diff --git a/platform/indexing-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/cache/CacheManager.java b/platform/indexing-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/cache/CacheManager.java
index e403f60c8777..fb4a272361dc 100644
--- a/platform/indexing-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/cache/CacheManager.java
+++ b/platform/indexing-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/cache/CacheManager.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package com.intellij.psi.impl.cache;
 
 import com.intellij.openapi.components.ServiceManager;
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
+import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiFile;
 import com.intellij.psi.search.GlobalSearchScope;
 import com.intellij.psi.search.UsageSearchContext;
@@ -38,6 +39,9 @@ public interface CacheManager {
   @NotNull
   PsiFile[] getFilesWithWord(@NotNull String word, short occurenceMask, @NotNull GlobalSearchScope scope, final boolean caseSensitively);
 
+  @NotNull
+  VirtualFile[] getVirtualFilesWithWord(@NotNull String word, short occurenceMask, @NotNull GlobalSearchScope scope, final boolean caseSensitively);
+
   boolean processFilesWithWord(@NotNull Processor<PsiFile> processor,
                                @NotNull String word,
                                @MagicConstant(flagsFromClass = UsageSearchContext.class) short occurenceMask,
diff --git a/platform/indexing-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/cache/impl/IndexCacheManagerImpl.java b/platform/indexing-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/cache/impl/IndexCacheManagerImpl.java
index 1a44cf491b54..d2027575121a 100644
--- a/platform/indexing-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/cache/impl/IndexCacheManagerImpl.java
+++ b/platform/indexing-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/cache/impl/IndexCacheManagerImpl.java
@@ -65,6 +65,18 @@ public class IndexCacheManagerImpl implements CacheManager{
     return processor.getResults().isEmpty() ? PsiFile.EMPTY_ARRAY : processor.toArray(PsiFile.EMPTY_ARRAY);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  @NotNull
+  public VirtualFile[] getVirtualFilesWithWord(@NotNull final String word, final short occurenceMask, @NotNull final GlobalSearchScope scope, final boolean caseSensitively) {
+    if (myProject.isDefault()) {
+      return VirtualFile.EMPTY_ARRAY;
+    }
+
+    final List<VirtualFile> vFiles = new ArrayList<VirtualFile>(5);
+    collectVirtualFilesWithWord(new CommonProcessors.CollectProcessor<VirtualFile>(vFiles), word, occurenceMask, scope, caseSensitively);
+    return vFiles.isEmpty() ? VirtualFile.EMPTY_ARRAY : vFiles.toArray(new VirtualFile[vFiles.size()]);
+  }
+
   // IMPORTANT!!!
   // Since implementation of virtualFileProcessor.process() may call indices directly or indirectly,
   // we cannot call it inside FileBasedIndex.processValues() method except in collecting form