diff --git a/plugins/gradle/plugin-resources/META-INF/plugin.xml b/plugins/gradle/plugin-resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
index f3ce7119443c..b7f17cfca939 100644
--- a/plugins/gradle/plugin-resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugins/gradle/plugin-resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@
 
     <statistics.projectUsagesCollector implementation="org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.statistics.GradleSettingsCollector"/>
     <statistics.counterUsagesCollector groupId="build.gradle.actions" version="1"/>
+    <externalSystem.runConfigurationImporter
+        implementation="org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.service.execution.GradleRunConfigurationImporter"/>
   </extensions>
 
   <actions>
diff --git a/plugins/gradle/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/gradle/service/execution/GradleRunConfigurationImporter.kt b/plugins/gradle/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/gradle/service/execution/GradleRunConfigurationImporter.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ffac503451e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/gradle/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/gradle/service/execution/GradleRunConfigurationImporter.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// Copyright 2000-2019 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.plugins.gradle.service.execution
+
+import com.intellij.execution.configurations.ConfigurationFactory
+import com.intellij.execution.configurations.RunConfiguration
+import com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.service.project.IdeModifiableModelsProvider
+import com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.service.project.settings.RunConfigurationImporter
+import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project
+import com.intellij.util.ObjectUtils.consumeIfCast
+
+class GradleRunConfigurationImporter: RunConfigurationImporter {
+  override fun process(project: Project,
+                       runConfiguration: RunConfiguration,
+                       cfg: MutableMap<String, Any>,
+                       modelsProvider: IdeModifiableModelsProvider) {
+
+    if (runConfiguration !is GradleRunConfiguration) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    val settings = runConfiguration.settings
+
+    consumeIfCast(cfg["projectPath"], String::class.java) { settings.externalProjectPath = it }
+    consumeIfCast(cfg["taskNames"], List::class.java) { settings.taskNames = it as List<String> }
+    consumeIfCast(cfg["envs"], Map::class.java) { settings.env = it as Map<String, String> }
+    consumeIfCast(cfg["jvmArgs"], String::class.java) { settings.vmOptions = it }
+    consumeIfCast(cfg["scriptParameters"], String::class.java) { settings.scriptParameters = it }
+  }
+
+  override fun canImport(typeName: String): Boolean = "gradle" == typeName
+
+  override fun getConfigurationFactory(): ConfigurationFactory = GradleExternalTaskConfigurationType.getInstance().factory
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/gradle/testSources/org/jetbrains/plugins/gradle/importing/GradleSettingsImportingTest.java b/plugins/gradle/testSources/org/jetbrains/plugins/gradle/importing/GradleSettingsImportingTest.java
index 1ef268b91cc5..cf63d3246223 100644
--- a/plugins/gradle/testSources/org/jetbrains/plugins/gradle/importing/GradleSettingsImportingTest.java
+++ b/plugins/gradle/testSources/org/jetbrains/plugins/gradle/importing/GradleSettingsImportingTest.java
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.settings.GradleSettings;
 import org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.settings.TestRunner;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runners.Parameterized;
 
@@ -176,6 +177,43 @@ public class GradleSettingsImportingTest extends GradleImportingTestCase {
     assertNull(app2Settings.get("jvmArgs"));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  @Ignore
+  public void testGradleRunConfigurationSettingsImport() throws Exception {
+    TestRunConfigurationImporter testExtension = new TestRunConfigurationImporter("gradle");
+    maskRunImporter(testExtension);
+
+    createSettingsFile("rootProject.name = 'moduleName'");
+    importProject(
+      new GradleBuildScriptBuilderEx()
+        .withGradleIdeaExtPluginIfCan("0.5.1")
+        .addPostfix(
+          "import org.jetbrains.gradle.ext.*",
+          "idea.project.settings {",
+          "  runConfigurations {",
+          "    gr1(Gradle) {",
+          "      project = rootProject",
+          "      taskNames = [':cleanTest', ':test']",
+          "      envs = ['env_key':'env_val']",
+          "      jvmArgs = '-DvmKey=vmVal'",
+          "      scriptParameters = '-PscriptParam'",
+          "    }",
+          "  }",
+          "}"
+        ).generate());
+
+
+    final Map<String, Map<String, Object>> configs = testExtension.getConfigs();
+
+    assertContain(new ArrayList<>(configs.keySet()), "gr1");
+    Map<String, Object> gradleSettings = configs.get("gr1");
+
+    assertEquals(myProjectRoot.getPath(), ((String)gradleSettings.get("projectPath")).replace('\\', '/'));
+    assertTrue(((List)gradleSettings.get("taskNames")).contains(":cleanTest"));
+    assertEquals("-DvmKey=vmVal", gradleSettings.get("jvmArgs"));
+    assertTrue(((Map)gradleSettings.get("envs")).containsKey("env_key"));
+  }
+
   private void maskRunImporter(@NotNull RunConfigurationImporter testExtension) {
     PlatformTestUtil.maskExtensions(RunConfigurationImporter.EP_NAME, Collections.singletonList(testExtension), getTestRootDisposable());
   }