diff --git a/.idea/modules.xml b/.idea/modules.xml
index 4389cc3983cb..8748bf7298fa 100644
--- a/.idea/modules.xml
+++ b/.idea/modules.xml
@@ -1016,6 +1016,7 @@
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/ml-impl/intellij.platform.ml.impl.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/ml-impl/intellij.platform.ml.impl.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/navbar/shared/intellij.platform.navbar.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/navbar/shared/intellij.platform.navbar.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/navbar/backend/intellij.platform.navbar.backend.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/navbar/backend/intellij.platform.navbar.backend.iml" />
+      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/navbar.compatibility/shared/intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/navbar.compatibility/shared/intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/navbar.compatibility/backend/intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility.backend.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/navbar.compatibility/backend/intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility.backend.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/navbar.compatibility/ide/intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility.ide.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/navbar.compatibility/ide/intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility.ide.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/navbar.compatibility/monolith/intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility.monolith.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/platform/navbar.compatibility/monolith/intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility.monolith.iml" />
diff --git a/platform/navbar.compatibility/backend/intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility.backend.iml b/platform/navbar.compatibility/backend/intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility.backend.iml
index 2a4cd8f3c813..c00059f2ab21 100644
--- a/platform/navbar.compatibility/backend/intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility.backend.iml
+++ b/platform/navbar.compatibility/backend/intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility.backend.iml
@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.util.ui" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.lang.impl" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.navbar.backend" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility" />
   </component>
 </module>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/platform/navbar.compatibility/backend/resources/intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility.backend.xml b/platform/navbar.compatibility/backend/resources/intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility.backend.xml
index 13270ebbf5b1..c1b16379e6ec 100644
--- a/platform/navbar.compatibility/backend/resources/intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility.backend.xml
+++ b/platform/navbar.compatibility/backend/resources/intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility.backend.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 <idea-plugin package="com.intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility.backend">
-  <!--<dependencies>-->
-  <!--  <module name="intellij.platform.navbar.backend"/>-->
-  <!--</dependencies>-->
+  <dependencies>
+    <!--<module name="intellij.platform.navbar.backend"/>-->
+    <module name="intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility"/>
+  </dependencies>
   <extensions defaultExtensionNs="com.intellij">
     <getDataRule key="navigationBarItem" type="context" order="last"
                  implementationClass="com.intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility.backend.DefaultNavBarItemDataRule"/>
diff --git a/platform/navbar.compatibility/backend/src/BgtDataRule.kt b/platform/navbar.compatibility/backend/src/BgtDataRule.kt
index c10c0d579ed1..8db21bd1e25e 100644
--- a/platform/navbar.compatibility/backend/src/BgtDataRule.kt
+++ b/platform/navbar.compatibility/backend/src/BgtDataRule.kt
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 package com.intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility.backend
 
 import com.intellij.ide.impl.dataRules.GetDataRule
-import com.intellij.ide.navbar.actions.extensionData
 import com.intellij.ide.projectView.impl.ProjectRootsUtil
 import com.intellij.ide.util.DeleteHandler.DefaultDeleteProvider
 import com.intellij.model.Pointer
@@ -14,6 +13,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.roots.ui.configuration.actions.ModuleDeleteProvider
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile
 import com.intellij.platform.navbar.NavBarVmItem
 import com.intellij.platform.navbar.backend.NavBarItem
+import com.intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility.extensionData
 import com.intellij.pom.Navigatable
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiDirectory
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiElement
diff --git a/platform/navbar.compatibility/ide/intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility.ide.iml b/platform/navbar.compatibility/ide/intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility.ide.iml
index e16a6616278f..586b9ca8279b 100644
--- a/platform/navbar.compatibility/ide/intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility.ide.iml
+++ b/platform/navbar.compatibility/ide/intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility.ide.iml
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.lang.core" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.lang.impl" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.navbar.ide" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility" />
   </component>
 </module>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/platform/navbar.compatibility/ide/resources/intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility.ide.xml b/platform/navbar.compatibility/ide/resources/intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility.ide.xml
index bfcdcb1dda4d..37db1267f48b 100644
--- a/platform/navbar.compatibility/ide/resources/intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility.ide.xml
+++ b/platform/navbar.compatibility/ide/resources/intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility.ide.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 <idea-plugin package="com.intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility.ide">
-  <!--<dependencies>-->
-  <!--  <module name="intellij.platform.navbar.ide"/>-->
-  <!--</dependencies>-->
+  <dependencies>
+    <!--<module name="intellij.platform.navbar.ide"/>-->
+    <module name="intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility"/>
+  </dependencies>
   <extensions defaultExtensionNs="com.intellij">
     <getDataRule key="cutProvider" type="fast"
                  implementationClass="com.intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility.ide.CutProviderDataRule"/>
diff --git a/platform/navbar.compatibility/ide/src/rules.kt b/platform/navbar.compatibility/ide/src/rules.kt
index e34d8aacd6df..1c72f66e5323 100644
--- a/platform/navbar.compatibility/ide/src/rules.kt
+++ b/platform/navbar.compatibility/ide/src/rules.kt
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ package com.intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility.ide
 import com.intellij.ide.CopyPasteDelegator
 import com.intellij.ide.CopyPasteSupport
 import com.intellij.ide.impl.dataRules.GetDataRule
-import com.intellij.ide.navbar.actions.extensionData
 import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.CommonDataKeys
 import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.DataProvider
 import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.PlatformCoreDataKeys
 import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.PlatformDataKeys
+import com.intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility.extensionData
 import javax.swing.JComponent
 
 internal class CutProviderDataRule : GetDataRule {
diff --git a/platform/navbar.compatibility/shared/intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility.iml b/platform/navbar.compatibility/shared/intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility.iml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6d66ecb127df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/navbar.compatibility/shared/intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility.iml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<module type="JAVA_MODULE" version="4">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" inherit-compiler-output="true">
+    <exclude-output />
+    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
+      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/resources" type="java-resource" />
+      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src" isTestSource="false" packagePrefix="com.intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility" />
+    </content>
+    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
+    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="kotlin-stdlib" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.core.ui" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.lang.impl" />
+  </component>
+</module>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/platform/navbar.compatibility/shared/resources/intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility.xml b/platform/navbar.compatibility/shared/resources/intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5f591d4dd8bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/navbar.compatibility/shared/resources/intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<idea-plugin package="com.intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility">
+</idea-plugin>
diff --git a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/navbar/actions/extensions.kt b/platform/navbar.compatibility/shared/src/extensions.kt
similarity index 94%
rename from platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/navbar/actions/extensions.kt
rename to platform/navbar.compatibility/shared/src/extensions.kt
index 5acda4c29854..482ae91ddc34 100644
--- a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/navbar/actions/extensions.kt
+++ b/platform/navbar.compatibility/shared/src/extensions.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Copyright 2000-2024 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
-package com.intellij.ide.navbar.actions
+package com.intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility
 
 import com.intellij.ide.navigationToolbar.NavBarModelExtension
 import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.DataProvider
diff --git a/platform/navbar.compatibility/shared/src/package-info.java b/platform/navbar.compatibility/shared/src/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4b2752db4feb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/navbar.compatibility/shared/src/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// Copyright 2000-2024 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
+@Internal
+package com.intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility;
+
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus.Internal;
diff --git a/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/PlatformLangPlugin.xml b/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/PlatformLangPlugin.xml
index 0fa89da5353c..7efd006e033d 100644
--- a/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/PlatformLangPlugin.xml
+++ b/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/PlatformLangPlugin.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
   <!-- should be here, otherwise not loaded in tests (in unit test mode, the platform prefix is `PlatformLangXml) -->
   <content>
+    <module name="intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility"/>
     <module name="intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility.backend"/>
     <module name="intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility.ide"/>
     <module name="intellij.platform.navbar.compatibility.monolith"/>