diff --git a/java/execution/impl/src/com/intellij/execution/RunConfigurationExtension.java b/java/execution/impl/src/com/intellij/execution/RunConfigurationExtension.java
index fb34521e07df..a3066bd63554 100644
--- a/java/execution/impl/src/com/intellij/execution/RunConfigurationExtension.java
+++ b/java/execution/impl/src/com/intellij/execution/RunConfigurationExtension.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public abstract class RunConfigurationExtension extends RunConfigurationExtensio
   protected void patchCommandLine(@NotNull RunConfigurationBase configuration,
                                   RunnerSettings runnerSettings,
                                   @NotNull GeneralCommandLine cmdLine,
-                                  @NotNull AbstractRunConfiguration.RunnerType type) {}
+                                  @NotNull AbstractRunConfiguration.RunnerType type)  throws ExecutionException {}
 
   @Override
   protected boolean isEnabledFor(@NotNull RunConfigurationBase applicableConfiguration, @Nullable RunnerSettings runnerSettings) {
diff --git a/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/configuration/RunConfigurationExtensionBase.java b/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/configuration/RunConfigurationExtensionBase.java
index b6853e6f0fc3..8135fbb214d3 100644
--- a/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/configuration/RunConfigurationExtensionBase.java
+++ b/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/configuration/RunConfigurationExtensionBase.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 package com.intellij.execution.configuration;
 
+import com.intellij.execution.ExecutionException;
 import com.intellij.execution.Location;
 import com.intellij.execution.configurations.GeneralCommandLine;
 import com.intellij.execution.configurations.RunConfigurationBase;
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ public abstract class RunConfigurationExtensionBase<T extends RunConfigurationBa
 
   protected abstract void patchCommandLine(@NotNull final T configuration,
                                            RunnerSettings runnerSettings, @NotNull final GeneralCommandLine cmdLine,
-                                           @NotNull final AbstractRunConfiguration.RunnerType type);
+                                           @NotNull final AbstractRunConfiguration.RunnerType type) throws ExecutionException;
 
   /**
    * Validate extensions after general configuration validation passed
diff --git a/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/configuration/RunConfigurationExtensionsManager.java b/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/configuration/RunConfigurationExtensionsManager.java
index 995270319a75..28305a75e286 100644
--- a/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/configuration/RunConfigurationExtensionsManager.java
+++ b/platform/lang-api/src/com/intellij/execution/configuration/RunConfigurationExtensionsManager.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package com.intellij.execution.configuration;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
+import com.intellij.execution.ExecutionException;
 import com.intellij.execution.Location;
 import com.intellij.execution.configurations.GeneralCommandLine;
 import com.intellij.execution.configurations.RunConfigurationBase;
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ public class RunConfigurationExtensionsManager<U extends RunConfigurationBase, T
   public void patchCommandLine(@NotNull final U configuration,
                                final RunnerSettings runnerSettings,
                                @NotNull final GeneralCommandLine cmdLine,
-                               @NotNull final AbstractRunConfiguration.RunnerType type) {
+                               @NotNull final AbstractRunConfiguration.RunnerType type) throws ExecutionException {
     // only for enabled extensions
     for (T extension : getEnabledExtensions(configuration, runnerSettings)) {
       extension.patchCommandLine(configuration, runnerSettings, cmdLine, type);