
 }
diff --git a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/conversion/impl/ModuleSettingsImpl.java b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/conversion/impl/ModuleSettingsImpl.java
index 4d15fa1866c9..370cf06e9758 100644
--- a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/conversion/impl/ModuleSettingsImpl.java
+++ b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/conversion/impl/ModuleSettingsImpl.java
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ import com.intellij.facet.FacetManagerImpl;
 import com.intellij.ide.highlighter.ModuleFileType;
 import com.intellij.ide.impl.convert.JDomConvertingUtil;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil;
+import com.intellij.openapi.module.impl.ModuleImpl;
 import org.jdom.Element;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -29,6 +31,11 @@ public class ModuleSettingsImpl extends ComponentManagerSettingsImpl implements
     return myModuleName;
   }
 
+  @Nullable
+  public String getModuleType() {
+    return myRootElement.getAttributeValue(ModuleImpl.ELEMENT_TYPE);
+  }
+
   @NotNull
   public File getModuleFile() {
     return myFile;
@@ -47,4 +54,8 @@ public class ModuleSettingsImpl extends ComponentManagerSettingsImpl implements
     }
     return elements;
   }
+
+  public void setModuleType(@NotNull String moduleType) {
+    myRootElement.setAttribute(ModuleImpl.ELEMENT_TYPE, moduleType);
+  }
 }